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
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Protest against mannings president despite a powerful line up of west African Leaders traveling to the capital. So the staggering impact of covert 1000. 00 on the United States shows no sign of easing President Donald Trump has called off the main Republican National convention after insisting for weeks that it would be a fully fledged event it was scheduled to take place next month in jacksonville in florida which is one of the worst affected states it reported 173. 00 deaths on thursday that is the states worst single day toll i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not rate just not right with whats happened recently the flare up in florida. To have a Big Convention is not the right time well the number of infections across the country has now crossed 4000000 a more than 144000 people have died 1400000 additional people are ready to the jobless and just the past week is estimated 25000000 people and now out of work republican comparing to reveal one trillion doll
Bring the latest on the ground and middle east we bring Trace Gallagher and also to, senator ted cruz will be here tonight and ufc president dana white will join us. He has a huge announcement, a recordsetting dealmaking bud light the official beer of the usc looks like anheuserbusch i trying to send a message you anyway it appeared that the American Beer Giant is now getting back into its roots selling beer. After what was a detour into politics that didnt work out well to be first our top story tonight. Chaos, miles continues to rock the entire middle east with the conflict that some believe coul erupt into a major global conflict and war. But is a big threat to america actually coming from within . Because then every major city, every major state there are leftists who exhibit more fidelity to the people of gaza and americans were murdered and taken hostage by terrorists, by his race murdered and taken hostage. In fact, for which now we have witnessed some of these individuals make