john mcnamara reported on the things we care aboutis. he cared about our kids, cared about our local teams and obviously in his book he celebrates that by talking about there is nothing better than a local basketball game, which i agree with 100%. i also want to thank everyone for coming here i think andrea has a shown tremendous bravery in what she has done for us. not only has she lost her soulmate, but she has had the courage to step forward and stand up against the nra. she has been subjected to horrible things throughout that process, but she was brave enough to stand there and say we need to talk about these issues, these kind of violent things happening in our community are nonpartisan. it is a thing for us all to tackle whether you are red or blue, old or young, when these horrible things happen in our communities they are not seeking out democrats or republicans.ck they are causing heartbreak and devastation in our communities and she has stood up for us andrt stood up on this issue, so i want to thank her for that. [applause].

. >> you are watching book tv starting in a minute andrea chamblee, widow of sports reporter john mcnamara who was killed in a massive shooting last year will talk about her late husband's life and posthumously published book on the history of basketball in the nation's capital and later john hopkins university stewart schrader will discuss how policing in the us has been transformed by what the government has learned from its support of efforts since the cold war. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, andrew pollack, father of the student killed in the shooting at marjorie stoneman high school in parkland, florida, will offer his thoughts on school safety and guns. check your program guide for more information. spiegelman's get started >> we are lucky to have the mayor here and he will start us off with a few words. thank you. >> welcome, everyone. [applause].

it's a drawing by the son of robert mcnamara, who was a playmate of john junior and caroline. and john drew pictures for his friend, young miss -- young mr. mcnamara and dictated a letter to him that his mother wrote in the picture is particularly poignant, the illustration because john junior drew his favorite thing. airplanes. and of course, years later, he died in an airplane crash. that was very moving to me. do you have a question? >> so, with all of the interviews you have done and the research, both of you, what was the most shocking or surprising with reagan's intelligence, but could maybe both of you share something that you were shocked or surprised learning? >> i think the one thing that surprised me most -- scott with his research probably know about this -- one of the most interesting people i interviewed was a close friend of john kennedy who introduced him to jaclyn bouvier and they were close friends all his life there is the gentleman was reporter for a newspaper in tennessee. he had a funny feeling about it and called his friend jack and he had no qualms abou