she was a fullbright scholar and editor of detroit which was book in 2013. she continue today free lans and books start today appear in elle magazine and new york times, however, a few years ago anna dreamed bigger and pitched an idea to publisher about writing a book about the flint water crisis and fortunately this one was picked up. released last month, the poison city, chronicles rise and flint water crisis is more complicated than water supply switching. readers understand that residents were poisoned from something so easily taken for granted, water from their faucets, i admit to be pretty bias in my review of the book which is wonderful, i'm happy to report that the new york times and usa today agree with me, everyone should read it. without further delay or potentially embarrassing childhood stories, here is anna clark. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> i am so happy to be here and utterly overwhelmed that i have my voice at all because this is really moving, so thank you so much for being here, i feel grateful to the library which really was a sec

for detroit's eighth graders that number rises to only 7%. how does this happen?tudents are saying that they were denied their basic constitutional rights? >> a student in kindergarten, for example, wasn't even exposed to kindergarten standards so we're setting children up for failure. >> reporter: jamarye hall says he was one of the children set up to fail, one of the original members of the plaintiff class. >> coming from detroit they always say nine times out of tenure barely going to graduate high school. you're going to end up in jail, things of that nature so i just don't want to be a statistic. >> reporter: hall now lives in tallahassee attending community college hoping to get into florida a&m university. just how far behind are you? >> makes me feel like i'm dumb sometimes or i'm not as smart as i need to be, but i know it's not my fault. i know it's the school system that i came from. >> reporter: do you know what reading level you're reading at now? >> i'm probably just getting to about a junior or senior in high school. >> reporter: so when you think a

hometown of detroit an emotional goodbye to the queen of soul i'm filled. and this is the day. people have come to pay tribute to a once in a lifetime talent for it was the soundtrack of our lives one feet one sound there was something she made us feel. was real that is really inspiring to see how many hearts and how many people my grandma. this family has. their mother their grandmother their to their cousins. the entire world thank you. thank you mr reith the franklin it's been why don't you. also coming up on the day if europe thinks about ditching daylight saving time they a you wants to stop shading the clocks in spring and autumn declaring it to be the will of the people. we had an official survey and millions responded and have the opinion that summer time should be valid in future and should stay forever and so it will be. the queen of soul aretha franklin hospital laid to rest in detroit the star studded funeral including big names from the music the american civil rights movement and a unit from former u.s. president bill clinton the invitation only service closes a w

schools is tainted with lead in copper that's not hyperbole according to the detroit news more than half of the hundred six calls and side michigan's largest school district has have high levels of copper and or lead on wednesday this week the school district received test results indicating that the dish an additional thirty three schools in the detroit public schools community does district have elevated levels of lead bringing the entire total up to fifty seven schools now simple math tells us that with more than forty seven thousand kids in the best direct that roughly twenty three thousand of those kids were possibly exposed to lead and copper tainted water. officials from detroit's water department believe that the lead in copper is contaminating the water through the school system's decrepit plumbing which is estimated to cost roughly thirty million dollars to repair and replace just thirty million you know for the cost of the three combat ships i mentioned earlier we could have big detroit schools water issues fifty three times over but they go we have utterly useless needle

zachary: after i had left detroit, i had done really well at the private school in detroit, roper, andhe headmaster said i am going to look at my contacts and see who i know in d.c. at landon, sidwell, a number of the top schools. he made a point of putting me in contact and saying to deans in headmasters, this is a student you should consider. brian: where did you go? zachary: bolus. a private school in potomac, maryland. you have about a 100 acre campus. wonderful landscape, geography is amazing. incredible teachers. a five star school. brian: where did you get the money to go there? zachary: if i remember correctly, tuition was about $34,000, not cheap. i did not have one 34th of that. my dad was working two jobs. they gave me a scholarship that covered a little over 90% of the tuition. but just in order to pay the remainder, my dad was doing valet, delivering tapirs in the morning from 1:00 to 4:00 a.m., then he was an accounts payable coordinator. brian: what is he like? zachary: my dad is probably the strongest person i know. certainly the hardest working person i know. he has a

