she's margaret atwood this is overheard. (inspiring music) (applause) - [evan] let's be honest is this about the ability to learn or about the experience of not having to talk at all. how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa-- you say that he had made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on-- (laughter) let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (applause) margaret atwood welcome. - thank you. - very nice to have you here. - lovely to be here. - so interested in this new book, congratulations on it. may i say nobody does dystopian like you do dystopian. (laughs) - is that a compliment? - oh my god it's the biggest compliment in the world. i mean the world that you've created in this book will come back to the handmaid's tale at some point here soon reminiscent to my mind of the dystopia in that book. but i love the plot of this story, i love the characters and i

margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you.st referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. but you've just done something you've never done before. you've taken on adapting shakespeare. and you've always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. so how daunting was that? very, very daunting. first of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldn't do it, and you can't improve on shakespeare, etc. and second because i took on the tempest. and that has a whole slew of problems of its own. the brief was very broad. so it was, choose a play and do whatever, as long as it's a novel. and i mean, you've created this wonderfully sort of imaginative new take, where it's sort of set in a prison. prospero becomes a guy who is sort of a theatre manager who was thwarted in his career and then goes back to the prison to produce a drama. there's a play within a play. there's a lot of music and dance. it's pretty extraordinary because it's so imaginative and yet, as you say, all a

there is a reason margaret atwood's book jumped back last year. didn't happen for no reason. sure you've asked about this before, what do you make between the parallel of the story and what it is about and the treatment of women. what do you make of this? >> i feel like it is impossible to not draw the parallel and i think we should draw the parallel. that's one of the wonderful things about art and literature it can bring things you feel passionate about. for sometimes my response to this kind of thing is there was sort of this kind of a right wing kind of people saying at one point we were this left wing propaganda show. it is about what it is. it was written 30 years ago. it's about ignorance and stupidity and evil and taking away women's rights and human's rights. if you happen to draw the correlation -- [ laughter ] >> that's on you. we didn't write it. >> and if margaret atwood is that prosthetic 30 years ago, i got two questions. >> decades ago. i welcome that conversation. we should be having. we should be. >> i think does matter. it doesn't matter. i've been followin

>>> and roman atwood is taking his daughter in for a surgery. >> she was born with what's called puntai. >> follow them in on their journey next. >>> brought to you by -- library break! shhhhhhhh have a break, have a kit kat! >> closed captioning provided by -- here's to the 99%. gold bond powder spray. anytime. anywhere. stay cool, america. >>> you know what a great bit of summer fun is? going into a major city like new york and picking fights with strangers. especially in your name is marek. and you got a bucket of water balloons. >> you provide them with weapons, a fair fight. >> let's have a water balloon fight. >> game on. >> yes! >> i would feel bad if it went on an innocent bystander like grandma trying to get to the other side of the -- >> that's why i like this guy. mare k. tries to cheer people up, tries to bring some happiness to new york. >> and it works, simple water balloons and just the ability and in that moment to just cut loose. be like, no, i don't want to play. >> watching this, everybody just seems to have a blast. >> so cool. we need to let our hair down a little m

the chris atwood foundation organized the session. in addition to learning how to use it people got free doses of narcan to take home. we caught up with one lawmaker who sponsored the new legislation. >> previously, those who taught how to do the revive administer narcan but they couldn't actually distribute it to anybody. now they are able to do that at the trainings to get more narcan into the hands of those who need it most. >> the opioid crisis was recently declared a national emergency. >>> nbc 4 is clearing the shelters. it's up with of our biggest events of the year. we'll show walter? hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? because switching to geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh! ok. geico. because saving 15% or more on car insurance is always a great answer. whoa! gross! >> announcer: you are watching news4 at 6:00. >>> many local animal shelt remembers empty today. it's all thank to you. we would like to thank everyone who participate

the chris atwood foundation organized the session.n addition to learning how to use it, people got free doses to take home. >>> tonight, tempers flaring in dallas, texas, the scene of protests over confederate statues. you're about to see new video of the gathering outside city hall. police are estimating a crowd of more than 2,300. hours after it wrapped up things got tense at pioneer park, a civil war cemetery that houses a memorial to confederate statues. a scuffle supporters of the confederate monument and counter demonstrators. there were no major injuries >>> in boston today, tens of thousands of counts protesters flooded the speech drowning out the small right wing free speech rally. a few altercations but no serious injuries. police made a handful of arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct or assaulting police officers. the mayor said today boston stood for peace and love, not bigotry and hate >>> in other news tonight, it was the final result, red skins fans were hoping for. it wasn't the final result -- we weren't looking for

america in boston we have paul atwood he is a professor emeritus of american studies at the university of massachusetts and author of war and empire the american way of life and in beirut we cross the logic he is a philosopher novelist filmmaker and investigative journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i always appreciate it ok weighing in washington let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the u.s. and its allies look at north korea can you explain to us how the north koreans see their dilemma of d. threatening western powers and their neighbor to the south. well peter let's not forget the north korean issue was largely issue resulted from the cold war i mean the cold war largely waged by president harry truman based on and c sixty eight document largely about the perception of soviet fear rather than the fact

