. >>> when 22-year-old amanda gorman recited her inaugural poem at the biden/harris inauguration, theld took note. also watching was a proud cnn hero who first met amanda as a young girl of 14. karen taylor's organization, right girl, offers thousands of teens support, guidance and the tools to have their voices be heard. >> many of our girls come from environments where they're really struggling with unstable family situations, violence in their communities. our goal is to really try and reach the most teens we can that are in the greatest need. >> nice. >> since receiving the hero award, we've expanded to include programs for boys and coed groups to clarify our definition of girls by including non-binary girls, trans youth, developed more programming for youth who are incarcerated or systems impacted, on probation. we are always encouraging our girls to share their own story. what is going on in their world because they are the only one that can write that poem, tell that story, write that song. >> and a time where a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mot

. >>> a 22-year-old amanda gorman recited her inaugural poem at the biden/harris inauguration, the worldg was a proud cnn hero who first met amanda as a young girl of 14. karen taylor's organization right girl offers thousands of teens support and tools and guidance to have their voices be heard. and this week, cnn heroes catches up with taylor to see how far her group and the girls they serve have come. >> many of our girls come from environments where they're really struggling with unstable family situations. violence in their communities. our goal is to really try and reach the most teens quee that are in the greatest -- teens we can that are in the greatest need. since receiving the hero award, we expanded to include programs for boys and co-ed groups, to clarify our definition of girls, nonbinary, transyouth, developing more programming for youth who are incarcerated or systems impacted, on probation, we are always encouraging our girls to share their own story, what is going on in their world, because they're the only one who can write that poem, tell that story, write that song. >

up of its most famous members may be amanda gorman. i would say is.oem at the biden inauguration, so today we're catching up with writegirl to see how they continue to make an impact. >> many of our girls come from environments where they are really struggling, one stable family situations, violence in their communities. our goal is to really try and reach the most teens we can that are in the greatest need. >> nice. >> since receiving the hero award, we've expanded to include programs for boys and co-ed groups to clarify our definition of girls by including non-binary girls, transyouth. we're encouraging girls to share their story, what's going on in their world. they are the only one that can tell that story, write that poem, write that song. >> in a time when a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother. >> amanda gorman joined "writegirl when she was 14. when we saw her perform at the gnawing ray, we could see the same things that we really embody at writegirl represented in her, confidence, being willing to really be pr

tomorrow and 22-year-old amanda gorman recited her poem at the biden-harris inauguration.o be heard. this week cnn catches up with taylor to see how far the girls they serve have come. >> many of our girls come from environments where they're really struggling with unstable family suations, violence in their communities. our goal is to really try and reach the most teens we can that are in the greatest need. >> nice. >> since receiving the hero award, we've expanded to include programs for boys and coed groups to include non-binary girls, trans youth and more programming for youth incarcerated or systems impacted on probation. we are also encouraging our girls to share their own story. what is going on in their world because they are the only one that can write that poem and tell that story, write that song. >> and the time when a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother. >> amanda gorman joined write girl when she was 14. >> when we saw her perform at the inauguration, we could see the same things that we embody at write girl represented in he

. >>> first, when 21-year-old amanda gorman delivered the inaugural poem, a star was born.er poetry, and she's making sure other voices are also heard. >> many girls come from environments where they're really struggling with unstable family situations, violence in their communities. our goal is to try and reach the most teens we can in the greatest need. >> nice. >> since receiving the hero award we've expanded to include programs for boys and co-ed groups to clarify our definition of girls by including nonbinary girls, transyouth, developed more programs for youth incarcerated or systems impacted on probation, we're always encouraging our girls to share their own story, what's going on in their world. they are the only one that can write that poem, tell that story, write that song. >> in a time where a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother. >> amanda gorman joined write girl when she was 14. when we saw her perform at the inauguration, we could see the same things that we really embody at right girl, represented in her, confidence, being wi

topping the list is amanda gorman. a printed edition at the inauguration of president joe biden.t it is a bomber mafia. precision bombing during world war ii. the collection of stories and essays by david sedaris the best of me. david's history of the 1898 wilmington north carolina race riots which resulted in the death of 60 black men in the displacement of hundreds of black families. michelle memoir crying in h mart. some of these authors have. on book tv. you can watch any time a book.org. >> author of floating in a most peculiar way. the editor chief for the black scholar. director of the african-american studies program. the scholarship have been

