Acceptance speech in new york city. Good evening. Thank you stephen in the book critics circle for inviting me for Toni Morrison for the Lifetime Achievement award although she certainly doesnt need an introduction with celebratory tributes to the great novelist of their time. You have to rattle off her accomplishments to you tonight by and large you are deeply familiar and then to recognize the rising star in 1977 and that is from her book song of solomon. You dont need me to remind you hear the honorees and those other works. And i assume you dont want me to whittle away moments at the podium with the recitation of previous awards although it is tempting the 1988 Pulitzer Prize National Humanities metal and 2000 and the honorary doctorate from oxford among many others with the president ial medal of freedom. So literarily evil halle is heavily weighted in the favor and then has the crime see front and center with that poetic sensibility and the influence on discourse and the vernacul
Thank you, governor. Thank you everyone for tuning in today. I begin with todays medical report with the latest of 19th data. Today they report 3239 new cases over the last 24 hours, a total of 87937 individuals with covid19. Included in those numbers are 138 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, bring our death total to 3928. To date, 500 12,000 37 tests have been performed. 22678 reported in the last 24 hours. As of last night, 4473 were reported to be in the hospital with overthinking. Of those, 1132 patients were in the icu and 680 night were on ventilators. Theyve continued to follow the science and recommendations by the cdc heard from think doctors and epidemiologists and models. Theyve helped decisions that have been made by think him for taking this virus seriously and attacking the virus early. I wear many hats and as much as my family is in line, i constantly think of an annoyance. Covid19 has changed our communities and every day lives. Family members, we must try our h
Day from the field to the fork, to the grocers, to the meat processers, and thanks to the president s decision to use the defense production act we now have uniformity. The objective is work every day to keep those Meat Processing plants and ones coming down going back online. While were trying to keep workers safe an healthy. Weve done that. So with the testing, with the ppe, with the restructuring in the facilities theyre also doing a lot of that as well to social distance where they can, put in shields, look at lines to separate the shift. Partnership, really. Kim, we had great talk with owners of the plants, the top people, big people, big companies, actually. You wouldnt believe how many plants they have. I believe it was a very strong talk and i think they got the message. So within a week 1 2 we should be in great shape, maybe sooner. Another piece of it is, as the price for price of boxed beef is really skyrocketing. There is a huge price differential disparity. Farmers are hur
United states and President Trump into conflict we meet with newsmakers and the stories that matter is iraq. I answer me ok im willing to be loud and here in the stream today will albania abandon democracy elections are sad for this weekend but an escalating political crisis could rally the vote as a waste tweet us or leave comments and i live you tube chat and you might be this free. Growing Political Tension in albania is putting the countrys local elections in jeopardy and sparking violent demonstrations across his bubbled over in february when the Opposition Democratic Party withdrew from Parliament Since then opposition supporters have been protesting across a media demonstrators are accusing Prime Minister eddie rama of corruption and tomorrow that he steps down a move that would trigger new National Elections the countrys president has called off the june the 30th elections but the Prime Minister vals that they will go on as well joining us to discuss all of this interim a. Litt
International calls are intensifiying for accountability for recent violence, including the killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday as well as the killing of at least 11 people, including two healthcare workers, in an israeli raid in the city of rafah thats according to gazas Health Ministry. The bbc s Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. We have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened. How, these pictures do not show. Tanks were present