ms. columbia, and correctly placed on ms. philippines. own was then taken from the head of ms. mbia, and correctly placed on ms. philippines. news of the error spread like wildfire on social media, and celebrations broke out across the philippines. apologized toas ms. columbia for the mixup. and has wished her well in the future. >> a beauty pageants nightmare indeed. a reminder of what is making headlines this hour. sepp blatter and michel platini for eightm football years after being found guilty of ethics violations. they say they will find thre ban. after a historic election, the two-party government of spain is gone. 85 people still missing following a landslide in a city adjoining hong kong. it is time now for a look at the day's business news. with rockyting spanish markets. the storelooking at from a business perspective, because this inconclusive result we got out of the spanish election over the weekend has impacted the stock markets this monday. ended 3.5% down on the previous session. falling well short of having own majority. that is fueling those fears once again.

ms. columbia. now the big blunder by steve harvey. morning. >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is columbia. >> reporter: cameras cut to ms. philippines. it is starting to sink in that maybe she will not be leaving las vegas as ms. universe is second best after all. >> ms. universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: shock does not begin to describe the look on the girls faces. in paris does not begin to describe steve harvey. this is is the cue card with the knights winner. he apologized profusely and urged those watching not to take this one out on the girls. >> let me just take control of this. this is exactly what is on the card. i will take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. it was on the card. a horrible mistake, but the right thing, i, i can show it to you right here. >> reporter: well, steve harvey went on to apologize in twitter but that did not go as planned. he sent out the tweet i want him apologize the fabric lead to miss filipina and he also misspelled columbia. this is an honest mistake and i'm so regretful. you don't have to search hard

ms. columbia at this moment believe she won. she did not. the judges actually select that woman that just went off the stage, ms. philippines. rosanna: that has got to hurt. to take the sash and the crown off after you have it. greg: steve harvey is in big trouble this morning, two. >> the thought crossed my mind. i do not think he would do that. he made a bit of a bonehead move. >> good morning, everyone. you expect some surprises when it comes to a beauty pageant. you can see that there was shock on her face. >> ms. universe. 2015. columbia share mac. >> choose the tears. the sash. the crown. all that hard work has paid off. that title is all yours. it is making front-page news this morning. >> i have to apologize. the first runner up is columbia. >> reporter: cameras cut to ms. philippines. maybe she will not be leaving las vegas as ms. universe second best after all. >> ms. universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: shock does not describe the look on these girls faces. this is the cue card and he simply misread it. he apologized profusel

ms. columbia. oh, wait, no she is not. the mistake heard around the universe and the theories on how it could have happened. we have the back story up next. >>> now we turn to what may be the biggest mistake in the universe. major and embarrassing mixup at last night's pageant and the >> hos host apologizing after announcing the wrong winner. >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is columbia. miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> and then ms. columbia having her crown removed and put on the head of the rightful winner. harvey took to twitter saying i want to apologize to ms. philippines and ms. columbia adding this was an honest and human mistake and i am regretful. some are wondering if this was a publicity stunt with the washington post pointing out that harvey's cue cards indicated the name of the winner and runner-up were very clear written in large print. >> he even turned his card around to show the camera it was correct on the card but his fault reading it. steve harvey you need a pub publicist and get off twi

ms. columbia. i feel terrible. i do not want to take away from this amazing night. as well as the wonderful contestants. they were all amazing. we all have had to read from cue cards, your brain switches some words around. >> yes mistakes happen. >> reporter: i mean, this was was bad. in a pre-interview he did say the most concern he had was the fact that this would be live and he did not want to screw it and he was hoping to be able to make these come contestants >> thank you teresa. >> it is 5:07 a.m. a boy scout leader is recovering following a bear attack in new jersey. a 50-year-old was exploring cave when the attack happened. three scouts were with him at the time but were not harmed. the animal bit his legs and shoulders but his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. they hit the bear with a rock hammer and shouted for the boys to get help. >> former radio is in trouble with the law for salting the and the girlfriend live streamed the aftermath online. here's robert with more. >> reporter: liz and carrie, good morning. the video you video you referenc

