after months of anticipation and a vote that lasted all night long, we re one step closer to covid relief. the senate passed president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package. will the stimulus bill help speed up the process of reopening states and cities, especially now that vaccination rates are improving? we ll dig into that next. also this hour, levar burton, the long time host of reading rainbow is here tonight. we ll get his take on six problematic works by dr. seuss going out of print. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the covid relief bill passed the senate, paving the way for $1,400 checks to reach millions of mailboxes. not one republican supported the bill despite its widespread support among voters. after today s senate vote, president biden had this to say i want to thank all of the senators who worked so hard to reach a compromise to do the right thing for the american people during this crisis
biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package. will the stimulus bill help speed up the process of reopening states and cities, especially now that vaccination rates are improving? we ll dig into that next. also this hour, levar burton, the longtime host of reading rainbow is here tonight. we ll get his take on six problematic works by dr. seuss going out of print. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the covid relief bill passed the senate, paving the way for $1,400 checks to reach millions of mailboxes. not one republican supported the bill despite its widespread support among voters. after today s senate vote, president biden had this to say i want to thank all of the senators who worked so hard to reach a compromise to do the right thing for the american people during this crisis and voted to pass the american rescue plan. it obviously wasn t easy. it wasn t always pretty. but it was so desperately needed. the b
more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of colonialism, tanzania s abdul razat gurnah is shocked to win the 2021 nobel prize for literature. you know, these days you get these cold calls, i thought, this is another one of them. and i picked it up and this guy said, hello, you have won the nobel prize for literature. and i said, come on, get out of here! hello, a very warm welcome. the us government urges rational to the energy crisis causing a shortage of gas across europe. jake sullivan told the bbc that moscow had previously used energy as a political weapon. he warned that doing so now would backfire. we have long been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we have seen it happen before and we could see it happen again. that being said, the larger challenge right now is a global challenge, with both oil supplies and gas supplies, and it is a challenge where the supply of t
celebrate a takeover by a saudi lead consortium in a deal worth more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of colonialism, tanzania s abdul razat gurnah is shocked to win the 2021 nobel prize for literature. you know, these days you get these cold calls, i thought, this is another one of them. and i picked it up and this guy said, hello, you have won the nobel prize for literature. and i said, come on, get out of here! hello, a very warm welcome in america and around the globe. russia has been urged not to exploit the energy crisis causing gas shortages across europe. russia insists the problem lies with much of europe on the decision not to take out long term contracts for which they are now paying the price. i for which they are now paying the price- for which they are now paying the rice. . , u, . the price. i am very concerned. we struggle the price. i am very concerned. we struggle enough. the price. i am v
- they thought it was gonna make 700 million, but it actually made 1.3 billion. so it had a business impact, it had a community impact, it opened up doors. (dramatic music) (rocket thrusting) - it showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at afrofuturism and blacks in sci-fi, looking at horror was also highly profitable. - sci-fi is really a conversation about our humanity and man s relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. - it s really exciting to know that more black-centric science fiction is making its way onto the television screens, finally. - black people have always loved science fiction and have always loved fantasy. we just didn t know it. - when you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then it s a lie. - we have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. and us getting our due is literally just opening the gates for everyone