rowling, trying to help out families sheltering at home. rowling has created this new social media project called "harry potter at home" to encourage kids to read. now all seven harry potter books are free to read online and she's enlisted actors to make a recording reading from "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone." >>> tim mcgraw dropped a touching video for his song "i called mama." in the video you can see some moms very close to his heart. ♪ very personal. mcgraw featuring his own mother betty, his wife faith hill. the video includes pictures of mothers and their children. and a woman actually introducing her newborn to her mother through a class door following all the social distancing rules that we've had to get used to, kind of incorporating what's going on. >>> take a look at this, trending this morning, ben and jerry's getting in on the sneaker game of all things. the ice cream brand partnered with nike to create chunky dunky, a play on chunky monkey ice cream. the shoes look like the ice cream pints themselves. they're already

rowling is donating $1.2 million to two different charities amid the coronavirus pandemic. she made the announcement on twitter today. the money will help homeless people and support victims of domestic abuse. her donations come on international harry potter day and the anniversary of the battle of hogwarts, a major event in her stories. even so, rowling says it feelings inappropriate to talk about fictional deaths when real lives are being lost. >>> if you're a fan of the avengers, captain america himself has an awesome opportunity for charity. actor chris evans is teaming up with robert downey jr., chris hemsworth and scarlett johansson for the all-in challenge. you'll get a virtual hangout with them and mark ruffalo and jeremy renner will join the chat as well. proceeds go to organizations that are helping supply people with food during the pandemic. numerous sports stars and celebrities are taking part. should be pretty fun. >>> should have a lot of people taking part. let's find out what the weather looks like for the rest of the weekend. here's meteorologist drew tuma

rowling is out with a new children's story. it's called "the ichabod." you can begin reading it online right now. the harry potter author released the first two chapters today. it's at rowling wrote the story more than a decade ago set in an imaginary land. it's about truth and the abuse of power. prophetic it seems. rowling is pledging royalties to projects affected by the pandemic. >>> we grown-ups like reading them as well; right? >> for sure. >> hey, spencer. you've got your magic wand to wave this heatwave away? >> try so hard, kristen. the heat is almost unbearable. especially in some of our inland east bay locations. we've had two records so far for this date. santa rosa and san jose both at 97 degrees. so let's take a look at the 24-hour temperature change. we complained about how hot it was yesterday. notice how much hotter it is today almost everywhere. currently we have temperature readings of 101 at livermore and gilroy, and napa. 100 at concord. 102 brentwood. 104 fairfield. 99 at san ramon. come on, san ramon. get up there one more degree.

okay, harry potter's author jk rowling releases a new children's book, we will tell you what it is about, next. >>> this friday, be sure to join us for our first summer zip trip of the season, we are not going to hit the road like we normally do, but we will have very special stories lined up for you, friday at 9:00. we will be right back. >>> welcome to morning sun two, it is a hot one. a great song that i remember, the cd -- do you remember the discs? now, i don't know where my cds are. they are somewhere here. i digress. thank you for sending a request. you can send a request by using the hashtag on twitter or instagram, and i will pick songs from that list. >>> that is the sound of summer. i love santana. okay. google is planning to reopen offices july 6. many employees are continuing working from home until september or next year. with a little extra help from the company. google's ceo announced a plan to pay each of their employees thousand dollars for cleaning office furniture as they work from home. in an email to workers, he also says that google is taking a gradual phased appro

. >>> harry potter author, jk rowling has a new book out and it is free to re-.he woman behind the was a world just published the first chapters of the ichabod, a fairytale about it monster in the cornucopia. all of the royalties from the project will go to toward helping those impacted by covid- 19. >>> very special time no, special shout out to the class of 2020. congrats to david, graduate from saint philip catholic school in san francisco. he will move on to archbishop riordan high school. congrats to neil barnes, graduating from middle school and going to hayward high. we went to see her grad photos as well, email 2020 grads on sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com . no professional photos please. u se look back at the elon musk >>> we have a live look at kennedy space center for you as we count down to tomorrow's historic spacex launch. two astronauts set to blast off from u.s. soil for the first time since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. >>> how spacex got to the brink of space history. >> reporter: they rode in tesla to the final rehearsal. for the astronaut

