Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
Details rana. James and darya good morning that fire continues to burn you can see Law Enforcement have this road here closed off on east done this is in the unincorporated area out here now again that fire you can see the smoke in the background ongoing go ahead and give you guys a closer look because you can really see just how strong the fire is on the hillside then go ahead to the iris scans you guys can see there. But look at that the fire continues to burn even hours after it was started. Firefighters have been here on with a number of agencies trying to get the fire put out were going to show you that video from overnight here now the fire right now as we know is about approximately 40 acres in size that was the last update that cal fire gave out that was about 5 hours ago. So theres a strong possibility that th co since then now we do know some evacuations in the area are in progress for finley ridge road and that theres also a hard road closure like i mentioned on east done a
It was a very sarcastic question. Trump trumpident defends himself after widespread criticism regarding the treatment of the coronavirus. The holyly month of ramadan n bs with islams holiest sites largely empty amidst unprecedented restrictions. Leaders from around the world have united to launch an initiative to accelerate work on drugs, tests, and a vaccine for covid19. Coordinatedho, the campaign aims to ensure that any vaccines and treatments are available to all. Notable by their absence are china where the outbreak began and the u. S. Which has now recorded more than 50,000 deaths. Despite this, the state of georgia has gone ahead with reopening some nonessential businesses. There is better news from spain which has recorded its lowest number of deaths and more than a month and for the first time the number of spaniards that have recovered from covid19 has exceeded the number of new cases. Of of this as the holy month ramadan gets underway with coronavirus restrictions forcing mu
This is your fast and easy way to watch unfiltered coverage of the pandemic. Trump in the White House Coronavirus Task Force Made several announcements on the response the pandemic, theuding extending nationwide social distancing guidelines until april 30. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate everybody being here. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Tremendous distance between chairs. Social distancing, you practice it very well. We appreciate it. Thats great. I want to start today by highlighting several critical developments on both the testing and treatment that will help us win our war against the coronavirus. On friday, the fda authorized a new test developed by abbott labs that delivers lightning fast results, in as little as five minutes. That is a whole new ballgame. I want to thank abbott labs for the incredible work they have done. They have been working around the clock. Normally, this approval process from the fda would take 10 months, even longer, but we
A mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. The it meltdown that exposed customers to fraud. Branded the truly shambolic bank, a new report says bosses at tsb lacked common sense after 2 million customers couldnt access their accounts. A special, special night, says wales boss ryan giggs, as they beat hungary to qualify for next years European Championship he says its a bright new start for his side. And totteham have sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino. Theyre in talks with Jose Mourinho to take over. Not as cold as dark today as it was yesterday. The cloud and rain and breezy conditions in the west. Something dry and write in central and eastern areas. I have more in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 20th of november. Our top story this morning borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows in the first tv debate of the general Election Campaign, but the public response suggests that neither man emerged as a cle