Welcome, everybody live at the l. A. Times book festival. We hope youre having an extraordinary day. Welcome also are friends coming in via this recording for cspans book tv. We are thrilled to be with you. My name is martha jones and i have the distinct pleasure of moderating the panel today. The legacy of slavery through the generations. My first task is to introduce the extraordinary authors. I begin to my left. Carry greenwich is the author of the grimkes the legacy of slavery in an american family. Congratulations on being a finalist this year before the l. A. Times book prize. Rachel jamison webster, author of Benjamin Banneker and us 11 generations of an american family. Welcome, rachel. Williams, author of, i saw death coming, a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. And, the author of master slave husband wife and epic journey from slavery to freedom. You can already hear where this conversation will go and i am thrilled to help facilitate it. To sta
triggered a serial killer probe. and he s on top of the world. my conversation with the youngest american woman to climb mount everest. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. president biden tonight standing up for his administration s response to the infant formula shortage, predicting in a matter of weeks or less there will be significantly more formula on shelves. with multiple congressional committees looking into the shortage, the administration says it is working on several fronts to increase supplies, including tapping formula from overseas the shortage which has been quietly developing for months now is being felt nationwide with tennessee, delaware, and texas among the hardest-hit, and certain minority communities being especially impacted, prompting worries about long-term health consequences tonight, parents and caregivers looking for guidance and answers jo ling kent is following the story. reporter: president biden today defe
msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news, abortion rights advocates taking the street from coast to coast. demonstrations are tired bans off our bodies. it kicked off in the last hour. bringing thousands to the streets to demand protection of a woman s right to choose. advocates making their voices heard after senators fail to codify roe v. wade into law. our message is clear. we will see you in the streets and at the ballot box. we are not interested in compromising our fundamental rights and liberties. there is no compromising. an opposition wants this to be second-class citizens. look at how many of these rallies are planned across the country later today. you can t go very far without hitting one. that s for sure. two of the largest rallies we have nbc s and tonya hilton in washington, and antonio, the abortion rights protesters in a second hour at the national mall, how far are these activists to the expected reverse look row we wait.
Her car seat in pasadena, maryland. He tells news4s darcy spencer, he couldnt believe what he saw. In the back of my mind, we said, wow, what is the world coming to . Reporter Bishop Raymond shillwell found a baby girl in a car seat in the middle of the street as he returned from church on the fourth of july just before midnight. When we went out and checked it out and then we said, oh, wow, somebodys actually left a baby here. Reporter the baby believed to be two or three months old did not appear to be hurt. She was just sitting there quietly at first but then when she saw other people around, then she just started crying and we said, well, wow, i dont know who would have done Something Like that. Reporter there is no sign of what happened on this quiet street last night, except for this some formula that spilled out from the babys diaper bag. By late morning the babys mom came forward and was being questioned by police. We dont know right now if foul play was involved. We dont know
University alum on the platform yesterday. Derek joins us live from that know ma metro station. Garrett what have you learned . Reporter well, debra tonight the man that police are looking for was in their custody just a few days ago. According to court documents, jasper spire was charged in an unresulted assault late last week. But was released after his arraignment on friday to await trial which means the suspect in this case was back on the street for just 24 hours before this murder was committed. D. C. Police say this is the face of a coldblooded killer. Tonight, mpd has a warrant out for jasper spires arrest on the charge of first degree murder while armed. He stabbed 24yearold Kevin Sutherland to death in the know ma gala debt metro station. Then fled. The broad daylight murder shut down the station for hours on one of the busiest days to have year for public transit. The latest killing in an ongoing summer homicide spike. We actually were going to ride here and we werent able t