this is important because i'm going to talk about, nor mcaden aaliyah. you're going to help us understand this story. why it made news in a country where there are lots of cases of sexual violence against women. why did no story stand out? what happened? when you look at the murder that happened in the capital of the country, and it's what is it being it's absolutely should be headed off to being tortured and murdered. it also happened in a part of the fire tv which sells for people to close to home. we've been hearing about actually violence against women are generally against women. for years and years it's been, you know, you have it in the print, you have it or the media. it gets a couple of lines and small boxes of newspapers, but more and more so in past years, it's been a tremendous amount of an effort being made in newsrooms by people and certain amount of awareness where women more and more. and this case has shopped the entire nation because of the brutality of that. and just because of how horrific nickel was shot. yeah, absolutely. i think th

aaliyah chug tie. our community had a lot to say on the topic, including one woman who says that the pakistani government has yet to clearly communicate that sexism and massage, and he will not be tolerated. so have a listen in the past couple of weeks ago, a very senior minister, very senior member of the ruling party addressed as alien bucks done with the housing of people it ended. and over then he joked about slapping a female politician who was from a rival political party, and no action was taken against him. they were no consequences. so then needs to be a clear message from the government that massage any 6 of them will not be tolerated within the parliament or outside of the parliament. and that message has didn't not come across when it is very big, very careful that she's not mentioning any named aaliyah of you nodding your head. i am wondering about the examples being set from the top it back or pakistan from the leadership from the politicians or you go fast. yes. the thing is that you kno

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let's get a check >>> well now to the life and legacy of aaliyah.eye witness accounts of the moment before her passing and celebrating her impact on music. we spoke with the author of "baby girl better known as aaliyah." kaylee hartung has that. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy. she was the princess of r&b. she won us all over with her beauty, her style, that music and that dancing. now nearly 20 years after her death this new book is lifting the veil on the moments that put her in the spotlight. ♪ say yes or say no ♪ >> reporter: she was that somebody. a teen r&b phenom that grew up before our eyes and helped define a generation. aaliyah reaching the top of the charts and our hearts in the '90s and early 2000s like with "one in a million." ♪ your love is one in a million ♪ >> reporter: and "try again." ♪ try again, try ♪ >> repte and starring alongside jet li in "romeo must die," she was poised to take over the world until at just 22 years old her life was cut tragically short. on august 25, 2001 a charter plane carrying he

they should not mentioning any names. aaliyah you are not in your head. i am wondering about the example being set from the top a back pocket from the leadership, from the politicians. i'll let you go fast. yes, the thing is that you know what i think is right. that is 222 percent would be about 20 to 30 percent representation. the punnet, the cabinet is for women out of 53 people in order to make things better for women, there needs to be better female representation. when they go with part of a press conference not too long ago with a couple of other m. a nice talking about how prime minister kind of a women empowerment, but don't we need more women representing the country, which way we are 50 percent of the country? let me think, i want to add something to a boy and we'll go ahead and we think about the guns. and if it's not a good idea, how many women are on back thing? i mean, women get the jones to be fathers on the confident contribution to build such as a domestic line. and let me bring in some thoughts for my youth reporting and so was commentin

so aaliyah passed away on august 25th.dear friends whitney johnson's birthday and so on her birthday i always tell her, look, while you celebrate let's remember aaliyah passed on this day. last year when i texted whitney johnson, i texted whit johnson. he responded, i don't think this text is for me. >> you have a friend named whitney johnson. >> yes. now you know how mean i am to my friend on her birthday. now all of america knows. >>> a case of pure pandemonium. loyal devotees of the most popular girl group of all time, destiny's child, wildly speculating about a potential reunion from a tour, brand-new music. it was all over social media the past few days after the group's official facebook and twitter got a little makeover updating the cover images on both pages enough to make me lose my breath. but leave it to matthew knowles to ruin something good, bring us back to reality. beyonce's father saying, no, no, no, nothing is in the works, talk about bugaboo. put your destiny child's play list on replay this weekend. and,

