Lies of the land seeing Rural America for what it is and isnt is your book. The opening line in the book is the lies about Rural America is preposterous on its face. What you mean by that . Steven i mean that we use rural to describe vastly different parts of the country. There is no really good definition of it. Rural america turns out to be a remarkably diverse label to cover all kinds of different areas of the country. The greenbelt in the great plains, areas of northern maine, parts of appalachia which were once cold country, we are talking about vast parts of the American Southwest, they all get labeled rural but they are dramatically different in all kinds of ways. How do you define it for the purpose of your book . Steven i very studiously avoid trying to define it. [laughter] one of the things i found interesting when i jumped into the project was that lots of people have been trying to define the term for a long time and no one has come up with a real answer. I think at the en
Lies of the land seeing Rural America for what it is and isnt is your book. The opening line in the book is the lies about Rural America is preposterous on its face. What you mean by that . Steven i mean that we use rural to describe vastly different parts of the country. There is no really good definition of it. Rural america turns out to be a remarkably diverse label to cover all kinds of different areas of the country. The greenbelt in the great plains, areas of northern maine, parts of appalachia which were once cold country, we are talking about vast parts of the American Southwest, they all get labeled rural but they are dramatically different in all kinds of ways. How do you define it for the purpose of your book . Steven i very studiously avoid trying to define it. [laughter] one of the things i found interesting when i jumped into the project was that lots of people have been trying to define the term for a long time and no one has come up with a real answer. I think at the en
Lies of the land seeing Rural America for what it is and isnt is your book. The opening line in the book is the lies about Rural America is preposterous on its face. What you mean by that . Steven i mean that we use rural to describe vastly different parts of the country. There is no really good definition of it. Rural america turns out to be a remarkably diverse label to cover all kinds of different areas of the country. The greenbelt in the great plains, areas of northern maine, parts of appalachia which were once cold country, we are talking about vast parts of the American Southwest, they all get labeled rural but they are dramatically different in all kinds of ways. How do you define it for the purpose of your book . Steven i very studiously avoid trying to define it. [laughter] one of the things i found interesting when i jumped into the project was that lots of people have been trying to define the term for a long time and no one has come up with a real answer. I think at the en
The cnn film Little Richard is up next. Ow man Little Richard, its now 16 years since you had your first hits. Oh, yes. Do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who werent even alive when you first began . Yes, but i have woke them up now. Everybody that wasnt alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. Were you always so shy . No, im not. A lot of people say im shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. The love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness, you aint supposed to hide them. You got it. God gave it. Show it to the world. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man whos become a legend in his own time, Little Richard [ cheers and applause ] good golly, miss molly sure like to ball that music, that beat, his voice. The oooh my god, who is that . Who is that . Cant hear your mama call good golly, miss molly id never seen any of it before. Sure like to ball good golly, miss molly ja
Also breaking, assassination plot. The new report saying uks Prime Minister was targeted for murder at 10 downing street. The suspects in court this morning. And on a starstudded night for americas top athletes, the huge surprise. Beyonce walking out on stage to honor Colin Kaepernick. I accept this award. Not for myself, but on behalf of the people. What the embattled quarterback says he will do with or without the nfls support. And we do say good morning, america. Great to have you with us. What a night at the Sports Illustrated awards. Some really special honored. I know, michael, you had a chance to be there. I wasnt honored but i was there. I was honor there to honor j. J. Abrams watt and jose altuve and j. J. Watt who raised so much money for the city of houston are the couldnt have gone to two better guys. Altuve standing up for the little guys. Im looking at him going this guy is hitting all these home run. Dont let the frame fool you. First those devastating wildfires in calif