rowling published a new children's book. she wrote it years ago while working on "harry potter" but not part of his enchantme enchantment. >>> disney world discussions are starting today about how to reopen the happiest place on >>> welcome back, everybody. disney world in florida will take a big step towards reopening today. park executives will submit their proposal to reopen the resort theme parks in phases. the plan will address health and safety concerns. there's no official reopening date that's been announced yet, though. disney world has been closed since march because of coronavirus. >>> it's a sign. that's all we needed. just a sign. some hope. let's talk about what is going on. speaking of hope. look at the temperatures for tomorrow. still going to be hot in the inland east bay neighborhood where we can push 99 in antioch and look at the 60s and 70s around the bay and 80s and 90s else where. watch the winds coming out of the south. the southerly surge that brings relief to all of our neighborhood by friday. 60s, 7

rowling just unveiled her first book outside the franchise called "the ickabod.wn kids now with their encouragement she got the half handwritten, half typed story out of the attic and it is out into the world we are thrilled about that that's your "pop start" for the day, guys. >> carson, good job. >> thank you, mr. daly, thank you, jack. just ahead in the third hour we'll talk to a former astronaut about that historic launch this afternoon. >> tim mcgraw is coming back he's going to hang with me and jenna on the fourth hour but first, guys, your local news and weather. >>> good morning. i'm marcus washington. it's 8:56. north bay hair salons are finally getting a chance to reopen. napa and solano counties meet the guidelines. the owner says she received 27 phone calls for appointments in just ten minutes. the solano town center in fairfield reopens today. this is the first bay area indoor car reopening. only a limited number of rest rooms will be available, appeared masks are not required inside the maul, but stores may insist you wear one. >>> happening now, on

movies likejk rowling's third fantastic beast movie have had to delay their long planned to shoot.re the only one i trust for this. and at the other end of the film food chain, some completed movies have had to alter the schedules, films like daniel craig's finaljames bond schedules, films like daniel craig's final james bond have schedules, films like daniel craig's finaljames bond have been delayed until later in the air. we all believe we would run into the burning building... but the movie that all eyes are on is tenet from christopher nolan, planning to open onjuly 15. his christopher nolan, planning to open on july 15. his movies christopher nolan, planning to open onjuly 15. his movies have made billions at the box office. if this can still do the same, it will be seen as the film that saved hollywood's summer. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather here's darren bett. 28 degrees in london, the heat really focused on the south—east of england, turning cooler in the next few days, for some there will be rain, coming courtesy of this area of cloud wrapped around

jk rowling has released the first instalment of a never—before published children's book that she wrote author says chapters from the fairytale called the ickabog will go online every day untiljuly 10th. there'll be no charge to access the book, which the writer says is to help children in lockdown. costa rica has become the first central american country to legalise same—sex marriage. a lesbian couple was the first to tie the knot in a ceremony that took place just after the new law came into effect on tuesday. more couples have already followed them. legalizing gay marriage was a campaign promise by president alvarado. he said the country now recognised the rights that gay and lesbian people had always deserved. same—sex marriage has faced some resistance. and recently 20 lawmakers attempted to delay the law. earlier, i spoke to the president of costa rica and i started asking him about the internal opposition to this change. indeed today is a historic day in costa rica, because it's about human dignity and human rights, not only about one specific right, defending human rights, defen

rowles. i mean you get to shape out these days because that's ok and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. a new cold war isn't this time which should get china what are the terms of engagement what does it mean to win this conflict an all out war possible so did the u.s. and its alliance find themselves in the situation. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you. we're back with the news we didn't want to hear another world health organization has reported the highest number of confirmed cases in one day since the start of the outbreak last year that is the number of infections globally surpassed $5000000.00 the countries with the most confirmed cases currently the us russia brazil and the u.k. and while the race for an effective treatment is all the w.h.o. has warned against the use of the anti malaria medicine high toric when which has been targeted and indeed used by president. lot of good things have come ou

rowles just don't hold. any belief yet to shape our disdainful comes to educate and indeed from an equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back to the kaiser report imax keyser time now to go to preston pish he is over there at the investors pod cast dot com i follow him on twitter he's always got lots of insightful things to say great to have you on preston max i'm thrilled to be here me and stacy thrilled to be here so you are the founder of buffett's books or the slogan is how to invest like warren buffett so buffett's been in the news lately so i want to pick your brain on this in the 1st quarter buffett lost $50000000000.00 at his annual meeting he seemed to blame the fed so your thoughts on these losses its concerns about money printing why he hates bitcoin but let's talk about this so warren buffett is interesting spot in his career he did something people were not expecting he dumped a huge position in the airline stocks people were expec

