and it was just a century ago in philadelphia's centennial acquisition of 1876, that alexander grahamrld can see and hear the highlights of history as they are happening. each new discovery as a result of each experiment humbles us by the dimension of the unknowns, our progress can be measured only by the extent of our knowledge, by increasing awareness of all that remains to be discovered to keep reaching into the unknown, we must remain free. we must have freedom to find. and freedom to fail. and like our ancestors, we are always at the edge of the unknown. the next 100 years, the american spirit of adventure to find out even more with the forces of nature and artist them and preserve them, export great riches of the ocean, still in uncharted frontier. turn space into partner from controlling pollution and instant communication to every corner of the world. learn how to make our energy resources renewable drawnout energy from the sun and earth and develop new agricultural technological technologies so that all the deserts of the earth can bloom. conquer many more of humanity's deadl

the invention of miracles is an insightful portrait of the extraordinary life of alexander graham bell as well as a retelling of his decades-long crusade to teach the deaf to speak with their lips and not their hands. relying on bell's own papers and those of his contemporaries as well as diving deeply into the archives. deaf community both focuses on the cultural impact of bell's work with the deaf without shying away from the more controversial aspects of his mission bypassing sign language interpreting deaf genealogy and flirting with the now discredited science of eugenics before distancing himself from its most radical ideas. superbly written. and decidedly subjective the invention of miracles provides a challenging portrait of an imperfect genius. katie could not be with us tonight. finally the two j anthony lucas work in progress awards in the amount of $25,000 given annually to aid the completion of significant works of nonfiction and on a topic of american political or social concern. this year's judges were rachel louise snyder the chair. paul golub and david troyer roxanna a

historical saga the invention of miracles is an insightful portrait of the extraordinary life of alexander graham bell as well as retellingg of his decade-long crusade to teach the deaf to speak with their lips and not their hands. relying on the papers into those of his contemporaries as well as diving deeply into the archives of the community booth focuses on the cultural impact of the work without shining away from the more controversial aspect of the mission. bypassing sign language, interpreting death genealogy and the eugenics before distancing himself from its most radical ideas. superbly written and decidedly subjective, the invention of miracles provides a challenging portrait of an imperfect genius. katie couldn't be with us tonight. on theli topic of american political or social concerns this year's judges were rachel snyder the chair, paul and david. roxana wins the first award for the murder suicide in the system failure of kids. an independent journalist focused on child protection and the criminal legal systems the judges citation reads tracing the devastating story of the families

even science and technology, with thomas edison and alexander graham bell. all that has happened in this amazing building that we call the white house. thank you for your interest, thank you for your support and your generosity to all of us. into those who put this on again, thank you very much. was there any other announcement i was supposed to make? oh, elaine's book signing, that's right. we have this wonderful book, designing camelot, which is one of our more recent publications. publishing books as the first order of business given to us by mrs. kennedy a 1961. she had been to the white house as a teenager with her mom, there was no guidebook. have to publish a guidebook! now we publish for the six books a year, we have our quarterly magazine. elaine is one of the authors of this beautiful, beautiful book and she's going to be doing a book signing here at the end of the program. is that it? cover anything else? >> as you exit, we will have a parting gift for you all. it's the newest issue of our white house quarterly. >> which is about the white house g

graham box alexander music has retained his heavy weight titles after a thrilling re match with anthony joshua in saudi arabia. music paid tribute to the ukrainian military after his when 35 year old was fighting on the front line and keep until march, but left the country to focus on his match against joshua. who's the one on a split points decision. after the pair went the full 12 rounds, he's now called for an undisputed heavyweight world championship clash with tyson fury. and let's get you a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the daughter of an ultra nationalist, russian ideologue, has reportedly been killed and a suspected car bomb attack. the vehicle belonged to put an ally, alexander doogan, who was not in the car at the time. that's all we got for you for now, but up next is a documentary examining why african americans are taking up arms statement for that and always get the latest d, w dot com or on our social media, twitter, and instagram at the w news. we'll have more few here the top of the hour away. bluecross. thanks for watching. ah ah, what secrets lie

