Everyone for being here this evening, you are going to supporting these amazing journalists and writers as those our bookstore by purchasing their copy of the book through us or by choosing to pay your way to the event. Every event especially in times like these so we cant see how much we appreciate it. Before we get started just a few things about how deep did thats critical tonight and just about the platform we are on. You can see youre free to use the chat been doing. Throughout the event is not a disturbance at all if you have any thoughts or anything, if you just want to give a shout out, feel free to. Not a disturbance at all. I encourage everyone to be kind and respectful to authors and each other but hopefully that should go without saying. Im going to give a short introduction here and turned over to Casey Sherman and david which are at that well have time for questions from the audience see concert thinking about in question jeff for these guys at which point ill come back o
For being here. Im a bookseller and events host at book line which brookline which is in brookline, massachusetts. We could be anywhere. And i wanted to get started by thank everyone for being here this evening, everyone who is supporting these amazing journalists, writers as well as our bookstores by purchasing their copy of the book through us or by choosing to pay your way after the event. Every event really does make a difference, especially in times like these. We cant understate how much we appreciate it. Just a few things about sort of how the event is going to go tonight and the platform. You can see the chat function as weve been doing, throughout the event, you know, its not a disturbance if you have any thoughts or anything, if you want to just give a shoutout. Feel free to. Not a disturbance at all. I, of course, encourage everyone to be kind and respectful, but hopefully that should go without saying. Im just going to do a short introduction here, and after their conversat
Encouraging news in the development of two experimental vaccines for covid19. Both hitting important milestones. And delivering conflict. As we rely even more on delivery apps like grubhub and doordash, what was once a love affair is now a war with restaurants and the cities they serve. Well go inside the booming business that some call a financial bust. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cant stay locked down for such a considerable period of time that you might do irreparable damage and have unintended consequences. Reporter this memorial day weekend will look very different, and officials want it that way. New restrictions at beaches and restaurants are in place with the hopes of preventing the additional spread of the coronavirus. Were not bothering anybody else. Were not going to be around anybody else. Its just us. Reporter President Trump declared places of worship essential places saying he wants them to open immediately.
it is quite a scene down there. smoke and flames shooting into the sky right above. look at that explosion. there are now reports of several more explosions. crews were battling that fire for hours and is now said to be under control. one of the most vital in our nation. cb cotton is following this story. what more can you add? traffic brought to a standstill on one of the country s oldest and most traveled routes. telling fox 29 affiliate that a tanker truck caught fire under i-95 in northeast northeast philadelphia. causing the northbound overpass to collapse. now north and southbound lanes are closed in this area for about three-4 miles. emergency dispatchers were reportedly notified just before 630 this morning. firefighters arriving to the aftermath to assess the damage with portions of northbound lanes reduced to rubble. the fire was under control like you said about an hour later at 7:30 a.m. this morning u.s. secretary of transportation saying federal resources are
prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited four yea