all right, i am thrilled to be joined with the prolific jodi picoult.stselling author of 28 novels including today's velshi banned book club, feature, 19 minutes. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> this novel is uniquely relevant in this. moments throughout the, novel the readers offered a lot of insight into the school shooter, peter. his family, his upbringing. it is something we have shied away from in the news business. we tend to focus on the victims and the circumstances more than the shooter. but why do you feel that it is important to tell people about the why of how peter became a school shooter? >> well, the reason i wrote this book is because adolescence is a timeout for the it. not standing out. it's there are a lot of kids who stuck out. that has not changed since when i was a kid. it's my children or younger. it takes a village to raise a child but it also takes a village to fail a trial. i think it is important to look as, true peter, all the ways that just one moment, one interaction with somebody, could change t

plus, bestselling author jodi picoult joins us for this week's meeting of the banned book club.sunday, june the 5th. if my name and the, east examine the west. i'm ali. velshi congress returns to capitol hill this week and will resume its work on gun l