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viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, a race against time. rescuers were desperately to track down a civilian sub that went missing during a voyage to the titanic wreckage. high winds, hail, and tornadoes ripped across the southern united states. with more storms in the forecast on tuesday. and the u.s. and china try to get their relationship back on track in beijing, but fall short of at least one key goal. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church! >> it's a heavy with, us and we begin with a search and rescue mission happening right now in the north atlantic ocean, for a missing submersible carrying

five people to carry the wreckage of the titanic. the sub belongs to the commercial underwater exploration company ocean gate, which issued a statement saying it's taking every step possible to bring the five crew members back safely. the u.s. coast guard says it would conduct searches on the ocean surface throughout monday evening. and that the canadian coast guard would pick up tuesday morning with searches both on and below surface. the wreck of the titanic is almost 400 nautical miles southeast of newfoundland. in canada, it sits into parts on the ocean floor. more than two miles or almost four kilometers before the surface. u.s. coast guard official briefed reporters monday on the search. let's take a listen. >> it is a remote area, and it is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area.

but we are deploying all available assets to make sure that we can locate the craft and rescue people on board. >> and we get more now on the search from cnn's brian todd. >> an urgent search and rescue operation is now underway in the north atlantic. in the area near the wreck of the titanic. to find a lost submersible with five people aboard. the u.s. coast guard tells cnn that it has a ship on the scene, an aircraft, including c-130 planes. canadian ships and planes joining the search as well, along with the polar prince, the vessel that transported the missing submersible to the side of the titanic wreckage. about 380 miles off the coast of newfoundland. the coast guard says that the vessels submerged on sunday morning, and lost contact with the crew of the polar prints, one hour in 45 minutes into its

descent. >> we have to make sure that we are looking at both the surface, using the aerial, and surface vessels. but then expanding into underwater search as well. right now, our capability is limited to sonar. we have been listening for sounds, but we are working very hard to increase the capability. >> this rescue is a race against time, on its website, ocean gate expeditions, that company that operates the submersible on expeditions down to the titanic. says the 31 foot vessel has up to 96 hours, four days of oxygen for five people. one signal rescuers could be looking for? >> does it have any of the normal pieces of the unit. like the submersible should have. releasable beacon that would have gone to the surface and could have been sending out a signal? >> what could've gone wrong? cnn's weather team says the weather in the area was not overly harsh at the time the vessels submerged. but below the surface, currents

could have affected the submersible, or whether it's various motors and propellers. >> it could be entrapped. it's very easy for it to suddenly get caught on something, and it can't come back to the surface. >> that titanic sank in 1912, after hitting an iceberg. more than 1500 people died. the wreck was discovered in 1985. split into two parts. recently, an underwater scanning project, using deep sea mapping created no, spectacular images of the ship. it's become a popular and expensive tourist destination. it cost $250,000 per person to take a trip to the titanic. on the titan submersible that is now missing. the titanic lies close to 12,500 feet, more than two miles below the surface. a depth that experts say complicates any rescue mission. >> because of those conditions, the experts that we spoke to say that if and when the submersible is located, and if it is deep underwater. they will probably have to send unmanned vehicles down first to try to address the situation. rescue diver, but, she says

that they will likely have to try to bring the vessel to the surface first, he says that they won't be able to extract the people inside while it is underwater. brian todd, cnn, watching ten. >> late last year, ocean gate founder and ceo, stockton rush, showed a cbs him the inside of the titan submersible used for the titanic expeditions. >> take a shoes off, that is customary. >> okay. wow. >> inside, the sub has as much room is a mini van. >> so this is not your grandfather's submersible? we >> only have one button. that is it. it should be like an elevator. it should not take a lot of skill. we were on the whole thing with this game controller. [laughter] >> come on! >> again, that was a cbs crew inside the missing submersible late last year, do stay with cnn, we will of course continue to follow the rescue efforts in the north atlantic throughout the day.

storms have battered the u.s. south in some of the same places already devastated by tornadoes over the past few days, more than 30 million people across the region are under a severe weather alert tuesday into wednesday. take a look at this video that the possible tornado in moss point mississippi. the storm ref through that area leveling several homes and businesses in its path. at least one person was killed, and nearly two dozen injured when a powerful twister swept through the mississippi town of lewin, sunday night. the weather service gave it a preliminary rating of f2. senior meteorologist chad myers has more on the dangerous weather impacting the country. >> quite a few severe weather fights all the way from virginia, all the way down to the gulf coast, the most severe along the gulf coast and south. with tornadoes reported down there. some hitting some towns with damaged on their.

