athena: hello! lemonis: nice to see you. athena: nice to see you, too.in trouble with three persian women? finia: yes! athena: come on in. very hot. so say you want a truckload shipped to california. a truckload is 22 pallets, up to 24 pallets. lemonis: so the way to think about this is, she produces. she stores it, and then we have to provide the logistics and the storage on the other side. so it just becomes a logistics game. why don't you guys take her through the process? finia: okay. athena: so are these french or italian? nina: well, actually it's a mix. finia: it's a secret recipe. i had to work on it and adjust it so many times to get the right texture and all that. it has to process. athena: so by processing, you mean you mix the almond flour with the powdered sugar and mix that together, and... finia: you have to run them first and then add to each other. you know, get it to the point that we want. athena: well, that's something we'll have to work together because i don't believe in doing anything extra because that adds labor cost. finia: with

athena jones had the details, along with new body-camera video., some might consider the images difficult to watch. >> reporter: new videos released in the case of ma'khia bryant. a 16-year-old black girl in columbus, ohio, shot by police after they say she attempted to stab two people with a knife. upon receiving that chaotic-911 call, officers were dispatched to the scene. police say they still don't know the identity of the caller. police body-cam footage shows the officer approaching a group of individuals in the driveway outside a home. >> what's going on? hey, what's going on? hey, hey, hey! get down! get down! get down! >> reporter: the video shows bryant appearing to push one person to the ground. and then, lunging at another person in pink with what appears to be a knife in her hand. the officer then fires four shots, killing bryant. franklin county children's services says bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: tonight, newly-released body-cam videos from two additional officers show the moment

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athena jones joins us now live from columbus. athena. >> reporter: good morning, john. there is anger and frustration and demand for answer this morning in columbus. many people feel this is another case of police not valuing this young black girl's life. meanwhile the police department law enforcement is stressing accountability. they say the department was able to release the initial body camera footage within about 5 1/2 hours, which is faster than they've ever been able to do so. anger and frustration in columbus, ohio. with protesters deanimaling answers about the death of 16-year-old ma'khia bryant, shot and killed by police officers on tuesday. lebron james also expressing his outrage over the shooting, sending a now deleted tweet with a photo of a columbus, ohio, police officer at the scene of the shooting with the caption, "you're next #accountability." james later tweeted why he removed the tweet. he said i took the tweet down because it's being used to create more hate. it's not about one officer. it's about the entire system. i'm so desperate for more accoun

athena jones, thank you so much. >>> this just in. we learned the family of andrew brown jr. in south carolina hired benjamin crump and you know him as the attorney for the family of george floyd and so many other families in this situation. what can you tell us about this body cam footage in north carolina? why is the sheriff's department not turning it over? seems like we get the body cam footage in the other cases. what is going on with this delay here? >> i'm honored to work with attorney harry daniels and attorney sellers who as you know is a cnn contributor representing the family of andrew brown. and it's clear to us there's something bad on that body cam video that they don't want the public to see. and what we believe is transparency is essential, it is essential, jim. why did the taxpayers pay all this money to have retro fit these officers with body cam video if when we needed it most, when it mattered most they would not let the public see what has transpired? we know he was shot from the back. we already know that. you might as well just own up to it and be trans

don. >> athena jones reporting. athena, thank you so much. >>> now, i want to bring in former captain of the missouri state highway patrol, ron johnson, who was tasked with restoring peace in ferguson after michael brown's death. good evening. here we are. discussing another shooting. captain, the mayor of columbus saying that officer rearden acted to protect another, young girl. what did rearden have to consider, in that moment? >> well, he had to consider if the other, young girl was going to inflict serious injury or death on another. and so, in that moment, he had to decide to take action, based on that. and that's a part of the training. and that's what the public expects officers to do. to protect and serve. >> so, do you, in that moment, do you think that he was doing what his training showed him? i know, that we don't have all the evidence. but if -- when you look at that video, what do you -- what do you make of it? >> on the surface, it appears so. but i think, you know, i have said always, we need to let

