That Speaker John Boehner met with the president to discuss the officials of the fiscal cliff. Were just days before the congress and the white house has to hammer out a deal or everyones going to suffer the consequences. Emily, what have you learned about todays meeting . Allison we know that todays meeting was not on the schedule today. So that means we have to rely on the word from the White House Deputy press secretary and a congressional staffer which happens to be the exact same words. They released two separate statements, both identical and this is the statement. It says this afternoon the president and Speaker Boehner met at the white house to discuss efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff. Were not reading out details of the constitution, but the lines of communication remain. On wednesday, youll remember a source familiar with the conversation said they did speak by phone, at that point it was the first time in a week they had done so. No reported breakthrough then. And then on
I loved it so much. And i thought maybe start with what got you on to the book, lets start with the most difficult emotional narrative of your life. Can you talk a little bit because you do in the book what got you thinking about foster care and what happens when childhood is disrupted . Guest a couple things. First of all, thank you for being here and thank you to the strand for having us and thank you, everybody, for coming. Difficult stuff. Host but make it funny. Guest funny, difficult stuff. I grew up in a crack the family. So that happened. Hy wasnt removed although i lived with a mom and left her when i was 14 and never saw her again. I lived with that pain for and longtime. There was no foster care intervention. I moved with my father and there was Child Welfare did contact did coming to our family but i was never removed and was always terrified that they were going to come back so i had this sort of dual fear. I needed to be removed at some point but i was afraid to be remove