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he doubled down on that. i think you are seeing this moment -- this come at a moment of profound debate. president biden is going to wade into that. we heard yesterday from the white house press secretary engage on that, that it's not simply about emmett till, it's about today as well as about history. you will hear him talk about that and about the need to confront the reality of the past rather than to put a smokescreen up and pretend it was something other than what it was. >> as the vice president did in florida just earlier this week. or over the weekend. peter, a playwright and you know as well has written a play about emmett till. it's still being staged all over the south, as a understand it. i saw it here in d.c. it was extraordinary. in 2014, she spearheaded the dedication of a planting of a
she just wanted it better for herself and for the rest of us. >> when her mom and younger siblings left california and moved to las vegas, she stayed behind. she strengthened the bond she had with her and an uncle. >> i knew it was unconditional love when she called me uncle dave. you should run for mayor, i'm thinking wow, you are thinking a lot me. >> soon, she met jose turner, an aspiring actor and playwright. things got serious. they moved in together and had two children. that relationship did not last. but they were devoted to their kids and committed to co-parenting. lajoie it continued to pursue her dreams. >> that's one thing about her, she never gave up. she was very determined. >> show us kept evolving. >> she had a good job with l.a. county as an auditor. she also opened her own clothing boutique and was
playwright. as for josé's dna at the crime scene, his attorney argued that there was no way of knowing how and when it got there. jurors -- after just eight hours of deliberation, they found jose turner guilty of first degree murder. his sentence? 26 years to life. >> i was heartbroken. get very relieved that my sister got justice. >> looking back on the story of lajoya, there is one obvious fork in the legal road. that night, she said, josé choked her and she ran to her uncle's house. >> how is jose not locked up that night? >> she didn't call the police and she didn't want the police involved. >> because she thinks that will make it worse? >> yes. she's not wrong. i have cases where the women call the police. they agreed to prosecute and
were rescued from the vessel. the local authority said that the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in the engine room. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. a 16—year—old boy is due to appear before magistrates today, charged with two counts of attempted murder after a violent assault at a boarding school in devon left two students in hospital. police said the teenager is also charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent at blundell�*s school near tiverton in devon. one of the boys who was injured is in a critical condition it was a big night forjodie comer who was among the british winners at the prestigious tony theatre awards for her performance in the one—woman broadway show, prima facie. the killing eve star said she was "overwhelmed", and it has been her "greatest honour" to play the role. there was also an award for the playwright,
news anchor, and managing editor, and the one and only touré, host at thegrio. his new podcast -- being black, the 80s, is out now. and author, playwright and screenwriter paul rudnick. his new book, farewell covington, the limits of style, comes out tuesday. you are all very, very busy. and you know who else is? joe biden. president biden promised to be the bipartisan president. people were laughing at him when he said this and he was running. but he got infrastructure done. he got something done on gun control. and now, the debt limit. you are already giving me -- i'm not that impressed. how do you think he's doing? >> it would be impossible to be bipartisan in 2023. the republican party does not want that, they -- >> but my point is, he has been! the infrastructure law got down on a bipartisan basis. >> the republican party goes to washington to destroy government. that is their point. so, if we are pretending that they are willing to come to the table and work as good faith
this is our friday night cap, and i have a fantastic group joining me tonight. my old friend -- dan nathan ceo of risk reversal, a cnbc contributor and host of the on the tape podcast. mara s. campo, revolt black news anchor, and managing editor, and the one and only touré, host at thegrio. his new podcast -- being black, the 80s, is out now. and author, playwright and screenwriter paul rudnick. his new book, farewell covington, the limits of style, comes out tuesday. you are all very, very busy. and you know who else is? joe biden. president biden promised to be the bipartisan president. people were laughing at him when he said this and he was running. but he got infrastructure done. he got something done on gun control. and now, the debt limit. you are already giving me -- i'm not that impressed. how do you think he's doing? >> it would be impossible to be bipartisan in 2023. the republican party does not want that, they -- >> but my point is, he has been! the infrastructure law got down
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as la bruja, one of the leading spoken word poets in the world. jesús martínez, award-winning actor and voiceover artist. and christin cato, a recognized playwright, producer, and actress. despite years of performing around town in various other spaces, they all found a home here at the puerto rican traveling theater. - prtt is like this community where everyone is included in the creation of whatever art is being created, be it musical, be it a narrative, be it poetry. you know, and we've been here for quite a minute now. - you know, this was our broadway, even though--you know, even if it's off broadway. it doesn't have more than 500 seats. but this was our broadway. - yeah. it was your theater, yeah. - this is our theater, yeah. you know? - because a lot of people that come here, it's like their first time watching something like this. - bilingual. - right, right. - you know, it's our people, our culture. - there are many familias black and brown that followed here from the midwest many years back. oh, yeah.
more of a play and then they film the play. we were talking the other day to the actor who plays weller, conohs day to the actor who plays weller, conor�*s girlfriend, she starts off as a playwright and then becomes one of the people we root for most of the show. she was saying just sometimes as a person watching the orchestrations of how they shoot of of it. she said, shejust orchestrations of how they shoot of of it. she said, she just cries watching that because of the efforts that everybody puts in a so spectacular so it seems, all i can begin to think is thatjesse armstrong has very good taste in people and everything else and he has assembled in this way that is so singular all of these people who are the absolute best at what they do.
it seems that it is a very singular television experience and as much as you do do that many takes and they set it up almost as though it is more of a play and then they film the play. we were talking the other day to the actor who plays willa, conor�*s girlfriend, she starts off as a playwright and then becomes one of the people we root for most of the show. she was saying just sometimes as a person watching the orchestrations of how they shoot of of it. putting the film into the camera and all the seamless take. putting the film into the camera and all the seamless take. she said, she just cries watching that because of the efforts that everybody puts in a so spectacular so it seems, all i can begin to think is thatjesse armstrong has very good taste in people and everything else and he has assembled in this way that is so singular all of these people who are the absolute best at what they do.