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this will be the first of five albums released and will be followed next by aaliyah and i care for you few months. disagreements with her label and estate held upstreaming deals until now. >> also trending, there's a lot of hallelujah's going on. what some people are saying to a makeover of a hit song from the 1980s that lives on to this day. you'll probably remember it. ♪ it's raining them ♪ ♪ hallelujah ♪ ♪ it's raining them ♪ >> it's raining men is now it's raining them. in a song first made famous by the weather girls the idea was to make it inclusive for all. it's done by the trans artist to help celebrate world pride month. remember paul shaffer on "late night with david letterman" wrote the original and not only did he give his blessing but helped remaster the modernized version. >> i love it. >> you have to change the words yourself in your car when singing by yourself so this is nice. >> i don't mean to but -- >> those are the words? >> clean it up for the kids sometimes. >> all right. >> all right. well, we might want to keep the windows open in the car. >> i wish it was rain

should i shamrock, be the bar that he has a law aaliyah. ah, he's want the phone and they don't have ela became permanent residence of hi known in 2019 i think coolest little power. died the english and my millions and then i can come on to another sound it in. oh, she's on the whole and also want to go for a woman and i want to show no got any i somebody in is all going going washer easy going to us and why the clean air was not the only draw card for them to move to high, none, they want they daughter to study at an international school and play golf and the only sport in china. it's 8 o'clock in the morning, and ela is about to play her 1st competition of the year. to answer, please don't say you know, that was you, the tisha type one as well as eagle grizzly. and don't, does it just because, you know, the canadian, san jewel, charlotte, and the ocean which you don't have to talk about. and it's, i don't want to need your shock was given class. you can, you can do that. your friends, parents have flown in from the mainland for a visit. t

prosecutors to introduce acts from any relevant time, including his brief marriage to the late sing are aaliyahold at the time. he was 27. the 18-page imdocument unsealed in 2019 laying out disturbing details, alleging kelly used his fame to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity. prosecutors also accusing kelly of controlling his alleged victims, saying the women and girls were not permitted to leave their room without receiving permission from kelly, including to eat or go to the bathroom. they were also required to call kelly "daddy." >> the way the prosecution is laying that out is that runners, producers, managers, people around r. kelly knew of his sexual desires, and that they helped facilitate that by gramming these women, by finding them in a crowd, by bringing them to him. >> reporter: kelly also facing sex-related charges in minnesota and illinois. he's pleaded not guilty in both cases. kelly has been in prison awaiting trial in new york for two years. >> while we're sitting inside of the courtroom, absolutely stoic as this testimony is coming in, both when the

it's usually what the less just do uses what's missing aaliyah. as soon as modern mon august, since my detail of analysis, but nearly as soon as you logging in on the chance you'll let him as old jack hon lenses. jack, earn old rooms among the meeting, old rooms. old john was a van nips shamed. i judge it will number all not than a good amount to be. hi, she in is an alternate keep your car be due, jani stumbled most and again, the crew to the dish, the stumble, joke, cosmopolitan, exiled. she can but us the could john, because all my a bush the, the you could to and the so let make similar to me on my, on the, on the low. how can you stumble again? my see lakers to lead the sh, they stumble, they get a letter to less square. why should i use had a couple of them and i, when i get you through that you live at, i bet they me to shoot the homeless just had been injure. some of the sure. the humble that were made in the industry, the jake box and the good to jake, mirror sand fumble look um rather than call my badge and get you out there on about it.

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i'll just there is demolish. aaliyah has been to did a bass in guitar where flights arriving, he was his report. this is the 4th aircraft to fly in refugees. well done. it's done. over a 100 passengers, civilians, mainly students were on board this flight. the took off from travel on sunday. it's now arrived at the base in are they on board many students and so far has said the government has had been able to evacuate several 100 guns in total. this has been described as one of the largest humanitarian earliest operations in v, in the history more than $7000.00 blown out and recent days, the 1st year that's been put on the military as well as with eyes in the us airport here. i don't know, they have been huge because the influx of refugees coming in has been far greater than the capacity to house them. there was issues with where they would sleep, conditioning and be really harsh from are here for you. that's and so forth. that has somewhat been resolved with some of the authorities here from the american side thing. i've been able to read ok. several 100 of these refugees to cation

