sonja! >> sonja and i were very close. sonja was the dream child. >> don't worry, be happy!er said she was an incredibly sweet, lovely girl. she was a lot more reserved. and she liked to work with children. >> so, these two young women, they had met over the summer doing some courses, and they decided to be roommates. >> we looked and looked for a dorm that she could go to, because i hated the fact that she was going to be in an off-campus location. but we couldn't find any. they were booked full. >> so christie powell and sonja larson had found an apartment in a complex called williamsburg apartments. >> so this was move-in day for them. and this was going to be their first night in their new place together. >> christi's sister and brother-in-law, as i recall it, were supposed to bring her bedroom set and all the things that she was supposed to have in the apartment. and so they arrived saturday morning, and nobody answered the door. there were some notes on the door from friends like, "hey, we went out." >> we had no way of reaching her. the phone hadn't been installed yet

we have sonja diaz, ucla school of public policy initiatives. we have marcia johnson-blanco, from the lawyers committee for civil rights under law, and i have always had problems pronouncing your name, sir, but welcome to our committee, and i am glad to have you back before the committee, mr. debo agebile with wilmer cutler, and kim wyman is with us from the state of washington. ms. riggs is based in carolina, where i am. her work has been focused on fighting for fair redistricting plans, fighting against voter suppression, and advocating for electoral reforms that would expand access to voting. she has litigated redistricting cases on behalf of state naacp conference in texas, virginia, and right here in north carolina. in 2018, she argued the texas redistricting case in the u.s. supreme court, and it 2019, argued the north carolina partisan gerrymandering case in the supreme court. sonja diaz is a practicing civil rights attorney with ucla. ms. diaz cofounded the first multi-policy think tank posted this -- think tank focused on latinos in cal

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katty: sonja clark, you can see her exhibition until the end of june here.e we go, why not have a camel serve as a library? he brings books to a handful of small villages in rural pakistan. as you can see, t kids come runninas soon as he arrives. this four foot kid library got his start at the beginning -- four foot library got his start at the beginning of the pandemic. now he roams from town to town bringing children a good book to read and an even at her story to tell about how they got it. -- even better story to tell about how they got it. remember him. remember, you can get more of the day's news on our website and check us out on twitter as well. i am katty kay. this is bbc world news america. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial servic firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. a

so i got connected with jesse's wife sonja almost a decade earlier. but when i did stumble on the wife's family story and obviously wanted to know more about it was sonja who put me in touch with ben's widow tracy and then tracy and i talked. and she put me in touch with beau. it went on from there i'm honored to be playing a small part in helping beau tell the story. >> one of my favorite and least sick favorite things about telling stories is that when you're working with someone is been through atraumatic experience, there are times when your heart is breaking as they tell the story but at the same time you're wanting to help and just tell the story like if you are leading them through something. i'm going to give the things you did intentionally to help guide both of the trauma of telling the story? >> sure, i've had the honor of interviewing more than 100 goldstar family members. the most important thing i try to do go to each story without preconceived notions whatsoever. everyone grieves differently. everybody handles it differently. but with b

folajimi's father — michael adewola — ending sonja jessup's report.i am a council employee and a carer and every year i had to declare i have not had any loans or gifts from any parties that might have a council interest, this needs to come from the top. the runner says, as long it as it has been paid for by the prime minister it is no interestingly whether it is a late declaration or not. he has more important things on his mind and the cost of replacing mrs may's salsa. godfrey says it worries me that he says details will be released in due course, this seems to me after the welsh, scottish and local elections. it seems to me that the release will be damaging, iee has something to hide or there are further questions to answer. another view that says my guess is that the majority of have more problems facing us than this. if the prime minister acted against the rules, he will let us know in due course. simon says i am second by continuous government corruption and boris johnson says he is focused on the people's priorities. did he think a flat renova

sonja diaz is a practicing civil rights attorney and policy advisor with ucla. ms. diaz cofounded the first multi-issue policy think tank focused on latinos in the university of california. she is responsible for overseeing all aspects, including strategy, research, mobilization, and leadership, with a deep background in policy and advocacy. she is a regular contributor to the organization's research portfolio. prior to this assignment ms. , diaz served as counsel to vice president, harris -- vice president kamala harris as california's attorney general. next is marcia johnson-blanco, with the lawyers committee 's voting rights project. she manages the project, which includes leading election protection, the largest nonpartisan voter protection program overseeing the work promoting election reform, ensuring that those with felony convictions regain their right to vote. ms. johnson-blanco started as a staff attorney working on the first election protection program during a presidential reelection. the following year in 2005, she served as the deputy director of the n

