Than an hour. Walked to jades room, and in deep conversation about be which thinks her mom would need to take. I flood on the bed. No television or radio. I listenedded to the conversations through the paper thin walls. Did you see that little girl from . Shes here all by herself. Sounded like jade. Know, she said, thats so sad. Although i couldnt see her i was almost certain she was shaking her head. She felt are so for me. I drowned out to the rest of the conversation i couldnt see it. I floccussed on the to done focuses on me bedspread. I said that working hard to convince myself i was going to be okay. To. The i was a little girl from california, the who didnt have a mother to help her up pack. To me i was the girl who made it. [applause] i love what you said. Me a we all continue to be sustained. Nicole will meet new the lobby for further conversation for a book signing. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] every sunday at 3 00 p. M. Eastern from now until the election,
Join us live next weekend to discuss all of her books and take your questions. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Former new York City Police officer steve osborn is next. Talks about some of the experiences he had throughout his career. Our you doing. My name is steve osborn. I used to be in new york city cop for 20 years and years, the accent is real. The funny thing is a didnt know i had an accent and a liking to savannah. I was a cop for 20 years and became a writer. People ask me how do you go from being a cop to a writer . I dont like telling this story especially at a book festival with all the writers because they want to strangle me. A happened by accident. After retiring from the Police Department my life went from the fast lane to the slow lane and all of a sudden i have all this time on my hands. When you are caught, like a real cop and living that life you have no life. Working aroundtheclock, working nights, we cans, holidays, and never home. Then all of a sudden
Exhibit, descendants of slaves, in alabama may be close and i am giving you a synopsis of a synopsis, ultimately the first lady, at the end of the tour, these black women, five black women who i do not believe were republicans, they were so happy, they embraced the first lady in a huddle, thank you jesus and started to climb and a descendant of a slave, fifth generation removed from a slave. Mayor are a lot of human stories people can relate to in this book and it is about you and me, not just black but white and all of us coming together. People go to booktv and type in april ryan, they will see this big panel, an author panel, what was that . Panel discussion on race. He talked about criminal justice. Wheat had julie reid, an author as well. And we had michael eric dyson, author himself. I was a moderator. We had a serious discussion, serious civil discussion on issues of race, and my authors have written about it and researched it. We had a panel discussion, people from all walks of
Chance to get up close view of the presidency of the United States. What is the blackandwhite . The black and white is cyclical and continues to happen. The placement of africans in the country. Theres a problem with race in this country and has yet to be fixed. We saw major legislation, major laws, there is an intrinsic problem that should be fixed. Today we are seeing tensions between the black community and police, not saying we dont enforce law enforcement, wholeheartedly, but they have to be winning out of that. A lot of the problems, settled, some of it is over. I talked to president obama recently on a flight, he is here to close the gap, gaps still remain in this nation, there are still gaps. This is an issue that is not going away. Other countries are watching us. If someone picks up the presidency in black and white will they hear stories something you want to share . When the person picks of the presidency black and white, three president s in america, does get very confused
Academy of Television Arts and sciences and at 90 hes still a consultant. Thanks to roddie for saving us. And thank you. God bless america. [ applause ] all i can say is i want to look like these guys when im 90. Im very honored to call upon american pastor chris edmonds, son of the late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, righteous among the nations from the United States of america to receive the medal and certificate of honor on behalf of his father and to offer some remarks. [ applause ] lester, you did good. Thank you. Ambassador dermer, mr. President , might i say its an incredible honor to have you here. This is one memory that our family will cherish always. And might also say its my first time speaking at the embassy as well. [ laughter ] [ applause ] rabbi lau, mr. Wiff, senator corker, the gunden family, im going to mess this up, im from tennessee. The be say it for me. There we go. Ill get it right next time. And distinguished guests. Tonight on this noble occasion my moer mary