offered a single courtesy to her majesty, her mother. randi kaye, cnn. with us now is bonnie greer. she s an author, play wright. i heard some people saying she s sort of the unsung hero of this entire week. the way she has held herself, the role she has played. she s the british museum. what did i say? the royal museum. you re thinking of the princes royal. she s a breakout star of this whole thing. she her stamina she s 72 years old. she did the vigil of the princes, which is the first time a woman has ever done that, stood there. she s walked behind her brother. and that walk down the mile is
of actress, play wright and activist. ruby dee was 71. a huge explosion in utah was recorded by a trooper. it sent a piece of metal 1/4 mile away landing near the trooper s patrol car. they say it could have been fatal. if my trooper had not moved his car, it s likely he would have been seriously injured or killed. it took out a chunk of asphalt. before the explosion the trooper created a roadblock to prevent people from getting too close to the fire. now to weather and the severe storms hitting parts of the country. heavy rain in western new york caused severe flooding washings away a 30 foot section of road in bennington. central texas wednesday you can see a trampoline flying a few yards there right down the street. so what s in store for this weekend? nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is here with the forecast. good morning. good morning, frances.
a memorial service for the 12 people killed in monday s mass shooting at the washington naval yard will begin in about an hour. right now we re back with our brain trust. esther arma, political commentator and play wright. peter sudoman, senior writer at victoria, i want to start with you. president obama will address today s gathering later this afternoon. last night while speaking at the congressional black caucus dinner the president again made an impassioned plea for reforming the nation s gun laws. let s take a listen. as long as there are those who fight to make it as easy as possible for dangerous people to get their hands on a gun, then we ve got to work as hard as possible for the sake of our children. we ve got to be ones who are willing to do more work to make it harder. victoria, why is it still so difficult to sell gun reform legislation in this country? i think the scope is at issue
who fancied himself in authority on the performing arts has overshadowed the e passing of a former head of state with real authority in the arts. the authority of an author, a playwright. whose decent landed him in jail as a threat to the dictatorship that controll eled czechoslovak died sunday at his country house. the brilliant and courageous theater maker brought him to new york in 1968 for the theater production of his second play. that was the last time that havel was allowed out of czechoslovakia s rule. he became the most famous and jailed repeatedly included in january 1989.
former head of state with real authority in the arts. the authority of an author, a playwright. whose decent landed him in jail as a threat to the dictatorship that controlled czechoslovakia died sunday at his country house. the brilliant and courageous theater maker brought him to new york in 1968 for the theater production of his second play. that was the last time that havel was allowed out of czechoslovakia s rule. he became the most famous and jailed repeatedly included in january 1989. joe papp then put in an urgent call to his new york senator moynahan and got me on the phone