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And by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome back tonight to our conversation with the incomparable bam, there she is annie lennox. Her new project, nostalgia. We were supposed to talk last night for one show because she has so much to be doing. I begged her to stay for another night. The conversation last night was so rich. If you didnt see the conversation last night, go to our website, pbs. Org. And find last nights conversation. You will not want to miss what we talked about last night. I think a good jumping off point from last nights conversation is th...

Questions about that variant of the virus in britain. Conflicting reports on that. Well get to that. Suffice it to say the stimulus checks and the relief that washington cobbled together is a lastminute hail mary pass. People are not satisfied with the process, but very happy that it will mean checks in americans hands. We should point out that part of the process also includes unemployment checks that could start very, very soon. Probably in january though at the earliest. Go on for ten weeks at 300 a week. That would be in addition to state aid that americans are getting. Most of those thing...

Minutes of that special was directed towards the trans community. Reporter Orlando Oshea and jennifer rile are leaders of a group called trans life sonoma. They have joined other advocates in demanding the Luther Burbank center canceled the four chappelle shows. But it is one hot ticket. Four soldout shows. What does that tell you . In fact, they sold out within a couple days, very popular. A lot of people want to see him. Reporter thats why the activists are so opposed. They say by making fun of transgenders, chappelle is giving license to others in society to ridicule and physically attack w...

The u. S. Has killed a top al qaeda leader who was instrumental in the planning of the september 11 terror attacks. Ayman alzawahiri was killed over the weekend in kabul, afghanistan. He succeeded Osama Bin Laden as the head of al qaeda back in 2011. Tonight President Biden described alzawahiri as a mastermind of the 9 11 attacks and said he played a key role in the bombings of u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 since taking over al qaeda in 2011. Alzawahiri had called for attacks against the u. S. And its allies. Let me make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, ...

But thank you, mark. Thank you, mark. President obama expressed some doubt over the accord over ukraine. I think there is the possibility, the prospect that diplomacy may deescalate the situation and we may be able to move to what has always been our goal, which is to let the ukrainians make their own decisions about their own lives. The u. S. And its european allies have threatened to ratchet up sanctions against russia if it does not act to calm the situation in Eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, herbalife is back in the headlines again. It is under investigation by attorney general lisa madigan, w...