announcepreparing to my intentions to step down as president of stamford, i contemplated returning to a simpler life. maybe teaching, or a simple research project. but i became increasingly alarmed about the quality of leadership in our own country and around the world. from corporate scandals to government paralysis to outright malfeasance and corruption, the picture convinced me that we in higher education were not doing a very good job of educating the next generation of leaders. as a lifelong educator, i began to contemplate a program that would offer graduates scholarships and accompanying leadership education to a promising group of global young scholars. to make that happen, i would need major resources, so as was mentioned, i went to visit an old friend. i explained the idea to p hil, who thought it was a terrific idea. and i said i need $400 million. thenth later, he made donation and allowed us to found the scholarship program. it is my dream that decades from now after we have educated thousands of scholars, those graduates would make a significant and important difference

critics of the sentence began to mobilize, led by stamford law professor michelle dauber a family friendaised millions of dollars. >> i think emily doe's victim impact statement in many ways really serves as a manifesto for the me too movement. even though it predates it, it helped to launch it. >> i think people like to criticize judicial rulings, i would simply encourage people to dig a little bit deeper before they make that decision and think about the downstream damage to our justice system if this recall succeed. >> reporter: heavily outspent, per s persky and his allies hay ies a by double digits. if the recall succeeds, he would be the first judge recalled in 65 years. >> a dangerous situation on the west coast with massive wildfires forcing people to flee their homes there. in northern new mexico, a second town has been evacuated as the park fire has grown to more than 31,000 acres since it ignited on thursday and hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in southern california, laguna beach police say that evacuation orders remain in place for about 300 homes there, officia

when judge erin persky sentenced a stamford university student two years ago for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on tre wasoutre that punishment was too lenient. last night 60% of voters in santa clara agreed anded t fire him. >> he did not violate any law, did not abuse his discretion. >> reporter: the decision to pull him off the bench, they argued, wil keep other judges om doing their job the right way just to keep the public happy. >> we're supposed to just focus wiecall the message is nd now you better also think about public opinion. >> judge persky and all other judges like him are elected. there is no such thing as an eloffial who is independent of the electiorate. >> reporter: michelle is the chair of the committee to recall persky. she's been fighting for two years to get him removed because of it brock turner sentence. >> we will see you at the ballot box if you cannot understand how to handle violence against women. >> reporter: persky's the first in 86 years in santa clara. cindy will replace him once she's certified and takes the oath of office. >> okay, thank

the chelsea owner has also put plans for the expansion of the club's stamford bridge stadium on hold.fter the collapse of the soviet union and even serving as a russian regional governor. in 2003 he became chelsea's owner and has spent more than £2 billion on players and wages in the last decade. he's britain's 13th richest man, worth £9.3 billion. one man who knows more about abramovich than most is journalist dominic midgely, co—author of the book abramovich: the billionaire from nowhere. hejoins us from our london newsroom. hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from our london newsroom. good morning, thanks for joining us. this visa business this week, would that have come as a surprise to mr abramowitz that all ofa surprise to mr abramowitz that all of a sudden it wouldn't be quite as straightforward or simple as it has beenin straightforward or simple as it has been in the past —— visa —— abramovich. is the victim of the toxic atmosphere between the and russia over the sergei skripal incident —— he's the victim. there was the passing of the sanctions and the anti— mo

work has stopped on the one billion pound project to rebuild stamford bridge. to happen. so, a very marginal economic decision that has always been on the rim of being approved or not by the owner. and the practicalities of this project also have been a major stumbling block. essentially, a four—year building project needing chelsea to find an alternative home for such a long period. the most practical solution, wembley, many people in the club were unsure about the risk of getting fans to travel so farfor so long, the risk of getting fans to travel so far for so long, away from their home. so, practicalities and economics, it is a pretty sensible decision not to pursue this project and know the price to me that that is the decision ultimately taken. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino is the bookmaker‘s favourite to succeed zinedine zidane at real madrid. zidane announced his shock resignation as coach yesterdayjust days after leading real to their third successive champions league triumph. he is their most successful manager in modern history, winning nine

