roswell: that is great!> thank you. >> congratulations on your book, i am interested in the process, did you just say i'm going to write it? did you do a little every day, the whole process? r.k.: this was the culmination of almost three years, it started with the coming out in 2019, sharing my story and feeling how it affected other people but how liberating it was for me in wanting to do that at large. the process was something i was hand held, fortunately, had an agent very early on, and they wanted to expand that. to make that dream come true, i wrote in flurries through three years, there were two months my boyfriend and say that i did not do anything! there was a month where i was in a dark room in a haze, writing was challenging, therapeutic, i cried, i screamed, i hated it, and loved it. it was everything, i stayed until this day including playing in national football league and this book was one of the most fulfilling, had great editors, i needed a lot of editing! we finally got to something that fe

roswell: that is great!you. >> congratulations on your book, i am interested in the process, did you just say i'm going to write it? did you do a little every day, the whole process? r.k.: this was the culmination of almost three years, it started with the coming out in 2019, sharing my story and feeling how it affected other people but how liberating it was for me in wanting to do that at large. the process was something i was hand held, fortunately, had an agent very early on, and they wanted to expand that. to make that dream come true, i wrote in flurries through three years, there were two months my boyfriend and say that i did not do anything! there was a month where i was in a dark room in a haze, writing was challenging, therapeutic, i cried, i screamed, i hated it, and loved it. it was everything, i stayed until this day including playing in national football league and this book was one of the most fulfilling, had great editors, i needed a lot of editing! we finally got to something that felt good

roswell: i cannot end this without asking a question! [laughter] >> as a prince and a bisexual boy, i have been having a little bit of trouble with my identity. what would you say about finding yourself? what would you say about that? r.k.: oh my gosh! it is a journey, even at the age of 301i know i do not know everything about myself. -- at the age of 31, i know i do not know everything about myself. i hope people are helping you to challenge her own concepts and the concerts around you, of you should be or who you are, i think that as time goes on you will feel more yourself, i think you will find people who see you for you and love you and accept you as who you are and that is ok to challenge the world around you. world is not perfect, it is ideas made up by other people. it is ok to challenge ideas. and i love you, and i appreciate you being here. >> thank you! roswell: that is such a perfect way to end this, rk russell everyone, on behalf of the library of congress, if you are for coming to the national book festival! discussions ar

roswell: that is such a perfect way to end this, rk russell everyone, on behalf of the library of congress, if you are for coming to the national book festival! discussions are coming up, he can find a schedule on my comment joining us now is the cochair of this year's national book festival, david rubenstein, how did you get involved with the national book festival? >> i got involved with the madison council which is a support arm of the library of congress, it gets most of its money from the federal government but it does not get all of its money from the federal government, there are support people around the country who support the library of congress. i have been involved for a while and i share the madison counsel as it is cold and part of the effort is to help with the national book festival. for the last 10 or 12 years or so i have cochaired this with the library of congress, first with tim billington and with carla hayden. >> is there money that you give to work this effort? >> i do. i have given. money every year for quite a while and i enjoy it very it is a great free, effort to

what do you know about roswell? is it true that it is possible that we have been in some stuff that got us -- a lot quicker by stuff that we got salvaged from that crashed from roswell, new mexico 42 years earlier? guest: the problem is, any data on this historical event was not released publicly. i cannot assess what is behind it. it looks as if some of it was confiscated by government. for good reason or not a good reason, we do not know. that is why we need to see the evidence, the data, before we can make judgment. i do not dismiss these stories. i say, i went to see the meat, the evidence to figure it out. unfortunately, it is held behind a veil of secrecy. that is what the hearing in the house of representatives was all about. the fact that there may be something hidden. of course, if we find something like that, it will change our perspective about our place in the universe and where we came from, what our neighbors know that we do not know. the one thing we should always keep in mind is, we should be modest.