. >> amanda gorman joined write girl when she was 14.e really embody at write girl. represented in her. confidence, being willing to be present. what was really exciting to know was that she represents not only every girl that's ever been in write girl, but she also represents every young woman in this country. >> very cool story. and to learn more about karen taylor and her work helping young people like amanda gorman blaze all kinds of trails and to nominate your own cnn hero go to cnnheroes.com. >>> president biden will be speaking in just a short time from now about america's pandemic recovery after a disappointing jobs report. (brother) hi sis! (sister) you're late! (brother) fashionably late. (sister) we can not be late. (brother) there's a road right there. (brother) that's a cat. wait, just hold madi's headpiece. (sister) no. seriously? (brother) his name is whiskers. (bride) what happened to you? whose cat is that? (brother) it's a long story. (sister) oh my gosh. (farmer) whiskers! there you are! (avo) the subaru crosstrek. the

she says she's inspired by amanda gorman who held the same position and became an international celebrityfter reading at president biden's inauguration, which was such a powerful moment. just so impressive, alexandra, just terrific. >> can't wait to hear more, very inspiring. >>> let's get to our weather, sandhya patel, with what's in store for the weekend. >> yeah. we have some beautiful weather coming our way this weekend. those winds that have been with us for so long will finally ease. let me show you a lovely sunset from our east bay hills camera, 8:18 tonight when the sun was going down, a few little clouds, such a pretty view. if you were in the north bay, some areas actually saw an isolated shower develop. that cell started to move southward from napa county into sonoma county. so yes, there were a couple of showers out there. in the sierra it has been snowing. this has been going on the last 24 to 48 hours and the snow is turning to flurries in that region, but it's nice to see any rainfall and snowfall in our state since we're dealing with a drought. look at what brought us the

she says she's inspired by amanda gorman who held the same position and became an international celebrity after reading at president biden's inauguration, which was such a powerful moment. just so impressive, alexandra, just terrific. >> can't wait to hear more, very inspiring. >>> let's get to our weathe sandhya patel, with what's in store for the weekend. >> yeah. we have some beautiful weather coming our way this weekend. those winds that have been with us for so long will finally ease. let me show you a lovely sunset from our east bay hills camera, 8:18 tonight when the sun was going down, a few little clouds, such a pretty view. if you were in the north bay, some areas actually saw an isolated shower develop. that cell started to move southward from napa county into sonoma county. so yes, there were a sierrabeen 24 to 48 hours and the snow is turning to flurries in that region, but it's nice to see any rainfall and snowfall in our state since we're dealing with a drought. look at what brought us the wind, the sierra snow, a few showers here. it's this area of low pressure that is fin

look of the best-selling nonfiction books according to publishers weekly, topping the list is amanda gorman'sill we climbed an edition of the public she recited of the inauguration of president joe biden, after that on the house former republican speaker of the house john weiner's reflection on his time in congress and his thoughts of the future of the republican party, next fox news anchor profiles women from the bible followed by retired admiral william life lessons, wrapping up the best selling books according to publishers weekly is everything will be okay, former white house press secretary and fox news host dana perino recount of her career, some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs anytime booktv.work. >> in this week public affairs virtual event we bring you a conversation with the washington post national politics columnist who is joining us in conversation for her brand-new book the tramp of nancy reagan in addition to working at the washington post she has worked at "time" magazine of the los angeles times in the recipient of many awards includin

at the age of 22 this year, the poet, amanda gorman, stood on the inaugural platform and challenged all of us. she said "let us leave behind the country better than the one we are left with." that's the work ahead of you. that's the question in front of you. how will you make our world better? and some of you will go on serve in our military and defend our country. fight for the ideals of our country. some of you will join the work force and build our country up. having the ability to see what can be created and what can be. some of you will go off to college and study and explore things that we have not even discovered yet. you will become teachers and leaders, nurses, you will invent the technology that will help our nation compete and you will help lead our nation including as public servants no matter what you decide to do or where you go or no matter how many times you change your major if you go to college or your profession. we need you. we need you to be as kind as you are courageous. we need you to be as ambitious as you are curious. we need you to dream and we need you to do.