what's happening, athena? >> reporter: hi, alisyn.eployed 150 assets searching for this person of interest, gabriel dewit wilson in connection with this shooting. according to the detective, they have aviation units, k-9 units, plain clothes officers and detectives out searching for this person of interest. there were three people involved in this shooting. two people very injured. one has died, a deceased -- the decease se deceased is a man who was 49 years old and according to the official, he was the store's manager here. about gabriel dewit wilson, he is age 30, approximately 6'2", he was seen wearing a black baseball hat and a black sweatshirt and was seen heading westbound on hempstead turnpike. they are warning the public to w call 911. they deployed more than a hundred assets looking for him. they say dewit wilson left the scene and he was seen still carrying a handgun so that is one reason that police do not want the public to try to engage him. we know that wilson worked at the stop n shop at some point in time. it's unclear

cnn's athena jones is standing by in columbus, ohio. but we start with natasha chen in north carolina. natasha, the shooting is raising concerns about transparency because the state is not releasing video of the incident. >> reporter: unlike some other use of force police cases, in this particular case the body cam footage has not been released and that's something that the family of andrew brown jr., as well as the public, is calling for. they want to see more transparency in this case. the family was hoping that they would be able to see the body camera footage yesterday, but they were disappointed that they could not see the video. sheriff wooten explained that he was trying to protect the integrity of the investigation, saying that to release that requires an official request and that he's waiting on the district attorney's office. here's what he said about the body cam footage. >> i want what the people of this county want, and i tell everybody, i wasn't elected sheriff to sit on a pedestal and think i'm god. i'm not that guy. i wa

athena jones is outside live in columbus, ohio tonight. what's the latest on the ground right now? >> reporter: kate, funeral arrangements for ma'kiah is being finalized. many in the city are mourning a life that ended too soon. >> reporter: a new view of the shooting of bryant's. this angle from a neighbor security camera across the street. the officer arriving on the scene. emerging from the vehicle and shooting bryant in black as she appeared to lunged at another woman in pink. the police department arguing the use of force was necessary to protect the young woman in pink. >> i would ask you if that's your family member up against the car that had a puppy in her hand, what would you want that officer to do in that split second that they had a chance to stop harm to others? we have the duty ato protect th public ourselves. >> immediately upon exiting the vehicle, officer sees one person in possession of a knife and he sees a potential person standing next to the order. the potential victim could have possibly lost their life. >> explain why the officer took these actions and why

cnn's athena jones has the latest. and i have to warn you, the video is very disturbing. >> reporter: new videos released in the case of ma'khia bryant, a 16-year-old black girl shot by police after they say she attempted to stab two people with a knife. >> trying to fight us, trying to stab us. >> reporter: upon receiving that chaotic 911 call, officers were dispatched to the scene. body cam footage shows the police officer approaching individuals in the driveway of a home. >> what's going on? hey, hey, get down! get down! >> reporter: the video shows bryant appearing to push one person to the ground, and lunging at another person in pink, with what appears to be a knife in her hand. the officer fires four shots, killing bryant. she is said to have been a foster child. tonight, newly released body cam videos show the moments after the shooting as well. officers can be seen performing life-saving measures on bryant and sealing off the scene. the officer who fired is on paid administrative leave while an independent inv

cnn's athena jones reports.in, they're disturbing. >> reporter: a new view that led to the shooting of the 16-year-old ma'khia bryant. these viewsing from the neighbor's across the street. showing nicholas reardon arriving at the scene shooting bryant in black as she appeared to lunge at another yng woman wearing pink with a knife in her hand. reardon taken off duty while an independent investigation is under way firing four shots in seconds. the police president arguing that the use of force was necessary to protect the young woman in pink. >> i would ask you if that's your family member up against a car that had a puppy in their hand, what would you want the officer to do in that split second moment if they had a chance to stop arms to other. we have a duty to protect the public. and ourselves. certainly. the public. >> reporter: a view echoed by other law enforcement experts. >> immediately upon exiting the vehicle officer reardon observed an assault taking place. he sees one person that's in possession of a

cnn national correspondent athena jones has a report.some of the video is disturbing. >> reporter: tonight new videos released in the case of mac'khi br bryant. a teenager who was shot after police say she tried to stab people with a knife. upon receiving a chaotic 911 call, officers were dispatched to the scene. they don't know the identity of the caller. officer nicholas reardon approached a group of individuals in the driveway outside the home. >> what's going on? what's going on? hey, hey, hey! get ocdown, get down, get down, get down. >> reporter: the video shows him pushing one person down to the ground and lunging at another person in pink who has a knife in her hand. bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: tonight newly released body cam videos from two additional officers show the moments after the shooting as well. officers can be seen performing life-saving measures on bryant and sealing off the scene. officer reardon, who police identified as firing the fatal shots, has been a member

