Thank you all. Thank you, thank you so much perrys. Went to welcome it to this session on behalf of humanitys tennessee. Tennessee Arts Commission and a built University Thoughts my honor to host the conversation today between two nonfiction authors who have created what reads as fiction. These are non fiction novels. And i can tell you that by the end of them youll either be rooting for the heroes, hating the villains or weeping with relief that justice is finally been done. So let me introduce you to our authors for today. We have an Investigative Reporter with an author writing arguably about the birth of investigative reporting. So let me bring to the stage the author of citizen reporters, ss mcclure, ida tarbell, and the magazine that re grows america, stephanie bolton. And also joining us today chris hanvey who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports for the New York Times on how some lawyers and doctors rigged the system to deny benefits to coalminer stricken with black lung diseas
After the american dream. You can also watch all of our past programs any time at booktv. Org. Good evening everyone, i have been working with our coauthors to maximize the visual presence. Theyve written a very engaging book thats attracted many review since it came out a few months ago. The basic premise of the book is that the most important thing that the athletes get is a quality education. The book is structured into four sections, the history of the scholar athlete, profiles of high achieving athletes and how scholar athletes when and how to reform the system. The book makes the case that varsity athletics and Academic Excellence are not mutually exclusive. Both play an Important Role in the development of personal bonds and core values that lead to a happy and productive life. To add to the voice today the current pandemic is causing athletes, universities and the public to question the status quo. We will be using an interview format today there will be plenty of time for audi
However, our First Priority is always to protect the publics health, and the way that we do that is by preventing spread of this virus. Reporter today really is its bad those news, but it is a call to action. Its our time to act. And i know a lot of people feel like theyve done everything they can. Were asking those who have done everything you can to do a little more. Reporter still at this restaurant, they worried about how to keep the staff, that are like family, and as the weather gets worse, theyre hoping diners will still consider outdoor seating with heaters an option. We need people coming to the restaurant asks dining, and if we dont have that, we will not have that revenue, so it is hard. Reporter the new rules take effect tuesday at 12 01 a. M. Santa clara said they will be in the purple tier not long after, unless they get this surge under control. Contra costa county putting some of its coronavirus restrictions back in place because of a spike in days of virus. 50 team in
Good evening and welcome ia and chelsea with a good time to be born how Public Health gave children a future talking with Andrew Solomon. Before we start want to say a huge thanks to the team for making this happen and all of you for showing up we cannot host events without the community of authors and readers we are grateful for your support and to make this conversation so now just some housekeeping and the webinar tonight the speakers cannot see or hear you but you can see account of fellow attendees. A couple functions that you can find at the bottom of the window one is labor chat you can post comments and thoughts in the chat thats a great way to show your appreciation for the author have a specific question please post the and the q a module we will pull questions only from the q a to be answered in the later part of the program. And tonight. [chanting] book a good time to be born and to find actual shopping between noon and 7 00 p. M. Not everyday of the week and you can purcha
On monday to, i think, information they had 90 efficacy. That was the pfizer vaccine. Demonstrating the vaccination as possible against covid19. The dr. Also said, if vaccine emergency authorization is approved, 20 million doses could be available in the United States in december. There are well over 1 million cases of the coronavirus in california. According to Johns Hopkins with only state with more cases is texas. Over 18,000 people with the virus have died in our state. Californias 14 day test positivity average is up to 4 . The goal is to be under 5 . Santa clara county Officials Say they are seeing a sudden, rapid spike in covid19 cases and are announcing new restrictions, including the elimination of Indoor Dining. Its bad news for restaurants who have just recently returned to Indoor Dining. Reporter thats right. Restaurant owners say this will be tough. They are not sure if they can get enough patio customers in winter to survive. Now, in a news conference, Santa Clara County