mothers teach you nurturing and how to fight. they teach you how to stand against the coolness in the world and how to stand strong silently and i'm going to go back to this historical i had with him. this is about the man that walked with doctor king and slept on pallets into some of these homes in the civil rights marches with john lewis and he said to me this is for this tim right now. he said he's very happy about this time but he very much has all of his faculties at 90-years-old kean said a win there is suc such pain and you t rock bottom, it is a time for the radical activism that creates change so that someone m one of the pieces of history so i hope that helps you. >> i didn't realize this was the topic of the book by the way. as a mother going back to the reason you wrote this book and having presented both these facts how have they taken this information and has it transformed their outlook? >> you are such a news person i can tell. [laughter] my daughter's go to a wealthy school predominantly white school and they hav

she is a mother, a proud mother of two daughters. which in part, is why we are here tonight to discuss her new book, "at mama's knee: mothers and race in black and white". from the point of view of a mother's view is a series of essays is one of our people essays that examine what it means for a mother to enable themselves through children and by default in the world to effectively engage race and racism in our modern-day society. good reads praises "at mama's knee: mothers and race in black and white" saying brian's journalistic -- she also shows a willingness to stick out strong and popular opinion. isn't that a real mother for you? [laughter] please join me in welcoming april ryan. [applause] >> i feel so welcomed. always at politics and prose. good evening everyone. wow, i have a lot of friends from far and near. from baltimore, am telling you politics and prose and i want my fellow white house compadres to have known for 20 years to raise her hand. yes, thank you. thank you ladies. [applause] i have said Ãthey have worked me to

>>> i did not cause my mother's death. i love my mother. present tense, i love my mother. >> he was definitely our prime suspect. >> tonight, one of the biggest mysteries of this fall and it's getting bigger. a boat accident a wealthy missing mother. and her grown son, lost at sea. then found, seven days later. nathan carmen now back on land. a real-life castaway. but with one big difference -- is it missing at sea, or murder at sea? >> can you understand what people see? you were the last person to see people alive. >> tonight, a "20/20" investigation, and the only reporter to have spoken to him. a lot of people would say his speech patterns are different because he is different, he has as asperger's. now, with an unsolved murder in the family's past and a new strike just nathan just this week -- >> and it's not good news for nathan. >> they want to explore whether or not you sank the boat on purpose. >> we're done here this evening. >> good evening. i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. as we come on the air, breaking news, this is

she is a mother, a proud mother of two daughters. which in part is why we are here tonight to discuss the new book the first and race in black-and-white. it's an autobiographical sketch that examines what it means to enable themselves and their children to constructively engage the race and racism. they showed a willingness to stake out strong and unpopular opinion. isn't that a real mother for you? please join me in welcoming april ryan. [applause] >> good evening everyone. i had a lot of friends far and near from baltimore. i am telling you in this politics and prose i want my fellow white house compadres that i've known for 20 years to raise your hand. yes, thank you. they've worked with me to help me look halfway decent when i'm talking with you anywhere i talked to thank you all for coming out tonight it is a big night tonight. i want someone to let me know what the announcement is because i hear that it's going to be kind of a print task but none the less. i'm a white house correspondent for the radio network and i am so thankf

for some, his story just doesn't add up. >> i did not cause my mother's death. i loved my mother.resent tense, i love my mother. >> reporter: nathan decides he wants to tell his story and he grants us an exclusive interview. he seems anxious, traumatized, worried he won't look or sound good on camera. there's a reason for this. nathan has been diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum. it's associated with social awkwardness and flat, measured speech patterns. let's begin if we could with the fishing trip. as we talk, it's clear. the conversation will be a fragmented account with plenty of blank spaces. >> i'm not going to go into that now. i'm not going to answer that. i'm not going to go there. >> reporter: but nathan is able to provide more details about that ordeal at sea. >> my mom and i fished very frequently together. that's the primary thing that we did to spend time with one another. >> reporter: nathan is from a wealthy new england family. his mother linda a nurse who worked with autism patients, loved fishing with her son. he says that on septe

my mother picked up my children for me which was one of the best and another member -- mother knew i was a bad situation. we didn't tell them why they were ending's chlorophyll or why there was no after-school programs. they just went home. you know you cannot shelter emplace with children so i said we aeronaut far from but just kept going so the next day i will stay home from work maybe 15 miles away. and begin call in the middle of the day the children are let's out early. there were helicopters a shutdown doctors' offices, stores, even mcdonald's. now you know it is a problem. so we went to the storer this time i said get everything that you need because when we were leaving the store my daughter was in the front of the car we both saw a truck going through the maze in the parking lot to flags in the back one happen to be confederate it was like dousing whale on the fire. by daughter said what is that i said it did say confederate flag as by reporter hat came on i said this is a sign of hate and dark path she started to cry it was organic but as my eighth child attends a predomina