cnn's athena jones reports. and, again, the scenes are disturbing. >> reporter: a new view of what led to the shooting of 16-year-old ma'khia bryant. this angle from a neighbor's security camera across the street, showing columbus, ohio, police officer nicholas reardon arriving on the scene, emerging from the vehicle, and shooting bryant in black as she appeared to lunge at other young woman in pink with a knife in her hand. reardon has been taken off street duty while an independent investigation is under way, fired four shots at bryant within seconds. the police department and the police union president arguing the use of force was necessary to protect the young woman in pink. >> i would ask you if that's your family member up against the car that had a puppy in their hand, what would you want that officer to do in this split-second moment that they had a chance to stop harm to others? we have a duty to protect the public and ourselves. certainly the public. >> reporter: a view echoed by other law enforcement

athena jones is there covering this. what did we learn from the new body cam footage? >> good morning, jim. first, i want to ask you for your forgiveness. a work crew just showed up behind us. can't ignore that news, but in this new footage released from a police cruiser. police cruisers arriving on the scene after the incident had already taken place. they don't really shed a lot of new light. you really just see the back of a police car. but i want to point out the contrast here between what's going on here in columbus, ohio, and what you heard brian todd talking about just now. the police are releasing this footage. they released two more videos from body camera footage the day after this shooting all in an effort to show -- their attempt as transparency. but the most important video remains the first set of videos that columbus pd put out in about 5 1/2 hours after the incident occurred tuesday afternoon. that is the fastest this department has ever been able to share the video and that is because, as we've heard from the mayor, as we've heard from the interim poli

athena jones is in columbus for us right now.f the investigation into the shooting? how will this video be used in this case? >> reporter: well, the status is that the investigation is in the hands of the bureau of criminal investigation. that's an independent body. it's part of the ohio state attorney general's office, but it's independent in the sense that this investigation into this police-involved shooting is not going to involve the columbus police department. that is because of a memorandum of understanding that was signed in july of last year amidst the protests over the social justice movement after the death of george floyd. we saw an attempt at reform here in the city of columbus. that is why all police-involved shootings like this incident that occurred on tuesday afternoon are placed in the hands of an independent body. they have first dibs on talking to witnesses, on gathering evidence. even on looking at the body camera footage. you mentioned the new footage that was put out yesterday, that we obtained yesterday fr

athena jones has more on the investigation.'m warning, her report is graphic. >> reporter: new videos released in the case of ma'khia bryant, a 16-year-old black girl in columbus, ohio, shot by police after they say she attempted to stab two people with a knife. upon receiving that chaotic 911 call officers were dispatched to the scene. police say they still don't know the identity of the caller. police body cam footage shows officer nicholas reardon approaching people outside a home. >> what's going on? hey. hey. hey. get down. get down. get down. get down. >> reporter: the video shows bryant appearing to push one person to the ground and then lunging at another person in pink with what appears to be a knife in her hand. officer reardon then fires four shots killing bryant. franklin county children services says bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: newly released body cam videos from two additional officers show the moments after the shooting as well. officers can be seen performin

athena jones, she's been following this. much joins us with new details. where does the investigation stand today? >> hi, jim. this is the investigation in the hands of the bureau of criminal investigations. that is part of the ohio state attorney general's office. and this is an independent investigation. last july, july 2020, as part of a series of police reforms in the city of columbus, they established a new system whereby police -- a shooting like this is going to be investigated not by the police but by the bureau of criminal investigations. they get first take. talking to witnesses, gathering evidence. so that investigation is on going. but as you mentioned, very much in contrast to what we're seeing in north carolina, here the approach has been entirely different. they're releasing new footage. there is dash cam footage. it is a static shot. you don't really see what happened with the incident. the most important footage is footage released on tuesday night. 5 1/2 hours after the incident, the fastest the police department has ever been able to rel

