freckled or a different body shape or religion, to feel like this story that i wrote for my husband and son could be your story also. the best-selling book titled the bench is about the special bond between a father and son, as seen through a mother s eyes. the book was inspired by a poem meghan wrote for her husband, prince harry, as a gift on his first father s day a month after they son archie was born in 2019. she was interviewed for npr s weekend edition. good afternoon, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i m jessica dean, in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with gun violence and the epidemic plaguing our country, the numbers growing every day. the u.s. seeing a rash of shootings during this holiday weekend. coast to coast, violence is soaring. we have been monitoring several shooting investigations in