developing nation still finding its legs as a culture which is why the order by mayor grant major granger on june nineteenth eight hundred sixty five is still so significant today known as juneteenth it became an official holiday in texas in one nine hundred seventy nine and is now an official holiday in forty two states in the district of columbia joining us now to discuss the significance of juneteenth as activist perry thank you so much for joining. the pleasure though i want to do the juneteenth them until we want what is what is the the soul of juneteenth and why is this such an important holiday. for the united states to as this is a clip through the records. of the foundation is based in email. we form or holds to the sleeves. and that's the state of being we human beings a relationship this country is still having difficulties with the form of colonialism i'm a resident of the district of columbia and even though we we many of us over six hundred thousand. on the mainland we still don't have the same rights as many of them americans we are in so that's a form of lack of email it's

the new the idea of freedom rich people in some southern states by the time major general gordon granger took command of the department of texas lincoln was dead and the thirteenth amendment abolishing slavery was about to be ratified the last of the holdouts people who just wouldn't let go of their desire to enslave human beings needed to be told once again that the days of slavery were over on june one thousand eight hundred sixty five mayor major granger dispatched this now famous order number three in which he declared the people of texas are informed that in accordance with the proclamation from the executive of the united states all slaves are free this involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection here too for existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor but it was an easy transition from a country that built its foundations on slave labor and indentured servitude to put it behind them in fact we still haven't managed to remove slavery of their policies and ideology from all of ou

mr granger, are you free?nder 21s italian football team on the ground floor, so i'm just rearranging my underwear. laughter roy barraclough will be remembered best for his many years on coronation street. he brought many laughs and even alec gilroy had his heartfelt moments. i love you, rita. alec... heartfelt moments. i love you, rita. alec. . . and heartfelt moments. i love you, rita. alec... and i want you to marry me. i know i have no right for you to feel the same especially after what was said tonight. after all, i'm just elderly man with any good years left in him long since gone. the actor roy barraclough, who's died at the age of 81. let's turn our attention to the weather now at tomasz schafernaker. the weather has turned across north—western parts of the uk, the great sky behind me is coming in from our weather watcher in the highlands in nairn. gloomy skies on and off through the day and there is rain around. the weather is not so bad across wales, some sunshine here, a bit hazy, though, the best o

mr granger, are you free?est for his many years on coronation street. he brought many laughs, and even alec gilroy had his heartfelt moments. i love you, rita. alec... and i want to marry you. i know i have no right to expect you to feel the same way, especially after what was said tonight. after all, i‘m just elderly man with any good years left in him long since gone. the actor roy barraclough, who‘s died at the age of 81. with temperatures hitting 32 degrees in florida at the moment, you might be tempted to go for a dip to cool down. until, that is, you see this. a seven—foot long alligator was removed from a family‘s swimming pool. it seems to be going quietly at first, but then reacts with a death roll, normally used to kill prey. sarasota county sheriff‘s department said the unwelcome guest was eventually removed unharmed, and was moved to what they‘ve described as a more ‘appropriate location‘. couldn‘t they just have couldn‘t theyjust have left him? he looks happy enough! the perils of having a summing

mr granger, are you free?n the ground floor, so i'm just rearranging my underwear. laughter. but roy barraclough will be remembered best for his many years on coronation street. he brought many laughs, and even alec gilroy had his heartfelt moments. i'm trying to say i love you, rita. alec... and i want to marry you. i know i've no right to expect you to feel the same way, especially after what you've said tonight. after all, what am i? just a lonely man with any good years left in him long since gone. the actor, roy barraclough, who has died at the age of 81. with the general election a week away, my colleague victoria derbyshire has been organising a series of election blind dates — a lunch between two people with very different political views. today, historian professor mary beard meets strip club owner peter stringfellow. they both claim to be feminists — but who will win the argument? this is how they got on. i'm mary beard, and i'm a professor of classics at the university of cambridge. it always amazes