cnn's athena jones is joining us from the scene right now. athena, what does the new video show us?ll, there is new video from a neighbor's security camera across the street. it shows a new angle of the shooting that took place on tuesday afternoon. it's not as good as the official video releases by the columbus police department a few hours after the shooting on tuesday, really in record time according to the interim chief politician but it does give you another angle showing you when officer nicholas reirden got out of his car and within seconds firing at ma'khia bryant. here in columbus the police have been -- have tried hard to work swiftly to release as much video as they could, as quickly as they could, according to the mayor and interim police chief in order to make sure the public has as much information assikly as possibility. within a few hours of the shooting on tuesday night they released the officer who shot ma'khia bryant's body cam version, a slowed down version and normal version and the next day they released two more body camera videos from two other police who arr

let's begin with cnn's athena jones in columbus, ohio. the police there, they've released more body cam footage. when you watch it closely, their story seems to hold up here. that wright had a knife and was preparing, it seemed, to attack or stab the other woman involved. what you are finding and what are police saying? >> hi, jim. that's right. the police put out two more videos yesterday. they showed their point of view and the life saving efforts. the first video is the first set of videos they put out about 5 1/2 hours after the incident on tuesday evening showing the body camera footage of the officer, officer nicholas riordan who shot bryant. you can see in that slow motion version of the video, the only one you can tell what is going on, it's important to watch. it shows bryant quickly moved to one girl. that girl with a knife in her hand, what appears to be a knife. that girl falls to the ground. you hear the officer say, hey, hey, hey, get down. then you see bryant lunge toward another girl, the one in pink who is wedged as can y

>> i know we are awaiting a press conference next hour, but what more have you learned, athena jones.ter: we know police responded to a call from somebody that said a female was trying to stab them. we don't know yet who made that 911 call. we expect to learn more information next hour at a press conference with the mayor and authorities. i want to play for you the slow motion video that the police released, because it's much easier to see what happened here. again, this video is disturbing to watch, and we should note some of the faces are blurred because it's police policy to blur the faces of minors. this is the body cam footage from the first officer that arrived on the scene. that's the officer that shot ma'khia bryant. ma'khia quickly moved to a girl with a knife in her hand, and then ma'khia lunges at a second girl. you can appear to see what happens to be a steak knife on the ground. you can see the officer tending to her. as a press conference last night, the major said we know based on the footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community. the in

. >> athena jones is "outfront" from columbus.t have you learned about the officer in this shooting? >> reporter: hi, erin. we're learning more about nicholas reardon. i believe you have the video, the slowed down version of the video of what happened on tuesday afternoon when he was the first officer to show up on scene in this shooting. what we learned that nicholas reardon was a member or is a member, a staff sergeant assigned to the ohio national guard, assigned to the 121st security forces squadron in the ohio national guard. he's been part of the national guard here in ohio since august of 2017. deployed several times, nicholas reardon is on paid leave while an independent investigation into this shooting incident on tuesday afternoon is carried out. that investigation is now under way. you know, there's a lot of anger and frustration in this community. people who feel that this is a case of police not valuing the life of this young black girl. but if you talk to members of law enforcement, they believe the video shows that

. >> let's begin with athena jones in columbus, ohio. officials there have actually released new, additional body camera images. more than what our viewers were able to see yesterday morning on this show, of what happened when those four bullets were shot into makiyah bryant and what she was doing at the time. can you walk us through it? >> good morning, poppy. yes, two additional videos were released in a press conference yesterday. and they show some of the efforts the life-saving efforts to try to save makiyah bryant's life. the most important video remains. one was a normal speed version and one was a slow-mo version that the police department was able to release about 5 1/2 hours after the incident tuesday night. that slow-motion video is very important. it's the only one where you can really see what was happening. you can see bryant quickly move toward a girl. that girl falls to the ground. bryant seems to have a knife in her hand. you can hear the officer yelling hey, hey, hey, get down. then bryant appears to lunge toward a seco

and athena jones is joining us from columbus. athena, tell us the latest. >> good morning.here's frustration and a demand for answers here in columbus this morning. many people in this community feel this latest case, the shooting of -- police shooting of makiyah bryant is an example of police not valuing the life of this young black girl. meanwhile, law enforcement says that this shooting appears to be a reasonable use of force and they are focusing on transparency. the interim police chief saying the department was able to release that initial body camera footage within about 5 1/2 hours of the incident. that's the fastest they've ever been able to do so. anger and frustration with protesters gathering and demanding answers about the death of 16-year-old makiyah bryant, shot and killed by a police officer tuesday. nba star and akron, ohio, native lebron james expressing his outrage over the shooting sending a now-deleted tweet with a photo of a columbus police officer at the scene of the shooting with the caption, you're next. #accountability. james later explaining why h

