illuminating conversations with offers. two years of powerful books. two years of reading resistance, there are two major takeaways, the direct attempts to remove books from classrooms and libraries are not slowing down. second, a book could quite literally save a life. i could say more, but today i will let the literature speak for itself. there are two things that encapsulate that truth, quite like the cult classic, the perks of being a wall flower. the perks of being a wall tower follows 15 year old charlie as he navigates high school after a friend s devastating suicide and reckons with the life altering intergenerational trauma. with the help of sam, a magnetic high school senior with an undeserving reputation, and patrick, who is harboring a secret relationship with the quarterback of the football team, charlie finds his footing and finds himself. i began by asking about his frequent use of 90s references throughout the book, including the song asleep by the smiths. i
all sides reporting progress as washington clears out for the holiday weekend. can they prevent a default as soon as one week from today? the founder of the oath keepers extremist group given 18 years in prison, the longest sentence yet for his role in planning the january 6th attack. why the judge says he still poses a threat to the fabric of democracy. the turbulent twitter launch. florida governor ron desantis trying to move beyond his rocky presidential campaign roll-out. his plans to hit the trail as he takes fire from top rivals. up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution. an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability. our exclusive town hall with pope francis. what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themsel
up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability our exclusive town hall with pope francis what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themselves in her struggle better than all the rest announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. wrapped in the language of politics in a process that in most years has gone by without fanfare, the warning signs of economic peril are growing louder tonight the financial well-being for individual americans and the prestige of the entire nation at stake as negotiators seek a compromise solution to raise the debt ceiling it s required for washington to pay its bills and avoid defaulting on loans. tonight the fir
6-year-old boy is the only survivor of a family trip to the mall. william cho was wounded in saturday s mass shooting at allen premium outlets north of dallas. his baby brother james, mother cindy, and father were killed, murdered. a gofundme post written by friends said william had just celebrated his sixth birthday four days prior to the shooting. it is not a good evening when the only future for two little girls is in how they ll be remembered by those who loved them. daniela mendoza was in the fourth grade and her sister sophia a second grader. r rays of sunshine is how their school principal described them. their mom was critically wounded. it is not a good evening when this woman s family is making plans to return her body to india for a funeral. her name was a-that the canada. she came to pursue a masters how to grow delicious herbs: step one: use miracle-gro potting mix. that s it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow. our customers don t do what they do for like
the yellow mendoza was in the fourth, her sister sophie was a second grader. rays of sunshine, that s how they re school principal describe them in a letter to other parents, their mom was critically wounded. it s not a good evening when this woman s family is now making plans to return her family to india for a funeral. her name was aishwarya thatikonda, she came here some five years ago to pursue a masters degree and she was at the mall with a friend who is also wounded. nor is it a good evening when a security guard christian lacour is remembered in death as the kind of person who would light up the room instead of celebrating life for him. and, all eight people were murdered saturday. the killer wounded seven others before he was shot dead. 128 years into the year, it was the country s to 122nd mass shooting. 222 incidents where people were wounded or killed. 222 opportunities as a society to actually do something to honor the victims of gun violence to make them the last