[applause] laura: with that delightful moment, the 14-year-old became the first black american to claimrize. >> it is really great to be the first african-american champion because it is almost 100 years of no african-americans. it is not surprising, but it is still kind of sad for their snobby any african-american winners. it feels good. laura: spelling is not her only skill. she holds three guinness world records for dribbling three basketballs at once and said she might end up working for nasa. the sky's the limit for this teen with many talents. let's hope england has that many talents when they face italy in the euro final. rest easy, we know who will win. a group has picked england as the winter. the zookeeper put flags in the enclosure, one for each country. the first the came down would be victorious. a german octopus picked winners during the 2010 world cup. let's hope those cats are as accurate, or there will indeed be hell to pay on sunday. go, england. i am laura trevelyan. have a great weekend. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrat

. >> zaila avant-garde of louisiana is now the new champion, the first black american to win that title in the competition's history. she's also a basketball star i should say because she has three guinness world records in dribbling and she wants to play for the wnba one day. you can catch zaila talking live about her historic wins following "today in the bay" on the "today" show. that's coming up for you right after "today in the bay." >>> well, you know what, you could use one. the tiki bar opening today. the tonga room had an invitation only event before reopening today. >> the reopening of an icon. this kind of the anti-san francisco, right. it's very -- there's nothing else like it. >> it's great to be back in the tonga room. this little oasis away from the city, right. and get to wear an aloha shirt. >> the team at the tonga room says it's only one of only five authentic tiki rooms in the country. >> pretty cool. >>> we'll be right back. what if you could push a button and less carbon would be put into the air. if there were a button that would help you use less energy, breathe c

the first ever black american winner of the spelling bee. which airs tonight. at 8:00 p.m. 2. >> love >>> right now on "america this morning," tropical storm elsa slams georgia hitting a u.s. naval base. >> debris everywhere, trailers knocked over. >> the damage this morning from a reported tornado and where the storm is headed next. >>> breaking overnight, arrests in the assassination of haiti's president as we learn more about how the killing was carried out in the middle of the night. the slain leader's wife now arriving in the u.s. for medical care. americans living in haiti speak out about the tense security situation. will the u.s. get involved? >>> two weeks later, a new mission in surfside, florida, the change announced at the site of the condo disaster and the reason behind the heartbreaking decision. >>> the early bird may be getting more than a worm, the

the first for the scripps national bee. >> murraya,m-u-r-r-a-y. >> that is correct. >> the twirl of the victory. >> trending 14-year-old zaila avant-garde of louisiana is the first black americanever win the tight and let's say she's got skills. she's also a basketball player with three guinness world records in dribbling and wants to play for the wnba one day. catch zaila live on the "today" show this morning talking about her historic win. that's coming up after "today in the bay." >> good for her. look how proud she is. awesome. >> chest is all out. yes, i did this. >> this is my trophy. >> i love the twirl. >> yeah. seals it all. >> she didn't have to spell wnba. >> look, going with the thing. >> because it's h-o-t out there. and k-a-r-i is going to tell us all about it. >> oh, my goodness. we'll be trying to do whatever we can to stay cool today as we see the temperatures cranking up, but at least we are going to have a refreshing breeze in san francisco, near the coastline. i love this shot. taking a look at the sunrise this morning and it is all clear. finally, right. we're going to see some of the sunshine also for the inland valleys, but it's not going to be so pleasa

she's the first black american to ever win the competition. how did she know how to spell that? what is that? it's a trype of tree. >> you know what she wants to be when she grows up. >> tell me. >> i'm thinking about maybe an nba basketball coach, working for nasa or maybe going into treating diseases and stuff to help with neuroscience. >> neuroscientist or nba basketball coach. she also wants to win a nobel prize for gene editing. >> okay. all within reach. she also already has and she's only 13. >> 14. >> she has a guiness record for the most bounce juggles in maine. she's a great basketball player. here is the bounce juggling. three basketballs here. >> that looks like they are on strings. it looks like she's not doing that as though they are on strings. is that not incredible? >> it really reminds us that we're not doing enough with our lives? >> totally. we're complete under achievers. next hour starts in a moment. >> we'll be right back. the boss is back baby! the difference in try and triumph... is just a little umph! upsees, i need upsees. i'm sure this isn't something

