Conversation today with author erika hayasaki, who is also based in southern california. Most recent feature stories appeared in the New York Times magazine, wired the atlantic, others, a former national for the l. A. Times. She teaches storytelling at uc irvine. Shes an associate professor in the Literary Journalism program. Her books, the death class and somewhere have been released in 2014 and 2022, and she was named an npr best book of the year. You thank you. And i gotta i wonderful to be together with my longtime the of your work friends and im so excited for the outdoor world and i was going to ask you to just by reading a little bit okay all our. Yeah okay actually i should put my glasses right now. Get comfy. Yeah. You want to sit through. Yeah. Okay. So. Im going to read the chapter. Its just going savanna and its about the main character in my nonfiction, a young woman named la Fontaine Gray went, who was living in fargo, north. And when an eight months pregnant when she was
Hugo problem, was a long reads best of 2015, and shes in conversation today with author erika hayasaki, who is also based in southern california. Most recent feature stories appeared in the New York Times magazine, wired the atlantic, others, a former national for the l. A. Times. She teaches storytelling at uc irvine. Shes an associate professor in the Literary Journalism program. Her books, the death class and somewhere have been released in 2014 and 2022, and she was named an npr best book of the year. You thank you. And i gotta i wonderful to be together with my longtime the of your work friends and im so excited for the outdoor world and i was going to ask you to just by reading a little bit okay all our. Yeah okay actually i should put my glasses right now. Get comfy. Yeah. You want to sit through. Yeah. Okay. So. Im going to read the chapter. Its just going savanna and its about the main character in my nonfiction, a young woman named la Fontaine Gray went, who was living in far
My father, being the entrepreneur and hard worker he is, teaching his kids their values, he started working as a carpenter and electrician. He made ends meet for his family. It was those lessons around the table with my father in particular, who would constantly remind me of the importance of freedom and democracy in america, and how we have a responsibility to preserve these values. Taughts something i have to my kids about as well. Steve your parents are still alive . Mercedes they are. In my family, he was one of the earliest supporters of President Trump. He would tell us, you know, he just speak his mind, and i respect my command have to say what this man has to say and the direction he wants to take this country. For a long time, this country is going in the wrong direction. He says that our freedoms are being constrained and that it is important for us to make sure we have the ability to freely speak our minds, encouraged debate and discussion. The topics that we used to discuss
Council sessions, Rex Tillerson spoke briefly to reporters and took a few questions. Mr. Tillerson good afternoon, all. I want to again thank the government of japan for using their opportunity of the chair to convene todays session on north korea. I also appreciate secretary gutierrezs comments and framing of the situation for us. As was the case when President Trump took office, he identified north korea as the greatest threat to u. S. National security, and regrettably, a months later, not much has changed. If anything, the situation perhaps has worsened. The most recent north Korean Missile test, one that was noted as a real threat to civilization and security, it demonstrates the disregard north korea has not just for the United States, but for the view of the entire International Community. I think that was clearly expressed by the members of the Security Council today. We simply cannot continue to accept the progress of north koreas program. We will maintain the Pressure Campaig
The house scheduled for tuesday. After the bill was filed in the house, ways and Means Committee chair kevin brady spoke to reporters for 10 minutes. Good evening, everyone. We have filed the bill on the tax act in the house. This means the text of this new tax reform bill will become public now and the American People will be able to assess the impact of a new tax code. My point is this, we deserve, americans deserve a new tax code for a new era of american prosperity. That is exactly what the tax cuts and jobs act does. As we head to the vote, we will also be able to finally because the house and Senate Versions were different, families, small businesses, and our local businesses that compete around the world will have a bill to analyze and embrace. I am excited about this moment. It has been 31 years in the making. And a lot of hard work about a lot of people to make this day happen. I am proud of the tax cuts and jobs act and i will take questions. You are talking about four bracke