toni died too soon.d allison talley says in the days after toni died, everyone's focus was dealing with their grief while trying to help haley and harold. he's the grieving widower with the young daughter. >> right. there was no shortage of people over there trying to help and be in the home. we talked to him several times and every conversation had that element in it of how wonderful all his friends and his church family were being to him. >> reporter: within a day of toni's death, harold reached out to someone who had always been there for him, kim laferriere. >> i got a text at 10:30 on sunday night. toni fell. my bride is gone. and i remember looking at this going what? and i ran upstairs. my husband was asleep. and i said, toni's gone. >> reporter: kim found the tragedy almost unimaginable. remember, she'd known harold for decades and had been best friends with his first wife lynn who died 17 years earlier. >> i just felt so sad. i felt like i could not believe that toni was gone. it just felt like

toni was a storyteller. work, for his firs i can see, goeoes directly back to the spspirituals, which is what t se was talklking abou i am a big fan of the spirituals. with that is about all i can offer. i am here to simply say i love toni. we were friends.s. we laughed together and cooked togetherer. when i was in new york, we went out to a couple of restauranants that we e both liked. i wantedlost her son, offer whatever comfort i could. she is the one in "beloved" he said there is not even a bench. i wanted to be a bench becaususe , not a visaetaphor furniture. i wanted to be a bench for toni. i wanted to be a bench. that is all i am here today. s son slade of herr pancreatic cancer. i want to turn to her lecture when shember 1993 became the first african-american woman to receive the nobel prize for literature. >> oppressive language does more than represent violence, it is violence. it does more than represent the --its of knowledge, it knowledge. languaget is obscuring or the faux language of mindless

a day tony? a shop like that. tony has lost everything to his addiction. he gambled away the family home, leaving his wife and daughter homeless. there was no feelings, thoughts, consideration, remorse, understanding of my actions. ijust wanted to continue and continue and continue. and i thought of no one else... all i wanted to do was gamble. and that is why i'm a — a pathological gambler. in 2010 tony had tried to make a fresh start in dubai. he set up a property business. but he started betting online, gambling on everything from horses to roulette. he stole £3 million from clients and lost it all to uk gambling companies. what were you doing to get money to gamble? i'd committed fraud. i manipulated people. borrowing — anything. anything and everything. so you'd been stealing millions? millions. the majority of tony's gambling was with ladbrokes. the company should have been checking where the money was coming from. but ladbrokes didn't seem bothered. i got a text saying, um, along the lines of they had a responsibility, to ask me the provenance of my

the american novelist tony morrison who died on monday night aged 88 is of course best remembered for a book beloved it one has so many fans and so many accolades to. morrison once said we die that may be the meaning of life but we do language that may be the measure of our lives wise words a look back now at her extraordinary life greg maddux solution a technical in toni morrison's career the 1st african american nobel literature laureate receiving the presidential award of freedom from america's 1st african-american president barack obama in 2012. her path to success was studded with obstacles that she overcame with defiant inspired by her grandfather as she remembered in a documentary the pieces i am released earlier this year. my grandfather. said it was illegal in his life to marry out of. that word. before becoming a writer morrison made her way up the male dominated world of new york publishing always fearless she soon realized that she and not the old white males around her was the smartest person in the room i was more interesting and. she turned the status quo of white perce

plus, remembering toni morrison. reflections on the life, literature, and legacy of the nobel-prize winning author.

tony's work is everything. —— toni's work is everything.oni was able to encapsulate the multifaceted and multi— layered blackness of lack experience. through her words and through her art. and gave us agency in that way. it gave me a sense of who i wanted to be as a writer and made it more confident to write as a black man for black people and being 0k black man for black people and being ok about that. you grow up in school here in the states and there are many riders you are told to read, hemingway, whitman, but having someone with the body of work of tony morrison —— of toni morrison who speaks to and for the black audience was unheard of. and to do it over such a long necks dented period of time it is miraculous. she was revered for a long time but it is worth reminding ourselves that she was a single working mother and she was a single working mother and she began to wake at four in the morning to write and did not publish her first novel until she was 39. she knew the struggle. and much of this great work was done on stolen time. she