also, another event, very heavy rainfall. 6 to 10 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. with flash flood emergencies in effect, now here we, go this is what the computer thanks the rainfall is going to look like throughout the day on tuesday. taking you all the way to wednesday. notice what happens tuesdaybig g right through new orleans, this is the biggest threat i can see here, some of the storms can also be severe with heavy rainfall, wind, and even some hail. so even if it falls on the same places that also saw the heavy rainfall. there could be more flash flooding in the forecast, and also that rainfall will be heading up the east coast. up into charlotte, up the hills, of the appalachian chain. we're all the rainfall will be here along the east of that upslope flow of that mountain area. and also some heavy rainfall across parts of texas and. of course you new orleans where i showed you the storms will be. something else that's going on to the west of there is the record breaking heat, more than 60 places will likely break

record highs with excessive heat warnings in effect and the heat index to 1:22 in the afternoon in some places. that is in the shade. see these are the temperatures on the thermometer without the heat to add in the humidity added in. the temperatures are going to be hot already, you add in the humidity and it's going to feel much warmer, in places it's gonna feel like 120 degrees, and in corpus christy on monday. it felt 120 degrees fahrenheit. one more thing going on. tropical storm, it was named bret on monday. it's on the way in the atlantic. way out there. but the forecast moves it to the west, towards the islands, and if you notice here with the numbers. it's forecast to become a hurricane. not until probably wednesday or thursday, but the storm will likely intensify and move to some populated islands, and possibly even into the gulf of mexico next week. we will have to watch that. this track was still way too far out to figure out where

this thing is going to go just yet. >> america's top diplomat is now headed to london after ramping up his high stakes trip to beijing, u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken is touting progress after two days of talks, where top chinese officials including president sheet and paying, but key issues between the u.s. and china remain unresolved. cnn's kylie outward has details. >> secretary of state, anthony blinken casting u.s. china relations as a work in progress at the end of his two-day visit to beijing, coming when tensions between the competing nations have never been greater. >> it was clear coming into the relationship that it was at a point of instability. and both sides recognize the need to work to stabilize it. >> after about ten hours with the country's top foreign policy officials, blinken kept his visit by sitting down with chinese president, xi jinping. the chinese leader saying that

the two sides had made progress. but on one major objective, the biden administration officials set out to accomplish. setting up military to military channels of communication between the superpowers. blinken left empty-handed. >> china has not agreed to move forward with that. i think that's an issue that we have to keep working on. >> the vital need for these channels is evident in just the last few weeks, when aggressive chinese maneuvers as resulted into military instances between the u.s. and china in international waters and airspace of the south china sea. but blinken did walk away with a significant chinese commitment, standing up a working group on fentanyl, with the majority of precursor chemicals from the deadly synthetic opioids flowing into the u.s. coming from china. >> i hope and the expectation is that we will have better communications. better engagement going forward. >> the meetings marked with polite smiles, the tone a stark contrast to the first time blinken sat down with his chinese counterpart in alaska

in 2021, where both sides traded barbs in front of canada. in beijing, they told blanket that the chinese government would not provide lethal support to russia for the war in ukraine. >> this is something that china has said in recent weeks, and has repeatedly said, not only to us, but to many other countries that have raised this concern. >> chinese foreign minister excepted blinken's invitation to visit the u.s.. and president biden agree that he's gearing up to meet with president xi in the coming months. >> i hope over the next several months, i'll be meeting with president xi, again. and the differences we have, and how we can get along. >> kylie atwood, cnn, beijing. >> and still to come, russia says that it has a new battlefield tactic, claiming that it can use any tank as a

bomb. we will bring you the latest on the war in ukraine, back with that and more in just a moment.

