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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Emmy Nominations: What Made the Cut? One former Vice President is having a great day today. The fictional Selina Meyer, of the HBO comedy Veep. The show’s up for 17 Emmys. The full list of Emmy nominations dropped this morning. Voting members of the television academy were also all about “The People vs OJ Simpson,” “Game of Thrones” and “Mr. Robot.” Not so much on some other critically-acclaimed shows. What made the cut and what didn’t?
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”