aleem maqbool, bbc news, detroit.ime ago, fellow musician and longtime friend stevie wonder, had this to say about the queen of soul. and yes, the reason that we are here today is because of love. because of how much we love this woman. the blessing through god was given to us. and we talk about all the things that those have talked about today. please remember the greatest gift that we have been given in the life itself is love. stevie wonder paying tribute at the funeral of aretha franklin. evidence is growing that up to a million muslim uighurs are being held by chinese authorities in so—called "re—education camps". the uighurs are a muslim ethnic minority group with central asian roots. they're mostly based in china's far—western region of xianjiang, an autonomous region within the country, and they make up around 45% of the population. un human rights investigators say they're increasingly alarmed by reports that many muslim uighurs are being detained under the pretext of security, and countering terrorism and ex

schools is tainted with lead in copper that's not hyperbole according to the detroit news more than half of the hundred six calls inside michigan's largest school district has have high levels of copper and or lead on wednesday this week the school district received test results indicating the additional thirty three schools in the detroit public schools community districts have elevated levels of lead bringing the entire total up to fifty seven schools now simple math tells us that with more than forty seven thousand kids in the best direct that roughly twenty three thousand of those kids were possibly exposed to lead and copper tainted water. officials from detroit water department believe that the lead in copper is contaminating the water through the school system's decrepit plumbing which is estimated to cost roughly thirty million dollars to repair and replace just thirty million you know for the cost of the three combat ships i mentioned earlier we could have big detroit schools water issues fifty three times over but hey you know we have utterly useless needless combat ships

aleem maqbool, bbc news, detroit.sician and longtime friend stevie wonder, fellow musician and longtime friend stevie wonder was one of the last to pay tribute to aretha franklin. this is what he had to say. and yes, the reason that we are here today is because of love. because of how much we love this woman. the blessing through god was given to us. and we talk about all the things that those have talked about today. please remember the greatest gift that we have been given in the life itself is love. let's get some of the day's other news. talks on the future shape of the north american free trade agreement have broken up for the week without a deal being reached between the united states and canada. president trump has indicated that if no deal can be reached with canada, he will sign the bilateral agreement with mexico, which was concluded on monday. a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine, alexander zakharchenko, has been killed in an explosion in donetsk city. russia's foreign ministry said it

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she loved detroit and she loved the people of detroit.aretha franklin into the church that her father built for a very special performance. tonight, as we leave you and say good night, we also say good-bye to aretha franklin. ♪ ♪ ♪ now at eight ... grab what you can and head for the door.yet another apple story targeted by a gang of thieves.whoosha brazen daylight car burglary in a busy east bay shopping mall ... police say what the victim did next went against all their advice.whooshand a dispute on a muni car goes viral ... a man almost thrown onto the tracks in a dispute over music. (ken) a daylight auto burglary turned violent in the east bay. police say, the incident involved a man dangling out the window of a moving car... trying to stop a suspected thief. good

the music stirring souls, lifting hearts. ♪ in the crowd, famous everyday detroiters. people, aretha franklin might say. fans started lining up last night. a fleet of pink cadillacs did too. >> i'm here, swollen ankles, swollen knee. i've been here since 11:00 last night. yes, yes. that's how much i love you, aretha. rest in peace. and we love you so much. ♪ >> reporter: even at buckingham palace, a tribute to this queen. all walks of life celebrating in unison. >> she was classy enough to sing on the most prominent stages in the world. but she was home girl enough to make potato salad and fry some chicken. >> reporter: for aretha franklin's family, the pain obvious. so too their pride. >> i love you, grandma, and i will make you proud. ♪ really going to miss you ♪ >> reporter: long time friend smokey robinson talked about growing up with her in detroit. >> so the world is celebrating you. and the world is mourning you. and the world is going to miss you. and i know that i'm going to miss you so much because i miss our talks. >> reporter: former president bill clinton