>> let's go back now to our top story, the search and rescue mission for a missing submersible, carrying five people to see the wreckage of the titanic. these are live pictures

overlooking st. john's harbor, where surf efforts are based. i want to get more now, we are joined by david gallo. a senior adviser for strategic and initiatives with our and as titanic ink, the company that owns the exclusive salvage rights to the titanic rig site. thank you so much for talking with us. >> my pleasure. >> now this search and rescue effort is a desperate race across the clock to find the submersible and its crew before those oxygen supplies run out. what are your main concerns right now? >> well, i have been in this business for about four decades. and this is as tense as i've ever seen in a sense, the community. it is a race against time. you are fighting oxygen levels. they should have a day or two left of oxygen. also fighting the cold, it's at the bottom because the deep ocean is just above freezing cold so hypothermia is an

issue. i think one of the biggest things, where is, it is that on the bottom, is a floating, is it made water? and that is something that has been determined. hopefully, with all the help that is coming to bear, it will be found fairly quickly. that's a dangerous thing to say because i don't, know it means a day or two days, or three weeks. and we will have to wait and see, and hope for the best. >> and of course, once the submersible is located, if that has to be rescued, how complicated well that process be given the deep waters around the wreckage of the titanic? >> complicated because, and you said, it the water is very deep, two miles plus. and it is like a visit to another planet. it is not what people think it is, it is something that is forever cold, environment, high pressure. and so yes, it's one thing is to get there, the second thing is to understand the situation about what the problem is with the sub, and then go to work and try to extricate it from

that. the good news is that the technology to do that, and the techniques and the talent to do that is all there. and if anyone can get that done, that group, if things fall in the right place, can do that. >> and of course, as you mention, the hardest part right now is finding the sub. how do rescuers locate a small submersible like this in such deep and expensive waters? >> it's very different from something like air, france are laden air, in that the surface ship should have a pretty good idea of where the subways last known. it's last known position. a sublime go very far, if it's gotten into trouble on the surface. it may drift a bit. but on the bottom, motoring, two miles per hour or something like that? so the search area should be small. that doesn't mean that it will be easy to find, but it means that you can focus on a very tight area. and bring your sonar's in, and

cameras in, and whatever you need to do. into that area and try to locate the sub. so it's already looking for a huge area of the sea floor, it's actually a small area. >> so, all these things titanic sub voyages, that this incident change or even and these types of submarine expeditions? do you think? >> wow, this is the third year for ocean gate. and they had two successful seasons. this one, obviously not successful up to this point. and we're still hoping for the best. it's still going to change things for sure, and i think it has to change things. because when this all began, it was only a few people that could go. as deep as titanic. but now pretty much anybody that has got the resources of a billion dollars, or maybe, less can build a submarine and attempt to go to the titanic. and so, there needs to be some restriction on that kind of thing. yes. >> david gallo, thank you so

much for talking with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you rosemary. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> is launching a new air attack across ukraine, targeting the capital of kyiv. and cities as far west as lviv and east as operates a. ukrainian officials say that the air defences where working overnight to destroy zones, we are hearing reports of damage in some areas but we don't know the scale of it just yet, we will bring that to you when we get some more information. meanwhile, ukraine says that russia's major battlefield focus right now is in the east, the fighting's fiercest in and around bakhmut, and -- with ukraine reporting dozens of combat engagements on monday alone. ukrainian military officials say that russia is throwing everything at them, infantry

units, air units, and assault units made out of russian convex. but despite the pressure, ukraine's president is painting a rosy picture. >> translator: in some sectors, our forces are moving forward. and others they are defending positions, or resisting assault, and intensified attack from the occupiers. we have no lost positions, only liberated ones. they only have losses. >> and further south, battles are very hard going. when ukrainian front says that russians are digging in, and unleashing massive firepower from all directions. including from the ground itself. ben wedeman has the details. >> russian forces have laid dense minefields and deployed a significant amount of reserves along the southern front, this according to the commander of the ukraine armed forces. general underscoring just how difficult ukraine's

counteroffensive, still in its opening phases, is proving to be. now monday morning, the ukrainian deputy defense minister announced that keys forces have a managed to reclaim eight settlements. and 114 square kilometers, or about 44 square miles, of territory. but by the afternoon, it wasn't at all clear which side, if any, was in control of one of those eight settlements. the town of --, south of zaporizhzhia. now that ukrainian counter offensive is less than two weeks old and it is widely believe that the ukrainians have yet to commits the bulk of their forces to the fight, this as the russians seem to have unveiled a new tactic, cramming an old soviet-era t 54 tank with tons of explosives, and dragging it unmanned towards ukrainian lines. now the russian defense ministry has put out a video,

showing it going up in a massive explosion. just 300 yards from the ukrainian lines, but it is not clear if the blast have standing casualties. i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from zaporizhzhia. >> just ahead, a judge slaps new restrictions on donald trump in the classified documents case. as the former president explains why he didn't cooperate with investigators, back in just a moment! my relationship with my credit cards wasn't good. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. between e high interest, the fees...i felt trapped. debt! debt! debtdebt! so i bke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up [crowd cheers]

