Own. Let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all b. 30 action this is the moment he goes on fighting we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that on the edges there are a. Growing number of iconic brands are pulling their ad down from states where we think its going to be in their rise in patagonia just sun the companys doing stuff for Profit Campaign thats important to strong advertisers to give away half a figure for allowing both racist and violent and verifiably all this kind intruded into a long term boycott. Hello im Richard Geres person youre watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories were covering this week facebook gets hit by a big brand advertising boycott designed to get hate speech off the site will anything really change. China passes a new law in hong kong that has journalists there running scared well read talking heads and the bookshelves the just
Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Well break it down four. I am bill spadea. This is chase newings. Another town. Another crisis. We brought you this story of lakewood. Now this is a lawsuit in as the school board dominated eight out of nine members who are Orthodox Jews where their kids go largely to private schools and they are being sued saying the atlarge system of electing these guys is disenfranchising black and latino families who make up most of the be blick school students. Ashley johnson has the full story. Ashley . Reporter the new york Civil Liberties yun has filed a lawsuit in east ramapo, new york, challenging the method for eling members of the board of education. The majority of the school board are Orthodox Jewish parents whose children attend private schools. The method to the ability to elect candidates of their choice. The new york stiff Civil Liberties union says the board favors private education versus public. In 2014, 200 teachers were utthe district. The suit says the cuts lead to a precipitous
Myself, years, years after doing this show. And im rosemary connors. Its 5 30 on this saturday. Thanks for being with us. Obviously dray new to weekend mornings. Yeah, happy to be here. Glad to have you with us. Thank you. Onehalf hour under your belt. The beat goes on. And three more hours ahead. Meteorologist krystal klei is with us this morning as well and shes tracking a gray and gloomy start this weekend and to marathon weekend in philly, fill us in, krystal. This is a mixed weekend, rain for some of the weekend and then some drying with cooling temperatures. A lot going on. We are starting quite cold out there. 28 right now in allentown, were at 26 in mt. Holly. And philadelphia just a little better off at 36 degrees, the current reading. Although with the light breeze its feeling more like about freezing and some spots below. So bundle up as you head out the door, those getting ready for the big run, this is what were looking at right now. Clouds are increasing across the area.