tony's face is mashed into the ground.is words become increasingly garbled as he is unablble to brbreathe, and as his b blood h his heartree acidotic,c, begins to race. as you indicated in your broadcast, one of the things that is absolutely troubled me wasmost is that tony timpa handcuffed by private security guards before the dallas police officers arrived. he t thought there wasas no neeo switchch the handcuffs thahat ty emplployed. why was that significant? number one, the idea that they removeved his handcuffs in t the first placee tells you something extremely important under federal civil rights law, he was not t a threat. p prolonging the heiod o of restraint and when would have his diaphragm smothered and his face smasashed into t the ground, these were critical moments that resulted in t the death and were neneedly prolonged by the officers. amy: he was handcuffed by security guards. the police came and turk the hahand -- tookok the handcuffs f and put their own and tied his feet. geoff: they tieded him with last

reporter: toni morrison and "belov," a story of slave ry and griefthe sort of book that toni morrison wanted to read but had to write herself. 30 years on, its success is more than just about sales or being part of the school syllabus. it i what it has done to tell the untold. >> she had the ability and the genius to create aorld that had not existed before.t ly that, a quintessentially american world. shis an american writer. she is an african-american writer. reporter: toni morrison had grown up in lorain, ohio, and she made it to cornell university. her grandparents hadeen sharecroppers in the deep south. toni: you could go to jail or be fined if you were white and taught a black person to read. that says it all about reading. my family took the whong seriously. it was like a revolutionary act. reporter: she began'iting in the's. her first novel, "the bluest eye," was the story of black childhood in a white world. >> each night without fail she prayed for blue eyes. fervently for a year she prayed. reporter: 23 yrs later, toni morrison was awarded the nobel prize for literature, ju

imight let i might let tony back. depends which story he picks. a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, caroline and tony. next on bbc news, it's click. i love food. who doesn't? and like everything else in our lives, food has become globalised. we have access to a multitude of cuisines. out of season, a thing of the past. but the true cost of this indulgence is becoming apparent with a spiralling public health crisis and environmental destruction. i've been to a facility in north london where our discarded food ends up. in this country, household waste makes up for at least 70% of what's thrown away. currently, only half the uk's food waste is being processed. if it all came to a place like this, it could power 350,000 households. this place receives about 30 lorries a day. full of waste, mostly coming from homes. this whole operation is powered by the waste that comes in here. and, surprisingly, there is actually only one machine. that's because what arrives here is

tony: who knows.f interest rates are here, there will be that discussion. the issue of entitlement spending and the difficulties the united states faces in meeting those financing needs over the years, and negative interest rates if they happen, which would be harmful to the united states, could make it difficult for the united states to borrow money in the future, could harm its reserve currency status, et cetera. it is important the u.s. address the debt and deficit issue. francine: are you talking about germany? germany has negative rates. states,rope, united japan all have entitlement issues that complicate the political issue. francine: if you look at president trump going after germany for not spending enough, will they do fiscal spending? tony: it seems lately from the rhetoric from the leaders they might be moving in that direction, but it seems they are taking a wait and see attitude because they are not sure to what extent they will be needed, because the private sector in the long run has f

al-jazeera san juan puerto rico the noble literature prize winner toni morrison has died at the age of 88 in new york also in georgia looks back at her life and her work. she was the 1st african-american to win literatures ultimate prize the nobel in 1903 breaking barriers along the way when i think there can a call for writing. has got to be the nobel prize but what toni morrison really did was create space to discuss racism sexual abuse injustice and love through the experiences of african-americans she became a global cultural icon and an inspiration to every would be writer the reason she turned to writing rather than reading and editing is that she saw a literary landscape that had a gap that wasn't telling a story that she wanted herself to read she shared with us lives that had not been previously shared morrison was the ultimate working single mom while raising 2 sons and working as a book editor and professor she published 11 novels 8 books of essays and a series of children's books she won the pulitzer prize in 1988 for beloved a novel about a mother's decision to kill her ch

relax. >> tony, tony, tony. >> just keep him down. >> it's too much. >> dallas police said timpa wasested due to his erratic behavior. body cam video shows timpa begging for help. >> get on the ground. >> you're going to kill me. >> i'm not going to kill you. >> you're going to kill me. >> tony, relax, buddy. >> chill out. >> relax. >> help me. >> you can hear the officers laughing and joking about the situation. the video captures 20 minutes of the interaction between the officers and timpa. one officer uses his knee and body weight to hold timpa on the ground face first. he continues begging for help. >> help me, help me. help me. help me. help me. help me. help me. >> reporter: as they switch out handcuffs and zip tie his legs together, the officers continue mocking timpa. 12 minutes into the video, tony timpa stops responding. the family's attorney said a paramedic injected him with a sedative. >> first day, you can't be late. >> tony. >> new shoes on first day of school. come on. >> made breakfast, scrambled eggs, your favorite. waffles. >> he's out cold now. >> he just got quie