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>> a u.s. magistrate is borrowing donald trump and his codefendants from disclosing any information handed over to their attorneys in the classified documents case. special counsel, jack smith, asked for the ban. trump went on fox news monday and offered his latest explanation, for not handing over boxes of documents to government investigators. >> i have a lot of things on their, i will go through those boxes. i have to go through those boxes, i take out personal things. as far as the levels,

everything was declassified because i have the right to declassify. >> why not just hand them over than? >> i had boxes, i want to go through the boxes. and get all my personal things out. i don't want to hand that over, get and i was busy. as you have seen. >> pictures from the special counsels indictment showed boxes of material stored in a ballroom, and a bathroom, at trump's mar-a-lago resort. he has pleaded not guilty to 37 counts of illegally retaining national defense information. and obstructing the justice department in this investigation. u.s. president, joe biden, is touting his record on climate change. as he makes his case for reelection. mr. biden visited a nature preserve in california on monday, less than a week after four major environmental groups endorsed him. the president says that he has taken the most aggressive climate action ever. while republicans have tried to block it. >> when i think of climate, i

think of jobs. when i think of climate, i think of innovation. when i think of climate, i think of turning peril into progress. that's why i'm so optimistic about the future, i really am. >> the president also announced funding to modernize california's electrical grid, and host the first ever white house climate resilient summit. he's also appearing at several fund raiders during this three-day trip. joining us now, it cnn political analyst and editor at the atlantic, he joins me now from los angeles. ron, a lot of cover here. great to have you with us. let's start with the magistrate borrowing donald trump, from disclosing any information given to their attorneys in the classified documents case. and trump going on fox news to offer the latest information for why he didn't hand over the documents to investigators. what does all the signal to you? >> first of all, after the

explanation on fox tonight. you wonder why it isn't trump's attorneys barring him from talking about this. because certainly it did not good for their case to have him acknowledge that he did not, seemingly acknowledge that he chose not to comply with the subpoena because he did not want to. he believes he still had personal documents that he wanted to sort out. i'm not sure, you, know that under federal law that you get to pick and choose how you deal with a grand jury subpoena in that way. but certainly, the magistrate i think has reason to be concerned that through that discovery process, trump's team, and the sharing of information between legal teams, it's gonna have access to information that he will try to then use politically by posting publicly. and in the past, trying to rein in trump in this sort of way has been extremely difficult. and we will see whether this court in particular, ultimately,

this judge. this district court judge that was appointed by him, and ruled in his favor repeatedly, and was overruled in this case, is willing to truly enforce the rules and the standard that they set up today. >> and how much is trump benefiting politically from all of this? or is it actually hurting him? >> i think the answer, as you talked about before. it really is both. i mean, all the evidence is that this is strengthening him in the primary. and outside of the republican coalition is having the effect that you would expect, where a lot of voters are very uneasy about the specific conduct in this case. and also the prospect of someone to be convicted of a crime, serving as president again. within the republican coalition, we are once again seeing a rallying around effect. not only from voters, but from most party leaders and and norman's reluctance on the part of the other candidates in the 2024 race to really make any case against him. even on the grounds of

electability, not to mention the underlying behavior. it is striking that we are hearing from people who work for trump, in senior positions, like bill barr and his attorney general, john bolton. his national security adviser, mark esper, his defense secretary. even mike pompeo, is secretary of state saying this is unacceptable behavior. the other candidates running haven't been even willing to cite that testimony. much less reach that judgment themselves. especially in the anniversary of the race, chris and asa hutchison. given the deference to trump. he generally, the indications are that his lead is expanding. inside the republican coalition as this unfolds. >> and ron, mean time, president biden is lifting listing all his achievements on climate change. in what could prove to be a very close race. biden has doubled, quite literally, at times. how, will his waist be for him

given the constant reminders of his age. and whether he's actually up to the task? >> first, i think today was a really good revealing day of what we're going to see from joe biden. between now, and of ember of 2024. in that, rosemary, he touted both sunday that went to california from the bipartisan infrastructure act. and hundreds of millions of dollars of funny that went to california from the inflation reduction act. that is going to add to that, the semiconductor bill that they also pass. on a bipartisan basis. and we are going to be talking a lot about the public investments that he was able to win in those first two years, that in turn has generated an enormous amount of private investment in areas like semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, solar energy, and so forth. and that i think is going to be a major calling. one of the biggest challenges that he faces is, one, because