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> and history was made last night at the national spelling bee when a 14-year-old became the first black american to win in the competition's 96 huff 96-year history. watch. >> murraya. >> that is correct. >> all right. she beat out 208 other contestants. zaila sealed the win by spelling the genius of plant in the citrus family correctly. she is not only a talented speller, she is it also a basketball whiz. the she holds three guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls at the same time. you see some of them there. on the "today" show this morning, she let us in on her plans for the future. >> i'm going to harvard to play basketball and then maybe going to wnba or overseas or something before i go into my next thing of, like, working with nasa or something like that. or be a basketball coach. >> zaila calls spelling a hobby though she practices up to seven hours a day. we're all excited to see what the future holds for you. >>> and critical new guidance for the cdc about what school will will look like for students in the fall in the age of coronavirus. we're going to talk to a former whi

guard made history last night when she won the 2021 scripps national spelling bee, beening the first black americanree guinness records for dribbling a basketball. that's awesome. congratulations to her. >>> and a work of art the size of a post-it note has set a new record. this tiny sketch by leonardo da vinci sold at christie's in london for $12.2 million. it's the head of a bear believed to be from the 1880s. it was sold to an unnamed buyer. it follows a soaring trend ital and many saw it as possibly the last opportunity to buy an original dy vin chee. and bucking ham palace is opening the gardens for the first time ever to the public. wardens will be on hand to provide talks and arts and crafts will be available for children on select days. guests will also is have the rare opportunity to picnic on one of the monarch's lawns -- i would take that opportunity. too bad covid is prevepting us from being there. we asked why are you up way too early. kelly said i'm up early navigating ships through the storm. mel is up way too early driving to see family. and bob our new rescue cat is adjusting to ou

black coil to the right of alarmingly all white levy regiment. now, for an overview of early service. black americans were in the fight from the first. massachusetts militia men of color, free and enslaved fought alongside from in 1775. to date we have the names of 35 black men present that day. at least 18 seeing combat. one was wounded with captain john parker's company. it is likely that as much as 40 to 50 were with the militia on the war's first day. two months later, at least 88 black and 15 indian soldiers were known to have been served at the bunker hill battle. one total assess it may have been roughly 5% of american troops involved. the black paigs in those early actions, but this is my favorite. speaking to the courage and resilience of african-american soldiers. one man's determination had on another. john greenwood, a white soldier, noted that day. everywhere the greatest terror and confusion seemed to prevail. it was filled with chairs and wagons carrying the wounded and dead. never having beheld such a sight before, i felt very frightened. i could feel my hair stand on end. a negro man injured in the back of his neck. m

but first 14-year-old from louisiana became the first black american to win the scripps national bee.the prize on the word murraya. >> m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct! >> avant-garde is a better speller than me. she is multitalented. she holds three guinness world records. she says she intends to go to harvard, play in the wnba and travel before ending up at nasa. congratulations. we'll be right back. tions. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ dry eye symptoms keep driving you crazy? inflammation in your eye might be to blame. [inflammation] let's kick ken's ache and burn into gear! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those drops will probably pass right by me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. [inflammation] what's that? [inflammation] xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects

this is trending 14-year-old zaila avant-garde of louisiana is the first black american to ever win that he's got skills. i say that because she's a basketball player with three guinness world records in dribbling. she wants to play for the wnba one day. catch zaila live on the "today" show talking about the win after "today in the bay." >> i love how proud she is. >> i have to admit i did a twitter, she's 14 years old but twitter stalking, checking out things because i wanted to see what they posted about dribbling, tweeted out a video of her dribbling and her twitter profile or what i believe is her twitter profile one of her role models the first woman of color in space, dr. may jemison. she's good in math, likes astronauts, spelling champions and an athlete. >> there's your resume. that's awesome. >> i better do something. >> i know. >> you can do something in a little bit. >> i'll do that. >> she's not taking over traffic. >> doesn't do traffic. >> that's all you. >> yes. yet. >> let's check in with kari with a look at those temperatures. >> yeah. it's going to be so hot over these

return the number of black serving in the new jersey's four continental regiments in 1778 was only 10. rhode island had just reconstituted one of its regiments the first filling with african-american and indian private soldiers mostly former slaves, but also about 55 veterans. in august 1778 the first word island contained 188 black privates adding those men would bring the total of african-american soldiers that month to 953. so using those numbers we can. we can figure out the percentages per brigade. here are the six brigades reporting the highest proportions of black soldiers on august 1778 return as you can see, there are three from new england and three from southern states by comparison the middle states of new jersey and pennsylvania had very few black soldiers. um one pennsylvania. brigade had only one black soldier. actually, i think two the pennsylvania had none at all. and as you can see, these percentages are all higher than the 15 brigade proportion of 3.63% so we have parsons connecticut with 9.31% mulesburg, virginia, 6.8% and patterson's 6.0 massachusetts 6.3 percent. this can actually actually go towards probably another misconception during of the revolutionary