yes, i've also heard the name of aaliyah. i'm a jelly, that is the rumor we had eating, but nothing is confirmed. and if he had done farmed, he is the former formidable minister, who basically was credited with building up the new police force and security forces. and the early years of 2001 in 2 and 3, when the taliban war toppled, he's very close to the americans. he has been a professor at the national defense university, and he has been a former reporter himself as well as a member of the majority in getting the 1980s against the fight against the russians of the time. yeah. what's your feeling final for what she's feeling on as a current resident itself, your friends, your family, living right and your family feeling that it's going to go ok or there is going to be trouble is going to be okay for i've got to start on all this move today. well if you are not one like me or like anyone else's families here, you would hope that everything should go gay. the taliban and the african government and the american. then everyone

his former tour manager that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyahy is also accused of bribery, and denies all the charges. hurricane grace has torn through eastern mexico after making landfall for a second time, and has killed at least eight people. the deaths and the worst damage were in veracruz state, where the storm came ashore early on saturday. the hurricane weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland north of mexico city, but high winds and downpours were reported to be causing more flooding. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. new york's governor, andrew cuomo, said he had spoken to president biden, who agreed to the declaration which will release funds before the hurricane makes landfall on sunday. mr cuomo said heavy rain, flooding and power cuts should be expected. i'm going to declare a state of emergency declaration for long island, new york city, westchester the valley and the capital district region. we are working with the power companies. i have told

justice, please, why it's pig demonstrate tis during a heated exchange outside the government building aaliyah. again, i say these are live pictures directly from the scene that web bringing you. now you can see people are and it's not a noise over the government's failure to specify what triggered loss and who was all 20 responsible for it. now it's believe to be one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history just to warning the following 2 years. you might find the yes. well that was the moment and the direct author master human rights group, amnesty international has condemned to nothing needs officials for quite shamelessly, obstructing an investigation into the last one of lebanon's oldest hospital was devastated by the explosion as well as you can see, in fact that one died while a baby was born, the very minute of the last now year on the child has to be doing well. we spoke to us on the time that that fate for the day. and she told us that panic is not not. and because that will be too much to do. and then i was calling my mother about my day and the last time i do remember my cl

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a year on a route remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives aaliyah outside the blasts site, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate blew up families of the victims. the survivors gathered to demand justice and accountability in the justice isn't just the demand of the families of the victims. but of all of the lebanese people, we want to know who brought in the explosives to the port. we want to know who allowed for their unloading, who withdrew quantities of these explosives from the port and where it was sent. we are here to launch an appeal to the countries of the world. we urged the international community to come and save lebanon, because the world cares not our own officials. the world is beginning to listen to the pain and suffering of the lebanese people, not our own officials. it's been difficult making sense of their loss more than 200 people were killed among them children. so far, no one has been held responsible for unsafely storing ammonium nitrate with flame mobil. materials at the port warehouse in the heart of the city for years. at the fire depart

his former tour manager that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyahis also accused of bribery, and denies all the charges. the government has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. the proposals include raising the minimum age for imported dogs from 15 weeks to six months, and banning heavily pregnant animals. lebu diseko has more. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the numberfound not to have met the uk's pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020 alone. many suffer health problems and have not been checked by certified vets. an increase too in the number with docked tails and cropped ears, more than 600% in the last five years. the government is proposing new rules for puppy welfare standards, including raising the minimum age at which they can be imported from 15 weeks to six months, a ban on importing heavily pregnant dogs and an end to importing dogs with cropped ears or docked tails. when it comes to ear croppin

his former tour manager, that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyah all the charges. the british government has rejected a call to issue 10,000 temporary visas to eu workers to tackle an estimated shortage of 75,000 lorry drivers in the wake of brexit. logistics uk, the trade body which represents freight businesses, says supermarkets are facing serious supply problems. but ministers say employers should invest in the domestic workforce rather than rely on foreign labour. you are watching bbc news. the headlines... the united states has asked its citizens to avoid going to kabul airport where thousands of people continue to gather in an attempt to flee afghanistan. let's stay with our main story — nadene ghouri is an author and journalist who has written extensively about afghanistan. she is part of an international coalition consisting of soldiers, aid workers, diplomats and journalists who've served or worked in afghanistan, trying to help afghans escape from the country. we've all come together in the last few weeks as we've been scrambling to get