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rowles just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain become sick as a kid and in games read equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. ok folks dennis miller here up next nev campbell what do you know know from like everything party 5 the scream franchise which swept the world and now she's got a new flick out it's going to be on demand it is called castle in the ground but the opioid epidemic in the north america will talk to never bought it never campbell right after this sunday on a similar plus one. hey folks welcome to dennis miller plus one today we're going to chat with jay jay's old lady campbell and she's got a new flick out it's called castle in the ground it will be released on may 15th you know never of course from party 5 she's a baby as young as her baby probably and she's best known for starring.

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jk rowling on the front page. that cannot plan ahead.e harry potter books and what the inspiration was for her. if thatjust books and what the inspiration was for her. if that just to exasperation do you think?” for her. if that just to exasperation do you think? i think she loves playing these games. i love her. she's very active on twitter and she plays tricks on people but actually, the most remarkable thing about those books is that they came entirely from her head. and she says in the times of the front page summer that was well on the train to mature from manchester,. a delay train i think she said. —— two manchester. the samples in new york. a lot of shops they are claiming to be the inspiration for the books. —— in york. she said she never had even been there. i know. it is her imagination. extraordinary imagination. extraordinary imagination. i'm just saying imagination. extraordinary imagination. i'mjust saying british tourism leads to another blow,. a lot of places, york, edinburgh, oxford, we've all been any claim to have som

many big dramas were already finished pre—lockdown, and ready to go, includingjk rowling's creation strike dramas, particularly if they're shot abroad. i think it's going to take us many months until we can fly talent and crews abroad to make shows. travel shows. i mean, race across the world has been absolutely brilliant but i can't see us being able to go back into production on that soon. so i imagine there is going to be a greater emphasis on shows that can be made in the uk. and one drama being made for the bbc during lockdown is talking heads, with the likes ofjodie comer filming new versions of the classic alan bennett monologues. the one—person cast and a tiny crew are making it possible, but most shows will not be able to replicate this method. that's different. between the film industry in this country and the high—end television industry, ie, the poshest tv dramas, the ones that get the tax credit, i think £1 billion of production has been stalled since the beginning of the year. that's £1 billion of economic activity that was in progress and has stalled. well, if you want to be

rowles just don't hold. me. to stamp out the consequences. and in teaching the trail. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. hey folks welcome back to dennis miller plus one we're going to justin he's got a new project deputes dale will stream now on hulu and by the way that's a sentence at the beginning of my career i would have never even set none of that existed it just amazes me down how many platforms they are that i can say it's available to stream on hulu and now even kind of know what's going on since this core and to you know streaming my the project is future man but probably best known for his work as peeta mellark in the usually successful hunger games franchise before we get to that film i have to say brother as i see your as i see your. curriculum the take care you know robin was one of my friends loved him dearly and i see you were at work as robin and not film called r.v. how old were you at that time. i was 12 i was 12 years old. god romanism he was just such a unique soul man like it was he was such a a specia

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even in a time of coronavirus, up next and streaming on cbsn bay area, the new free book out by jk rowlingand why it's all for a good cause. years a live look outside at the richmond san rafael bridge. pretty quiet right now. be right back >>> it's 554 right now and harry potter author has a new book out and it's free to read the woman behind the was hurting world is just published the first chap doors of the ichabod, a fairytale about a child eating months her living in the imaginary world of anna copia and you can read it free and all royalties from the project go towards helping those impact did by covid-19. >> first up, olivia sepals graduating from you see santa barbara and is headed to los angeles to work as a junior environmental scientist. way to go . >> another shout out as the class valedictorian. the varsity soccer started staying local and headed to stanford to study science in the fall. congratulations. remember to share photos with us as well an email 2020 grads@cbs.com or use # kpix and in their name and where they're headed, we ask no professional photos please, you may see