from song of solomon to beloved toni reaches us deeply using a tone that is lyrical precise distinct and inclusive she believes that language arcs toward the place where meaning might lie toni morrison always insisted the black experience in america is as universal as every other experience as she used the well written well edited word to underscore that point toni morrison author mother icon dead at age 88 roslyn jordan al-jazeera. so to come here on the. in sport the ryder cup winning goal for his being charged with sexual assault on a plane. travis well she is now he has run home thank you very much martine the big names keep falling at the rogers cup tennis in canada the latest the women's world number one ashley bazzi the australian french open champion was the top seeded throw in time but she lost in the 2nd round to the understated american for 3 explaining in 3 sets that mean number one ranking is in serious danger nermeen asako return to the number one spot if she wins her 2nd round match and 1st back. another rosie was upset at the menstrual tarver months only carol showed

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the accusers ranging from 14 to 97 years old >>> and celebrating toni morrison, tributes pouring in for the le >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. amidst the horror of the mass shootings in el paso and dayton, fbi investigators in gilroy, california, where this latest string of carnage began have quietly amassed disturb being new evidence and have now opened a domestic terror investigation. three people were killed and more than a dozen hurt in the shooting at an annual festival the gunman died, too, but what he may have been planning next has taken this case in a new direction. our pete williams has details. >> reporter: the fbi says tonight that the motive behind the shooting is still a mystery, but investigators say searches of the gunman's electronic devices turned up a list of places and organizations that might have been other potential targets. police say the 19-year-old gunman was wearing a bullet proof vest and carrying an ak-47-style assault rifle and six high-capacity ammunition clips, one holding 70 rounds they say he fired 39 times, ki

. >> dana: tony katz and doug shone, great to have you here. tony bringing the shirt for us today. doug, take a listen to former vice president biden about his former boss and the criticisms of him. >> i was a little surprised at how much there was about barack, the president. i'm proud of having served with him. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. i think, you know, it kind of surprised me the criticism. >> dana: doug, you've covered many of these campaign, you worked on campaigns. >> i have. >> dana: if you're trying to be the next president, you to distance somewhat from the previous president. were you surprised by the major differences that the party was saying they had with obama? >> yeah. there's distancing and having a different perspective and taking a dramatically different role and position. dana, let's be clear. this is a democratic party where the energy appears to be with the far left, the progressives who, in my judgment, are effectively socialists. practical capitalism is bad. corporations seeking profits in the healt

emily: our exclusive interview with tony xu.k the curtain on one of the most secretive companies in tech. our interview with alex karp. plus, another line huawei. the u.s. using sanctions for another 90 days. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: palantir is one of the most secretive companies. it has come under fire for its work the u.s. government. last week, protesters picketed their headquarters, describing it as a dirty data company. max chafkin got a look exclusively with the ceo, alex karp. alex: there are really important questions, who can be surveilled, how has the surveillance happened, and what is the consequence? i believe every single one of those questions has to be decided by society in and open debate and the enforcement has to be clear and transparent. i do not believe these questions should be decided in silicon valley by a number of engineers and large platform companies. for me, the question is, these are serious consequential questions that will affect all our lives now and in the future. do we want a motley crew of

stay down. >> tony, tony.eep hem down. >> that's too much. >> dallas police say he was arrested due to his erratic behavior but the body camera shows tempa repeatedly begging for help. >> stay on the ground. >> no, you're going to kill me. you're going to kill me! >> tony, relax, buddy. >> chill out! >> help me! >> reporter: you can hear the officers laughing and joking about the situation. the video captures 20 minutes of the interaction between the officers and tempa. one officer uses his knee and bodyweight to hold him on the ground face first. he continues begging for help. >> help me! help me! help me! help me! help me! help me! >> reporter: as they switch out handcuffs and zip tie his legs together, the officers continue mocking tempa. nearly 12 minutes into the video, tony tempa stops responding. his family says a paramedic injected him with a sedative. >> first day, can't be late. >> tony. >> first day of school, come on. >> breakfast, scrambled eggs, himself favorite. >> waffles. >> rooty t y tootie w