unfortunately in the 2 days, roswell, it's quite nice to expect a fair trial, especially for alexi and of all the whole over years and merge says the most prominent opponent of president fulton and we've heard about the harsh conditions that have on the is living. and while he is jailed, do you have any contact with them? do you know how he's doing? he's visited regularly by a lawyer who comes to his piano colony. it's a trickle of communication which is very restricted. um, as well, so out she has taught, i'm in russian prison for 2 and a half years she had on and off medical problems, but he's words she was less towards that that she spoke a few days ago. they show that she is in good spirits and even from the harsh conditions afresh on jail. he sends the words of truth and the words of encouragement to russian people and against put in the dictatorship do, would you say that he is politically the most dangerous person in russia for vladimir putin? yes uh all the years he emerged as the most prominent political leader of a position which he has participated in elections with uh, quit

now, the west african regional block. echo roswell meets again tomorrow to review, which responds to news as i'm going to shoot to the economic community of west african states have sofa avoided a military response, as instead using sanctions to pressure the jump to seized power. 3 weeks ago. member countries of close the land both as we finish and leaving hundreds of trucks stranded. a cargo includes relief, material agencies as thinking a resolution to get supplies to people in desperate need. the date of news that told me a lot the photo content possible. welcome. tell me how effective have sanctions be the sanctions of so far been devastating for fun is yeah, food prizes of sword because anesha is a landlord country and that's why these so they the, the neighbors which are mostly coastal west african states have sealed off that borders and so inputs going to come in the sahara desert to the north, obviously. so there's not much movement that comes from that. nature is not just any low income country, it's in the top, it's a 10 poorest countries in the world. so this kind of a act

few record highs del rio, dallas, roswell and tucson. tomorrow, rinse, repeat. orleans is going to be 100 and what? that's the temperature. we continue this mess all the way through the southern half of the country right into the middle of next week. and here's another developing story this evening. new england would like it to stop raining. it's been raining all summer we had that horrific story of the montpelier flooding. last summer i was in lake placid and the whole region is under a flood warning. now wire just getting dumped on. right along the new york/vermont border also. a chance of gusty winds knocking power out and small hail. these storms will continue to blow into vermont. the areas that are super saturated and soggy from the rain. this is beautiful lake george. you can see severe thunderstorms rolling over to the north, heading that way this evening. further to the south we're continuing to watch the new york state way now traveling to the mohawk valley. some delays likely with that. it's the heat in the southern half of the country and severe weat

ken. roswell was 35 when he won this tournament back in 1970. it's great. i mean it's amazing. first board number one and 2 in the world say, facing each other again and to find those are the big events. uh, this is what i guess everybody wanted and expected at the beginning of the all the tournaments. so here we are to the women strong world under juanita schwann's had failed to reach the final. she was beaten by cocoa boss, the 19 year old had never previously won a set against marriage. show that i've been checking in with okay, that is why you support for them back to you 0, right as far as mail. thank you so much barbara. i will be back in a very short moment after a quick break. do stay with down to 0 for more world news, the a just to put out a nother fire that had been a rather large across the country for days, hours yesterday, another business. good. my entire life fire fighters, they're saying that there's very little they can do with these extremely heavy with all the world and focusing on the tourist. the local, real desperation here about how much they've lost 35

are going to be either at or very close to records for pensacola, florida, baton rouge, wichita, roswellampa coming close to a record and it is an early august heat wave and early next week cincinnati into the 90s for three days in a row. chicago, minneapolis, omaha, down to dallas and we've got wildfire smoke more than a thousand wildfires burning in canada right now. and that smoke is causing 24 million people to be at risk for that canadian wild fire >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is a quick update on hurricane hilary, now a category 4 hurricane, near cabo. it is expected to continue to weaken as it moves closer to san diego by the end of the week, and it's going to spread a lot of heavy rain across southern california but stay east of the bay area. we're still watching for a chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms. the weekend is looking nice, with our inland temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s, >>> we'll continue with broadway review right after this. >> we're pathetic. just ahead, a special boost, we're celebrating one of life's big milestones