Coronavirus during a virtual town hall overnight. Just ahead, when he believes thd in a chinese lab. I can tell you there is a so many fruits and vegetables defense on honey bees. Significant amount of evidence that this came from that anyway, a threat to the Bee Laboratory in wuhan. Is a threat to you and me. In the spotlight, new for nbc news, joe fryer. Thats about the last thing questions for joe biden and the former staffer accusing him of we need right now. I only have a certain amount of bandwidth for being scared. Sexual assault just ahead, why she says her graphic accusation is not in the that has taken me over the edge. Could that be more 2020, now we have murder hornets. What do you say we cleanse complaint she filed decades ago. Our pallet and talk to carson murder hornet. The dangerous insect just found in the u. S. The very first time. Daly. Thats horrifying the threat to humans and bees and why they need to be wiped coming up, ill talk to the top golfer in the world. Ror
In countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are of fire richer experience hard and silently read. Guest you are constantly listening and ill get my own fine and i think it might have some characters. I think it is less of myself as a poet who performs, and out is myself being like, let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard once. It is guiding people but in a different way. If i dont give everybody, the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and empathy, i am not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown the listening to audiobooks is more Emotional Experience and stories shared through other mediums. Is none of your book but it has the best of both worlds. It is a very intimate form of experience in the start because you actually human being giving the story to you. Noi absolutely love that. Tearing this how the person is telling thest story. Hearing your novel read aloud and bring transformed into an audiobook
Tran11 primetime, tonight 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Lets more people expense great stories. For people who cant read yet. You are off the reason that 50 of americans listen to an audiobook in 2019, so heres to all of you, heres two amazing audiobooks and heres to 25 years of the audio world. Ladies and document, we are thrilled to introduce this evening im a master of ceremonies, the witty and wonderful mr. Rocca. A correspondent for cbs sunday morning. Frequent catalyst on npr show, dont tell me. Is the author and narrator of the recent New York Times bestseller, obituary. I audio. Hes also the host of the podcast. We are excited to have him as our host this evening. Without further ado, mo rocca. [cheering] [applause] thank you, thank you. This is kind of a dream for me, i have to say. [cheering] here i am in this fabulous venue in front of this crowd and stephen king is here. [cheering] [applause] i feel like carrie when she was asked to prom. [laughter] anyway, i think given the
We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
Transplant tourism business. Have Reform Efforts stopped the practice . Theyve obviously got a lot of people sitting around, waiting to be killed for a transplant. And they are picking the right person to be killed depending on who the patient is. Brangham all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brangham americans spent this memorial day honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. Since 1775, more than 1. 2 million americans have died serving our country. Lisa desjardins reports. Present. Desjardins on this national day of remembrance, t