ms. columbia." backstage, both finalists remained gracious.... with the new winner, miss philippines, calling it very non-traditional crowning moment. mark barger, nbc news. >> we'll be right back after after mass shootings overseas and in the u-s, gun control is taking center stage. how at least one siouxland county is seeing a spike in gun permit applications... at six. plus... students from across nebraska gatered to prepare their robots and score points with judges... at six. this holiday season, swiss food giant nestle unveiled a gold-wrapped kit kat bar. wrapped with an extremely thin layer of gold, handcrafted by an artisan in central japan. only a limited supply of 500 of these candy bars will go on sale from december 29 with a price tag of about 16 dollars. the golden kit kat is the latest of the global chocolate brand's exotic line-up in the country. in japan they actually have about 30 different flavors of kit kat sweet potato, green tea, soy sauce and even wasabi. let's check in one more time tonight: areas of fog. low: 24 wind: sw/se

ms. columbia you may not be miss universe but you are the most talked about woman in the universe. >> columbia! jummy: that was kidd o'shea reporting. jummy: so warmer and also some rain. doug: the winter solstice, the official moment that it he comes winter. i will be asleep. today'story, 55 with sprinkles later. 60 degrees tomorrow. wednesday, 65. 80%, 74 degrees, showers maybe and then cooler. cooler jummy: for christmas day. jummy: >> 1/4 million, 1/2 million, $1 million. that kind of money can change a life in an instant. and nothing would make me happier than to see someone do it right here today on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ hi, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] all right, our first contestant has a habit of getting herself into peculiar situations, but always manages to get through them with a smile. that's the kind of woman i'd like to see on this stage today. from framingham, massachusetts please welcome alex rubington. hey, alex. >> hi, chris. >> good to meet you. >> nice to

ms. columbia is the runner up. >> it was a mistake. it was just an honest mistake. all i knew to do, when i got that and started reading the card, i just tried to turn around and fix it. reporter: wurtzbach said she felt joy when she was told she won but at the same time, she felt concern for the columbian contestant. >>> at least 85 people are still missing this afternoon after a landslide in china. dozens of buildings came crashing down around an industrial park in china near a major manufacturing center. seven people were pulled from pulled from the rubble with minor injuries. >>> we are now just four days from christmas and into the final frenzy of -- phrensy of shopping -- frenzy of shopping. we're sharing a wall 06 wishes. -- of wishes. susan posted i wish my family would put the bs behind them, love one another and move forward with happiness together. never see it in real life but we can wish for it. anna wishes i wish for no more cancer and allyson is wishing for snow. reporter: no. >> you can get your wish on the wall by tweeting or instagramming with wall

ms. columbia to comfort her. philippines showed grace. >> everything happens for a reason, so i'm happy. crowning. >> yes yes. >> isn't it. >> it's very 2015. philippines looked stunned. the broadcast ended with the crown being exchanged. don champion, cbs news. >> awkward. miss usa olivia jordan was named second runner up. they had that part right. >> they both handled it with such grace, i have to say. but you feel for both of them. >> that's why live television is not easy. >> i guess so. >> let's get to the forecast and see what we're expecting for today. are you sure this isn't a mixup john. always flawless. >> of course. >> flawless. this is kind of like in 1981 moment, we have got these wild numbers and we are likely going to see some records fall later in the week. let's check in with the weather watchers. you watch the numbers all morning long. it has been warmer out east, 50 to 55 already all the way out to the twin forks. looking at numbers closer to 45. this is annie in white plains. god bless you. ha

ms. columbia was the winner when it should of been miss philippines. harvey brains -- blames the error on incorrect information on cue card. it's a mistake. everybody makes mistakes.>> it would be like fisher saying it was going to snow on christmas want white christmas, you are in luck. snowstorms for the next five days. you know the truth though. it will continue to be warm. 45.7 is our average temperature, way ahead of the base for the warmest december on record. our average will go up this week, extremely where -- rare when you are in the final stages of december. it is the mirror image of last february. a lot of people have been saying we will pay for this later. maybe we are needed. this year is exactly average. it was so cold in the spring and winter. now we are right in the middle. current temperatures, 52 in boston. a very mild night, mild air to the south and west. we will be staying in the 50s in many towns throughout the night. you might feel a sprinkle. most of it is not reaching the ground. this area by the ohio river will be moving north