problem during takeoff from sfo to detroit metropolitan airport. it sounded like a tire blew and then smoke. according to our sister station holloway was flying home after covering the 49ers game. he looked out the window during takeoff and saw smoke coming from one of the engines. a spokesperson for sfo said the plane was towed back to the gate. everyone was put on a flight airlines this morning but we are still waiting for a response . >>> more problems for san francisco's twin peaks tunnel. the chronicle is reporting a contractor was doing routine work last week when workers damaged parts of the tunnel's automatic control system. trains were forced to move through the tunnel at significantly lower speeds, which slowed down the entire muni metro system . the tunnel recently underwent a $40 million overhaul which included improvements to the tracks and drainage system. >>> a san francisco san francisco sheriff departments bus carrying inmates broke down and. the san francisco examiner reports the bus was taking inmates from the jail in san bruno t

for detroit's eighth graders, that number rises to only 7%. how does this happen?ights. >> a student in kindergarten, for example, wasn't even exposed to kindergarten standards. we're setting children up for failure. >> reporter: jamarria hall said he was originally set up to fail, one of original members of the plaintiff class. >> nine times out of ten, barely going to graduate high school. you're going to end up in jail, things of that nature. i just don't want to be a statistic. >> reporter: hall now lives in tallahassee, attending community college in hopes of getting into florida a&m university. >> it makes me feel like i'm dumb sometimes or not as smart as i need to be. i know it's not my fault. i know it's the school system that i came from. >> reporter: do you know what reading level you're reading at now? >> i'm probably just getting to about a junior, senior in high school. >> reporter: so when you think about the possibilities out there, do you feel cheated? >> yes, always. since that's behind, we're always trying to catch up. >> reporter: if this goes a

from detroit, the bbc's aleem maqbool starts our coverage.arvelous ♪ aleem: it is a day of giving praise for the life of a woman who made an unprecedented impact with her voicend her soul. a combination of two weeks of tribut since the passing of aretha franklin. idpublic that adored her queued for hours to get ithe church to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. >> i could not sit at home and watch it on television. being here really brings the real feel of things. >> her message and what she reprd for people of african descent in this country, number one. two, beyond that, the music is healing and powerful. aleem: paying their last respectse to her befe is late to rest, the stars and dignitaries who reflected the reach of aretha franklin's impact and the legacy that goes far beyond the music industry yonder ♪g up mr. clinton: she lived with faith, not without failure, but overcoming her failures. she lived with power, not witht weakness, but overcomi her weaknesses. i st loved her. aleem: in life, aretha fought social injustice and

me feel ♪ >> a star studded send-off for aretha franklin at a funeral ceremony in her hometown of detroit the world is celebrating mourning e world is you, and the world is going to miss you. >> how genetic scice is helping britain's magnificent golden eagles spread their fngs. and the latestm by the oscar winning director is ksgetting tough m in venice but the decision to stream it first gets mixed reviews. co hello and w to the program. the united states is to halt all funding.nf a agency which supports palestinianian refugees saying it is irredeemablelawed. the state department says washington will hold talks with the u.n. and others to consider new approaches to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. well, f o more nown this decision let's go live to pshington. what'smpted this? >> well, i think there are several different tngs here. first of all, america feels that it has been funding thisog m, has been leading certainly in terms of funding this program for a number of years and that it doesn't want to carry tha financial burden anymore. but that's only part of it. it alsa

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in detroit.musician and longtime friend stevie wonder was one of the last to pay tribute to aretha franklin. this is what he had to say. and yes, the reason that we are here today is because of love. because of how much we love this woman. the blessing from god was given to us. and as we talk about all the things that those have talked about today, please remember the greatest gift that we have been given in the life itself is love. let's get some of the day's other news. brazil's top electoral court has ruled thatjailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva cannot run in this year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction. the 72—year—old is currently serving a 12—year sentence for the conviction but his workers party registered him as a candidate for the october vote anyway, claiming he is innocent. in the other major farewell today, senatorjohn mccain's body was taken back to the us capitol a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine, alexander zakharchenko, has

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in detroit.ll to come: time to end daylight saving. europe looks set to scrap seasonal clock changes. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the trump administration is stopping all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. the us and canada have failed to strike a deal to amend the north american free trade agreement, despite a week of talks. let

