[applause] [applause] [cheering] i dont want you to be intimidated, but i practiced these jazz hands for ten minutes backstage. Thats not actually a joke and that is the scary thing about it. Good evening and welcome to the 2018 pen america literary awards. Thank you for being here. [applause] honestly im thrilled to be here, very honored to celebrate the mission to protect Free Expression everywhere. Yes you should clap for Free Expression. It is honestly a weird time to be protecting Free Expression. I know that you are thinking but sally it is so obviously not under threat right now. [laughter] certainly not here in the United States of america. I mean, obviously free speech is so free, we have fake speech now. Seriously, i am honored to be here. It is such a big deal. There are so many incredible and important authors that grace us with their words and ideas this year, brilliant visionary inspired writers and of course im talking about ivanka. [laughter] the jokes dont get any bett
Mounts a new fight to overturn the North Carolina bill that did away with the antilgbtq bill known as hb2. We will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the states democratic governor. Is the state of North Carolina still a democracy . And we will look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. Thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. You start gagging. I shut my hog operation down. I got out of it. I just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as International Workers day. This year, in california, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area, as immigrant work
We will hear voices from the streets of new york and speak to an immigrant rights organizer here in raleigh. In the aclu melds a new fight mounts a new fight t to overturn the North Carolina bill that did away with the antilgbtq bill known as hb2. We will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the states democratic governor. Is the state of North Carolina still a democracy . And we will look at how a group of africanamerican residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. Thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. You start gagginin i shut my hog operation down. I got ouout of it. I just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome e to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also
Swing act. This photo shows her flying through the air moments before the accident. Ladies and gentlemen, due to an injury on stage, the show has been temporarily interrupted. How shes doing this morning. And the grand finale. After breaking records on four college campuses, al has reached the last stop and hes making it an extra special one today. Friday, march 31st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthre. Good morning everyone. It is a friday morning, a rainy one. Can you believe those pictures coming out of the atlanta . There is no other way to describe this situation in atlanta other than than absolute nightma nightmare. It is going to cause major problems for commuters there for the foreseeable future. Well go live to atlanta in a moment. Well start in washington this morning. A Major Development overnight tied to the congressional investigations of russian interference in the election. Michael flynn, who was ousted as president Trumps National sec
The big rig. They have made some progress here. The car has been pulled out from under the truck, and were told that the dead mans body has been removed from the car. Its such a tragic zone. It happened around 7 30 this morning at park avenue and mcevoy street. Traffic investigators are here trying to determine what exactly happened, whether the sun in the drivers eyes was a factor, speed, or what else may have caused the deadly accident. The semi truck driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. We got a vehicle that was going eastbound on park and struck a semi. It was turning in front of it, a car passed the u. N. Neat the trailer. The driver was deceased the at the scene. I saw the truck pulling out and all of a sudden a silver car cam in, bang. Saw three flaggers on the south end of the accident. They waved the drug on to cross the lane as it was crossing up north on this street. Reporter police say the girl is being treated at a hospital and will be okay. Back here