Its a big night for the National Book foundation, for literature, culture, the big night for all of us. Whenever i have the opportunity to stand in front of people i always mention my mothers name, irma jean christin. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am th imed amm because she is the woman she is or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college the age of 17 the first person i17 in the firstperson in her fo college for me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthright of every single one of us if you can read in at least one language you are in my definition free. That is to say no one can pull the wool over your eyes are give you what they want to call alternative facts and convince you what you know to be true is in fact not true at all. If you can read at least one language, you have the wherewitha
We are going to have a great night tonight. We are honoring literary liens, emma white will be honored, a big night for the Massive National Book Foundation for literature, culture, a big night for all of us. When i have the ability to stand in front of people i mention my mothers name jean christian. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am the man that i am because she is the woman sheis or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college at the age of 17, the first person in her family to go to college. For me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a scant few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthrightof every single one of us, no exception and if you can read in at least one language youare in my definition free. That is to say , no one can pull the wall over your eyes. No one can give you a set of what they want to call alternative facts and co
Are seeing that you can see how weve seen some of that mixture kind of back and forth before you jump into this a sickness a little bit closer look now zoom into a couple areas where were starting to get some reports of sleet weve seen some of that up on the peninsula around fort eustis back over toward seafood were getting some wet snowflakes here. Now we may start seeing some mixing across the south side as well to mention the middle peninsula Northern Neck getting some of that is what killed the rain in the next moves out a little later this morning id say by maybe ten oclock or so Eleven Oclock should be out and again not a lot of snow accumulation this is what the euro projects may the north. I do see that stuff is going to move out quickly as we head through ten Eleven Oclock its gone skies cleared this afternoon with highs in the low forties it will be windy on top more about that weekend coming up heres ashley. All right craig is the beginning of the morning rush hour and this
They are risks in anything in life. If you had a son would you want him to play football . With super bowl sunday almost here the panthers and broncos ready to go big. And a big surprise on the way. Who will join coldplay and beyonce on stage . Good morning, america. Happy snowy friday in times square. Of course, we cant wait for the big super bowl surprise, the game too. Yeah, theres that. Robin is out in San Francisco going to bring us that exclusive interview with nfl commissioner Roger Goodell. How is it going out there, robin . The game too. I got that, george. Were having a good time. Goodtimes. Here at the nfl experience and have a lot coming up. Theres been so much in the news about safety in the league and the commissioner is answering our questions this morning. Weather as you know, amy, of people trying to get here from the northeast. Going to be tough for them today. Thats right, robin. Right to that monster storm hitting the northeast. A treacherous commute for so many. Ro
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