now he's going to be some stiff competition number to see if your aaliyah is one of the favorites to take it all after having a successful season on clay court. now the curacy $21900.00 champion, is also a heavy favorite and the fan favorite for his on and off the court antics. and it is anybody's match here. of course, fans seeing the doll succeed, he plays later this week. but at this point they're, they're just glad to be back here. glad to have. and john, it is an exciting time for everybody here at the city up and back to you. thanks regina. well, that's all the time we have for today's show. but for the show and more, be sure to download a portable tv app for your apple or android device. for now, thanks for watching and see again to ah, ah ah, the new gold rushes underway, and gunner thousands of ill equipped workers flocking to the goldfields, hoping to strike it. rich children are torn between gold education. my family was very poor. i thought i was doing my best to get back to school, which still will have the strongest appeal. the news when i would show the wrong one, i'll

his former tour manager, that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyahof bribery, and denies all the charges. with so many people now hoping to escape afghanistan, turkey has warned of a new wave of migration, and called on european countries to take responsibility. greece has also built a new 40—kilometre fence and surveillance system along its border with turkey. the greek government says it won't wait passively, for the possible impact of a refugee crisis, following the taliban takeover. the freelance journalist daphne tolis is in athens. she have us some more detail about the wall. the 40—kilometre steel fence has been completed. the defence minister and the citizens protection minister were both yesterday, friday, there. they visited the wall, the border there. they said that greek borders will remain secure and impenetrable and that border forces are on alert for any possible wave of afghan refugees trying to cross into europe through greece. it is widely supported, i would say, especially after last year, the events of february 2020, when thousand

i mean, we fall hundreds of people thousands of trying to get on planes. aaliyah habit, calm down now, i mean, joe biden, and his speech said that the u. s. has taken control of that traffic control. is that what you're hearing? what we'll have to see tomorrow. you know how that situation is unfolding when the ones were able to go and how many more can go. and what about people trying to make it to the airport. you know that the check point, the roads are controlled by the taliban. so there has to be some more clarity about that. but as far as the president's speech was concerned, it was very much for an american consumption. it will not resonate. log with the people here on the gown will feel that the west and international community and the americans have betrayed them as well as their own government. so we will have to see how the americans will continue to evacuate thousands of people. we have to read them, but this is not going to be just an overnight, you know, mission and then there's the issue of other countries as well that or us allies who also want to help reset upon. so we

right in scientific development sanctions on the iranian should come to an end, i'll just here with aaliyah shames in say around. he was listening to what mr. racy had to say. the main take away from brain rice is features that is going to concentrate more in front of foreign policy on regional neighbors. he said he's going to extend his government extended the hand of friendship to the regional neighborhoods at the same time with respect to the west is going to listen to initiatives to solve the nuclear problem. busy problem, however, with respect to the nuclear program, it's not going to be at any time other than a peaceful program. this is what this is what he said 3 times. and then he repeated that his country would always prohibits producing. you can reference. this is on the foreign policy side from the other side, the side internal side. it was all for trying to say this is going to be the conciliation governments that extend to hand to other people to other lines of thought in the country. moderate reform is, this is, this is a way on another attempt in order to spot and you phase,

his former tour manager, that he bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id to marry the singer aaliyahrus figures, show there were 32,058 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period, which means, on average, there were 31,698 new cases per day, in the last week. the most recent figures show there almost six and a half thousand people in hospital with the virus, on thursday. 104 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 100 deaths a day in the past week. 0n vaccinations, 87.5% of adults in the uk, have now had their firstjab, and 76.3% have had two. around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors, could be made available to schools in england next month, to help improve ventilation and reduce the risk of covid. the department for education says the monitors will help identify where more air—flow is needed. australian police have clashed with thousands of people protesting against lockdowns in melbourne and sydney. it comes as a record number of covid cases were recorded in new south wales. here�*s the state health minister speaking earlier. we are in a very serious

