Violence and global violence. So i would like to actually begin with the title itself, the violence inside us and the early portion of the book you take the reader through something of a short primer on both the biology and a history of violence. So i want to ask you why begin there . Why did you choose to begin with the nature of violence itself . Guest thank you so much for doing this and im really glad to be joining you to talk about this book. I start with this question of what kind of violence do we experience because for me it was the first real subject that i came upon when i began what would become the mission of my political career. While the book is mostly history of american violence and how we can overcome that history it also involves my own political story the shooting in connecticut in 2012. I had britain prodigious as a lawmaker beforehand but i never really had an emotional connection like i do now. And it was those days after sandy hook when i realized this would be m
the presidential race. it all comes back to why did you pick this city in the first place during potential hurricane season. there is an explanation. there is. a logistical nightmare for those people, all the visitors, all the plans, all the speakers. they want it to be obviously this huge national introduction of mitt romney to the country. now they have to worry about fighting with news coverage with isaac and now the storm pounded the keys on the way to some where along the gulf coast. new orleans. and drowned out a little bit here. a lot going on. in this half-hour, a woman claims she was denied care by a new england doctor because of her weight. wait until you hear the reasons behind th later, what a game-chang from the jersey shore to a new jersey maternity ward. she is a mama. it is a new world. snooki is officially a mama. may god help this world. little lorenzo is with us. first, tropal sac getti strby t and nf familia isaac is whi 65-mile-anu f
that wreaked havoc on the city it was the levees as you mention they have poured in a lot of money. billions. billions to refortify the system. people say katrina was the worst natural disaster in the history of the country. no, the storm blew by, new orleans was okay. power out, normal. the greatest civil engineering disaster. on the 30th, the day after the storm passed when shoddily built, shoddily inspected levees broke and put 80% of city under water. technically, i heard the mayor give an interview saying the city is equipped to handle, through its new system, at least a strong category 3 storm. isaac should not be anywhere that strong at least right now. should be okay. we ll see. take the from this guy who worked in new orleans at the time. tropical storm threat shortened the republican convention in tampa from four days to three. mitt romney s formal nomination as the gop presidential candidate pushed back from to night to tuesday night. he will give his accep