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music's greatest names attended the queen of soul's tribute in detroit. what was initially an invite only event soon turned into a full on celebratafte organizers let 1,000 of aretha franklin's fans join in the service. >> nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. >> aretha franklin called detroit home for most of her life and the city has plans to pay tribute to the iconic singer. officials may rename the city's outdoor concert venue in her honor. >>> coming up a family business that could be sunk after years on the bay, it may no longer be able to pay to carry tourists to angel island. >> big dreams taking flight for a northern california woman who has always wanted to become a flight attendant. >> a new stretch of highway 1 just reopened. so why are cracks already showing up in the new road? on with a ri >>> we'll treat you to a live look from our exclusive sales force tower cam looking out over the bay there. that, of course, is angel island, popular tourist attraction with a very rich history here in the san francisco bay area. for

it was a soulful sendoff befitting a queen as she was laid to rest in detroit, ending a week of tributeszer in music and activism, and a diva through and through. ♪ >> reporter: it was a home-going fit for a queen. ♪ >> reporter: aretha franklin, her heavenly journey eulogized. >> you're going to be one of the featured voices in the choir of angels. because, you know, you'd have to be. ♪ i'll miss you >> reporter: and serenaded by her friends. ♪ and you'll never walk alone >> reporter: musical legends in their own right. ♪ god bless aretha >> reporter: tributes paid by heads of state past and present. and adoring fans sending her off in perhaps the most fitting way in a resplendent procession of pink cadillacs. >> she was a black woman in a white man's world. she bore her cross. she fought the good fight. now it's time to crown the queen! >> reporter: in her beloved hometown of detroit, michigan, thousands gathered in honor of the original diva. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> reporter: throughout her five-decade career, she sang for royalty and inaugurated presidents. ♪ god

." >>> students in detroit are wrapping up their first week of the new school year.t also health issues such as copper and lead in the drinking water. michelle miller reports from downtown detroit. >> reporter: students here at chrysler elementary and across the school district will be drinking from water coolers like this instead of their standard drinking fountains. they don't work anymore. no one's clear on what caused this tainted water, but aging pipes and outdated fixtures are the likely suspects. >> there are higher levels of copper and lead not just in detroit, but throughout this country. >> reporter: a few months after taking the helm of detroit's public schools, nikolai viti began seeing the outlines of a health emergency. testing of every water fountain and fixture began in june. in august, he learned 34 out of 50 schools tested so far had harmful levels of lead or copper. any level exposure to lead to children is dangerous. >> that's right, and we're not testing. so this has been an awakening for me as superintendent. >> reporter: the government accounta

.>>> aretha franklin was laid to rest today in detroit. ♪ >> beautiful voice, jennifer hudson among thermers who pay tribute to the queen of soul during funeral services at the greater grace temple church in detroit. stevie wonder and faith hill also paid tribute. bill clinton and jesse jackson delivered eulogies. >> when i would go to her shows and watch her sing it would be the best feeling in the world nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace.>> a private burial service followed the funeral at the woodlawn cemetery in detroit.>>> sports is next with an entertaining game at the coliseum tonight. two teams battle for the wildcard in the american league. >>> a life picture from san francisco, clear skies heading into the holiday weekend. thanks for joining us, the 11 a clock news continues into minutes. >>> we have nothing but bay area winners to talk about. let's start at the top, coming down on the astros again, that kid might sleep tonight

it is a pleasure to be here in detroit. you know both my grandparents on , my maternal side were detroit natives. actually, first-generation immigrants to america, really demonstration of the american eight dream. they've passed now, but i'm left wondering whether they would be more proud that one of their offspring can come and stand at this podium or be more surprised that i would be that one. [laughter] they always thought i was wasting my time, actually. but, here i am, and i'm proud to be here presenting to you. i know this -- this is like a " saturday night live" skit. [microphone rubbing] [laughter] mr. ricks: maybe if we do this. how about that? [applause] mr. ricks: purdue engineering. [laughter] so, every president since the 1970's has spoken to this group. i know just recently the ambassador from israel, along with cnn's mike rogers were here discussing middle east peace and global security and other weighty topics. very important probably a little bit more exciting than health care. but i'm here to talk to about

john hendren al jazeera detroit. these are live pictures as the body of aretha franklin is taken to its final resting place you can see that the convoy including that nine hundred forty cadillac. she'll be buried in the same senator as her father and siblings u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain a military got of on up carried his casket to lie in a state in state capitol hill in washington where the republican served for thirty five years vice president mike pence speaker paul ryan to live attributes became supported military interventions in afghanistan and iraq and back israel's twenty fourteen war in gaza people continue to stream through the u.s. capitol to pay their respects to the late senator these are live pictures from washington d.c. john mccain will be buried on sunday. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then go back home people escaping venezuela's economic crisis receive a cold welcome in peru. but a step towards gender equality how the

