Watch Now : Live townhall meeting on race and acts of violence #WhatNow

MTV, BET, and other Viacom Networks have cancelled their regular schedule programs to air a live townhall meeting called Whatnow to discuss the recent events in the news.

Whatnow Townhall meeting hosts

Leading the discussion will be MTV’s Charlamagne, Jamil Smith and Franchesca Ramsey, BET’s Marc Lamont Hill and Larry Wilmore from Comedy Central’s Nightly Show.

Open forum

The program is an open forum of artists, activists and audience members discussing the issues underlying this latest round in a cycle of violence and tragedy in America.

You can use the hashtag #whatnow or call in.

Watch the townhall meeting live