NPR's Scott Simon speaks with David Haig, who co-wrote the screenplay of the new movie "Pressure." It's based on Haig's play about the meteorologist tasked with predicting the weather on D-Day.
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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.