Welcome to the 2020 National Book festival. And our conversation with two distinguished guests who join us in honor of the centennial celebrations of american author and space age visionary rate bradberry a master storyteller whose legacy exemplifies the festivals theme of american ingenuity. I am john, director of the center for bradberry studies at Indiana University school of liberal arts. Red berries encouragement led to the creation of the center will re preserve his entire home office, a lifetime of words and mementos of the papers correspondence and working library that remained in his home at the time of his passing in 2012 part his remarkable career spans seven decades. He grew up in the great depression. His family, his father had to take the family all the way from illinois to los angeles to find work in rate bradberry was never able to go to college. He developed a great style, his own unique lyric, metaphor rich style. In his own kind of subjects writing fantasy, weird tal
Theyll attend ceremonies at Arlington National cemetery and baltimores ft. Mchenry. Those are some of our top stories on this memorial day, may 25th. On this memorial day, we begin with defiance in the face of the pandemic. Densely packed crowds openly flouting social distancing rules. Many people opted not to wear a mask while closely mingling with strangers at crowded beaches. An alarming sight for Health Experts who say it is still too soon for the country to let its guard down. Andrew dymburt has the latest. Reporter Many Americans weary after months of stayathome orders are now heading to beaches, boardwalks, and bars this Holiday Weekend. Many defied social distancing guidelines. In missouris lake of the ozarks, bars and pool parties packed with people, very few Wearing Masks. Happy that a lot of people are out. May be dangerous but well see the cases when we see this weekend over. Reporter the boardwalk in ocean city, maryland also crowded with people. Its really crowded. Its be
Pushes ahead with its historic attempt to launch astronauts into space for a nonstop. Hello thanks for joining us minneapolis is gearing up for another night of violent protests after unrest over the death of a black man at the hands of Police Officers spread to more u. S. Cities so the governor of minnesota says hes fully mobilizing the National Guard for the 1st time in the States History but warns he still doesnt have enough troops President Donald Trump says the oath or does there need to get tougher and offer to send in the National Military this while appearing to encourage a counter protest by his own supporters on friday nights of clashes in atlanta and houston new york and other cities while the 19 year old man was killed in detroit thats when shots were fired from an s. U. V. Into a crowd of protesters and the continuing protests came despite derek show of and thats the Police Officer who knelt on George Floyds neck being charged with murder so in the last hour the u. S. Atto
2027488000. Mountain and pacific, 2027488001. You can also send us a text at 2027488003. You can also post to twitter and facebook. With thoseis morning numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. The total number of confirmed cases in this country approaching 1. 7 million. On the right side of the screen, there is that figure, the death 98,929, 98,000 929. Nearly 100 thousand americans have died. A special pullout on the usa today, these are 100 people out of the 100,000 americans who have died from the coronavirus. Different ages, races, and backgrounds they point out. The next 100 days could define a new era, right usa today. It did not take longer than 100 days for the virus to claim the lives of nearly 100,000 americans. Thenimaginable toll, since first person in the u. S. Died from covid19, which is thought to have been february 6 in california. Borne out by the diminished rates of new infections and deaths in may is not enough to keep the u. S. From reaching that grim mileston
Advisories still impeach across the bay area and in pink for Solano County excessive heat warnings remain in effect through 07 00pm tomorrow. And these are going to be our hottest areas up in Solano County. Still the triple digits for many of those cities. 50s and 60s closer to the coast in the bay. Well temperatures wasting no time in climbing at san jose a word livermore to dublin conquered pittsburgh and fairfield slows cloverdale all back into the 70s had its only 08 00am a sign of things to come later today which will still be some really hot weather. Antioch back up into the triple digits conquered of livermore close enough that 99 degrees each opened a word in San Francisco will enjoy that sea breeze that will cool down temperatures a few degrees. Well for other spots like san jose, hardly feeling a difference at all 97 degrees was your record breaking day yesterday in san jose and today 96 degrees so today and tomorrow not much relief just yet still in the bulk of this heat wav