[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
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All of that expected to make its way in. For many of us it could be plowing in a number of communities. Randy first, let s get a closer look at what we are dealing with. Cindy, danielle, and olessa are tracking it. Cindy it s not so much right now, but the next few hours as people get on the road. Bad timing here as we watch the rain changeover. Take a closer look at the winter storm warning, because it is out till 3 00 this afternoon. Just Getting Started with this storm, carrying into the afternoon. S. North shore through boston out to the cape, over the interior. We are watching that changeover occur. Southwest New Hampshire as well, and the line is collapsing all the way to 128. We re seeing the changeover. That s the trend. To boston, and we may have a few snowflakes, but in the next hour we will see it flip over. The sotrm the storm will be polling in as the colder air works in, a combination that will slicken things up. By 6 00, snow makes its way into boston. It s beginning to