All right. All right. Everybodys got a Favorite Book from their childhood sometimes stories of adversity and triumph. But the heroes of those stories are often lacking in diversity yeah. Its true. Frustration. We just know, like, its too according to a recent study, much of a gamble straight ahead, the story actually, more childrens books from coast to coast. Massive explosion. What caused this devastating blast in the heart of beirut the mystery growing as the number of dead and injured climbs this morning. But from the rubble, a stunning story. A survivor pulled out alive. Those stories, plus phoning feature white characters than all other types of visible home the astronauts in that historic nasa Spacex Mission revealing the prank calls they made. Minorities combined. Thats one reason why jenna sat down with some really bright young minds to talk about the importance of representation especially in this particular moment by the way, these kids are probably was a pretty funny incredi
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Being able to hug and kiss ad tell them that you love them. Reporter after all shes been through, schneider says shes amazed by the support shes getting here. If we can just hold it together, you know . We just have to hold it together. We have to keep our hearts in the right place so this way we can move forward. How do you think your neighbors are doing, your town is doing . You know, there are some people that are just not able to come back, but, you know, well take care of them. Everybody will gather around and well, you know, well do what needs to be done. Reporter that spirit, it seems, is a characteristic of small towns. A particular thing that people often are craving at this moment in american history, which is a sense of connection. James fallow spent years visiti visiting places other people drive past or fly over. Along with his wife wrote a book on the topic and said no one has been impacted more by the virus than americas largest, new york. Until now. The longer term conc
This years b. E. T. Awards show featured artists gathered. As well as a performance by First Lady Michelle Obama as she presented beyonce with a humanitarian award. Those are some of our top headlines on this monday, june 29th. Happy monday, everyone. We do begin this half hour with the devastating new numbers on the pandemic. More than 500,000 lives have been lost worldwide, and more than 125,000 of them in the u. S. Alone. Some areas that reopened are now backtracking. Beaches across south florida will be closed for the july fourth weekend. The pittsburgh area is the latest to shut down bars. Cases are on the rise across much of the country with only two states reporting a decline in new infections. Abcs zohreen shah has more. Reporter this weekend, 10 Million People infected and more than 500,000 worldwide who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. In the u. S. , seven states breaking records this weekend, including florida with nearly 9,000 new infections. Broward county and mia
Racist video showing a supporter shouting white power. This as the president also comes under fire over those bombshell reports that the white house was told russia was paying bounties to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan and did nothing. Demanding justice. Thousands taking to the streets, shutting down a highway in colorado protesting the death of Elijah Mcclain as newly obtained Surveillance Footage shows the 23yearold shopping in a store right before the deadly encounter with police. Breaking news, deadly attack. Four gunmen stormed the pakistan Stock Exchange. The latest this morning. Unsafe skies . Ngdiancing rulesst airlines epe travel fothe holiday weekend. And the b. E. T. Awards. The fight for Racial Justice taking center stage from Jennifer Hudsons showstopping performance to a new anthem from alicia keys. Plus, Michelle Obama presenting beyonce with the humanitarian award. We have to vote like our life depends on it because it does. Queen bey dedicating her speech to proteste