folajimi's father — michael adewola — ending sonja jessup's report.identity have changed, too. in the last referendum, glasgow backed independence and, ahead of the election next week, people are talking about scotland's future again. for me, personally, scottish independence is the main thing in this election. it's a chance for...obviously for scotland to get a say again, it's a chance for a new fresh start, which everybody wants after covid. independence should not be the most important issue at this election. it should be kind of building back better with a green recovery. scotland's control of big pandemic decisions is playing a role in the debate. nicola sturgeon and her party ran a country through - a global—wide pandemic. i why can't she run everything else — i the furlough scheme and the vaccines and stuff like that? we could have made that decision, too, if we were independent. the pandemic has exacerbated all inequalities and that's education underneath the snp government so, yeah, the snp haven't been fantastic but because independence is s

good morning, i'm sonja jessup.itors. both st paul's and the transport museum will receive almost £900,000, and camden roundhouse 1.5 million. an entire cultural landscape was in danger of becoming almost a cultural wasteland, and this culture recovery fund has literally helped thousands of culture and heritage organisations across the country survive. this has got to be one of the biggest crises we've ever faced. we've calculated that, in the money that's given outjust so far — the first tranche — has saved at least 75,000 jobs. a 19—year—old woman has died in southwest london after a car that failed to stop for police hit a lamp post and overturned. she was one of five women in a vauxhall astra that crashed early on sunday morning in streatham, and died two days later. investigators will look at whether the car was actively being pursued by officers. the former us first lady michelle 0bama has been back in touch with a group of london school girls whom she first met ten years ago. i , looks male, it looks strong,

good morning, i'm sonja jessup.tections for flat owners that campaigners, peers and some mps had wanted. it means that building owners can pass on the costs of removing cladding to their leaseholder. those living in taller blocks have access to a government fund. the children's charity, the nspcc, says calls and messages to its helpline have risen to record levels during the pandemic. here in london, referals from the helpline to agencies like children 5 services and the police rose by 35%. the charity says lockdown has increased the risks of abuse and neglect. during the pandemic councils have been holding their meetings online but an attempt to get that to continue next month has been rejected by the high court. hertfordshire county council applied to extend the emergency measures — butjudges said it wasn't for the courts to set new legislation. the local government association says it means many councils will now have to find big venues so they can meet outside safely. following a spate of stabbings in croydon, c

good morning, i'm sonja jessup.ing to remember him this evening. there've been calls for folajimi olubunmi—adewole, who was known asjimi, to be honoured for his act of bravery. some of his friends plan to meet in a park in southeast london later and release balloons in his memory. london city has become the world's first major airport that's fully controlled remotely — via a digital tower. all flights are being guided to take off and land by controllers who have relocated more than 70 miles away to hampshire. a 50m tall digital control tower has been built at the airport, equipped with cameras. now planning a wedding can be very stressful — not least for those who've been doing it in the midst of a pandemic with changing restrictions on what's allowed bbc london has been speaking to couples in the capital. we've had to postpone our wedding twice now. we're hoping that we can make it work in august. very much. i think i've probably been a lot more anxious than tom has. we are hopefully in a good place now, but yeah,

john: sonja soto meyer expressed concern. >> how do we know that we are not just destroying the gamexists? >> the supreme cou doesn't answer a question for a particular case. it always has its eye on what may behe next case, what is coming down the road. john: marcia is the chief washington correspondent for the national law journal. >> we have on that court a number of sports enthusiasts. i think they are very much aware of the games and how they are played as well as how the ncaa and the game has changed since the last time the supreme court had the ncaa before it, which was 37 years ago. john: for years, many college athletes argued they are essentially employees, spending as much as 40 hours per week on team activities that can generate billions of dollars for universities and athletic conferences. >> coaches are getting six, seven-figure salaries. administrators are getting salaries. other stakeholders are getting money. the student athletes themselves, the most indispensable piece of the puzzle, are getting nothing. john: in arenas and on social media, players in the men's bask