joining us is the ceo, tony xu. for things to work and/or -- come it has to work for hundreds of thousands of consumers, merchants and dashers. this is a very consequential change and something we always work on. the day that i announced we would be making changes about a month ago, teams worked every day. we have been talking to dashers and third parties. validating what we are doing. we have shipped the model for over a week, so it has been out in the wild, testing. that is why we are taking the time to make sure we're doing something correctly. emily: what are the changes? what is the new policy? tony: there is base pay, tips on top and promotional bonuses. under this new model, every dollar a customer tips will be extra in the dashers' pockets. that means there will be greater variability. in the old model, we did take care of the dasher when there was no tip. in order to offset that, we will increase base pay across all orders. that means on average, dashers will make more money in this new model and we will ke

joining us is the ceo, tony xu.his is a very consequential change and something we always work on. the day that i announced we would be making changes about a month ago, teams worked every day. we have been talking to dashers and third parties. they have been testing. emily: what are the changes? under this new model there is base pay, which has nothing to do with tips. there will be promotional bonuses. under this new model, every dollar of customer tips will be in the dashers' pockets. that means there will be greater variability. we will increase base pay across all orders. that means on average, dashers will make more money in this new model and we will keep the transparency we have always had which means we will show every piece of information about an order, where's the restaurant, drop off, pay for delivery up front. emily: you have others telling business insider that nothing has changed. what is your response? tony: we have been talking to dashers and shipping this new model for a long time. this change was

tony was so attached to trigon. and when they lost trigon, it was tragedy. >> schifrin: tony was the central character in the movie "argo," about how he rescued americans hiding in tehran after the 1979 hostage crisis, by disguising them as a canadian film crew. >> you have to know your resume back to front. >> you really believe your little story's going to make a difference when there's a gun to our heads? >> i think my little story's the only thing between you and a gun to your head. >> schifrin: he was part spymaster, part ringmaster, had the flair of a magician and the eye of an artist. he carri painter's case.in this >> we used to say that y p could haveblem, an operational problem, and you could have a meeting and solve it, get tony inemake sure he's at the ta because everybody knows that artists think just a little differently. >> schifrin: and mendez helped c.i.a. think differently. this painting commemating his work hangs on the wall at langley headquarters. w important are the lessons that you and tony le

plus, remembering toni morrison. reflections on the life, literature, and legacy of the nobel-prize winning author. >> the future was right there, at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i was in ohio-- african american intellectuals. and that was the company i wanted to keep. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." n major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> kevin. >> kevin! >> kevin. >> advice fol-life. life wanned. learn more at raymondjames.com. >> babbel. a language learning app that uses speech recognitndn technologyeaches real-life conversations. daily 10-15 minute lessons are voiced by native speakers and bbel.com.bbel. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the debate over inns in america is intensi tonight, after mass shootings in that killed 22 i peopleel pa

rise between the world's 2 largest economies and the trailblazing iconic or thor and nobel laureate toni morrison dies aged 88 barack obama pays tribute to her as a u.s. national treasure. welcome to the program the crisis in kashmir could explode into an all out war that's the warning by pakistan's prime minister who has condemned india for stripping the region of its statehood and revoking special rights granted to its citizens kashmir is split between india and pakistan over though both sides claim the entire territory is their own streets are empty and shops are shot on both sides of the cease fire line that divides the region as tensions rise between the nuclear rivals will some of binge of eid begins our coverage from in pakistani administered kashmir. our fight will continue that's the message from these protestors and was after about in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered to voice their anger against the indian government's decision to abolish its special status of kashmir the himalayan region disputed the pakistan . made your notice in. my appeal to the united nati

but few could wield the power of language like toni morrison. here is michelle miller. >> reporter: toni morrison was more artist than author. for nearly than 50 years her words painted a portrait of black life. >> most of my writing of the black topic, the black family, the black community is part of my life, but a lot of it was inquiry. >> reporter: through 11 novels spanning more than four decades, from "the bluest eye" to "song of solomon" and her pulitzer prize-winning "beloved," morrison turned pain into poetry. she would become the first black woman to receive the nobel prize in literature. in 2012, barack obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. >> toni morrison's prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt. >> reporter: a long journey from lorain, ohio, the daughter of a welder and a domestic worker. born chloe wofford, she would go by toni while attending howard university. after a divorce, she raised two boys alone, working full time as a book editor. in a 2004 interview with "s