ms. columbia was the winner of the miss universe pageant. he was supposed to announce the first runner-up -- ms. columbia, not the winner. i can only imagine. >> it is really hard. time now is our facebook fan of the hour. ben: if you would like to be our facebook fan of the hour, just be right >> from fox 5 news. this is "good day new york". >> good day, new york. monday morning, december 28th already. i'm ben simmoneau. >> i'm kerry drew. thanks so much for being with us. starting to feel a more like winter. more rain could be on the way. mike woods has the full forecast coming up. >> talk about hoverboard fail, heck of a lot of injuries all over the country during the christmas holiday. >> in politics the race for president, the donald trump is warning hillary clinton about her husband the former president. what she is saying about bill clinton this morning. >> denver broncos quarterback peyton manning speaking out about a report claiming that he used performance-enhancing drugs. >> are you feeling lucky? >> we are. >> no one matched all

ms. columbia was the winner of ms. universe. it took a few minutes to realize his mistake and then he gave the crown to miss philippines. >> juliet: that is all for today. well not for you ben,. >> ben: know i have three more

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ms. columbia." former co-owner of miss universe and current republican presidential candidate donald trump is also speaking out about the mistake... saying he feels terrible for both steve harvey and miss columbia... he also says it wouldn't have happened that way, had he still been in charge. s/donald trump / former owner of miss universe pageant :10 "i'll tell you what i think i'd do. i think i would make them a co-winner, it would be very cool. make them a co-winner. because what happened to the girl from colombia is devastating, to give it to her for a couple of minutes and take it away." backstage, both finalists remained gracious.... new winner - miss philippines - is calling it a crowning. postal workers are in overdrive this afternoon... as today is the busiest -delivery- day of the year... and the postal service is reporting a 10.5-percent increase in deliveries from this time last year. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the low-down on what it all means for your last-minute shopping and shipping.

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ms. columbia celebrated for only about two minutes before the host came back out to admit he had made a mistake. the crown was taken off the stunned miss columbia and presented to the real winner, miss philippines. after the pageant, harvey told reporters when he saw the card accidentally said first runner up that feeling sank in. he had made a big mistake. >> i asked did i make a mistake? (inaudible). >> can't even begin to imagine. here's the screen grab of the card steve harvey read. he showed it on the live television to the cameras right there. after he correctly himself and you can see where it says columbia as the first runner up. on the left and philippines the winner on the bottom right. well harvey tweeted i'd like apologize whole heartedly to miss columbia and miss philippines for my huge mistake. i feel terrible. but people were quick to criticize him on social media one person writing "steve harvey should host the oscars. maybe leo did you cap pio had within one. back stage was buzzing last night. all of the contestants crowding around to congratulate and console. here's how the to

ms. columbia in that moment because the outgoing ms. m the country and this moment crowning ms. columbia and then to have it taken off, it was devastating to for her and her fans. stuart: now, steve harvey is back next year. he's mc-ing the ms. universe contest again. i think that is ratings gold. everyone will be tuning in to see what he does next year, do you agree? >> you know, at the end of the day he is a comedian, so i think he handled it really well by posting that funny post on facebook. and it's working for him because he was invited back next year, and i believe for the next five years he's scheduled to host ms. universe. so something's working for hi. stuart: were you watching this year when the crown was removed? did you see it live? >> i was. i was watching with my mom and my 98-year-old grandma in missouri, and it gets to the end, and we watch the crown, and we go to turn it off and steve harvey walks back out and i was nudge my mom, like, what is happening right now and freaking out because i've never seen anything like th

ms. columbia as the winner, but she was actually t( runner up. when he realized the mistake, he crowned ms. phillip peens. the unaboutder took the internet by storm. he tweeted out this photo with the caption, merry easter y'all. >> eric: very well played out on his part, i think. >>> coming up, the feast from santa and the memories from home that came with it. >> stephanie: plus the patriots close to clinching the number one seed in the afc. tomorr >> eric: welcome back, everybody. the everybody's favorite story, the back and forth continues in the deflategate saga. in a new court filing, the nfl claims patriots quarterback tom brady continues to ignore roger goodell's findings in the wells report. that document claims brady had staffers had let air out of the balls. the nfl also says the federal judge was wrong to overturn the suspension. the nfl now appealing that decision. both sides due back in court in march. >> morning, everybody. i'm butch stearns, as you think about which christmas gifts to return, the patriots are thinking about clinchin

