gina was a member of the skating club of boston.n skating since she was just four years old, and her coaches say she was dedicated, disciplined and a ray of sunshine. joining me now is skating coach and choreographer matthew lind. he was one of gina hahn's coaches. matthew, thank you for being here. this is it's just so tragic to think about the lives that have been lost, including gina, who had such a promising life ahead of her. what do you want people to know most about her? >> um, gina. >> was a special student. she was in figure skating. we required these kids to be athletes and artists. and gina was an artist in the most pure sense of the word. um, she could hear music, and it just came through her soul and out her body on the ice. and it was one of the things that just made her so special and so unique. >> it must have been such a pleasure to work with her, to coach her. >> yeah. you can't ask for better than gina. um, she was just always smiling. she learned that from her mom. jen um, gin. every once in a while would take a

today the coach saying the goal was in sight. >> gina's nickname was gina gina starina. >> reporter: gina and her moms and the others. >> these kids would not want to see us give up. >> reporter: as the skating club of boston mourns, it is also preparing to hostet world championships in two months. >> i do think this community, this worldwide community will come together in the moments and support each other. >>>> reporter: tonight the skaters are showing tragedy will not shatter the community but reveal the community and love. >> it starts with us being stro for this situation. >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news, norwood, massachusetts. >> that is "nightly news" for this friday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. has returned. a live look at our doppler radar enhanced by nbc bay area storm ranger. you can see where the rain is coming down right

catriona: let's let gina reply. i saw you shaking your head. gina: perhaps he did not hear me.u an example of where a system does not allow open competition, because it is not advertised. that is a truth in the department of state and perhaps other federal agencies, where a senior position, deputy assistance secretary, before my office existed, was not openly advertised and competed. my understanding is in the last week, it's been stopped again. that means the selection of those who get that very important senior position cannot be merit-based if only a few people are able to even know it exists. that is the difference. and statistically, people are selected for other reasons than merit. we have done studies where we see that. for a particular i.t. position, we got a great range of people applying for the job, we had a great range of people certified that they were ready to do the job, but an individual with individual biases made the decision as to who got to be interviewed and who got selected. that is why we asked for panels, not individual hiring managers, diverse panels, s

. >> reverting to the family of 13-year-old gina hahn. gina's dreams with nbc boston. >> i really want to go to the olympics. >> her nickname meant that she was a little star. >> a plan is instead crystallizing on how to honor the lives of gina and her mom,t see and all the others that lost their lives.>> these kids would have wanted us to push. they would not want to see us give up . worldwide community w come together in the moments and support each other. >>>> reporter: tonight >> this skating club of boston mourns they are also preparing to host the world championships in two months. >> this worldwide community will come together in those moments. >> tonight, the skaters are showing that tragedy will not define their community but rather reveal its essential love and connection. >> if i can leave a lasting impact on these youngsters it would mean the world to me. it starts with us being strong for this situation. >> sam brock, nbc news, norwood, massachusetts. >> that is nightly news for this friday. thank you for watching. i'm lester

go, gina. go, gina! >> what's up baby?nce is the one who said comedy has a way of bringing light into his dark world. black people, we do have this way of laughing at our struggle. he embodies that. >> oh. >> damn damn.,, gina is said. >> to me. >> 100 times a day god. >> i loved. >> martin and gina's romance, particularly because. it was. >> the. >> first time i saw a young black couple in love on television. >> grandma is. >> we didn't think that we were going to make the impact. >> that we've made. >> girl, your hair is so nappy. >> wilson couldn't pick. >> it. recently, me, tichina and martin had gone to lunch and we were. all like, can you believe this? it's like brady bunch people are still watching this show and we're in shock. and i was like, martin, can you believe they call us icons? and he was like, i know. >> what. >> every single. >> living single is about. six upwardly mobile 20 somethings. >> who figure out life. >> and we figure. >> it. >> out together. >> we had never seen a show. with such unapologeticall

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gina and shanghai, but the sun accompanies it to ask for india not much to say really, the fault is clear in most places daily be at quantities still pull the wants of the capital of the combat empire. the serene, ancient city of uncle and present day cambodia is a protected unesco world heritage sites. but as its temples of lakes and irrigation canals are being preserved, many of its inhabitants are being relocated. people in power investigates the alleged forest evictions of thousands of families. the battle for the soul of anchored box part 2 on and just the the the what you know does it a reminder about child stories? those are a 118 palestinian prisoners have been released from is very jails, as part of the latest exchange under the guise of ceasefire. they were greeted by scenes of jubilation as they arrived in southern gaza under mamma. audio 3 is relatives were released from captivity in guys of american history. anything siegel friendship. certainly national also called the wrong. i'm jumping the this. i'm not back in israel. 50 sick and wounded palestinian children and guys have

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gina? sure. i'm sorry if i can't read it. gina stella. kim. john collins. dr. de tres rogers. have you matthews. >> good luck. gina chair reading specialist at jacquot. last year grant funded positions were frozen. now district we're hearing district leadership is planning to block pto funds from being used for positions. grant and pto funded positions did not cause the deficit. refusing to use those funds for positions will not fix the deficit. these two choices in combination with the impending budget cuts will eliminate most reading specialist positions at elementary schools. reading specialists provide vital early intervention services to students struggling to read including students at risk for dyslexia. we teach children to read. classroom teachers are already doing everything they can to support struggling students. they won't be able to fill this gap. preventing schools from using these plans for positions will harm our neediest students. please allow grant and pto funds to be used for positions including for reading specialists so student delegates board members mari

gina haspel threatened to resign after president trump reposed making kash patel cia director. the fence secretary mark esper said that "ms. britt -- mr. patel had lied about whether nigeria approved a hostage rescue situation putting american lives at risk." mr. patel would have us believe that all of these public servants and all of these republicans from the first trump administration and anyone else who are critical of him are nothing but government gangsters and deep state members. many of them have made his list of enemies. just this week cnn reported that during the trump administration, cia were officials referred mr. patel to the justice department for criminal investigation for sharing classified information without authorization. last week i asked the justice department -- department and intelligence community on information for any referrals related to misconduct. i have yet to receive a response. his record is clear. he traffics in debunked conspiracy theories that serve or benefit his political beliefs. let us start with january 6 and he dedicates a whole chapter

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