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john hendren al-jazeera detroit. u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain and ministry got of on a carrot his casket to lie in state at capitol hill in washington where the republicans for thirty five units vice president mike pence on the speak up all right and of attributes his funeral services on saturday then he'll be buried a day like the rebels in syria is in the province of blown up two bridges in an attempt to him to any government assault on the area people protested against moves to retake the rebels last wrong hole but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of the glib three million people live there including around ten thousand rebel fighters as well with whom is a teacher in libby says be hard to escape. i guess many will now but if we are we are lays. in that they will no longer stay in a place in syria that we might. be are. on the map it looks like a small area but it's a huge impact i need or

♪you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >>> star-studded tribute for aretha franklin in detroit todayow musicians, politicians and friends and family attended a funeral service for the "queen of soul." as you would expect, music played a big role in today's service. there were 19 performances across the musical spectrum including stevie wonder and faith hill. laura ingle reports. >>> reporter: aretha franklin's adopted hometown sending the "queen of soul" out in style. celebrities, musicians, politicians, friends and family all packing greater grace temple church in detroit on friday for a funeral service that was more celebration than mourning. >> she took this massive talent and decided to be the composer of her own life's song. what a song it turned out to be. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: of course, music playing a big role in today's ceremony. 19 performers from across the musical spectrum paying tribute including stevie wonder, faith hill and ariana grande. a number of other famous friends sharing their personal stories and reflections on franklin's life and legacy. >> we're going to

john hendren detroit. and u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain and military got ivana his casket to lie in state in the u.s. capitol where the republicans for thirty five year is vice president mike pence and speak of paul ryan live attributes his funeral services on saturday then he buried a day later now rebels in syria's in the province of blown up two bridges in an attempt to hinder any government assault on the area people protested against moves to retake the rebels' last stronghold but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of the three million people living around ten thousand rebel fighters. unicef is urging the warning the warring sides in a glib to spare civilians. we think it's particularly important when we're having all this military rhetoric that we start hearing that we don't forget that there's more than a million children inside there are children who in some cases have been displa

in detroit, i'm omar jimenez.ll kick off tonight with an update on the a's....who saw their wildcard lead over the mariners shrink by a game after seattle pounced on oakland from the jump. here's what's happening at the coliseum-- last night, the mariners put up 5-runs in the first, tonight the a's returned the favor. however seattle...dishing it right back...the mariners have just put up 5-runs of their own...thanks to three home runs in the 5th. score:5- 5....in the 5th inning. full highlights later tonight. back at at&t-- the giants hosting the mets...in the start of a 3-game tilt. the games still scoreless...in the 7th inning. full highlights later tonight. now to the nfl-- don't worry fans, the long training camp and preseason grind finally has come to an end. but, the work picks up for the coaches as they have to work out a 53-player roster. the final lineups...are due tomorrow afternoon. and the 49ers have already announced a first wave of cuts. one of those packing up is running back joe williams...the tea

john hendren detroit. and u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain a military god of on a carriage his casket to lie in state in the u.s. capitol in washington where the republicans for thirty five years vice president mike pence and speak of paul ryan to live attributes his funeral services on saturday and be buried at a later. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back and go back home people escaping venezuela's economic crisis receive a cold welcome in the room thus. i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugarcane plantations. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across the lavonne we are looking at still very hot temperatures here across much of central portions of iraq over the next few days so baghdad forty five degrees there kuwait city forty eight degrees is going to be high on saturday we do expect that number to