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. >> athena, thank you very, very much. >>> in north carolina there's growing calls right now for officialsrelease body camera video in the fatal shooting of andrew brown jr., who was killed as deputies were serving a warrant. brian todd is on the scene for us in north carolina, working the story. brian, with so many unanswered questions surrounding the shooting, why hasn't the deputy's body camera footage been released? >> reporter: that's a question we are asking authorities, wolf. and local community members and family members are frustrated, upset and demanding answers regarding why that videotape has not been released yet. two agencies have been punting this back and forth, sheriff's office and state bureau of investigation, each telling us at other times today it was the other's responsibility, the other agency's call when that would be released. the latest we heard is that pursuant to a court order, it could be the sheriff's call now to release that videotape. we're waiting to see when and if that videotape will be released. meantime we've been talking to witnesses who were here, who

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. >> reporter: i'm athena jones.account for nine out of ten of the worst recent covid-19 outbreaks in u.s. metropolitan areas according to a government report. over the past seven days the at the time right metro area has worp 581 new covid cases per 100,000 people. more than 25,000 cases total, about four times the national rate per capita. some metro areas in the state are reporting even higher per capita rates. federal health officials have rejected michigan governor gretchen whitmer's repeated requests for additional vaccine doses to combat the surge in cases driven by the b.1.1.7 variant of covid-19. >> reporter: i'm dan simon, nevada will soon be opened up 100%, that from nevada's governor steve sisolak who says that businesses can open up to a 100% capacity about i june 1st, at the same time social distancing statewide will also no longer be in effect by may 1st those decisions will be up to local officials the statewide mask mandate, however, will remain in place for the foreseeable future. it comes as nevada

. >> reporter: i'm athena jones in new york where mayor bill de blasio announced the city would be launchingjuly, helping to assist the city in both its social and economic recovery after the covid-19 pandemic. the jobs will pay $15 an hour and will involve cleaning up new york city by eradicating graffiti, beautifying parks and maintaining open streets. the mayor said the program was inspired by president roosevelt's new deal programs after the great depression. >>> this morning "the new york times" reporting that republican congressman matt gaetz privately sought a blanket presidential pardon from donald trump before he left office. this request came as the justice department had opened an investigation into whether gaetz had paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in her travel across state lines. a spokesperson for gaetz denies the claims and making assumptions about the "times" sources here says, quote, entry level political operatives have conflated a pardon call from gaetz with the trafficking allegations against him. instead the folks person pointed to gaetz's public call in november for a w

. >> reporter: i'm athena jones.f the nation ohio is now seeing increased covid-19 activity and more hospitalizations. cases of vafr yants are also on the rise going from 92 on march 12th to 620 thursday according to the state's chief medical officer. beginning next week ohio will start work to go vaccinate all college students who want the vaccine. part of an effort to increase the vaccination rate. >> reporter: i'm alexandra field in new york. the state is taking its next steps toward reopening, allowing arts, entertainment and event venues to reopen at 33% capacity. in cases where everyone in attendance can show proof of a negative covid test, slicely larger crowds can gather, but the state says that mask and social distancing practices will still be required. >> reporter: i'm pete muntean in washington. air travel continues to break records of the pandemic even though the cdc is still warning against it. the tsa screened more than 38 million people at airports across the country in the month of march, the busiest

. >> reporter: i'm athena jones. in michigan's largest health care system are at about 90% to 95% capacity due to a third covid-19 surge in the state. a medical director for the system which operates eight hospitals in michigan said while hospitals have enough ppe and ventilators, they are strained from a staffing perspective. one doctor said he believes the surge is driven in part by a younger unvaccinated population gathering together. >> reporter: i'm martin savidge in atlanta. u.s. customs and border protection officers in houston intercepted a shipment of counterfeit n95 masks with an estimated value of $350,000. the ship originated in china, was headed for new york when the phoney masks arrived officers found many had a logo from the national institute for occupational safety and health. but when officers checked with the trademark owner, they were told the shipment wasn't licensed. cbp says in the first three months of 2021 officers have seized 18 million counterfeit face masks. >> reporter: i'm stephanie elam