topping this is amanda gorman's the hill we climb.e poem she recited at the inauguration of president joe biden. after that is on the house, full republican speaker of the house john weiner's reflection on his time in congress and his thoughts on the future of the republican party. next, fox news anchor shanna breen profiles women from the bible. that's followed by retired admiral life lessons the hero code. and wrapping up a look at some of the best selling books according to publishers weekly is everything will be okay from the white house press secretary and fox news host dana perino's recount of her career. some of these authors have appeared on book tv you can watch these programs anytime a booktv.org. >> book tv in prime time starts now. first historian davidow stuart explores george washington's, and judy betide accounts of jewish women served as a resistance fighters against the novelties of poland during world war ii. although tonight duke university professor discusses the connection between social media behavior, social div

trend we saw was 130% increase in our head band category which i like to think would be -- was the amanda gormanfrom the inauguration. signals of what people are looking for. those micro trends to more broadly wanting to start to go out again. and that is great for us because it means people are shopping again. emily: if there is one headline take away it is more headband? what else do i need? what else do i need to, need in my closet? >> all of the zoon accessories hav been doing really well pinned. the necklace sets have been doing really well. there has been a lot of dressing for resume. we all understand where people are definitely -- dressing for zoom. in a world where you can selectively do the headband, the scrunchies. anything, way to show your personality on zoom is definitely we have seen a lot of good sales in. emily: what is the next 10 years look like? >> the big idea is that we have been so successful with this idea of getting some information from you, telling us what you are looking for, and then taking the benefit of our algorithms to pick uot a handful of items -- -- pick out a

. >> amanda gorman, when we saw her performed at the inauguration, we could see the same thing that wey exciting to know that she represents not only every girl that's a right girl but she represents every young woman in the country. to learn more of the story or nominate someone you think should be our cnn's hero, go to cnnheroes.com right now. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. you need only the freshest milk and cream. that one! and the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. ♪ ♪i've got the brains you've got the looks♪ ♪let's make lots of money♪ ♪you've got the brawn♪ ♪i've got the brains♪ ♪let's make lots of♪ ♪uh uh uh♪ ♪oohhh there's a lot of opportunities♪ with allstate, drivers who switched saved over $700. saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate click or call to switch today. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize a fundamental human need to connect with other like-minded people. we

one fun nugget we saw is 130% increase in our headband category which i think was the amanda gorman effectinauguration. it is a signal what people are looking for. sort of those microtrends to just more broadly wanting to start to go out again. that's great for us because it means that people are shopping again. emily: if there's one headline takeaway, more headbands. what else do i need to know? what else do i need in my closet? katrina: all of the zoom accessories i think have been doing really well. i think the earring-necklace sets have been doing well. people dressing for zoom. we all understand where people are definitely, you know, in a world where you don't get to have the whole outfit showing off. you can selectively view the headband. the scrunchies. we sold a lot of hair accessories lately. anything that's a way to show your personality on zoom is something we've definitely see a lot of good sales in. emily: what do the next 10 years look like? elizabeth: the big idea is we have been so successful with this idea of getting some information from you. telling us what you're lookin

this is amanda gorman level stuff.es were drawn reflexively to the more salacious elements of the novel. how hot? our senior producer volunteered to perform a dramatic reading of the most titillating moments in stacey abrams' novel and he is still recovering from that. the recording session began innocently enough. ♪ ♪ >> heat like an inferno blazed in his veins. temptation like a song clouded his mind. it demanded that he slide his arms around her, that he trailed his hand along her spine to sink into the silk and curls at her nape. >> tucker: heat like an inferno. temptation like a song. now we know what you are thinking. grammarians, hitting similes a bit hard? at first we thought so, but like a half empty train at penn station in the middle of the work week, we thought we could pull away, oh, but we were wrong. we had to continue. ♪ ♪ >> their tongues tangled, danced, and she reveled in the movement. she splayed eager palms against his chest and tormented the flesh she found there. too far away, she gripped his wai

next amanda gorman, the hill we climb and wrapping up our look at best-selling books is malcolm's lookvelopment of precision bombing during world war ii in the bomber mafia. some of the authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs any time at booktv.org. >> book tv is television for serious readers all weekend, every weekend. join us again next saturday beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern for the best in nonfiction books. >> c-span is your unfiltered view by government funded by television companies and more chartered communication. .. this week on the communicated our guest is rep

. >>> but first, when 22-year-old amanda gorman recited her inaugural poem at the biden harris nominationmet amanda when she was just 14. karen taylor's organization, right girl offers thousands of teens support, guidance, and tools to make their voices heard. >>> many of our girls come from environments where they are struggling with unstable family situations, violence in their communities. our goal is the really try and reach the most teens we can that are in the greatest need. >> nice. >> since receiving the hero award, we have expanded to include programs for boys and coed groups to clarify our definition of girls by including non-binary girls, transyouth by providing more programs for youth who are incarcerated, on prob probation. we encourage our girls to tell their story, what's going on in their world. >> the time when a skinny black girl descendsed from slaves and raised by a single mother. >> ayman do joined right girl when she was 14. when we saw her perform at the inauguration we could see the things we embody at right girl represented in her. confidence, being willing to rea

wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to the wall street journal is amanda gormanmbed. a rendition of the poem she cited at the inauguration of president joe biden. some of these authors have. on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at booktv.org. >> welcome, everybody. i am co-owner of e city bookshop on capitol hill here in washington, d.c. we are so happy to have you with us tonight to hear about the age of acrimony, how americans fought to fix their democracy. before we get started, just a quick housekeeping item. if you have comments or any kind of technical problems that you need help with, put those things into the chat box at the bottom of your screen depending i guess on what kind of device

