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legislation after another series of deadly mass shootings of force the issue back to the top of its agenda. on wednesday, family and survivors from the racially motivated attack at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, as well as the robb elementary shooting in uvalde, texas, will participate in a hearing held by the committee on oversight and reform. among the speakers will be maya surrey oh, a robb elementary fourth grader who was trapped in one of the adjoining classrooms of the gunma...

Makes fun of me, but i no way i can make them stop. the culture perpetuates itself. it is worth saying that 19 minutes was written in 2007. that was one was published. it has been 15 years, and it has only become more relevant. and i really wish it wasnt. >> more rollover of a very regular basis. lets go rock to bullying. it was a motivation for you to write this book. tell me why. >> well, you know, i remember very distinctly when my oldest son was five years old, i remember going to his school...

Bullying, the taunts, the complicated family dynamics that help to explain the why. 19 minutes has been challenged numerous times. a year after its publication in 2008. a parent petitioned for its elimination from the library in illinois, citing the sexual references, suicide, bullying and violence among other things. the national coalition against censorship wrote a letter against spending the book. the letter ran in part, saying quote, in 19 minutes the author jody pico uses the form of a nove...

Why they form, them when they form them, and if they should be opening up their minds and changing the points of view. >> and what a great way. if this is how people are going to be informed about contemporary issues, want to do it through a jody peco book? thank you for being with us, thank you for writing this book so long ago that continues to be relevant today. jody pico is the author of 19 minutes, and many other novels. and we appreciate your time today. thank you for being with us. we are...

Away from in the news business. we tend to focus on the victims and the circumstances more than the shooter. but why do you feel that it is important to tell people about the why of how peter became a school shooter? >> well, the reason i wrote this book is because adolescence is a timeout for the it. not standing out. its there are a lot of kids who stuck out. that has not changed since when i was a kid. its my children or younger. it takes a village to raise a child but it also takes a village...

Believe there is power in literature, band or. otherwise maybe this book can help a velshi banned book club member explore their feelings and fears surrounding the heart wrenching issue of school shootings, if they didnt happen is frequently as they do. maybe reading the book will generate meaningful conversation. for some of you, have in the discussion we are about to have might be too soon. so please do consider this a content warning. the book is called 19 minutes, by the prolific bestselling...

In the world order. on one, hand nato has had its best year ever. its getting more members, everybody now realizes its important again. but this fight is not over in ukraine. >> right, this fight is not over. my book starts with our failure after the cold war ended, i was there, to conceive of a global strategy for u.s. leadership. we just thought, we won, they lost, china wants to be us, theyre no real threat to the u.s. and russia should just be ground into the -- russia is a loser. and we pai...

Shooting, and her mother, and a member of the towns law enforcement. lets quickly talk about the woman behind the word. jodi picoult is one of the most prolific authors overtime, hugely popular, selling more than 50 million copies of 28 novels worldwide. the wealth of jodi picoults work deals with controversial issues, abortion, lgbtq, issues and of course school shootings. 90 minutes was her first book to debut at number one on the new york times bestseller list. it is far from her only book to...

Polarizing. when it comes specifically to 19 minutes, it is really worth noting that we regulate drugs and cars and alcohol,, and even ladders. and, now apparently books, we regulate the bookseller kids are supposed to be reading. but we still do not regulate guns. >> when you look at the body of your work, because we tackle all the topics that you could be talking about every week on the news, what is the role? because you really are the exemplar of a writer who writes accessible things. these ...

Hand and book two of my fingers. and it just seems like nothing changes when it comes to bullying. there are always going to be, clicks always going to because you are excluded. and it is necessary for us to understand that sometimes inaction is an action. and kids need to understand that too. if you see somebody sitting alone in the cafeteria, even if you are not actively bowling that kid, the fact you are not reaching out to them as a choice. >> your books are eminently readable. you cover a l...