Positive. Now the urgent warning about covid parties. A 30yearold man in texas allegedly dying after attending one. Doctors saying he told them he mistakenly thought coronavirus was a hoax. Warship explosion. Dozens of navy sailors and firefighters in the hospital this morning after a major blast on a navy ship in san diego igniting a fire with massive plumes of smoke. The investigation under way. Breaking overnight, actress Kelly Preston dying of Breast Cancer at 57 years old. Her private twoyear health battle. Now her husband John Travoltas loving tribute this morning saying his wife fought a courageous fight. Also breaking overnight, washingtons nfl team set to make a major announcement about changing their controversial name after growing pressure from fans and sponsors. And the Empire Strikes back. I am your father. How this star wars classic is landing back at the top of the box office decades after its original release. And good morning, america. It is a very busy monday morning
Cant wait to hear. Monday, june 24th, 2019. Here is todays eyeopener. The world in 90 seconds. Cant have nuclear weapons. And if you want to talk about it, good. Otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. The president prepares to ramp up sanctions on iran. Its not just the united states. The world understands who the aggressor is here. President trump is putting his immigration crackdown on hold, giving democrats two weeks to negotiate a deal. How about how we are treating these children . Look, it is a heart breaking scene. Buttigieg confronted during a town hall meeting over a Deadly Police shooting. Promote the bad officers, racism inside the Police Department. 11 people are dead after a fiery plane crash in hawaii. The ntsb says the same plane was involved in an accident in 2016. I heard the boom. Boom severe storms impacting millions from north texas to indiana. A possible tornado has touched down in south bend, indiana. New safety concerns at dodger
Beautiful and powerful and heart wrenching. Its sort of like a little bit of a cage bird thing and monster there Something Else in their. Other certain books that you have read that he thought heres a northstar if i could just get close to that i would be happy. I live off of memoirs, i think elaine brown and malcolm x, i spent a lot of time taking into the stories of my personal heroes. Their journeys were so significant and important. It really shaped how i wanted to talk about my book. What i love about those books as it doesnt just talk about the store but gives contacts about whats happening. And i do that in the book. As someone whos done a few of those unwanted know how you worked, how long did it take. I think it was a better timeline, the time i spoke to nine months later were getting a book deal. Is pretty quick in the literary world. They said you have a book in you. I wasnt thinking about that. It was the height of black lives matter. There was what the next protest gonna b
Are there certain books that you sort of have read that you thought, like use a northstar, get close to that then ill be happy . Guest definitely. I live off of memoirs and i think Elaine Browns taste of power, malcolm x, alex haley. I really spent a lot of time digging into the personal stories of some of my personal heroes because their journeys were just so significant and important, and really did shae how i i wanted to talk about my book because what i love about those books, angela davis is book, it doesnt just talk about her story but it gives an Historical Context of whats happening during the time and i do that in the book. Host talk about the process. As someone whos done a few of these i want to hear about how you work. How long did it take . Guest i think there was a better timeline. From the time i spoke to asha, i came to her because someone had come to me in 2015 and they said you have a book in you. They heard me talk about my story. I wasnt thinking about that. Black l
In the years leading up to world war ii. Fortyeight hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. Television for serious readers. Now here is a look at gun violence in america. Good evening and welcome to the public library. I am it was the last of the author talks for the season. I hope you will take some time and look around and see our beautiful renovated library. Before we begin i do have a few housekeeping things to mention. First, i would like everyone to pre to please silence yourself on. And lastly, although we do not allow food or drink if you like to continue your conversation after our event the cafe is offering a 10 discount on food and non alcoholic beverages tonight. [applause]. Thank you all for being here for this essential sadly essential event i will be very brief there is a lot to come tonight. I will begin partially if thats okay its just how i tend to do especially with the subject like all of you im sure we all detest violence. And im sure im not alone when