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Booktv and free speech tv. So i would ask to everybody to check their cellphones just to make sure that your cellphone is off. And also just so you know its being filmed tonight. We will be taking questions later, and passing around note cards, and then reading the questions from up here so they can also be part of the livestream and the booktv and there will be a booksigning afterwardded. Hay market books has a table and gary will by signing books. So please join is. This weekend i went to d. C. And had a couple of extra hour size went to she the king memorial. How many people have seen it . Its exceedingly depressing. Im sure he monument included alcoves to honor other civil rights martyr its but those were scrapped. King towers over us, the sculpture is flanked with a granite wall, 14 quotes on the wall, not one uses the word racism or segregation or Racial Injustice or apartheid, not one. Theyre earned like crossstretches, i ....
Hope that the fcc moves with dispatch in the proceeding that youve mentioned where weve proposed to get rid of the sports blackout rule. Host does that have to go through congress, or can you do that administratively . Guest oh, theres steps the fcc can take administratively. Weve already started the process of doing that, and were getting comments from the public about that proposal. Host you recently made a proposal about 9 11 calls from hotels. Why . Guest it really struck me that this was a gap in our Public Safety communications that was screaming out for some kind of public awareness. I saw the story on twitter, actually, of someone gave me notice about the issue on twitter, and i read the story, and i couldnt believe that this poor little girl, 9 years old, had to watch her mother get stabbed in a texas hotel, dial 911 four times and wasnt able to reach anybody and ultimately, as you might know, her mother died. And it just ....
Half. Good evening. Tha thanks so much for coming. We have a number of thank yous. Executive deep, nation institute, the guardian and others worked to make it possible. We obviously have a special thank you to watching and who came out tonight. It is being live streamed and taped for book tv and free speech television. So i would ask everybody to check cell phones to make sure it is off. And just so you know it is being filmed. We will take questions and pass around note cards and reading them from up here so they can be part of the live stream and booktv. There is going to be a book signing afterwards as well. Hey market books has a table d gary is going to be signing. I went to washington, d. C. This weekend and had a couple extra hours. I went to see the king memorial. How many people have seen it . It is exceedingly depressing. The original plans for the monument included plans to honor other martyrs but they were scrapped. King towers over us. 14 quotes on the equal. And not one u ....