but he was so inside that the night before this happened, fred evans goes to detroit. by the way,this was supposed to be i am multi-city kickoff. it wasn't just cleveland. it was supposed to be in chicago, pittsburgh, new york . this was going to be a coordinated assault on police by black nationalists and the night before, fred evans drove with three other people including this informant to detroit to pick up rifles and make sure they were ready to go and he drives back and when he gets back to cleveland, this guy called the fbi and says it's about to happen, about to go down. the fbi reported to the cleveland police, there's a meeting at city hall but unfortunately and this again is the tragedy, carl stokes is in washington speaking to a group about all things are our inner cities dying? he came to speak here, he was there. so this was left to all director who was 36 years old, had been a lawyer for six years to deal with the crisis and the safety director came in and said okay, we know these guys have rifles. guess what, united states, you can have rifles. but we ca

from our sister station in detroit tweeted, engine problems during takeoff from sfo to detroit metropolitanded like a tire blew then smoke. holloway was flying home on a delta flight after covering the 49ers game when he looked out the window during takeoff and saw that, smoke coming from one of the engines. the faa says there was a fire in the right engine. a spokesperson for sfo says the plane was towed back to the gate and everyone was put on a different flight . the no one was hurt. we did reach out to delta airlines this morning but we are still waiting to hear back. >>> facebook is now hiring a human rights policy director to deal with human rights abuses on facebook. that director we are told will investigate and respond to human rights violations and also promote peace. facebook has been criticized recently. it was used to spread hate speech and misinformation that led to violence in places like myanmar. >>> the oakland raiders continue to look for their first win of the season. speculators took a double-digit lead late in the third quarter, but the denver broncos made a comeback. w

management a sour minerals of this pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin you know hometown of detroit. i am. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of cost for the united nations relief and works agency whose operate sions a cold irredeemably flow which the u.n. agencies are. it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesperson for the palestine president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem tania what impact can we expect this cost of funding to have on the palestinian refugees who receive support from the u.n. agency. as you said the u.s. has been the single largest donor to in the past decade or so so and they already had announced

i'm a tower funeral service pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin in her hometown of detroit. i am being. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of costs for the united nations where leaks and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flow to the u.n. agencies as it provides. services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesman for the palestinian president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase its funding in response. and a spokesman for the un agency facing those funding cuts has also commented on the decision calling it deeply regrettable he rejected u.s. criticism that the agency was inefficient and have failed to make reforms we reject in the strongest possible terms just a few months ago the us administration was praising our institu

. >> reporter: detroit fans were not difficult to spot. the lions are coming off a decent 9-7 season last year. surrounded by the red and gold, this detroit fan was keeping it real. >> we are not good this year. so, you take your wins when you can get them. there are only 16, right? >> that is the most honest thing i have heard all day. >> c? i am real. >> reporter: is speaking of keeping it real, the niners won. the season is long, brutal and has only just begun. >> we are thrilled about it. we don't expect the playoffs, but we do expect results as niner fans. >>> this game count -- came down to the wire. >>> still to come, bay area firefighters are waste deep in the aftermath of hurricane florence. the many hazards they are facing below the water. >>> a 20 hundred mile -- a 2800 mile journey ends in the bay area. a message this polynesian voyaging canoe carries across the pacific with it. >>> there are changes coming that will affect our weather by the end of next week. it is all coming up after a break. florence... now a "tropical depre

this is zachary from lansing, jia from flint and samantha from southwest detroit.t me start with you zachary. why didn't you vote? >> well, it's kind of a complex reason but i think the -- i mean, there's a law in michigan for instance that makes it hard for college age students to vote and i think that's -- we actually have a lawsuit from the college federation of democrats that's going against that law right nowful. >> i mean, i don't remember this in college. this has happened a lot to state. republicans officials don't love having a lot of students volt. >> absolutely not. >> they tend to put in as many obstacles as they can. >> it's tough for college students to go home and vote when they have classes on the very next day. there's other reasons as well. like i mean, i'm being frank. the candidate wasn't inspiring to me. and you know, i had seen the devastation that -- like the anti-blue deal kind of mentality will have. i've grown up in this city and i've seen trade deals decimated the city, every job. frankly those policies were implemented by bill clinton. >

