. >> yes so, currently, apoll eyes for sounding weird earlier, we have about 300,000 members in our sorority as a whole. >> i believe it is more than that. and each four years we have a different program, or area of focus. so we met in houston for our international convention. and we, at that point, our any internationaidenwas installed. and she shared the new program that we will carry out in our local communities. and she just called it showing excellence. so it has a focus on the arts, on education enrichment, our global impact, as well as health, because those are basically areas of focus for our organization and areas that impact, that have, oh, that have areas of need within the african american community specifically. >> we have a new members in our church that are active, and you cannot know everyone, because there are many chappers. >> yes there are. so we are actually the second chapter founded in a forwestern region. so our group is divided by regions and we are in california, we are considered being a part of the far western region. and we are one of a number of chapters, but we

he said i apoll jieogized publi. >> i'm sorry i'm not going to be able to do this. >> the interviewer is a popular tv news anchor and reporter there. the question and answer session had just started. there were reports she told them beforehand not to ask that question. it was to be about the issue she was discussing there. >>> all right. moving on now 5:04. a man facing murder charges is gearing up for hisalagai this we are live with new details and bob, the surprise here is that he plans to defend himself. >> right. good morning to you. we just heard within the past hour the spokesperson that tells us that he is the man accused of killing his parents is not going to be using a lawyer and therefore will be representing himself here in court. he is expected to appear in the hall of justice. the court tells us they are not sure how things will proceed given they have turned on the services of council. this was back in april of 2015. police told us there were chilling messages. one message readrry, my first killing was clumsy. another rant like this, i can't be like you tellinglie. i can

. >> you owe me an apoll say you're sorry. you stole ant from me. you're a thief, too. >> this started early in the secondset. serena had fallen behind 20-year-old naomi osaka. williams' coach appeared to gesture to her which earned a warning from theumpire. then you saw williams breaking err racket and a point penalty then you heard call the umpire a thief for taking a point away from her and she was given a gam penalty for that. at that point williams called in a referee to contest her punishment to say it was unfair. >> i'm going to fightor women and for us to be -- like cornet to take her shirt off without getting a fine. this is outrage s ys you and i like the fact i have that to go through this is a example for the next person that has emotions that want to express themselves and want to be a strong woman and that'll be allowed to do that because todn' maybe it didwork out for me but it will work out for the next person. >> williams fell short of her quest for a 24th grand slam title. naomi osaka clinched the win. a first for japan. >> what a

maine senator susan colins says she was apolled. >> somebody else who was appalled is the sister-in-law who lives in marin county. >> she gave her first local tv interview to abc 7. she talked with abc 7 anchor kristen sze and says she stands by her sister-in-law. >> yeah, larry and ama, that is true. she came here and we talked about half an hour, sandra ford mendler saying she is talking about it now because she wants her to know the true reason she came forward. she just wants the facts weighed. she talks about the intense attention chrissy is receiving and she respond to the president's attack. >> the first i learned was when i got a call from a family member who said, oh, my goodness, chrissy's trending in the news. what is going on? >> do you believe her? absolutely 100%? >> i 100% believe her. the reason i do is because, you know, she's a serious person. she is a very analytical person, and she adores her family and she's -- she's a little bit of a nervous person. i mean she would never, ever take this on for any reason. so i think that she -- this is taking tremendous courage an

he's apologizing saying i made an apolling and inexcusable -- in a way that identificaties kavanaugh'sssmate. i deeply apologize. >> i did see that. it seemed crazy to me that tweet thread. >> dr. ford has said i didn't mix them up. i know who did this. >> she knows both of them is what i saw reported. that to me was a very crazy threat. i wasn't quite sure what to make of it, throwing someone else into the mix who probably has nothing to do with it. >> thank you for coming on and talking to us. your first time on, we always end with sources say. we talk with our guests about what you're reporting on whar, nuggets you're hearing from your sources. >> so what i'm hearing from republican sources, they want to push this through regardless of how the politics play out. they want to make sure that kavanaugh get this is on the bench. you heard mitch mcconnell just now say we're going to get this done. he doesn't care what christine blasey ford has to say. that is to say whatever she says, however believable it is, mitch mcconnell wants to vote for kavanaugh. i think that's the underlying thi

they both want to fund or apoll boll lish i.c.e. -- abolish i.c.e. but rachel rollins won district attorney and she is supposed to enforce the laws if she gets the job. but on the website she promises to stop prosecutors all and con of misdemeanor crimes to declare prosecution of the charges is warranted, the line d.a. must first seek permission from his or her supervisor to move forward on the crime. the stated goal is focus the resources on the serious crimes like murder. some of the crimes that would no longer be enforced are serious. larceny under $250. disorderly conduct. stolen property. breaking and entering in a vacant property or for the purpose of sleeping or seeking refuge from the cold. threats, excluding domestic violence. drug possession with the intent to distribute or sell. stand-alone resisting arrest charge if it's the only charge. if you think it's isolated to just massachusetts, think again. there are three different democratic candidates in texas, including o'rourke challenging ted cruz pushing a plan to decriminalize illegal bor