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. >>> we'll look back at the incredible life of noble prize winning author toni morrison. >>> and who let the dogs out we'll take you to pup night at the ballpark where these stars were off the field "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm melissa ray burger >>> i'm fran is rivera we start with that breaking news chaos unleashed in times square after a motorcycle backfires sparking a massive sam paid. stampede witnesses say people were screaming and climbing over each other after confusing the loud sound for a gunshot. one mother was separated from her daughter in the chaos. >> my daughter was pushed up against the door and i was on a pile of people inside the door i couldn't reach her everyone thought that there was a shooter coming down the street and i thought i was going to watch my daughter get shot down in front of me. >> the nypd assured people there was no active shooter. there were a number of bumps and breaking news but no one was seriously injured. >>> about a week before the deadly shootings in dayton and el paso unfolded, three people were killed and more than

tony told me that last week he actually slept here one night. be as close as he can to margie. john? >> as i said, it breaks your heart and fills your heart at the same time. i saw so many people hugging and crying at that memorial behind you. and i also have to say i'm not surprised that el paso is going to show up. el paso is a city that is really so interconnected and there for each other. >> that is beautiful they're so close knit. that says a lot about el paso. thank you very much for that story. >>> so voters in several states are fed up with gerrymandering or the redrawing of their congressional districts. but the politicians who benefit from gerrymandering are not going down without a fight. >> john avalon has reality check. john? >> that's right, guys. if you're frustrated by the dysfunction and division hyper-partisanship and polarization are to blame. arguably the prime driver of this in congress is the issue of redistricting which is the big reason we don't have competitive general elections for roughly 80% of our house seats. the go

toni morrison and beloved, a story of slavery and grief, the sort of book that toni morrison wanted to been part of the school syllabus, it is what it has done to tell the untold. she had the ability and the genius to create a world that had not existed before. not only that, a quintessentially american world. she is an american writer, she is an african—american writer. there is my house... toni morrison had grown up in lorain, ohio and made it to cornell university. her grandparents had been sharecroppers in the deep south. you could go to jail will be fined if you were white and taught a black person. that says it all about reading. so my family did the whole thing, we took it very seriously, it was like a revolutionary act. she began writing in the 605. her first novel, the bluest eye, was a story of childhood, black childhood in a white world. each night without fail, she prayed for blue eyes. ferve ntly, fail, she prayed for blue eyes. fervently, for a year, she prayed. 30 years later, she was awarded the nobel prize for literature. just one ofa nobel prize for literature. just o

. >>> and tonight, remembering nobel lawyer rat toni morrison. her gifts, her words and how she lifted so many. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. of course, we have just back from el paso tonight, and we're following several stories as we come on. first, to dayton, ohio, tonight. late today what the fbi revealed there, saying the shooter might have been motivated by violent id yol. >>>s. the chaos and terror inside that bar. and tonight, right here, the new clues revealed about the gunman, as we hear from a former girlfriend who said herself there were red flags. what he was fascinated with. abc's eva pilgrim leads us off from dayton tonight. >> reporter: tonight, stories from heroism from inside the dayton bar where the gunman's rampage ended. dylan arnold was about to leave when the shooter rushed the door. he says the bouncer, seen here crouched by the door, saved lives. you can see him here alerting staff as the shooter rushes toward the bar. >> if he wasn't there, and especially if the officers were

. >>> remembering a pioneering voice in modern literature, how tony morris's words left their mark on modern america. >> save it, learn from it, teach from it. >>> community leaders make their case for keeping a controversial mural at a bay area high school. >>> it's amazing how different the weather can be from place to place. beautiful blue skies, some serious cloud cover, let's now the fog rolling in over san francisco yet again. everybody is cooling down in the seven day forecast, wait to see how chilly we get onto the seven days in the forecast, coming up. >>> history making novelist toni morrison has died. she was the first black female author to receive the nobel prize. that was just part of her stories legacy. >> what might your name be? >> it was her 1987 novel beloved, later taken to the big screen and starring oprah winfrey, that landed twenty morrison the pulitzer prize for fiction. it was inspired by the story of americans lafe who makes the choice murder her baby to save the girl from slavery. morrison wrote eleven novels, five children's books, plays, and even an opera

