her segregated home town was united to hon or alice coachman-davis.he said that day made her happier now than when i won. she never stopped reaching for new challenges, becoming the first black woman to get an endorsement deal with georgia's coca-cola in 1952 and honoured at the 1996 games in atlanta as one of the 100 greatest olympians in history. >>> alice coachman-davis was 90 when she passed away monday. she's been inducted into nine different halls of fame, and the elementary school in georgia is named in her honour, hopefully as inspiration. that's it for tonight. tomorrow, the immigration in a different time. five decades ago the yates brought 14,000 unaccompanied -- united states your brought 14,000 uncompanied cubons to the use. it was dubbed pedro pan and funded by the american government - but why. lori jane gliha goes in depth. if you would like to comment log on to the website aljazeera.com/americatonight. you can join the conversation on twitter or at our facebook page. goodnight. more of the "america tonight" tomorrow. >> the violence h

her name is alice coachman-davis. she suffered a stroke two months ago and died at a hospital in georgia this morning. she was 90 years old. the u.s. track and field star won gold in the high jump at the olympics in london in 1948. she's the first black. woman to get an endorsement deal when she signed with coca-cola in 1952. davis was recognized at the 1996 summer games in atlanta as one of the 100 greatest olympians in history. >> next at 11:00 -- >> how can i maybe save some other family from living the hell our family lives now? >> parents take action to overdose. the tools first responders use that could be available to 8iyo >> locked in a jail without food, water or a bathroom. >> kicking the door. screaming. >> he wasn't even an inmate. how he finally escaped. how he finally escaped. >> and the selfie that's than it makes me happy to go on the computer. how he finally escaped. >> ani like feeling smart.han internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over one million low-income peopl

. >>> olympian alice coachman davis has died.irst black female gold medalist winning the high jump at the 1948 olympics. as a kid, she would run and jump barefoot using sticks for makeshift high jumps all because she was not permitted to train in fields with whites. coachman davis was 90 years old. >>> they chose from almost four dozen designs, and then this beauty. the college football playoff championship trophy made of 24 karat gold and bronze and steel. it weighs almost 65 pounds. it goes to this year's winner of the all new four-team playoff. >>> the soccer champs arrive back home in germany. thousands of cheering fans flooded streets to congratulate them as they paraded through berlin on a flat bed truck. a lot of folks will be wanting to fwif them a high five. >>> team usa did make it to the world cup finals, but boy did its fans did do so. more than 26.5 million americans tuned in watching that game, germany beating argentina. it was the third most watched world cup game in u.s. history. >>> a texas minor league batter is