my mother's cousin -- my mother was a tanagi and came from a large family of nine siblings. very interesting story on that side, in that my grandmother her name was miki. but she and her husband were both born in japan and married in japan, and they had four children. and left the four children with her parents and was never joined with them again and never went back to america until 50 years later when three of the four siblings had passed away from old age, the surviving one came to this country with her daughter and met her other five children that were born in this country. met them for the first time, and met her mother for the first time in 50 years. that was an amazing story, which i understand wasn't that uncommon japanese people had slightly different feelings about having their parents raise babies. apparently this was -- at least at the time of immigration this was not so common. obviously it happened on my father's side as well my grandmother left her newborn daughter to be raised by her mother for three years. >> another interesting fact was that my grandfather

his mother was possible at money. robert believed his mother suffered a disorder, which is a scholar stephen barry and i have called financial bulimia. [laughter] compelled to hoard and spend in cycles of indulgence and regret. no matter how much she was told in fine shape, she continued to see yourself as deprived. she tossed aside reason and judgment to decorate and bejewel her homes after she had slate her thirst for finery. she would become horrified at what she had done. if the cycle never failed to repeat itself. robert knew the friends wondered why he didn't take charge of his brother's business matters. but he knew there was no civil solution as these many issues were tied up with psychological complexities and he knew it would be a source of ongoing ifflict and he felt hopeless there was worse to come. in late fall, 86 to seven, mary was relieved to have her husband this -- her husband's estate settled. she continued to insist she couldn't possibly live on the $1700 interest generated. in the fall of 1967, sh

you don't hit your mother. you don't beat your mother. >> well, you don't do that to anybody. so okay. well, i appreciate your comments, ma'am. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> okay. well, you know, the court's heard from the defendant and from the victim. and it's immediately obvious to the court that there are a lot of very strong emotions involved here. but, ms. jeffries, i'm going to deny your motion for probation and impose a sentence at this time because i think that you have to accept responsibility for what you've done. so i wish you the best of luck and will impose a sentence of five years -- was that correct on this? >> five years, yes. >> so, ms. jeffries, i wish you the best of luck. >> now facing five years in state prison, jeffries was feeling less forgiving toward her mother and her decision to press charges. >> you guys have probably one of the most -- if she needed blood, i wouldn't give it to her. if she was on her dying bed, i wouldn't even go. i have forgave myself and god has forgaven me. so i'm done. >> monique was born as a monster. and i said i'm g

he thinks more police may have prevented his mother's death.young people running around with these guys. extra police presence need to be on that side all day every day. council members want to hear more about gray's plan to recruit and row contain seniorio officers. but the head of the judiciary committee, charles allen says, the plan needs to be vetted in committee. i think that we need to look how wastable lies our officers. we need to be a competitivempet workplace and a place that is a great place to work with a stable workforce. i'm not sure if passing on emergency is the right way to go. some said former mayor gray could have done to recruit and retain these officers when he was leading the city and they say that he is just playing politics now by trying to push this along because there h isau talk thaset the former mayor cod run for mayor in the future.ture but mayor gray today on the die asaid this is simply noty politics at all. he wants to help the people all over the people when it comes tt dealing with violent crime.. live at the w

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does she know how her mother died and why her mother died?> the way i've told dannielynn in the past is that, your mom took some medicines and she might have not taken them correctly or the right way. and the doctors couldn't help her, and they tried. >> reporter: through her artwork dannielynn expresses a connection with the mother she's never known. the 10-year-old's words about her drawing brings her dad to tears. >> i'll let you read it, i can't read it. >> ever since my mother's death, a friend of hers said she would send me pretty but butterflies so butterflies chase me everywhere and i let the butterfly come out of my pencil and fly on my paper with its wings of the love. beautiful. so this is the way she thinks of her mother. being here with her through beautiful butterflies. >> it's her dealing with it her own way, her own pace. it takes a strong little girl to write something like that. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm deborah roberts in louisville, kentucky. >>> up next, shaquille o'neal and i have cookies on the brain. our totally