come to stamford to see the other games because we're in the world cup so that's what we wanted. to do. you know the news a powerful photo in the latest time magazine cover seen as a damning indictment of trump's immigration policy is discovered to be misleading. and british royals take a day trip to a former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned in march to try and give the southern english city a boost we speak to locals about the spy saga. wherever you're watching this today welcome this is r.t. international i'm calling brian with us i was global news and world cup run down. i don't welcome today ten of the twenty eight hundred world cup and all special coverage of football's largest party in the world team from group g. have already started their second game well to mention if you're about to get up and running in the second half of that match in moscow right now belgium's leading free one belgium's opening goal came from the penalty spot eden hazard made no mistakes and me to an easy and goalkeeper the wrong way and it wasn't long before belgian strike of rome

this one stamford bridge because it's here that the belgian counting places football there are a few players in the world who could rival laden as a half a sensational dribbling he's not the only belgian at chelsea. is the man between the sticks for both sides. they aren't alone as premier league stars in the belgium squad in fact they can hardly be two teams going. to know each other as well as england and the red devils just look at chelsea's london rivals thought. they have to the belgium center hobbs a young fit so good on top of the other world class midfield enforcer must lead them away. and we can just as easily be doing the belgium section from manchester except our budget didn't cover the training. since joining manchester city given the brain has become one of the best players in the world while teammate vincent kompany has just won his third premier league title. across the city united's romelu lukaku is belgium's all time top scorer at the age of twenty four and there's also more up fellating. so we could see belgium first eleven with seven right premier league players an

also will prevent the bron james a speech at the cavs was a big talking point after the game the stamford bridge very quick over he spent the final minutes on the bench and seemed to be a free agent to many expect they smites have been his final game for his hometown club i have no idea how the story will be talked about a must sees him. you know it's not i'm not opposed to clocking in every single day and the best for me that i stand out and i know i'm ok we're back with the knights belong to the warriors his fans are getting used to celebrating n.b.a. championships they joined just a handful of teams to have won multiple titles in a four yes alan grayson is there. the women's french open final takes place in a few hours between time. one the one simona halep and sloane stephens now stevens is the reigning u.s. open champion but hell it is still aiming for her first grand slam title after losing in three finals commentator and former player so for me access this could be the moment how it makes her a major breakthrough. for her mentally she knows she can stay there and she knows she can

was the end of history, as my colleague wrote, he is at sta mford as my colleague wrote, he is at stamfordt he wrote it back then, and so he thought everybody was going tojustjoin then, and so he thought everybody was going to justjoin the liberal democratic world, and there was no alternative to that. and that, i think, was misplaced optimism. but one word you haven't used so far, andi one word you haven't used so far, and i haven't thrown it in there either, but it seems very relevant to me, is nationalism. russians have a very, very strong and proud sense of their own history. sure. their own power, and the reach of their own, one could say, empire, over not just the soviet period, but of course the imperial, czarist period as well, going back many centuries. that's right. is in that very important, and isn't that an ingredient that your youthful take on what russia should be missed out? i wouldn't put it that way. i am a very proud american, i am a patriotically american. that doesn't meani patriotically american. that doesn't mean i have to be a non— democratic american. in the same w

he was taken to the trauma center at stamford hospital. >>> police in napa are credited with using nonlethallatile situation involving a man with a gun. henry lee tells us, this is a situation where police could have used service weapons, instead they used their training and other options to take the man into custody. >> reporter: veterans park in downtown napa. a scenic spot transformed into a show of force by officers. shots were fired but not by police. >> i heard a pop and it was over in 15 minutes. or mac it happened at the park overlooking the river. >> reporter: a witness saw perez firing a gun. perez himself repeatedly called police, yelling and asking to speak to specific officers. the officers were not available. though he made another call. >> he called dispatch and reported that he had located an ar 15 in the grassy area of the veterans park. >> reporter: officers arrived and found no assault rifle. they realized he was armed with a small caliber handgun. >> we tried to engage in conversation and he increased hostility. he started reaching for his waistband so officers deployed b

