Youre welcome to our event series. Before i start, i want to mention real quick, if you have questions tonight, you ask us in the chat box or comments on the youtube page, and well get to as many as we can. If youre interested in purchasing the book, and i hope that you do, you can find it at most major retailers, but we like to point people toward bookshop. Org where you can find just about any book youre looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. Again, thats bookshop. Org. Please give them a look. I mentioned to someone the other day that i was reading the senates words in preparation for the event tonight, and they said, oh, thats the new faulkner biography. I said, well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts. Literary history, social commentary and literary criticism. I think it will band to either of those subjects. What the book really did for me was force me to give serious thought on where faulkner stands
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers. Hugh laurie. Writer and actress, rachel bloom music from lp. Featuring the 8g band with Valerie Franco and now seth meyers. Seth good evening, im seth meyers. This is late night. How is everybody doing tonight thats great to hear lets get to the news. Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said yesterday that republican senator Lindsey Graham pressured him to find a way to toss legally cast absentee ballots to reverse President Trumps loss in the state man, just when you think Lindsey Graham couldnt sink any lower. Why would you think that according to the new york times, President Trump last week asked his senior advisers about moving ahead with a military strike in iran. And i think its a bad sign that im just relieved he didnt ask about michigan maybe just the upper part the upper finger im pretty sure its called the finger. President elect joe biden has reportedly told advisers privately that he doesnt want to spend his entir
Witnesses say it happened in an instant. The girls father tried to save her, but he could not. Good evening everyone, i am frank somerville. I am Heather Holmes in for julie. The girl drowned at the beach, at a remote outpost on the west side of the bay in marin county. We have live coverage from deborah the spoke with First Responders about what happened. Reporter they said the dad couldve easily drown as well, trying to save his daughter. This is a tragedy for the parents and the two Little Sisters on a beach outing. This is the northernmost beach on the seashore. From skyfox, it is remote and secluded. The shoreline drops in the ocean. It came in as a water rescue. Reporter water rescue rushed in, expecting to save someone in the ocean. Instead, the park ranger, first arrived on the 4yearold victim had already washed ashore. He started cpr. First responders also took turns until she could be airlifted. About 45 minutes until we could get her loaded and moved toward a hospital. The e
Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not
The next 30 minutes donald trump demands a recount and files lawsuits in key states as his path to victory narrows also the outcome of the election hinges on 4 states where mainly postal votes are now being tallied. And in other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation of tensions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden is now just 6 Electoral College votes away from the u. S. Presidency after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now really won 4 years ago by now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the west and georgia North Carolina in the south and theyre up in the north pennsylvania donald trump has launched legal action in several states over the votes being counted well lets look at georgia