of inflation. most americans are still down on the economy. it is unclear whether the evidence of this blue, which is gathering momentum, is going to be enough to change that. but an even bigger problem, the one that i think is frustrated and surprised many democratic pollsters and strategists that i have talked to in the last few weeks. is the persistence of how he is in the public. a clear majority of the public, addressing concerns about whether biden's physically and mentally up to the task of another four years. and it is not clear that that concern is going to go away. i think democrats are relatively optimistic that if he is running against trump, the issue of whether or not you want trump as president, for another four years, will be the central fulcrum of the race. but if biden is running against another republican who is much younger? that concern about his age, despite a pretty sixth best civil record on many aspects of his presidency. i think they do see as a surprisingly stubborn, and durable concern. >> everyone watching this race

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a new trial has begun for jailed kremlin critic, alexei navalny, this time on so-called extremism charges. which he and his support say that is absurd, and politically motivated. he appeared in court monday, and a penal court east of moscow. more now from cnn's matthew chance. >> it paints a very disturbing picture of russia today, alexei navalny, a prominent anti corruption campaigner here. first poisoned, nearly killed, then arrested and sentenced to nine years in jail. he is now facing new, extremist charges. that could see his prison term extended by up to 30 years. sparking new outrage among his supporters. the hearing was at a remote penal colony, where navalny is being held. and neither journalists, nor

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>> a holiday weekend in the u.s. turned deadly. as a string of mass shootings and violence swept across the country. at least 15 people were killed, and dozens injured in as many as 21 shootings in multiple cities since friday. according to gun violence archive, there have been more than 300 shooting so far this year. cnn's adrienne broaddus has more. >> this is the one that hurts the most. i had stitches in my hands, i already had a whole. >> michelle was one of 22 injured in a parking lot party, in illinois saturday night. about 21 miles west of chicago. at least one person was killed. bullets grazed the shoulder and forehead. >> i was in the backseat. and they just kept going across

me, but i couldn't get any lower. do you know what i mean? i just heard it, and i felt it. at least 30 rounds went through my car, alone. >> the county sheriff's office says deputies were on site to monitor the event. >> it's just a juneteenth party, i'm not exactly sure who threw it. >> but around 12:25 am, they got called to respond to a nearby fight. and immediately returned when they heard gunfire. >> next thing you know, shots just kept going off. and everybody ran. it was chaos. >> investigators say multiple suspects fired multiple rounds into the parking lot crowd. >> [inaudible] we drop down, we dropped and they kept going. >> in st. louis, a 17-year-old man was killed and at least nine others hurt. it happened at a party held in an office building. >> it's every parents warts nightmare, tenfold. >> officers say multiple weapons were found at the scene, including an ar-style rifle.

and they're still trying to figure out how the group got access to the building. >> it was planned in advance, we're still investigating who had access to it. >> in central washington and lee, two people are dead, and several others hurt after a mass shooting at the campgrounds near the amphitheater in quincy. about 150 miles east of seattle. >> people were just trying to come out here to have fun. >> it happened around 8:25 pm local time. during an electronic dance music festival. the grand county sheriffs officers says that the shooter shot ten people in a campground, then continued firing into the crowd. according to cnn's cuomo, when they officers went up, they enjoy the alleged shooter, who survived. >> we don't know what the motive, sweat the intentions were of the shooter. >> and on friday night in carson, california. eight people were injured during a shooting and a home about 17 miles south of los angeles. it happened in a cul-de-sac, where it is believed around 20

to 30 people were gathered. deputies say that the victims range in age from 16 to 24. >> we did get some indication that there might have been a fight before the shooting. but that is all being investigated. >> adrienne broaddus, cnn, wilbur, colin oil. >> monday marked juneteenth in the united states, a new federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the country. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> cnn organized a freedom concert in los angeles to mark that historic day, speaking at the event vice president kamala harris says that it represents the ongoing fight to represent freedom for all. >> america is a promise, a promise of freedom, liberty, and justice. the story of juneteenth as we celebrate it. is the story of our ongoing

fight to realize americas promise. not for some, but for all. >> next week, the international african american museum will open in south carolina on the south of u.s. slave port where more than 40% of the nations enslaved people arrived from africa to be trafficked. cnn's victor visited the site, and was given a glimpse into his own family history. >> very few moments in my career have ever brought me to this. >> this is, oh man. >> it happened at the african american museum in south carolina, which opens later this month. six centuries packed into 100 and square feet in the historic -- >> about 12% of all enslaved africans would come into the port. we have been referred to as the ground zero of the enslaved

