eric freeman is a musician i lucrative time for us. eric. new for almost 30 ears. ~ , , ., , , years. multiple festivals every weekend. _ weekend, including the jazz and heritage festival, which is a huge — heritage festival, which is a huge festival. so we were pretty— huge festival. so we were pretty busy, normally. but by march 18, _ pretty busy, normally. but by march 18, new _ pretty busy, normally. but by march 18, new orleans i pretty busy, normally. but by march 18, new orleans was i pretty busy, normally. but by i march 18, new orleans was the epicentre of a statewide outbreak with nearly all 300 cases and seven deaths concentrated in the city. festival started to get cancelled.— festival started to get cancelled. ~ ., ., cancelled. we can handle that, is what the _ cancelled. we can handle that, is what the mood _ cancelled. we can handle that, is what the mood was - cancelled. we can handle that, is what the mood was at - cancelled. we can handle that, is what the mood was at that i is what the mood was at that time stop at danjaz

freeman. thank you very much for joining us. eric. eric: pick up the telephone and call us right now if he wants. meanwhile another news indonesian official says the passenger jet went missing shortly after takeoff. it crashed in the javas sea. 62 people on board took off from the capital of jakarta, then it lost contact with control tower. local media says that pieces of debris have been turning up in the sea. that jet 26 year's old is not a model 737 max that you know the maxes were grounded after two previous crashes. ryan following in london, ryan. >> air traffic controllers lost contact with 737 524 minutes after they took off of jakarta, the capital of indonesia, 90-minute long domestic flight, island hopper, if you will, the pilot spoke with air controllers and requested permission to ascent to 29,000 feet and everything appeared to be going normal until the plane lost 10,000 feet in less than a minute and disappeared from radar. fishermen were amongst the first to find wreckage of the aircraft. they were out there in the water

james freeman of the wall street george, to be continued. thank you. >> thanks, shaun. thanks, ericic: and later on our -- arthel: eric, thank you very much. well, president biden, he is visiting the walter reed national military medical center for the first time as president. the visit particularly motional for mr. biden because it is where his son beau passed away in 2015 from brain cancer. president biden spent about an hour with five wounded service of members getting treatment there before touring the covid-19 vaccine distribution unit. >>> and the war between main street and wall street sending the dow way down to end a tumultuous week. is the gamestop saga just another stock market bubble, or should congress take action? we'll talk about it next. ♪ ♪ it's either the assurance of a 165-point certification process. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard unlimited mileage warranty. or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned. or it isn't. the mercede

eric weiss and on it to be your host. we are about to end a wonderful conversation about reading in a complex world with vivian rally. and howard freeman. come back. we have been talking about the power of reading and trends in reading and the diversity of the books that are in the library itself, but also within the context of pj library, and a books that child's from six months to eight years and beyond can receive. i am wondering if you can talk about what trends you see in children's literature and the kinds of books being written in the kinds of books being read in the kinds people are interested in. maybe we can speak with you, you can chime in and we can talk about the diversity of books available. howard? >> it is an important question. we just had a survey of the bay area jewish that und a y area se le in r who may be jewish or may not be. it is very important that we realize and act on the knowledge that we are a very diverse community. i know the jewish children's books are pretty well and they have not reflected that fact. it is a ti to see e emergence of many more jewish children's books that reflect the ethnic, national a