the statistic is every day, on average, seven children and teens in america shot dead. i wanted to pick a day, a random day and find that who these kids were, what they wanted to be and in what circumstances did they die and that was a random day id chose. host: he basically picked it out of a hat or did you have a system? guest: will come in order for the book to work, there had to be seven fatalities that day. so with more likely to be a weekend day so that was about. beyond that it was, if i wanted a higher number i would ve gone into some of your summer is little more children die because they are out. is when more chile because they are out. this was the weekend before thanksgiving and the first day i could do. host: in your book you write firearms are the leading source of death among black children under the age of is 19. the second leading cause of death for all children in the same age group after car accidents. is this a book about gun control? guest: no, it
this is live coverage of the 22nd annual los angeles times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. in about half an hour or so, a panel on history. you will hear from annie jacobson annie jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. that is coming up in half an hour. we pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. here is his book called another day in the death of america: a chronicle of ten short lives. mr. younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant? its not. that is the whole point. it is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfk s assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the united states. i wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances did they die and that was the day i chose. you picked it out
.. .. [inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv. this is live coverage of the 22nd annual los angeles times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. in about half an hour or so, a panel on history. you will hear from annie jacobson annie jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. that is coming up in half an hour. we pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. here is his book called another day in the death of america: a chronicle of ten short lives. mr. younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant? its not. that is the whole point. it is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfk s assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the united states. i wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances di
crime tape block the entry points and surrounds the crime scene on the second floor. garage is used by residents of the one franklin town high rise apartments just across the street. management had no comment but this tenant of 3.5 years says the garage is well protected. the security guard sit at the front desk in our building are always aware of what s going on. we have two guys 24 hours that walk i was round the parking garage. reporter: this woman here for just six weeks has not seen any patrols. inside the parking lot no. i haven t. reporter: garage sits adjacent to the community college of philadelphia. the area bustling with chef students and young professionals. about half a block away, by a college parking lot inside a fence, the police k9 unit tracked a scent that led them to this clothing what appears to be a coat and a few feet away a hat hat. police spent the day looking through surveillance video but are saying very little for now. the victim suffered mu
jersey wnca. these cases could very well be connected to one at a popular hamilton township restaurant. good evening i m lucy noland. i m iain page. now health officials are warning anyone that walked into a number of businesses you could be at risk. our chris o connell is live in hamilton township tonight. chris? reporter: iain, those two people who came down with hepatitis a did come down with the virus after eating at a mercer county restaurant where a worker there food worker was diagnosed with the virus last month. the two latest cases, one of the patients worked here as a part part-time fitness instructor at hamilton area wmca. another patient worked in a hamilton township hair salon. now both patients dined at rosa ss catering in trenton around the time when a food worker there with hepatitis a was working there. although it s not certain that s where the latest cases came from. this is a big scare here in hamilton township. customers flocked into the department of