people into the united states. >> dr. tanya matthews is the spaces president and ceo. >> a place of serenity? or celebration? >> yes. i refused to choose. >> tribal art, and contemporary fashion, relics of protests and reports of resistance. >> it is this infusion of trauma enjoy constantly that we like to talk about here, you get the full story, but you're gonna get all the context in it. >> what arguably is the best illustration of full context is the museum center for family history, a team of researchers with access to millions of records that can trace african-american lineage, sometimes, back to a slave ship that came into this very port. the expert genealogy here spent months tracing my lineage. and this was the day of the long awaited reveal. >> make sure that you've got a box of kleenex by you. and sit there, and enjoy. >> that's the museums top

genealogy, dr. shelley murphy on the laptop. she's joining us from the university of virginia. >> this is a tree, just a snapshot of your tree. and i'm following your maternal line. >> wow, that's a lot to see. in a tree. >> you see that box? well that represents david, my great-grandfather's great grandfather. he lived in coastal richmond county virginia on a farm, with his wife judy, and their 18 children. and in 1871, he filed this claim to be reimbursed for livestock and supplies, requisitioned by union troops during the civil war. >> another thing that is significant is that he owned the land that he is on. and it was 23 acres. >> where did the man in the 1870s, so soon after the end of slavery, get the money to buy 23 acres? >> absolutely. and the thing of it is, i would

even question, he said that he was freeborn. >> for some answers, we have to go back more than 300 years. to my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandmother mary. she arrived and touch ship in north underline county virginia, in 1712. before america was america. her granddaughter, my eight times grant grandmother best was with her. that was according to this centuries old deposition that dr. murphy's team uncovered. why deposition? we will learn that a little bit later. >> at the time, it was about 13 years old. witnesses apparently said that they look like they were indians. >> researchers believed that mary and best where actually -- like these people of the northern virginia, called the northern neck. >> we're not sure where they came from. but thomas smith of richmond county did in slave one of the

best children. and that was sarah. >> and then sara, my seven times great grandmother who changes the trajectory of her children in all of her descend into followed. >> there was a law back in 1705, that declared that all children that are enslaved or free, their condition would be based on whatever their mother was. >> remember, sara and best arrived free people. >> so sarah has a lawsuit that is filed, saying that we are free. >> this is the actual lawsuit filed by sarah. suing for her freedom, and for the freedom of her descendants. and that deposition? it was from a witness who saw mary and best arrive decades earlier. >> so in 1791, the court agreed with sara and her children and grandchildren and all of those relatives who were descendants of mary and bess. are gonna be free. >> that my ancestors, filed and

sued for their freedom? it is remarkable. >> we are not done! >> we're not done. we are not done. okay. we are not done. let me get a kleenex doctor. i >> told you! have the bucks there. >> not all those areas family was free, before the courts decisions. sara's family enslavers officially sold her daughter, rachel, and then rachel was sold again. for the next 20 years, unaware of the courts ruling. rachel and her children remained in bondage. when she learned of the decision in 1807, more than a quarter century after her mother's groundbreaking lawsuit for freedom, rachel filed this lawsuit against her enslaver. claiming that she was the daughter of a free women. and therefore, she and her children should also be free. >> and guess what? the witnesses and things all

came through. and they were awarded their freedom. [crying] >> so what do you think? [crying] >> this is, oh, man. to be an enslaved woman. suing a slave master. to doing twice in one bloodline? it's a remarkable. >> your line started out as slaves, and became free up to where you are right now. >> it became free because those women fought for it? >> i will tell you what, victor, the women in your family are unbelievable. >> it fills in a lot of gray. a lot of blanks space. it was nothing there, there was an assumption and now there are names. relatives and places, and stories. it certainly fills in more of

the story of my family's place in this country. >> absolutely remarkable, many thanks to victor blackwell for that report. i am rosemary church, i will be back with more news right after the break! st price on every trade, which saved investors overer $1.5 billion last yea. that's decision tech. only from fidelity. ♪ pets are raw. raw curiosity. raw love. raw energy. no dog ever thout, “what if someone sees me like this?” no cat ever asked permission before taking up residce on your keyboard. raw is all pets are, and raw is all they need. raw attention. raw affection. and raw food. like what we make here at stella & chewy's.

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