>>harry potter author jk rowling is stepping up support amid the pandemic the legendary wizarding writer is donating one and a quarter million dollars to charity. the money will help homeless people and help support victims of domestic abuse, the donations come on international harry potter day. >>and tonight passenger protocols are taking off how major airlines are stepping up their safety precautions after the break cover your cough how as some states start to reopen the coronavirus is still spreading u.s. officials still recommend people stay at least 6 feet apart from each other. >>but can germs from a cough travel farther than that and what about when you're wearing a face covering randi kaye reports. >>every cough trait 2 one. >>inside this lab at florida atlantic university to engineering professors are measuring the power of a cough to one. using a dummy they fill its mouth with a mix of blistering in water then with the pumps. force the dummy to cough then was to see how far the droplets travel. they fill the air. visible with the green laser light simulating what happens when w

. >>> author jk rowling is out with a new children's story and you could begin reading it right now onlinethe "harry potter" author released it at theickabog.com. weekly installments will follow until july 10th. she wrote it for her kids more than a decade ago. the book will be published in print later this year. she's pledging royalties to projects affected by the pandemic. >>> shared sidewalks, there's a new plan to move meals outdoors. >>> solano county taking big steps to reopening today. the solano town mall will be opening. that is a big step forward. barbershops and hair salons are still not open in the county even though the state gave the give ahead. i'm julian glover with the reason there. >>> new information about this disturbing incident in central that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. >>> and right now at 6:00, hair salons an

dine-in more jobs to ensure sanitation and social distancing measures are needed there as well and jk rowling will finally publish the a cub august and alone fairy tale and her first children's story since harry potter online for free new chapters are going line they started yesterday at the it could bog those will revealed a through july and then a full print and e-book version will be available for purchase in november and royalties will go to help those affected by covid-19 live from new york, i'm jane king back to daryn all right. thank you >>the future of the republican national convention is in limbo after president trump threatened to move it out of north carolina but as our washington dc correspondent kelli meyer reports some lawmakers aren't sure that we'll be all that easy to do that. i applaud the president north carolina congressman mark walker says president trump is right to pressure north carolina's governor into hosting this summer's republican national convention at full capacity on monday, the president threatened to pull the plug on the charlotte location. >>if governor roy

this so crowd hundreds of people strong and now it appears to be there's a dumpster someone who is rowlingter down the middle of the road. they don't know if that's going to be in a dumpster fire there is a smattering of people on the road we're going to stay with the shot as a helicopter pulls up the video of that officer who is. giving a bear hug to a demonstrator and then he was attacked, but as as we see that video here this is in the downtown l a area these protesters earlier shut down the one 10 and they have smashed several a police cruiser windows. would look to be flash little bit earlier this hour, maybe late last hour as the crowd really seems to be scattering at least with this los situation in several directions and it is not clear where the police line is relative to where some demonstrators are and then you have what may be a rogue group off in one direction vicki it scene of this is a very at the scene of the police officer being he is actually after one of the protesters in seems to be pretty determined to. >>arrest him or pull him in but meanwhile, he's on his own he is s

rowling is doing her bit to ease the boredom for children stuck at home under lockdown so she's publishing a new story called that it in more than a month's worth of daily installments she says the book which she wrote a decade ago but never published is in the fairytale tradition and she's inviting her young fans to get drawing in illustrate the story as part of a global competition. thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera we're back in just a moment we'll have much more off the day's news coming ahead see you in a minute. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. a community decimated by cancer fights for the troops who lose to me has cancer or knows of someone that lives here that has cancer lines exposes houston's cancer cluster these are the 110 properties that have grown we're going to mention her name they looked at a visible pope and a community it just safely get them down no one is going to receive military food lines on al-jazeera. teach it strongman is ruling with an eye and faced on the silence from his allies is deafening the us was perfectly happy to

jk rowling wrote the first four books as middle grade books which means there for ages 8-12. the last three books in the series offer 12 and up. she decide to grow this year along with the readers ashes writing in real-time. there's a turning point at the edge of book for one of the main characters -- i hope -- no spoilers here, guys and that the traumatizing thing for some children to process and that's the transition from children's books to get an adult book. not every child is ready for it. when my kids were little everyone was showing up like my kid read all seven harry potters in kindergarten and that was the big thing that people just want to show off about. if your kid wasn't there yet what do parents do? they read it aloud to make the kids felt like there were not being left behind. but harry potter is the desert. you do not have to feed harry potter to your kids. that is a goal, something to aspire, that is again without reading being the reward. if a child wants to read harry potter, wait until she's ready to read those books and lighter read them herself. that is