toni morrison and beloved, a story of slavery and grief.rself. 30 years on, its success is more about than just sales or being part of the school syllabus, it is what it has done to tell the untold. she had the ability and the genius to create a world that had not existed before. not only that, a quintessentially american world. she is an american writer, she's an african—american writer. there is my house... toni morrison had grown up in lorain, ohio and she made it to cornell university. her grandparents had been sharecroppers in the deep south. you could go to jail or be fined if you were white and taught a black person. that says it all about reading. so my family took the whole thing very seriously, it was like a revolutionary act. she began writing in the ‘60s. her first novel, the bluest eye, was a story of childhood, black childhood in a white world. each night without fail, she prayed for blue eyes. fervently, for a year, she had prayed. 23 years later, toni morrison was awarded the nobel prize for literature. just one of a mantelp

also on the show tonight the world loses a beloved author the nobel laureate writer toni morrison whose novels exploring african-american identity gave voice to millions has died at the age of $88.00. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the u.s. and all around the world welcome tonight there are new worries so they political and maybe a military firestorm over kashmir yesterday india's hindu nationalists led government revoked. years special status by repealing article $370.00 of the constitution but pakistan's prime minister says that he will consider approaching the un security council about the move earlier today pakistan's army said that it would go to any extent necessary to support the contested territory. residents in pakistani controlled kashmir have been making their anger clear that it was in the india says it's revoking article $370.00 of its constitution which gives the region more freedom to make its own laws compared with other indian states in neighboring pakistan politicians have been meeting to discuss their response and action then. they will take action against

from the start, toni morison was exceptional.he remembers being the only black child in the first grade and the only one who could read. the early reader became a displayed writer, called one of the greatest authors in american history. the bluest eye, shula, song of solomon, are considered classics. illuminating the black experience in america. . >> we not only survived, we produced something so valuable. that's what is worth celebrating. >> reporter: born in 1931 some ohio, she studied english at howard university where she picked up the nickname toni. as one of the few black editors at random house, morison published books by angela davis and muhammad ali. she wrote her own first novel in 1973 an work when her two sons were in bed. 14 years later, she won the pulitzer for "beloved." it was made into a movie. the story of a black woman who kills her own child to save her from a life of slavery. poet maya angelou said she didn't write english, she composed it. composition so extraordinary in 1993, she became the first african-am

the nobel literature prize winner toni morrison has died aged 88 in new york roslyn jordan expect the authors life and her legacy. she was the 1st african-american to win literatures ultimate prize the nobel in 1903 breaking barriers along the way when i think there can a call for writer. has got to be the nobel prize but what toni morrison really did was create space to discuss racism sexual abuse injustice and love through the experiences of african-americans she became a global cultural icon and an inspiration to every would be writer the reason she turned to writing rather than reading and editing is that she saw a literary landscape that had a gap that wasn't telling a story that she wanted herself to read she shared with us lives that had not been previously shared morrison was the ultimate working single mom while raising 2 sons and working as a book editor and professor she published 11 novels 8 books of essays and a series of children's books she won the pulitzer prize in 1988 for beloved a novel about a mother's decision to kill her child so that she would not be enslaved mo

we remember nobel laureate toni morrison. >>> and good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. anne-marie green is off. i'm brook silva-braga. glad to be with you. >>> today president trump will be in el paso and dayton, ohio. we're learning more about the gunmen involved in the shootings that killed 31 people. in dayton, the ex-girlfriend of shooter connor betts told her he thought he had mental illness including bipolar disorder. they only dated for two months. she says she has no idea why he went on the rampage. >> i didn't think he would go shoot strangers, especially his sister. i didn't see that one coming. >> betts was killed by police. president trump is expected to meet with victims and first responders when he travels today to el paso and dayton. natalie brand is in dayton for us. what kind of reception can mr. trump expect? >> reporter: well, brook, there are reports of expected protests in both cities where emotions are still so raw. here in dayton we watched community members experience intense pain and grief over the massacre, but we

but few could wield the power of language like toni morrison.e is michelle miller. >> reporter: toni morrison was more artist than author. for nearly than 50 years her words painted a portrait of black life. >> most of my writing of the black topic, the black family, the black community is part of my life, but a lot of it was inquiry. >> reporter: through 11 novels spanning more than four decades, from "the bluest eye" to "song of solomon" and her pulitzer prize-winning "beloved," morrison turned pain into poetry. she would become the first black woman to receive the nobel prize in literature. in 2012, barack obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. >> toni morrison's prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt. >> reporter: a long journey from lorain, ohio, the daughter of a welder and a domestic worker. born chloe wofford, she would go by toni while attending howard university. after a divorce, she raised two boys alone, working full time as a book editor. in a 2004 interview with "sunda

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