Thank you. This is not my mike and i am not used to it so i couldnt hear if you can hear me. Thank you for joining us for our program with author Amy Goldstein who will discuss her book janesville, an american story. My name is renee and im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at public library. At this time, i would like to ask that you turn off or silence your electronic devices. Also, at the end of todays program ms. Goldstein will have time for questions and answers and then be available under the skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available, i think, if you are interested in purchasing a book and you didnt get a yellow postit with a number. See, phil, in the back. Also with the two in a, i just want to make sure that will all be on our best behavior. Ms. Goldstein is here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. You will get to ask questions, like i said, you will raise your hand, ill bring you the mike, and please dont Start Talking until i give
As we begin this hour with breaking news, reports of a shooting at or near a school in north philadelphia. We are hearing that this happened at the Delaware Valley charter school, that apparently two people have been shot we will get Additional Information on this of course and update you as soon as we get that information. President obama is ordering the National Security agency to make changes to the electronic surveillance programs. Speaking at the justice department, the president said he will emmed the massive phone records Collection Program as it currently exists. He also ordered the nsa to stop spying on friendly World Leaders but the president didnt scrap the system entirely. What i did not do is stop these programs wholesale. Not only because i felted that they made us more secure but because nothing in that initial review and nothing that i have learned since indicated that our Intelligence Committee has violated the law or is scav lear mike vac e viqui. For some critics, it