girl, child a save in a family mens.f i love harpo, god knows i do, but i kill him dead before i let him touch -- >> is that a footprint question >> no, sir. no, sir. >> do you want a dead son-in- law, miss celie was recce keep advising him like you do. >> as the novel is based -- we are joined by the renowned author alice walker to further discuss the legacy. we will also speak about other writings, social and political activism in support of the palestinians and about the coming presidential election. alice walker, welcome to "democracy now!" it is great to be with you. yesterday your before a crowd of about 1200 people in the audience at the fall for the book festival in arlington, virginia. you read from "the color purple," and talked about its importance. tell us on this 30th anniversary this year, your thoughts about what brought you to write this work. >> i wanted to spend more time with my grandparents and they had died long ago. and my parents. so i set out to write a book in which i could literally live for year or two and be with them by creating characters who resembled t

one event is at harpo studios on the near west side.second event is hosted by the lgbt leadership council at the home of a campaign donor. the first lady will also tape an appearance for 'the steve harvey show' in downtown chicago. that taping will air on monday. israel's prime minister will deliver a strong warning to iran during his address at the united nations today. benjamin netanyahu will issue an ultimatum... saying his country could launch a pre- emptive miltary strike if iran doesn't stop trying to create a nuclear weapon. iran claims it's not developing any nukes. the palestinian president will also adress the u.n. today. he's expected to ask world leaders to recognize palestine as a so-called "observer state." the united nations refugee agency and other humanitarian groups are appealing for nearly half a billion dollars to help those trying to escape the civil war in syria. the agency says 294,000 syrian refugees have already flocked to jordan, lebanon iraq and turkey. that number could reach 700- thousand by the end of the y