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Monitor Daily Intro for May 25, 2018
Mark Sappenfield
There is a superhero walking the streets of Birmingham, Ala.听Four-year-old Austin Perine聽spends his allowance buying food for homeless people.
He learned that some people don鈥檛 have a place to live after watching an 鈥淎nimal Planet鈥� documentary in which a mother panda left her cubs. His dad, Terance Perine, said, 鈥淲ell, I guess they鈥檒l be homeless for a while.鈥� Austin wanted to know if people could be homeless 鈥� and then decided he should use his allowance to help others. Every time he hands out a chicken sandwich, he adds the same words, 鈥淒on't forget to show love.鈥澛犅�
His kindness has inspired a number of media reports, and Burger King has offered to add $1,000 a month to Austin鈥檚 $25 a week allowance so that he can feed more people.听鈥淔eeding the homeless is the highlight of my life,鈥� .听
Ignoring Edna Mode of 鈥淭he Incredibles,鈥� Austin wears a cape so that he can go faster. 鈥淚t blows in the wind,鈥� he told CNN.
Now here are our five stories of the day, including a push for political unity from veterans, an attempt to reframe climate change news, and the power of laughter in the Middle East.