. >>> i'm athena jones.e nation, ohio is seeing increased covid-19 activity and more hospitalizations. cases of variants are also on the rise going from 92 on march 12th to 620 thursday according to the state's chief medical officer. beginning next week, ohio will start working to vaccinate all college students who want the vaccine as an effort to increase the vaccination rate. >>> i'm alexandra field in new york. the state is taking its next steps toward reopening. allowing arts, entertainment and event venues to reopen at 33% capacity. in cases where everyone in attend apse can show proof of a negative covid test, slightly larger crowds can gather. but the state says that mask and social distancing practices will still be required. >>> i'm pete muntean. air travel continues to break records of the pandemic, even though the cdc is still warning against it. the tsa screened more than 38 million people at airports across the country in the month of march. the busiest month of the pandemic. more than a million

it's just this really wonderful document and athena morton writes to penelope. he's really trying to console her on the loss of josiah. we don't have any letters between josiah and penelope that survive but in his will josiah gave penelope broad powers over the estate so at this time widows typically received a third of their husbands personal property into third life interest in their real estate but josiah lee's cannot be in charge of everything he gives her the power to sell land if she needs to and so he clearly has great faith in her abilities in her abilities of land management which you would have shown during the years that he was governor and was traveling to so much and she to oversee the property so penelope remains a weirdo for the final 23 years of my life and she does rise to the occasion. she you know, she overcomes her grief. she managed to educate images to educate her children oversee the property and she also wages to to legal battles late in life to reclaim family properties and one of them she conducts his latest 1703 right before her death

but economies say much more needs to happen for the country to get on the road to recovery by the athena government in by that the measures need to have a big impact and they need to happen now to help develop the country put an end to bureaucracy i believe the new measures can be implemented and vietnam is an example of what we could become it's a country that has come. eunice a party leading on has one of the fastest growing economies in the world you have to enter the world buckets and reform the economy. people like i will miss her believe only political change can bring about radical reforms and that's why he continues to look for a future outside the island where he believes he'll be able to fulfill the dreams he says he's denied at home. or latin america received its 1st batch of vaccines in december there was great fanfare that it would end the pandemic there but 4 months later death and infection rates in some countries have now reached record levels daniel a reports of one of sirees where vaccination programs have barely got going. another 800000 doses of the coronavirus vaccin

you see the bust of palace athena. you have a reproduction of the declaration of independence.ature of homer, the writer of the great epochs of greece. and then you have a painting of pan nymphs and youths. this was 200 years old even when the madisons purchased it. and in this way of blending the classical and the american, they were trying to place the american founding in the important events of world history. this is a room where all the guests would assemble before dinner. and they would have a chance to meet one another, they would have a chance to converse socially and casually. and then they might be invited to dine in the dining room. and then after supper, the ladies would then adjourn back into the drawing room, maybe play a game of loo, maybe be served some coffee and tea. this was the social center of the house. now, if you were an invited guest of the madisons or a part of the intimate circle of family or friends, you would be invited into the dining room from the drawing room. and here dolley madison would, in an unusual setting for the period, would sit at the h

>> our unsung hero is the founder of the cybersecurity firm extreme solutions and athena acquisition be part of the conversation. she actually reached out to her friend and investor stacey abrams and rallied again a group of women in business, leaders, founders and investors and said how can we become part of the conversation? so it's really somebody to watch in terms of getting women, women's business leaders a platform to take a stance on voter suppression laws and future of voting rights. >> i want to -- >> set a cool profile and she talked about women needing to get in the game, not just met. >> i love it. thank you both so much. of course, go to knowyourvolume.com or forbes.com and click on 50 over 50 to learn more about all we're doing and, of course, the big buildup to this powerful "forbes" 50 over 50 list. >>> finally this morning, this special announcement. nbc universal news group is launching a new franchise called "inspiring america: honoring people who are making an impact during an especially difficult year." it comes off with a special primetime event posted by lester