i'm sonja jessup. hearing. the force says it takes all allegations of domestic abuse extremely seriously. one in ten people sleeping rough on the streets of london are under the age of 25, and charities trying to support them say there's been a huge rise in younger people needing their services throughout the pandemic. the group new horizon says over the last year it's seen a 20% increase in younger people living on the streets. the problems that young people were already facing a year ago have just been exacerbated. youth unemployment has got worse. we're seeing more young people approach us with complex mental health needs. we're seeing more young women. and more young people are just coming to us for reasons that we saw before — so family breakdown, they've lost their job, domestic violence. a man's been stabbed to death at a vigil in croydon being held to remember the victim of another knife attack. reece young, who was 23, was attacked at alpha road on tuesday night. detectives say they want to sp

good morning, i'm sonja jessup.d, and those living in the se16 area of southwark. meanwhile, after covid restrictions were eased on monday, council enforcement officers have been patrolling parts of london checking people are following the rules. in barking they've been talking tp shop—owners talking to shop—owners and customers, and they can threaten businesses with closure if they repeatedly fail to comply. what we are after is basically the people to abide by the rules, hands, face, lots of distance, social distancing, two metres distancing. we've got people who are blatantly flouting the rules and it's gone from business advice, it's gone to enforcement actions. it's gone all the way up to closures. despite the pandemic, the number of skyscrapers being planned for london is still growing. the group new london architecture says planning applications for tall buildings were up by almost 11% last year compared with to the one before. experts say it shows the sector's begun to recover. customers of a village pub nea

. >> we are celebrating life and adventures of sonja rebecca sanchez.ife -- >> her way! ♪♪ >> hi mom. she's a superfan. >> i love you all at studio 1a. >> we are all vaccinated and we came from tampa, florida, to columbia, south carolina. >> to celebrate my 99th birthday. >> oh! >> all right. cuties today. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday. we are so glad you started your week with us. >> we appreciate it when you set your dvr at 7:00 a.m. so you can catch up on what you miss. we have a busy morning. >> we do. here is your news at 8:00. >>> former police officer derek chauvin is facing years in prison after a jury found him guilty on all counts yesterday in the murder of george floyd. craig is in minneapolis with the reaction to that verdict. craig, good morning again. >> reporter: good morning to you again. derek chauvin is waking up at a correctional facility about 30 minutes of where i am standing right now, a moment 11 long months in the making for george floyd's family and across much of the country, a collective exhale after tuesday's verdi

sonja jessup reports. flowers for the young man who has become known asjimi the hero. thames. she was rescued, along with another man, who alsojumped in. his parents, clearly deeply distressed, said they wanted to talk about how proud they were of their son. my son is a hero, and he is a very kind boy. he's my friend. even from at home, he always come to me and we are really friends. this is my son's clothes. since friday... ..i use these clothes to cover myself. i'm smelling forjimi's body on these clothes. jimi's friend bernard was with him, and saw what happened. i could hearjimi screaming my name. it was just pitch black, everywhere. and i was just trying to see if i could see him. he just kept screaming my name. all i could hear was my name, it was just echoing. atjimi's old school on monday, pupils and teachers gathered to clap for two minutes, in celebration of his life and his sacrifice. he had a joyful way of looking at life. he was quite instinctive in his actions and ways, and everybody that i have spoken to were not remotely surprised by what he had done at

the court, justices barrett, brett cavanagh, neil gorsuch, chief justice roberts, three liberals, sonjastake to make. >> there has never been a court appointment once the election is done. >> it didn't sit well with the most liberal members of the court, liberal icon ruth bader ginsburg and stephen right. >> think long and hard before putting those changes into law. >> a bad idea when president roosevelt tried to pack the court. >> reporter: this is causing a twitter feud between one of the democrats sponsoring this legislation and conservative republican jim jordan tweeting at jones saying does this count as infrastructure? jones saying you bet it does. is this going to happen? the senate is split 50/50, it will take 60 votes but special-interest groups are not sitting idle. in the last few minutes the conservative judicial crisis network intends and add by of $1 billion to fight the court packing. pete: i would think democrats have a problem with it. democrats, house and senate will be there. is there a swearing-in ceremony for the squad members? not sure but citizens united, dark mon