kimmie thomas has the hot topics table to deliver straight no chaser views and shares what kind of company she's bringing for the new season of according to kim and company we're playing an all new game of spotlights players th of july independence edition and the you who fire zone are taken over the spotlight stage and performing today's hits and the ex con of those five castles christie ex martinez is our special guest co host let's get this party celebration started with david martinez crystal ask you and the johnny jamison now let's get it on and get this spotlight party started july to you what plans for tradition do you have to live for while the both of july means to let you know and get with your family and friends you just celebrate the freedom you know like the freedom and independence of america with your family and to you know immigrants people with my parents are immigrants i'm the daughter of immigrants a st generation american soul at the same time i am grateful for my independence but it would be so much more rich to have my independence and at the same time have equal access to so many people in america who don't have the freedom so always remembering that we are privileged for our freedom but we are privileged to fight for those who don't have it just  i got so jealous things that are happening in life it's about giving people a sense of independence right july th being groomed you know a sense of creative freedom because no matter what at the end of the day you still have a voice that's the gift that nobody can take away from you no matter what so chronicles follows me christie x martinez and the exes commemorative of malcolm x do you know that in the room brother right there and really the aim of the work is just to create space green space for all the daughters in the sons of the make i think there's not a particular person i feel as though i'm inspired by that time it just feels like there's a sense of urgency to for us to speak up for us you have to speak up i'm inspired by every different group because every group brings value from the you so the elders in the community to us not considered american and in latin america nor my considered a latina so that that that identity of being an author latina it gave me that understanding of my african roots my black roots and my lineage but also in conglomeration iceberg because i have so much more work i have a magazine like my blog that's converting itself into a magazine and the podcast and i have a so much other things that i'm working on and doing in the next five to ten years i'm going to be out here in world creating change doing social justice work and you know i love meeting the people i mean like that's that's my missions are really the people who are in justice because at the end the day it really doesn't matter where i'm at if i can bring along the community that there's so much to raise me harlem or a dominican community to remove color according to care and company follow while that's where the fault now currently hosts the web based show of the same so please welcome the one and only kid according to him dot com hand and a win just chronicle my dating life and that's how i got the following and then i met with a friend who hoped to a radio show and he was like you have a personality you're from there i did a radio show and now i am also surprised that he had this mistress and this kid is like living under a rock great so i'm i didn't think she would actually go through with it because i feel like after a certain time of the band's business arrangement but i'm glad that he you know st right that's good and that's what we do as well here and you know this is why we don't have him back but i think he's going to be our special thing and then i won't have dana because he's already planning to sue me for his which team will make their tea tactile game of victory find out as two teams go head to head in a battle of trivia knowledge and spotlight squares the th of july independence day edition next manhattan neighborhood networks youth media center a place where high school and college students can learn about media creation after school or on weekends and are free to pick a program then put those video production and editing skills to use in creating original content for our youth channel social media platforms and other internship opportunities here your opinions and creativity count and your voice will be heard to learn more go to w w w dot  is still a brand new game segment we introduce today will be the nd time we're playing this game here is how the game goes for those of you who don't know or never seen this play like take tac toe the only difference here is is that each team of two or three or depending on how many people people there are on the team they're going to go below head to head in the back of tribune together as quickly as possible to answer as many trivia questions correctly as possible in order to make as many they set it up for the bus or the like but any anyway looking at the score x s in the league it's not over for that they could make a comeback right now oh this is the final round to win that is on the clock good luck to you