hammell had been in interim charge since the departure of graham alexander.ew player or manager does is called an unveiling. it's never been a particularly accurate word to use. i mean, there's never any surprise about the person who walks through the door to answer the media's questions. raheem sterling has already played for chelsea after moving from manchester city for nearly £50 million. but there he was, being "unveiled" this afternoon. well, the england forward says his new club is "tailor—made" for him afterfinding himself more on the fringes at the premier league champions. asa as a person you always strive to achieve stuff. ijust on my time at city was getting limited on playing time for different reasons, and it is not one i can afford to waste more time, because when i look back in the future, i never wanted to look back and see a rising and a decline, so my thing was i needed to keep that same level, and a fresh challenge was to be made. to get to a deep part of my career, not to be playing regular would not be some that i would accept. my persona

graham sbout those calls. >> the 2 former officers charged in george floyd's killing have rejected plea deals in minneapolis. prosecutors charged jay alexander king and to town with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. today, both men rejected the state's plea offer which could lead to a longer sentence if convicted. the state of minneapolis recommends up to 12 years for murder charges and 4 years for manslaughter. both men are spending 3 years in federal prison after they were found guilty of violating floyd's civil rights. it was back in february. the trial is set to begin in october. an update now to a story we told you about a little earlier in this broadcast. oakland police just announced a couple minutes ago that they have made an arrest. a possible suspect is in custody following a shooting near lake merritt that shooting wounded a man just before one. 45 this afternoon on bellevue avenue near the bonsai garden. it's not clear exactly what condition the man is in who is shot. there were a lot of people calling 9-1-1, right after it happened again. someone is in custody. a possible suspect connected to the shooting. kro

senator lindsey graham testify in the investigation into pro trump efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. is pnt u bo ttilled the caught of a clos ally. dirahtan thought to alexander dugin. she was driving his suv raising questions about whether he was the target. both he and his daughter have been fierce advocates for the war in ukraine. russian investigators have launched an investigation. ukraine's president is warning that russia could be planning a vicious attack to coincide with ukrainian independence day on wednesday. it marks six months since the russian invasion. >>> we turn now to dennis rodman. the basketball hall of famer. he is going to russia to talk about freeing brittney griner. >> reporter: the statement tells abc news they're aware of reports that dennis rodman intends to travel to russia after the former nba star said he planned to travel to the country to help secure the release of brittney griner. i got permission to go to russia to help that girl. i'm trying to go this week, rodman told nbc. adding, i know putin too well. the u.s. travel advisory for russia remains at a level four, meaning do not travel. but americans are still able to travel

graham said he will appeal the judge's decision. joining us from atlanta is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander.iani to be named a target in this investigation? >> reporter: jose, it means his status has changed. according to his attorney as recently as yesterday he was notified that he was a target. up until that point he believed he was a witness and that's how he was considered by the district attorney's office. it means there is a possibility that there could be an indictment against him but certainly doesn't mean that's a guarantee. all of this, of course, comes amid a very busy 24 hours in this investigation and the timing of this is also notable. that's because giuliani, as you mentioned, is set to appear and testify before the special grand jury tomorrow. let's talk about why he is a key figure in all this. all of this is centering around a number of statements that giuliani made in late 2020, december of 2020 in front of georgia state legislators, it was a series of panels where he peddled a number of conspiracy theories about georgia's elections. during those hearings, he essentially a

graham's efforts to avoid testifying in that case. he plans to appeal the decision. joining me now is blayne alexander from atlanta. of the legal action. giuliani's lawyers said a doctor recommended he not fly because of health reasons. trying to delay his testimony again. do we know how he is getting there? he will manage to get there, right? >> reporter: yeah, you know, there's certainly a lot of questions about, one, his transportation down here. that's something a lot of people are watching closely. we don't know how he is going to get here. we reached out to his attorneys. haven't heard back today. during that hearing last week, as you mentioned, the judge said, listen, okay, according to a doctor's note, it's not safe, it's not good to travel by air. don't come by air. he offered -- he threw out different options, by train, by coach. break it up into legs. travel from new york to d.c. spend the night and take another couple of days to get down here. the judge did seem to be understanding. he left open the door, the possibility and said that if at some point during that eight or so days between that hearing la