Good evening everyone and welcome to books and books with the virtual author series we are virtual booksellers and author events its great to see you all here tonight. Thank you to all of you out there and all the support that you have shown books of books and writers everywhere at this time we are facing. Hoping that you and your families are safe and healthy. Natalie with the Miami Book Fair that we do think them people are asking about the book fair weather virtual or physical or a combination its too early to tell and also the culture crusaders were thrilled to welcome our good friend to celebrate the publication of his new book the lincoln conspiracy we have been with brad not let any virus get in the way. Everyone knows the story that with the original conspiracy in 1861 and for that first inauguration to say this is a story that few people know with deep Political Division and what they do in times of strife and on the New York Times bestseller and the escape artist and thriller
Take a look at this. A small private plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing on interstate 470 in missouri. The pilot reported a loss of engine power. Fortunately no one was hurt. An emissions plunge is one side effect of the coronavirus lockdown. Carbon emissions are at their lowest level since 2006 after falling 17 globally compared to last year. Still, thats not expected to have a big impact on climate change. This year is on pace to be one of the five hottest on record. Turning now to a growing danger thats another apparent byproduct of the lockdowns, speed demons tempted by all those empty highways. It has police and Safety Experts sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in reckless driving. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter as we head toward memorial day weekend, an urgent new warning. With more and more dangerous scenes like these, watch as cars speed through red lights, causing crash after crash. Concerns that street racing is also up in parts of the country. Just this weeken
How farrow is responding. Also this morning, help for parents. The new option for parents desperate for day care. New video as playful dolphins put on a spectacular show in the pacific. And the second grade class and i think to myself what a Wonderful World proving it really is a Wonderful World. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with that breaking news, a state of emergency has been declared in michigan. More than 10,000 people are being forced to flee their homes after floodwaters broke through two dams, and now theres concern that one city could be inundated with several feet of water. This morning, catastrophic flooding threatening to swallow an entire town. Downtown midland could be under approximately nine feet of water. Reporter a major dam in michigan failing late tuesday. The moment water gushed through the barrier. Caught on camera, you can see as more and more water starts sweeping through the gaps. Soon after a torrent of muddy lake water formed a massive hole maki
Here are her remarks. This is london. His majesty, king george vi. Let us remember the men and all the services and all who have laid down their lives. We have come to the end of our tribulation and they are not with us at the moment of our rejoicing. Queen elizabeth i speak to you today the same hour as my father did 75 years ago. His message then was a salute to the men and women at home and abroad who sacrificed so much in pursuit of what he rightly called a great deliverance. The war had been a total war, it affected everyone and no one was immune from its impacts. Whether it be the men and women called to serve, families separated from each other, or people asked to take up new roles and skills to support the war effort, all had a part to play. At the start, the outlook seemed bleak. The end distant. The outcome uncertain. But we kept faith that the this was right, and believe, as my father noted, carried us through. Never give up, never despair. That was the message of ve day. I
Arrested over the killing of a man who was shot to death while outrunning in georgia. Thanks for joining us. We begin in the u. S. , where new figures released on friday Shows Unemployment has surged in april. The largest rise in christ [please stand by close to in close to 90 years. The coronavirus lockdown crippled the economy. To 14 . Ment skyrocketed it was 4. 4 in march. In april, 20. 5 million jobs were lost, the worst result since the Great Depression, which began in 1929. It far exceeds the global recession when 8. 7 million jobs were wiped out. Our White House Correspondent says the numbers were expected, but not welcome. Correspondent the u. S. President reacted to them in the last halfhour, speaking to reporters talking about these numbers, and once again trying to project optimism, calling the shutdown that resulted in the loss of these jobs as essentially being artificial. In other words, this is not a bad economy, is what he is saying. The only reason the jobs have been l