ms. universe 2015 is columbia. [cheering and applause] >> i have to apologize.ng] stuart: now, that was bad. here is the tweet. i want to apologize to ms. ms. philippines and ms. columbia. this was a terribly honest human mistake. it just made it worse. there is a part of me that they should be the joke layered winner. >> i think so. the word possible blunder. >> trompe trump can write out with a tweed of his own. very sad what happened last night. i sold it for six months ago for a record price. this would have never happened. >> this is what happens when i'm not running it any longer. it goes off the rails. >> in the polls. 40% support. now, he is getting into the miss universe pageant. the man is right front and center. what else are we supposed to do. of course we roll with it. one of the highlights was hillary clinton's empty podium. a few minutes longer than expected. what does he think caused that delay? ♪ ♪ . stuart: well, that rally is virtually gone. we were up 150. why has the rally virtually disappeared? because the price of oil looks like it's threa

i have to apologize. columbia. ms. universe 2015 is phillip evens. -- philippines. >> harvey made a mistake, he apologized on earth and tweeted another apology calling it an unhuman mistake, also a couple misspellings. >> i feel so bad for the two of them, one of those cringe worthy moments. >> miss usa you are the real go. >>> well up next, a sweet surprise. >>> a young massachusetts girl shows up at the police station armed with gifts, how she is using her own celebration to >>> a girl is giving back in a heart warming way. >> savanna celebrated her birthday, she brought them to the police station to donate them to toys for tots, posted >> in my home town nonetheless. >>> tell us about the warm this week, record warm by christmas

the first runner up is columbia. ms. universe 2015 is philippines. >> now miss philippines was unis ited, the audience was shocked, poor miss columbia didn't know what to do, she had to give up the crown. the show ended with steve harvey saying it was his mistake, the information he was given was correct, he accidentally announced the first runner up was the winner, basically he got it back yards, harvey tweeted he felt horrible so we want to know what you think about this, no specific question really, just your reaction. let's check out some of the went comments, carry on facebook says she was sympathetic, sad, very sad, but who has never made a huge mistake sometimes in their life. and evelyn posted this, we ask 50 people who will not host miss universe again, survey says: steve harvey. excellent. brilliant answer there by evelyn, i don't think steve will never get a shot at that. read more comments coming up at 6:00. >> robi thank you very much. >> what a mistake to make. >>> still to come, one university showing a lot

ms. columbia, for heaven's sake. >> she out of anybody is getting all the attention. good for her.eir whole lives for. to have the crowd literally ripped off your head. the most awkward moment. these are women's careers. they are taken very seriously. stuart: steve harvey loses the most. he is the big loser from this. >> if he was drinking and if he did not take this seriously, then yes. if this is just people talking,. >> anabaptist female. are you approve of beauty pageants? >> i could never compete in one. i did not grow up in that environment. i never knew anybody that competed in the pageant. i just do not know that culture. it is a huge culture. i cannot even comment. stuart: i know that you are interested in sports. oh dell beckham junior suspended for one game. he launched a missile at that guy. suspended one game. your opinion is? >> my opinion is that behavior is absolutely unacceptable. everybody lives are dependent on this. the reports are that he was provoked by an anti-gays were being watched at him. by panther players. he was acting like a ballerina. all of these thi

