She is going to be racing out of there. I can start chapter 1. 20 years i have been doing it. But to me i said dont do it, dont start the book until you have at all. It will make a better book. In 1898. And john wilkie was put in charge of the secret service. Harry houdini loves doing magic tricks. The magician was in control of the secret service. And dont just want to force facts in our vomiting up information. Couldnt figure it out. And then i look at houdinis life. Harry houdinis secret service, fantastic idea, so many tricks, he was going to virginia and that was the week before. And locks ran the jail doors and harry says lock me up in your jail and i will get out. He always had the inside information. The secret service gave the answers and i need to get secret service. I want my own too and Harry Houdini was upset with death. Never got over the death of his mother, never. When i look at Harry Houdinis life the escape artist shows it looks like hes going to die and he gets out,
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, we are here to welcome the 11th time number one New York Times bestseller across many genres including fiction, nonfiction, childrens, how to use, graphic novels. Erie. So you know all of you have cameras out, cspan is here and you know what that means. All of us book nerds are being watched by all our Favorite Book nerds. We arefinally altogether in oneplace. We have as many viewers as svn right now. That joke does not work in sports places. I love coming to virginia, obviously the washington dc area was our home and a beautiful place for us where we had our children here. We had our lives here. I started writing here and its especially important today. Today is the day my dad died and we marked the day and i know it seems like something sad but i love my father and i especially love being in this barnes and noble because my father used to go into barnes and noble and say yes, im here for brad meltzer book, hes my favorite author and the
Ocasiocortez, and we will hear from the wife of the former Vice President and the Presumptive Democratic nominee. We are joined from wilmington, delaware. Presumptive democratic nominee. First, your take away, what is the story from this evening . Guest the story from tonights evening his former first Lady Michelle obamas closing speech. That really stole the night and that is what is going to be, that will lead the conversation heading into day to. It set a high bar that all the other major speeches that happen throughout the week, including that of joe biden himself, will be compared to Michelle Obamas speech. She did not make these kind of low blow personal attacks against President Trump. She was very clinical in her analysis of him and his job as president thus far. She even used a line from the president himself, in his interview with axios on hbo, when he dismissed the number of deaths, the human toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he told my colleague, quote, it is what it
Host tonights event with Nikita Stewart with troop 6000, the girl scout troop that began in a shelter and inspired the world, she will talk with the visionary behind it and her daughter, you are in for an excellent time tonight, before we really start i just want to say huge thanks to everyone for making this happen, all of our participants for being here, the publisher and all of you for showing up, the storefront is currently close but our community is here and we really appreciate that. A couple of housekeeping things, if you are logging in now you can see the speakers but they cannot see and hear you, they can see your name so they know youre here, you can use the share icon to share comments, if youre with the girl scouts crew let us know what group youre with, if you want to ask a question we will have a q a section later on with the q a icon and you can click on that to type in your question and if you see a really good one you can upload it to make sure we get to that question
As folks are beginning to arrive, good evening and we are talking about the troop 6000 that started in a shelter and inspire the world. You are in for an excellent time tonight and before we start thank you to everyone who made this happen and for all of you are showing up. And we really appreciate that. Housekeeping if you are logging in now you can see the speakers they cannot see or hear you. They can see your name. We want to hear what troop you are with. To ask the question it will be later in the evening use the icon. If you have a good question you can upload it. We are recording tonight look for audio and video versions. This could appear on cspan later and troop 6000 is available at greenlight bookstore. Com. We are working with the supplier warehouse for faster shipping so if you care about supporting independent bookstores tonight is a great way to show your support. We are offering five dollars off when you purchase with coupon code 6000 to get had a copy. Introducing speak