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[applause] [applause] [cheering] i dont want you to be intimidated, but i practiced these jazz hands for ten minutes backstage. Thats not actually a joke and that is the scary thing about it. Good evening and welcome to the 2018 pen america literary awards. Thank you for being here. [applause] honestly im thrilled to be here, very honored to celebrate the mission to protect Free Expression everywhere. Yes you should clap for Free Expression. It is honestly a weird time to be protecting Free Expression. I know that you are thinking but sally it is so obviously not under threat right now. [laughter] certainly not here in the United States of america. I mean, obviously free speech is so free, we have fake speech now. Seriously, i am honored to be here. It is such a big deal. There are so many incredible and important authors that grace us with their words and ideas this year, brilliant visionary inspired writers and of course im talking about ivanka. [laughter] the jokes dont get any bett
That coveted triple crown. We have tips before your head out to the park. Good morning, everybody. Youre looking live at lower manhattan. Its gleaming in the sun. Thank you for joining us on this sunday, august 2nd. Summer is moving along. Here we are. Not too fast. Slow down. This is the dog days of summer but with sunrises like that you cant complain. Im tony yates in for michelle charlesworth. Im rob nelson. Good to have you back. Thank you , dear. Michelle is waking up along the beach. Were all jealous of you, michelle. Enjoy this weekend and next weekend off. Going to work with you again. Certainly. You know who is in the house with us this morning. Miss freeze. Right, a my. Looking out over the east another temperatures starting were a stormfree end to the weekend as well. Lows this morning starting cool in monticello in the 50s. Everybody else 60s and 70s over night. Newark had 69, satellite and radar picture, it looks really nice across the area. Wall to wall sunshine as you wa
After noon the mid 80s until sunset. 88 is the forecast high. Chances for rain once we start the work week and a major temperatures cool down is coming. That coming up. Were following breaking news out of brooklyn the morning. A mass shooting has left at least nine people hit by bullets in East New York. Witnesses tell us the victims began scattering everywhere to escape the gunfire. Kristen thorn is live on stanley and pine street. Kristen. Reporter good morning. We have learned more about the victims hurt during this shooting. We learned that includes five women and four men. The most serious injuries are to a 19yearold and 24yearold, both of them shot in the neck. This happened around 2 30 at this home on stanley avenue in East New York. Were told that there was a house party going on in the backyard, an argument happened, the next thing people knew bullets were flying. Nine people shot. Were told the ages of those victims 19 to 38 years old. Besides the two shot in the neck seven o
Governor christie having a party on the beach when nobody else can, little bit unfair. Reporter lawmakers descended on trenton today in an effort to find some charm to end the shutdown that the governor ordered june 30 after lawmakers failed to agree on a budget closing allstate run recreation areas and most government agencies. Families are flocking instead to places like sandy hook seashore which falls under federal arms. It packed. Vendors reaching huge benefits from larger crowds. Yesterday it was packed. Yesterday was crazy busy. We ran out of umbrellas at like 11 00 and we literally had to wait to call people when we would get the umbrella back. Reporter this in contrast to my vendors near shuttered Island Beach State Park pictures showing its lack of activity compared to surrounding municipal beaches. We need to get together as legislators, as the executives and compromise on the budget and we need to do it now. The Small Businesses here in berkeley cant afford it. Fourth of jul