rowling is staying creative during the lockdown. >> the best-selling author is releasing a new children's, and it's $3.99, called the ickabog, a story about truth and the abuse of power. at least one chapter will be released on her website every tuesday into early july. "this is not a harry potter spinoff" she says. u said it's statement there, it's a story about truth and the abuse of power, that's so 2020 of her. >> right, but she actually wrote this when she was writing harry potter, so it's been just sitting there. the only people that have seen it are her kids, now it's going to be available to all of us. >> the muggles can't wait. >>> coming up, how you can buy a newly renovated house for about $6. >>> plus the countdown to america's triumphant return to space. why this afternoon's scheduled launch is set to go down in the history books. >>> and the stunning revelation by andrea bocelli. the singer is now confirming that he's recovered from covid-19. ♪ about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remem

rowles just don't call. any of these yet to shape out just they become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. our. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies too in every state in the united states we've seen a very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids invited to america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but this of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who is to blame patients doctors manufacturers other governments are. no more committed to something visionary recently sophie shevardnadze humans on one hand full of. national science and on the other hand there are people of great sacrifices why are we here such extremes i ask roberts the professor of biology in stanford university and a recipient of arthur foundation. the professor of biology an

rowles just don't call. me the world police yet to shape out of disdain he comes to advocate and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. greetings and sell you. when surveying the wide field of news these days one can stumble upon a 1000000 different plot lines whether it's another bumbled u.s. led tempt in venezuela this time using former u.s. soldiers turned mercenaries to the very real surveillance state inspired fears that are gaining ground with each new revelation coming out of the u.s. government and silicon valley's plans for potential contact tracy but it's the plotline that is with unfolding in the african country of somalia since the birth of 2020 that we will focus on today in particular it's the very under reported fact that since january 1st 2020 the united states government through the pentagon's africa command has been conducting a brutal barrage of air strikes inside the battered nation just security dot com reports that in

rowling fans the creator of "harry potter" is publishing a fairytale called "ickabog" online for freechapter is available today. look forward to that david, back to you >> thank you, sue. >>> martin franklin joins us on ay wh akr side of this bre stitus across america, business owners are figuring things out. finding new ways to serve customers... connect employees... and work with partners. comcast business is right there with you. with a network that helps give you speed, reliability and security. and enough bandwidth to handle all your connected devices. voice solutions like remote call forwarding and readable voicemail. and safe, convenient installation. when every connection counts, you can count on us. get the connectivity your business needs. call today. comcast business. >>> the consumer discretionary sector rebounding. the spdr fund up more than 25% since the beginning of the quarter and outpurchasing the s&p since the start of the year. martin franklin is co-chairman of the api group and a lot of other things going on. martin, i can remember benson eyecare, that's how far yo

i never and i'm not like jk rowling that said there would be seven books and that's it. for me i written series and i've series that have five and other series have more than that. it's how much gas in the tank does a character have and do i want to keep discovering things about it. am i excited about finding him or her on the page and if the answers and that our gas then i keep going regardless of what the book count is. >> host: how did you develop amos decker? is there a model in the real world that you knew him from? >> guest: no, it was almost like frankenstein. i knew i wanted a large guy and wanted to have this enormous intimidating presence even though he's not an intimidating guy and i knew he would be a football player and that was the source of the brain injury which is all too prevalent these days, professionals more than football. i've been thinking about that stupid a lot of the players i love going up watching they are either passed away, wheelchairs and if they are 60 years old they are totally gone and the brain is gone and i wanted a story where the cha

many big dramas were already finished pre— lock down and ready to give you go in includingjk rowling'sf the moment to imagine the big dramas, particularly if they are shot abroad. race across the world is being up —— brilliant. i imagine there is going to be a greater emphasis one made the bbc during lockdown is talking heads the likes ofjodie comer with the classic alan bennett monologues. between the film industry in this country and the high—end television industry, the poshest tv dramas, the ones that get the tax credit, i think £1 billion of production has been stalled since the beginning of the year. that's £1 billion of economic activity that was in progress and has stalled. that is a hole in the industry. for the economic gearing that supplies so the economic gearing that supplies so much employment and opportunity for everyone in the country. we will have this very boring conversation, ricky. we want you back by mid night. you are 1a, not being unreasonable. where is your dad? in the shed. julie graham fresh from doctor who decided to take matters into her own hands, inviting