mac thornberry on the house side and john mccain on the senate side, and then we heard from kate granger, who is the chair appropriations defense subcommittee, who said money would have to fall from heaven to have that the a reality. the $603 billion that the president has proposed and that $640 billion number the senate budget committee has offered a compromise of about $620 billion. what chairman thornberry told reporters yesterday was that they are just going to move out with their $640 billion number, but negotiations are still ongoing. whatt caps apply, but chairman thornberry told reporters yesterday is that they to the of prices, to be appropriations bill, so where we wind up is still kind of up in the air. we have a limited calendar, and republicans have a pretty ambitious agenda outside of defense. in addition, there's an emergency operations contingency on top of this that brings it up over $700 billion. joe: that's right. it's about 705 alien dollars. i think where chairman thornberry and the trump administration as they are both foring about $65 million boko -- >> that's the

yellows are 70s and granger 60s and it looks a lot like today. tomorrow will be very similar to today. as we go into wednesday and thursday and friday, temperatures start to go up a little bit for the holiday weekend. when i come back we will talk about that and i will see you back here after a couple of breaks extract california regulators took a big step to become the first state that the weedkiller around the.com with a label that says it can cause cancer. monsanto which makes the chemical has argued that roundup doesn't cause cancer. the labels will hurt its business they say. >> a malicious data scrambling software glitch europe. the latest on today's widespread cyber attack and the warning from experts extract new at 6:00, a bill that would close smoking at state parks and beaches is one step closer to becoming state law>>> california fighting back against trump's border wall with mexico. >>> another cyber attack hit europe today causing widespread disruption. companies and government agencies around the world including the british parliame

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what juneteenth is, even those two and half years after the emancipation proclamation that major grangerr of the revitalization scott davis and other elected officials and of course the very special jackie was a great granddaughter. >> say the last thing. >> it jackie was the great granddaughter of jack gates. >> arthel: i know you have a long list of people to think. when asked about juneteenth. i have been there many times myself. it has long been a celebrated date with a focus on self-improvement and education. will the newly renovated park help provide pertinent history to the younger generations? >> it's a beautiful park designed and he was there today, what a very special occasion. it has a blessing theater if you can imagine, what a wonderful name. it has a founders plaza where all the names of the founders are. a beautiful playground in which my grandchildren played and then open green space. i like what you said, it is a park in third ward. the street front of it will be named emancipation street. it's a park not only for all of houston but all of texas and all of the nation bec

major granger landed in galveston to announce the slaves were free and emancipated. it's a serious time to honor those anti-legacies of all of those who gave to this country. and we celebrate it with excitement and honor and dignity. today -- this weekend i'm excited we'll rededicate the emancipation park. we'll name the street emancipation street. we're delighted that the ost alameda donated $33 million. along with foundations, the city of houston and community dollars. we will acknowledge those who bought the land so many, many years ago and this restoration will give the opportunity not who i'm those in texas privileged to represent but it will be a park to welcome everyone from not only around the community and the city but it will welcome those from across the nation. i introduce a juneteenth resolution honoring juneteenth with 51-plus sponsors. i'm i introduce proud to acknow yes, we got the news late. but we celebrate freedom and we recognize that america's at her greatest because we are free. and freedom is cherished. to alt fathers across the land, to my hus

he played mr granger in a remake of are you being served. public yesterday. scientists have poured cold water on the theory we need to wash our hands with hot water to kill germs a study found cool flows remove the same amount of harmful bacteria. researchers also found antibacterial soap is no better than normal soap, but they recommend scrubbing your hands for at least ten seconds. police have released footage of golfer tiger woods struggling to walk after leaving his car. he wasn't found to have been drinking. he blamed his state on medication. now we are waiting on that speech in teesside from theresa may. we hope to be back there soon. first let's check out there soon. first let's check out the weather. hi anita, a mix of weather. the weather has turned in north western parts. we have fresher, wetter atlantic weather. the many of us are enjoying sunshine. this is the satellite, a clear band of weather, the front moving into northern ireland and scotland. rain—bearing cloud, but many central and southern areas are enjoying sunshine and t