. >> reporter: joshua atwood is the invasive species coordinator for hawaii's department of land and natural resources. the state spends about $57 million a year battling invasive plants, animals and insects, like the ornamental plant miconia that's now threatening hawaii's forests; the coffee berry borer that damages coffee plants; and invasive algae that smother coral reefs. >> the invasion of hawaii by invasive species is the single greatest threat to not only hawaii's natural resources, but to its economy, agriculture, and to the health and lifestyle of hawaii's people. >> reporter: last spring, the hawaii state legislature allocated $75,000 to start to figure out what to do about the parakeets on kauai. bill lucey says if they can catch the birds, they could sell them to pet stores. >> one option is to stretch nets off the top so the buildings where the parakeets are roosting, and then we could catch them live. there's another option, which has been used in the past. when the birds are sleeping, you can soak the tree with soapy water and they can't fly. so they'll fall down. >>

when one in washington is the chief political correspondent and see america in boston we have paul atwood he is a professor emeritus of american studies at the university of massachusetts and author of war and empire the american way of life and in beirut we cross the logic he is a philosopher novelist filmmaker and investigative journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i always appreciate it ok weighing in washington let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the u.s. and its allies look at north korea can you explain to us how the north koreans see their dilemma of be threatening western powers and their neighbor to the south. well peter let's not forget the north korean issue was largely issue resulted from the cold war i mean the cold war largely waged by president harry truman based on an i c sixty eight documen

it was a tragic scene atwood bring lake, rescue teams scenery moving body of the 20 year-old man. police say it is even result of the shoplifting incident, escalate to go this fatal point you see on your screen right now. detectives say that it started around 4:00 a.m., 20 year-old was spotted shoplifting from the wawa just yard up the street. they say when police arrived he took off, and jumped in the woodbury lake. then this is chaotic scene clyde butler saw when he showed up to work at the shopping plaza on evergreen avenue, lake is right behind it. >> there was police lined up, they had, fire departments, all back here, and i got a few stories from a couple people that worked here, what is working with the team, saying that somebody drowned. >> reporter: it was clear rescue crews were searching for someone, police say after he jumped in and refused their command, man swam underneath the bridge and they lost sight of him. it wasn't until late this morning sometime until after 10:00 o'clock he was found toward middle of the lake and removed bite dive team. victoria brown of imag

they will have it over atwood land cemetery and mansion offering beer drinkers all different rooms andoom they will have a theme with different kind of beers to try. one room will be called tart of the traffic. so that will have more sours and crisp beer. tickets $60 each, but i'm sure you will have many lievations for your pleasure. >>> also, lets have museum of the american revolution they will have an happy hour, so many things to celebrate, having a fun time work so that is going on, american revolution is right here at third and chestnut. 4:56. we have had breaking news overnight, jenny joyce is out with detectives after a shooting that happened last night, jenny? >> reporter: yes, good morning police are right now interviewing witnesses here at northeast detectives after a man was shot multiple times, police are still looking for that gunman, steve. >>> jenny, rain in the forecast over next few days means anger in the forecast again in margate. we will update you on the soap opera we call dune gate. dude, you were right, these wait...what? the gold fish, man! you said i should bu

the chris atwood foundation organized this. >> those taught how to do the revived training would teachrcan but could not district it to anybody, and now they can do that at the trainings to get that into the hands of the people that need it most. >> they were able to take a free dose home with t >>> let's take a look outside right now. the sun is up over d.c. you take a look at the national cathedral. lauryn is looking ahead to see what you can expect for tomorrow's commute and the eclipse as well. >>> the controversy surrounding a former d.c. ♪ it's time for the biggest sale of the year a former d.c. with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring... does your bed do that? the new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - switch to fios gigabit

it's pretty exciting, especially when you think back to when first, mariner first flew by atwood been to the madrid mayor nickels buy and use what looks like a dry dead world like mars and that didn't change the resent viking. the first images they came back from viking all of a sudden made us want to really go there and really understand what we needed to do. the real goals of humanity have been to reach mars for a while. while we want to put humans on mars, that search for life elsewhere in the sources or something where doing as well. i think it's really important when you think about it. frankly, that's what you are all here. we want to reach of that arise and go all of humanity, not just the united states, not just some particular, not just nasa but we all want to do that, and we're going to do everything in our power to continue to look for other forms of life throughout the universe. just think about the fundamental change that whatever everybody. the absolute fundamental change. you know, if you think about even just finding microbes or signs of historic signs of ancient micro

when one in washington is the chief political correspondent and see america in boston we have paul atwood he is a professor emeritus of american studies at the university of massachusetts and author of war and empire the american way of life and in beirut we cross logic he is a philosopher novelist filmmaker and investigative journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i always appreciate it ok weighing in washington let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here trump says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the u.s. and its allies look at north korea can you explain to us how the north koreans see their dilemma of be threatening western powers and their neighbor to the south. well peter let's not forget the north korean issue was largely issue resulted from the cold war i mean the cold war largely waged by president harry truman based on an icy sixty eight docum