. >>> the suspect in the killing of a young woman in stamford more than 40 years ago has taken his own life. 72-year-old stephen crawford shot and killed himself yesterday morning just as deputies were ready to serve a search warrant to his home. crawford is suspected of killing a 19-year-old arlis pairing -- arlis perry inside a campus church. reported finding perry's body. they never had enough evidence to arrest him until recently. his dna was linked to the crime using new advances in dna testing. >> it's been frustrating throughout the years that we could never get enough evidence to charge the suspect. it's difficult for her family. it's difficult to the department. but we finally have closure on this case. >> the sheriff's office is now investigating if crawford's dna is linked to any other unsolved murders. >>> fire crews in lake county are making more progress against the fire that's burning east of clearlake. that fire is now 50% contained. it began last saturday. the area burned is holding steady. that number did not increase yesterday. and more evacuees are now being allowed

a police officer in stamford, connecticut got a much more dangerous demonstration.ney his officer dropped the p-320 when in its holster. >> it fired and shot him in his left knee causing significant harm to him. >> reporter: in court documents a deputy sheriff said she was wounded in the leg when her 3-320 accidentally discharged on her own as she was removing the holster from the belt and this march in orlando a police officer was wounded when he dropped his p-320 and it went off. despite the injuries, the lawsuits and injuries, sig sauer maintains the firearm is safe. answering this question in the faq section. is my p-320 safe in its current configuration? >> yes. >> reporter: executives have ignored cnn's calls for weeks and when we got ahold of the company spokesman he hung up. sig sauer has offered customers a free voluntary up grade replacing the parts gun experts are at the heart of the drop fire problem. >> it has a smaller and lightweight trigger. >> reporter: the company says never is the upgrade a fix and sig sauer sent chief calloway a whole new patch o

diego costa reminded chelsea fans what they‘ve been missing since he left stamford bridge by equalisingg to stop ronaldo from putting portugal back in front. but costa has just pulled spain back into contention for a second time. nacho has made amends by putting them up for the first time in the match. these are live pictures of that match on bbc one. 3- 3— to spain currently. -- 3-2. —— 3—2. just under half an hour left to play. iran won their first match at a world cup finals in 20 years, as they beat morocco 1—0 thanks to that 95th—minute own goal from aziz bouhaddouz. before today, iran had only ever won one match at a finals, beating the united states at france 98. earlier it was a case of birthday blues for egypt‘s mohamed salah. the liverpool forward was an unused substitute, as the egyptian‘s lost 1—0 to uruguay in group a. jose gimenez hit the winner in the 90th minute, to snatch the win in yekaterinburg. patrick geary has more. mo salah strides into this world cup with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders. which is unfortunate as he dislocated the left one last month. he beg

this was stamford's longest postseason game. another nailbiter in 2002.ights game took more than 4 hours. a walkoff double ended it from christian robinson.>>> up next, motivated by gift cards.>> how seven cisco agencies are using the cards as incentives for low- income families and the homeless. >>> how the community is honoring a teenager shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. know guys like gavin. boasting. overselling his achievements. making false claims. as lieutenant governor, he skipped many of his duties, saying the job was "so dull," he only shows up to work at the state capitol "like one day a week, tops." the same gavin who, as mayor, "split town" during a massive oil spill and "jetted off...to hawaii." gavin's... not gonna work... as governor. not gonna work... right now, comcast business is doubling your internet speed. so you can download large files faster. and power more employees on more devices. all for a new low price. what does that equal? our best internet price ever. you do the math. because now for less than what 75 mbps used to co

work has stopped on the one billion pound project to rebuild stamford bridge.stadium. purslow says he expected this to happen. soa so a very marginal economic decision that has always been on the brink of being approved or not by the owner. and the practicalities of this project also have been a major stumbling block. essentially, a four—year building project meeting chelsea to find an alternative home for such a long period. the most practical solution wembley. many people in the club have been unsure about the wisdom of getting fans to travel so far, for so long away from their home. several practicalities and economics, it is a pretty sensible decision not to pursue this project and no surprise to me that is the decision they have ultimately taken. the former world heavyweight champion tyson fury has told bbc sport he believes he can beat every major name in the division, including current belt holders anthonyjoshua and deontay wilder. fury returns to the ring next weekend — more than two years since his last fight. he admitted it's been a difficult time awa