ms. cheryl horn, deputy clerk for the district of columbia to call the roll. ms.thank you, your honor. may it please the court stand and answer here or present and remain standing. philbert florent congo. >> here. >> zachary abraham barack. >> here. >> antonio lorenzo honduras. >> here. >> bertcan gadaya, ethiopia. felicia sanchez, philippines. margaret helen jenkins, canada. andreas akan, germany. which wiilliam phambo, cameroon. alex nikolof, bulgaria. elijah knot, jamaica. evon dejesus, brazil. >> here. >> frederick, germ mi. jose rivas gonzalez, venezuela. lorella, luciana pele, peru. tim ya ma, hong kong. patricia desilva, brazil. jason cordoba, colombia. john allen gifford, canada. and mugala gasa, uganda. tabitha francis, st. lucia. caesar oban mokatu, gabon. >> here. >> harrison omar, el salvador. >> julia obragia, romania. mikaila obragia, romania. michael joseph peter hennessey, ireland. colbert son, czech republic. maha abdullah, france. and charmain malcolm, jamaica. your honor, there are 31 applicants for naturalization, and each of the applicants hav

jeff: steve harvey did it himself after the show, "i would columbia and miss philippines for my mistake." he went backstage to apologize to ms. colombia and ms. philippines personally. >> it was a very nontraditional night. isn't it? very 2015. [laughter] marie: untraditional, indeed. pageant organizers apologize as well to ms. columbiacolombia and ms. philippines. jeff: let's get you caught up on the local stories. a missed resource is the woman accused of driving her car into last night's told police she was hurting and wanted others to hurt, too. 35 people were injured. a woman from arizona was killed. 24-year-old lakisha holloway was living in her car when she did all this. the deadly crash has some calling for more street barriers to keep people safe. mary beth scouts says she is in favor of the idea, but they need to figure out the right way to do it. sheriff joe lombardo says it is once again time to have a discussion. you can see that some fencing has been added. the county has spent $6 million in the last several years to widen the sidewalks. a single mom, a c--a signal mom is devastated that the toys daughter were

and so the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, my friend ms.on. >> i appreciate this hearing, mr. chairman. we've heard from mr. maurer about the increase in use, and i'm certainly not going to blame that on hidta or the drug administration, nor does he. in fact, staying ahead of the drug du jour has become such a challenge that i think we ought to concede that it will always be a challenge. if we can see that, in looking into what we can really do whath nixon's. i will have a question on the drug du jour in the district of columbia, synthetic drugs, at another question on marijuana. but we certainly remember when the drug that the entire nation was focused on was crack cocaine. now, of course, everybody is focused on opium and heroin, and it is going to change tomorrow. i was very interested in mr. turner's question about treating people when they are behind bars. because i had a roundtable last night. you know there are 6000 federal returning citizens all around the country because of the reduction in the sentence for mandatory minimums. this

columbia? you will get to enjoy great food, drinks, and fireworks. you will get a chance to hear from two bands that are right here in south carolina. the headliner is of course, ms. corn hill. famously hot new year's is downtown. it is free to show up outside and watch. it is going out -- if going now is not your thing, it is okay. you can watch the entire celebration from the comfort of your own home because we are going to be broadcasting the event from 11 pm until 12:30 in the morning. >>> speaking of famously hot new year's, the winner of the package is ms. thompson from richland. she will have a night for two at the end at usc on new year's eve. she will also have dinner for two at that oak table. she will get tickets for the new year's eve event at the zoo. congratulations. >>> still ahead, news19 at six. the midwest is taking a beating for mother nature. we have details to see how it could impact us. have been getting, >>> united way of the midlands today. united way says the money will go toward the flood recovery project. the project was started with the help of a $100,000 together. >>> in the midwest, they are expected to get their biggest downfall tod

ms. universe. steve harvey apologized again directly to miss philippines and did the same to miss columbia. >>> car tech is trending, lee pay attention to this as we take another big step forward to self-driving cars. yahoo reporting that google and ford are teaming up to create a joint venture to build self- driving car vehicles with google's technology, both ford and google have been experimenting. you've seen this. with their own systems for years. google has 53 test cars on the roads in texas and california. the new partnership is set to be announced at the ford electronic show in january and it's opening the door to a lot of potential. >> i'd like an egg to drive me to work. >> it looks like an egg with wheels. >> why do all the new technology cars have to look like eggs. >> i think it's cute. >> you guys are professional complainers. >> i like the egg. on tina fey by flipping the script. this time she parodied fey's character in 30 rock. >> where's the new page? >> or will her writers ruin everything. >> nerds. >> and force her old friend -- >> it's not bad. this 1 minute video is for a conse