birkhead tell her about her mother since she was so young, about five months old when her mother passed away? >> it is a delicate subject and he tries to shield her from social media and opportunities to know too much too soon. he tells her her mother had some problems with medication. he tells her the kind of things a little girl can understand, and you will hear more in that conversation tonight, and get to visit with her daughter. we go inside her realm and take her out to capture her personality. he has spared her any of the tawdry details, and takes his time to sprinkle out little details about her mother's life, and see which you can interpret. he will see the very touching way she remembers her own mother tonight, a very intriguing , 10 years later with so much imagery. also with a daughter who is just adorable. jummy: we just saw some video and you are right, she looks just like her mother. we look forward to tonight's 20/20 at 10:00 on abc seven followed by the news at 11:00. bitter cold jummy: in the u.s. is now up for grabs in california. this mega-mansion is something. galle

the german mother, however, is only allowed a few brief supervised visits.he says, "i feel betrayed and sold." hamar alpar-benjamin is considered a hero in his home country romania. he was one of thousands of people who courageously opposed ceausescu's brutal communist regime during the romanian revolution in 1989. revolutionaries like him helped to bring an end to more than four decades of communism in their country. to honor their bravery, they were awarded special pensions and benefits. but because he recently worked in the office that granted these benefits, hamar alpar-benjamin discovered inconsistencies in who received them. now, a scandal surrounding those who falsely claim to have been on the right side of history threatens the reputation of some who claimed to be revolutionaries. >> military honors for the heroes of the romanian revolution. hamar alpar-benjamin is proud to have been part of the revolt against the ceausescu regime. but this ceremony also makes him angry. he says that many the supposed heroes are liars who never fought in the revoluti

his mother says one witness contacted after the assault. >> the young man told me they really did he -- he said they took him in the hall. there were supposedly six cos. he was handcuffed and they were in there for 20 minutes and just beat him down. broke four ribz. >> montgomery county officials confirm he's in segregation, but cannot legally comment on an inmate's health. >>> nbc 10 learned the warden of the delaware prison where inmates killed a guard during a violent takeover is now on leave. official haves not said what led to the decision. last week governor john carney announced two judges will complete a thorough review of what happened during the standoff. >>> now let's take you state by state and county by county for a look at stories across our area. >>> begin in delaware where a member of the u.s. air force helped catch this accused robber. police say brine mcman who you see here stole a woman's purse in dover over the weekend. airman saw what happened. tackled him and got the woman's purse back. police arrested mccain a short time later. >>> burglar who hits the roofs of

we're going to hear from the police coming up at >>> a maryland mother imprisoned last year while she was visiting her native gambia is coming home. she will return home on thursday. she is a naturalized u.s. citizen who lived in frederick, maryland. she and 17 others were sentenced in july to three years in prison after they were arrested during an anti-government protest in april. she says she was simply a bystander. a shakeup in leadership in gambia helped clear the way for her return home. >>> tomorrow night president trump will deliver a prime time address to a joint session of congress. when we expect to hear his initial plans for a budget. now, details of that budget are still being finalized at this hour. but the "new york times" reports the administration is predicting growth of 2.4% through tax cuts. the plan is expected to add $54 billion to defense and security spending. that money will likely come from cuts to other government agencies like state and the epa. bloomberg reports the epa work force could be slashed to a third of its current size. for now we do not expect cut

so this is the way she thinks of her mother.eing here with her through beautiful butterflies. >> it's her dealing with it her own way, her own pace. it takes a strong little girl to write something like that. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm deborah roberts in louisville, >>> up next, shaquille o'neal and i have cookies on the brain. our totally mental slam dunk competition. >>> and later -- ♪ look at me >> "newsies" is coming back to the big screen. can the king of new york conquer of box office? how do you become america's best-selling brand? all right? ooohhh yeah. keep breathing. keep breathing. im breating, t's go. you make it protective. can you go a little faster? just trying to be safe. you make it hard working. hey guys. you make it so everyone's happy. going further to make life better. that's ford. and that's how you become america's best-selling brand. and this is they like lobster party.y, red lobster's lobsterfest is back with 9 irr

the mother says she told the worker no twice.ater another employee reported the woman breast fed the baby any way and the woman who breast fed the baby has since been fired but oxen dine says that's not enough. >> my baby couldn't say no don't do that. he couldn't defense hisself. not only, you know, did you put your breast in my son you also made my son sick i would say hate for any pan, any family to go through -- >> oxen dine says her son was born prematurely is lactose intolerant and can't have milk product. police are investigatin investie incident as misdemeanor nor child abuse but no charges filed as of yet. >> a moment of life and death. a man fell through the ice. a police officer jumped into to help and his body camera shows exactly how he did it. what the man was doing before he fell through the ice. >>> kathy orr trackin tracking r forecast. >> absolutely. we have a lot to talk about. we have shorts weather, right, the kids definitely wearing shorts to school tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> and then after that, we're going

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