kelly has heard how his former tour manager bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id for singer aaliyahnounced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. plans include raising the minimum age for imported puppies from 15 weeks to 6 months, and banning heavily pregnant dogs. lebo diseko reports. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the numberfound not to have met the uk's pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020. many have health problems and had not been checked by certified vets. an increase too in the number with docked tales and cropped of more than 600% in the last five years. when it comes to your cropping we unfortunately have seen an increasing demand for dogs with cropped ears, and abhorrent under unnecessary mutilation which causes nothing but pain and has no medical benefits, it is done purely for look. we have seen an increase in the media, social media influencers and celebrities which has led to an increase in public demand. the government is proposing n

and we remember the life and loss of aaliyah 20 years later.hy mindy kaling says it was a real gift to be pregnant during the pandemic. "access hollywood" starts right now. ♪♪ welcome to the weekend edition of "access hollywood." i'm sibley scoles. and as a afghan citizens continue to desperately flee their beloved homeland, we've now got the story of one of the country's most famous pop stars, who barely got out in time. let's head up now to

kelly has heard how his former tour manager bribed a government worker to obtain a fake id for singer aaliyah was 15. kelly is accused of sex abuse and bribery, which he denies. australian police have clashed with thousands of people protesting against covid lockdowns in melbourne and sydney, making over 260 arrests. in melbourne, police used pepper spray to break up unmasked crowds who broke through police lines. in sydney, where lockdown measures have been extended for another month in response to a record number of new cases, a thousand officers were deployed. around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors are to be made available to schools in england next term to help improve ventilation and reduce covid outbreaks. the department for education said they could identify areas where more airflow is needed. but the £25 million order has yet to be finalised. the government has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. plans include raising the minimum age for imported puppies from 15 weeks to six months, and banning heavily pregna

in that case involving aaliyah, the indication is he got married to her when she was young, i think 15e, allegedly, was so that she could not be compelled to testify against him because of spousal privilege. that was going to be admitted to this court. how do you get around that? it's not a charge in the specific case but it certainly goes to whether he engaged in the other conduct and it's with great difficulty because when you're facing an diemt, as he is, which is multiple accounts of similar behavior. did you not do a? did you not do b? maybe not b, what i'm suggesting is when you have a mountain of evidence and different people are saying the same things, it becomes compelling testimony. at what point do the jurors start to say, h'm, there's really something here and that something may equate with your guilt? so it's a very difficult thing to overcome from a defense perspective. >> joey jackson, your insight is so important to us. thank you for taking time for us this morning. >> always. thanks, christi. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, president biden was hoping for a banner year,

on the news our online right now, 20 years after singe, aaliyah's death, read more about how she is beingelebrated and her impact on the world of music and how it is being commemorated. that is on pbs.org/news hour. that is the news for tonight. join us online and again here tomorrow evening for more. thank you for joining us, please stay safe, we will see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour h been provided by: >>ediatric surgeon. volueer. raymond james financial advisor. it taylor's advice to helpou live your life. life well-planned. >> consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. committed to advancing the start of justice and meaningful work through transformative leaders and ideas. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program wasade possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is pbs newshour west from w eta studios in washington and are pure at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona stat

kelly married then 50-year-old singer aaliyah because he thought she was pregnant. r.suggested he marry her, to not get statutory rape. r. kelly was 27 at the time of the incident. r. kelly is currently on trial accused of sexual abuse, racketeering and bribery. >>> bad news for k-pop fans around the world. we know there are millions of you, myself included. superstars bts have cancelled their world tour due to the pandemic. their map of the soul tour was scheduled to begin last year with 39 shows across 18 country but the band's company said some performances my resume but they've been entertaining us with performances during the pandemic, and yeah, love some bts. >> america's favorite past time isn't immune to covid-19's impact as well. we're talking baseball, of course. >> yeah, we are. the little league world series is under way and now there are new concerns this could be a superspreading event since, of course, a lot of the players aren't old enough to get vaccinated and families are traveling now from all over the country. nbc news reporter dasha burns is in wil

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