assistant secretary of state for african affairs linda thomas green field you were here in berlin for the covers and lucky enough to join us that we're lucky enough to have you join us here this year thank you very much happy to be here tell me about this 1st thing about natural resources still being the focus how much of a worry is that for the development of these african economies you know it is it continues to be a worry because countries need to diversify their economies. and the concentration and natural resources with out the added value i think keeps these countries from moving into the next level of development and there is over as so many different sectors that investors could be getting into just to name a few of the things we've covered over the past few weeks here a jury is music industry cloud computing in south africa artificial intelligence in ethiopia. the africans out of stage that that they're saying yeah come and put your money here this is a huge market absolutely that they see the opportunities and they are wanting and encouraging investment in the sectors but th

steve: linda thomas' hopes her story will inspire others. congratulations. all right. that's.pped the entire nation. al liz maria johnson spent 21 years in prison for nonviolent drug related offenses and spent years campaigning and praying for her freedom. a petition to president obama to commute her sentence getting over 200,000 signatures. but it wasn't until 2018 that her freedom was granted by president trump with the help of kim kardashian west. and johnson now sharing her incredible story. there is the book right there. it's a new memoir called after life, my journey from incarceration to freedom it is out tomorrow. it is such a great read i highly recommend it. she is ordained minister a play right and great grandmother she joins us now. so good to have you here. >> so good to be here. ainsley: we reported on your story for so long and now you are free. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. this is all -- i know it's all the grace of god. that's the only reason i'm sitting here today. but the reception that i have been receiving from the public, has been amazing to me.

detective mike thomas and lieutenant kyle berardi both worked the case for the ulster police department. they took note, of how linda, the wife, was reacting at the scene. >> her demeanor, was it exactly what you would expect from a wife making a discovery like this? >> 100%. 100%. there was nothing out of the ordinary with her -- reaction, her words. it was more hysteria. >> reporter: police escorted linda down to the station to ask her questions about tom's health. >> she had mentioned to us that he had hypertension. he had -- sleep apnea, which if you're not familiar with sleep apnea, unfortunately, they ultimately stop breathing at certain times during the night. >> that sounds dangerous. >> absolutely. he was diagnosed by his doctor as having a severe case of sleep apnea. >> did you, kind of, think that this was g -- going to be an open and shut case once you got the autopsy results? >> yeah. absolutely. and -- and that unfortunately was not -- not the outcome the next day. >> reporter: instead, the results would turn this tragedy into a tangled mystery. >>> coming up -- >> 40-year-old men don't drop dead like