whether san diego, detroit, windsor. i am from sault ste. marie, ontario, right next to michigan, and people are upset by these terrorist -- tariffs. suppliedn steelmaker steel for the 20 hours and now being told they are a national security threat -- twin towers and being told now they are a national security threat. this is important for all of these countries. the mexico-u.s. ties have been battered as well. i wonder whether we can recover from these fractures. host: michael in new york city, republican. caller: good morning. thank you for discussing trade. i have two questions. the first one is -- when you were talking about the wilson commission and trade understanding, what are some elements of trade understanding that have been brought to the united states and incorporated into our system? how ared question is -- things changing now in the global trade environment? in regards to that, the united states for a long time has had trade policies mostly favorable to the united states. now, it is a global trade and changing into the intercon

in detroit and they we re out of the mess.ey were bailed out by the state, some of the big car manufacturers... massive unemployment figures regardless of. the politicians did come to their rescue. i'm glad you're defending them. i'm not defending them, just countering what you're saying. as this article outlines in the front page of the telegraph, dominic raab is going with this message to brussels, what will the reaction be in brussels and what does it mean about hitting the deadline in october, i.e. an agreement, so they can present it to the other members of the european union? it is impossible for me to say by november, as some of the europeans have said, that we will come to an agreement or we won't. anyone who says we are likely to or not are blowing hot air. i hope we do. i hope we will come to a deal, which will be better than no deal, but we've got no idea and there's no one finance i've met who've got —— who's got a clue about what's going to happen. the ftfront who's got a clue about what's going to happen. the ft

despiden en detroit a la cantante aretha franklin, tenemos las imÁgenes del emotivo funeral. ♪ ♪ >> para imÁgenes de funeral de la reina del soul nos despedimos esta noche. el Último adiÓs. buen fin de semana. ♪ ♪ ♪ policía: a ver, aquí tengo ya sus datos, nombre completo, domicilio... le estoy elaborando una multa por orinar en el metro y otra por bautizarme. la policía es laica.

i was teaching in detroit and for me, that was the impetus that we needed real change. so i decided to run 20 minutes south of detroit and we won in a district that trump won by 12 points. >> it's been a problem for the democratic party recently, it's been hard to get democrats to come out to vote. they've been outturned out by republicans, particularly whiter, older constituencies have come out. when you're going around, you won 2016, the stakes at the state level of what state government means, because that's true across the entire country, like what are you telling them? >> the stakes are really high. this election is one of the most important ones of their lifetime. that we have a chance to move the direction of our state in a positive direction. if you do not vote, your voice is silent and you are not advocating for the values we care about. so it's about making sure we maintain investment in our infrastructure, that we promote and improve our public schools, that we protect our clean water and provide families like here in flint with clean water. it's not just in

demarco morgan is in detroit. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: franklin arrived as only she could.by a caravan of more than 100 pink cadillacs. cadillacs, across a red carpet into the church. ♪ everything, everything oh, everything ♪ aretha franklin's home-going ng tice was a joyful celebration of the queen of soul's life. >> ♪ i'm going to sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ oh, yeah! hallelujah ♪ >> reporter: preachers and politicians took to the podium to remember the lives she touched. >> ain't no cancer over there, aretha! ond in your cross and pick up your crown. ♪ oh i knew iof course not! it's not all in vain ♪ d she took this massive talent, and this perfect culture that raised her, and decided to be the composer of her own life song. what a song it turned out to be. r: reporter: smokey robinson sang his tribute. >> ♪ really going to miss you ♪ it's really going to be different without you ♪ >> reporter: but perhaps her iandchildren said it best: >> it feels amazing to see a woman so fierce, so courageous, gifted, so respected, and to be able to call that my grandmother, to know that i ha

have been paying their final respects to aretha franklin at an invitation—only funeral ceremony in detroit faces attending included jesse jackson and former president bill clinton. he described aretha as "the voice of a generation, if not the century." a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine, alexander zakharchenko, has been killed in an explosion in donetsk city. russia's foreign ministry said it suspected ukraine of organising the killing. but the ukrainian government has denied any involvement. an independent review into suspicious deaths and brain injuries at a hospital maternity unit is to be expanded after nearly 20 more families have come forward. they are claiming babies and mothers have died because of blunders at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust, and that the hospital is failing to learn lessons from what's gone wrong. a year ago, the bbc revealed that the government had ordered an investigation into maternity care relating to 23 cases at the hospital. the bbc has also found that significant concerns about the trust were not flagged up by experts to the health r