. >> she said she is inspired by amanda gorman who held the same position and read at president biden'stion. >>> still to come on abc7 mornings the changing face of education. how school is changed six decade from one woman who has been in front of the classroom for that entire time. you will meet the teacher who is retiring after a 57 year career. just remarkable. >>> and travel to europe is opening up. what you need to know to get a if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your

taylor and how her work helps young people like amanda gorman blaze all sorts of trails and to nominate someone you think should be a cnn hero, go to cnn heroes.com right now. thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. >>> flashes between israeli police and palestinian worshippers leaves more than 200 hurt. we're live in jerusalem with details. >>> we have never abandoned trump. and he has never abandoned america. >> tell me, who is your president? >> it's all about old grievances and alternate realities, as two controversial republicans kick off their america first tour. >>> and a 22-ton piece of space debris careening toward earth. the latest where experts believe this out of control chinese rocket could crash. welcome to all of those watching in the united states, and canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. >>> we begin with the escalating violence in jerusalem, where clashes broke out at one of islam's holiest sites. the mosque, following friday evening prayers. israeli police in riot gear fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades to

the nonfiction books according to quail ridge books in raleigh, north carolina topping the list amanda gorman's the hill we climbed a printed edition of the poem and they are not a ration of president joe biden after that the mafia an account of the development of provision bombing during world war ii the collection of stories and essays by author the best of me that is followed by wilmington davis aquino's history of 1898 wilmington north carolina race riots which resulted in the death of 60 black men and the displacement of hundreds of black families and wrapping up our look at the best-selling books according to quail ridge books is michelle's memoir, some of these authors has appeared on book tv and you can watch your programs of booktv.org. >> book tv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors funding from book tv comes from these television companies and more including wow. >> the world has changed the fast reliable internet connection is something no one can live without, wow is there for our customers with speed, reliability, value and choice now more than eve

next is amanda gorman hill we climb a printed edition of the poem she recited at the inauguration ofsident joe biden and wrapping up our look at some of the best selling books according to book people bookstore is malcolm at the development of precision bombing during world war ii in the bomber mafia. some of these authors have appeared on booktv. and you can watch their programs any time at booktv.org. >> neuroscientist and lisa was a guest on weekly author interview program afterwards. where she discussed science of memory and forgetting -- >> the reasons for writing this intention behind this was, you know, i've been talking about alzheimer's around the world for over a decade now, and that's superimportant work to me personally i know it is to you as well. really trying to help folks understand this disease be less afraid of it and encourage earlier diagnosis and resources for care, and research. it turns out, though, every timing i talk about alzheimer's conversation eventually shifted to memory and forgetting in general. and i found that folks over the age of 40 definitely over

she says her role model is amanda gorman, who you may remember from the presidential inauguration interestingall right. so if you are still trying to find something to do this memorial day weekend. something fun. >> you could be in luck. there is a little known app that is making voting more accessible for everyone. it's called get my boat is considered the air bnb for voting. app allows you to rent a wide range of water crafts, boats vary from yachts to cycle, boats and even pontoons app launched back in 2013 and operates in all 50 states. a lot of folks looking for something new. there you go. that is pretty cool. take a look at that whale watchers in dana point getting to see this yesterday. >> they captured this remarkable video of a dolphin stampede experts say that these dolphins are so smart that they can determine the size shape and speed in density of their vessels and could never be hit by one or even hit themselves. one of the boat. so they wduld allow themselves to get hit and they're smart enough to get away from the vote. if it gets too close. >> greatest spectacle in racing ret

wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books according to the wall street journal is amanda gorman the hill we climbed. a rendition of the poem she cited at the inauguration of president joe biden. some of these authors have. on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at booktv.org. >> welcome, everybody. i am co-owner of e city bookshop on capitol hill here in washington, d.c. we are so happy to have you with us tonight to hear about the age of acrimony, how americans fought to fix their democracy. before we get started, just a quick housekeeping item. if you have comments or any kind of technical problems that you need help with, put those things into the chat box at the bottom of your screen depending i guess on what kind of device you are on. if you have questions for john that you would like for him to answer after the presentation, please put those in the q and a box. you can do that anytime and we will get to those at the end of the event, towards the end of the event. if you have not yet purchased the book, you could do that during that event. there will be a link