columbia as the wipoer. he misred the cue card and she lost the crown, right there on the stage where it was given to the real winner, ms. philippines. unfortunately human error can eocome in to play on live tv. >> john travolta somewhere is thanking him. do you remember the adele incident? who knows. anyway. >> we will be right back with kids don' t stay little forever. so help them get the opportunity they need. it' s never too early or too late to save for college. you can open a ny 529 account with just $25. and you may get tax benefits if you pay income tax in new york state. someday you' ll look back and be glad you got started. ny' s 529 college savings program. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great o

columbia for the state house for the famously hot new year tonight. megan rivers is in studio to tell us what we need to know. >> i'm joined with ms. barbara rex who is with famously hot new year. tell me what all is going to be happening downtown today. >> today will be the really big day as we prepare for the gates to open at 6:30 this evening. we'll have a number of streets closed. people need to be conscious of the fact a lot of the downtown areas not easy to get through, so they should fix their routes appropriately. downtown, but not nearly enough for the 30,000 people we're excepting. we have six park and ride, at most of the wal-marts. people can buy a 3wrist band, go back and forth safely and not have to worry about parking. then the gates open at 6:30 and we're ready to go. >> you said some of the garages downtown will be open for free. what are some of those that will be open? >> all city opened garages are open. there are some private garages as well. there's a garage at taylor and assembly street. another one at taylor and sumter street. there's one on lady street. there's one refer to it as behind the marriott. a lot

informed questions and so the chair now recognizes the gentle woman from the district of columbia, my friend, ms norton. >> i appreciate this hearing, mr. chairman. we've heard -- we've heard from mr. maurer about the increase in use. and i certainly am not going to blame that on hida or the drug administration. nor does he. in fact, staying ahead of the drug du jour has become such a challenge that i think we ought to concede that it will always be a challenge. if we concede that, then looking in to what we can really do would make sense. i really have a question on the drug du jour in the district of columbia, synthetic drugs. and another question on marijuana. but we certainly remember when the drug that the entire nation was focused on was -- was crack cocaine. now, of course, everybody is focused on opiate and heroin. and it is going to change tomorrow. i was very interested in mr. turner's question. about treating people when they are behind bars. because i had a roundtable last night. you know, there are 6,000 federal returning citizens now all around the country because of the reduction

. >> sit now my pleasure to recognize sharon horn, deputy clerk for the district of columbia to call the roll. msk you, your honor. may it please the court stand and answer here or present and remain standing. florent aka congo. >> here. >> zachary abraham barack. >> here. >> antonio lorenzo honduras. >> here. >> bertcan gadaya, ethiopia. joaquin frederick griffon, germany. >> jorge jose gonzalez, venezuela. lorella, luciana pele, peru. tim ya ma, hong kong. pa trish sa desilva, brazil. jason cordoba, colombia. john allen gifford, canada. mugala # gasa, uganda. tabitha francis, st. lucia. caesar oban mokatu, gabon. >> harrison omar, el salvador. >> julia obragia, romanian. >> my cada obrega, roman ya. michael joseph peter hennessey, ireland. there are 31 applicants for naturalization. and each has been examined by the united states citizenship and immigration service. and the government has completed its investigation in each case. it has been determined that each applicant is eligible for naturalization at this time. -- be granted citizenship as citizens of the united states of america. >> it wo

ms. love. so it is absolutely correct for us to say that we are bicameral and fer bipartisan. collectively, we represent 23 states, in addition to the district of columbia and the virgin islands and collectively, mr. speaker, we represent more than 30 million people. and i might say, of the 21 standing committees that we have here in the house, seven of those 21 committees has a c.b.c. member as the top democrat on the committee. we call that the ranking member. and the gentleman who was speak -- who will speak in just a moment, mr. scott of virginia is one of those ranking members on the committee on the education and work force. but mr. speaker, the -- this past year has been very demanding. on c.b.c. members. we have been busy. we have consistently fought back every day and every week against republican attempts to balance the budget on the backs of hardworking americans, not just african-american bus hardworking americans, black, white, and brown. the struggle continues. we as the c.b.c. have been focused on many different things. i will just mention just a few in the interest of time. we have been focusing on criminal justice reform because that is