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topping the list is amanda gorman, the hill we climb, printed edition of the poem she recited at theafter that is on the house, former republican speaker of the house, john maynard's reflection on his time in congress and the future of the republican party. next "fox news" anchor can ingrain profiles women from the bible. this followed by retired admiral william life lessons from the euro code. and wrapping up our look at some of the selling books according to publishers weekly is everything will be okay from the white house press secretary and fox news host, dana recap of her career. some of the authors have appeared on the tv to watch the programs anytime apple tv .org. >> author craig shirley you've written for biographies of ronald ragan. craig: that's an interesting question peter. they were divided up by chapters mostly political and the first book i did reagan's revolution and that was about the 1976 challenge to

nonfiction books according to quail ridge of books and raleigh, north carolina for top in the book is amanda gorman'stion of the poem she recited at the inauguration of president joe biden. after that at the bomber mafia. collaterals recount of the development of precision bombing during world war ii. next a collection of stories and essays by author and humorist the best of me. that's followed by wilmington's david's accounts history of the 1898 wilmington north carolina race riots which resulted in the death of 60 black men and the displacement of hundreds of black families. and wrapping up our look at some the best-selling books according to quail ridge books is michelle's memoir requiring an h mart. on these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs anytime booktv.org. >> cspanshop.org assis man's online store with a collection of products in every purchase supports are nonprofit. go there to get the contact information for members of congress and the biden administration cabinet. our newest products at cspanshop.org. you are watching book tv on c-span2 put the top nonfictio

you have any idea how hard it is to date during a pandemic i haven't been touched since i heard amanda gormanust be hard, but people are still dating during covid, right >> oh, great another covid-safe date. if i wanted to be in a relationship where we had to sit six feet apart i'd get married in connecticut >> seth: look, dina, i don't want to criticize you, but is it possible your standards are too high >> didn't realize you and my mother have been chatting. maybe i should widen my search i mean, i guess not every gentleman can be the second gentleman. >> seth: really, dina? you're still pining over doug emhoff? >> still even more now. look at him. oh, man. that guy really gets my jewish space lasers beaming seth, i can't help it if he sets my forest on fire. one glance at him and i've got to clear some brush. >> seth: uh. well, dina, i'm sorry to say but as you know -- as we've discussed here on the show multiple times, doug emhoff is already married to vice president kamala harris. >> oh, trust me. i know he mixes with the shiksas. but with a body like doug emhoff's, i'm willing to look t

think ana is the final say and it's funny because when i was interviewing for this i wanted to put amanda gormanto be there completely. so i think that anna is absolutely paying attention to young women, specially who are changing the world and i am going to be excited to come in and continue to amplify some of the lesser known people who are up and coming rising stars who also deserve that attention. >> speak of hypothetically, i know you mentioned amanda would be on the cover, and i think that would be fabulous because hypothetically, would a weekend host who might be a little older and out of the teen vogue demographic, is that something you might want to talk to anna about about being on the cover? we don't have to answer. you can text her while we're talking, but seriously, i do want to ask you because given the space where we are in society, you know the demographics of the country are changing. people are paying a lot more attention to politics and there is this moment of racial reckoning as people call it. your historic hire speaks to that. how will you bring that to the landscape of "te

fans something to look forward to announcing this year's hosts for the gala, timothee chalamet, amanda gormanosaka joining in with her caption, yes, i'm trying to manifest rihanna. chalamet followed with a selfie. looking like he might haveore ba ready and the met announcing the dress code for the september 13th ball, it will be american independence. do with that what you will. we'll see some amazing styles for sure. >>> finally, wanted to share this with you, dwayne johnson coming up big for a brave little girl. the superstar received a wonderful video of this 4-year-old currently battling leukemia and she uses "moana's" songs during therapy sessions always requesting to hear maui which was dwayne johnson's character in the movie and loves lip-syncing to "how far i'll go." the rock saw that video and was a real softy with this response. >> now, i know you have no idea who i am. that's totally cool. but i was in "moana." i'm maui. i know. where's my hair? i wanted to send this video and i could go on and explain every natural phenomenon, the grass, the ground, that was maui just messing arou