year-old made history last night when she won the scripps national spelling bee becoming the first black-americanst time since world war ii. this isn't her only title. avant-garde also holds three guinness world records for dribbling a basketball. hello. she's amazing. >> doing a lot. that is fantastic. how nice. >> i love that so much. all right. back to reality. >> i love those. >> the biden administration is renewing its push to pass voting rights legislation. president biden and vice president harris met with a delegation at the white house yesterday to discuss how to combat the wave of restrictive republican voting laws. civil rights activists argued the need for joint cooperation between the white house, congress and local leaders. >> democracy is under vigorous, vicious and sinister attack beginning with the events of june -- january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. >> the movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the whi

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and the first black american vice president to show on the world stage. >> gina chen, explain if yous pretty dedicated to. and what is it you think the vice president needs to do in her position to continue with some of the goals that were initially set out by the white house, council of women and girls put together by president obama and you but then gotten rid of by donald trump? >> well, one of the first things they did is reinstitute that effort with the gender policy council, really expand the charge. a highly placed group of folks at the white house, to direct gender policy both international and domestic across all of the federal government. that is step one, working directly with the vice president's office. her speech just pulled it all together. it was accompanied, mika, by a lengthy message of commitments to the u.s. government to the international stage as part of the equality forum. what we're doing, including as you talked about with yamiche, the nearly $2 million investment in paid leave, for security for women here in the united states, but commitments on combatting g

zaila avant-garde became the first african-american and the second black winner. 1998 is now a celebrity in her native jamaica. spelling is not her only talent. >> spelling is your side hustle. your real love is basketball. >> i have been playing basketball since i was five years old. >> we have seen the commercial you did with steph curry. three guinness world records for dribbling. incredible. you want to play in the wnba someday? >> i definitely do. >> we want to hear the rest of that. what are her future plans? here is that commercial george mentioned. she shows off her skills in a 2013 ad. curry tweeted yesterday, keep changing the game. by the way, a sixth-grader originally came in second place at the be. congratulations. >> unbelievable skill level. >>> for more than a quarter of century, has stood for excellence in sports performance yearly. the award show tomorrow night, right here on abc7. we have a preview. >> reporter: on good morning america, anthony mackie and his enthusiasm was obvious. >> to be hosting all of these o amazing athletes is an honor. >

zaila avant-garde became the first african-american and second black winner. ck winner in 1998 is now a celebrity in her native jamaica. spelling is not her only talent. >> spelling is your side also. your real love is basketball. >> yeah, i have been playing basketball since i was five years old. >> we saw the commercial you did with steph curry and three guinness world records were dribbling. incredible. you want to play in the wnba someday? >> yeah, i definitely do. i am thinking about playing in the wnba or maybe overseas, because i would like to go overseas because i like going on trips and also seeing new coaches. >> here is that commercial george mentioned. she shows off her dribbling skills in a 2018 added. look at that. curry tweeted yesterday, keep changing the game. wow. and guess what, the sixth- grader from the bay area did pretty well as well and came in second. >> congratulations to both of them. >>> next week, good morning america will take over jeopardy. george stephanopoulos will host all next week and then robin roberts all the next week afte

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the kind of winner we don't often see at spelling bees. but is it so rare to see black students excel at this? here's the thing. >> why la avant-garde is the first african-americanal spelling bee. the first bee before scripps was involved was sponsored by the national education association, the teachers union. it took place at the cleveland hippodrome in june of 1908. back then, competitors were on teams from various cities, including new orleans, boston, pittsburgh, and cleveland. but the new orleans team threatened to drop out when they realized who they would be competing against. one of the girls on the cleveland team was black. it took some convincing, but organizers were able to deep new orleans contestants in the game. in the end, cleveland won the bee, and one of its spellers had a perfect score -- the black girl. her name was marie bolden, a 14-year-old. 14, just like zaila avant-garde. the delegates at the convention reportedly erupted in applause when she won, even the other teams cheered for her. civil rights leader booker. the washington was one of the convention's speakers. after marie's victory, he said, quote, we spell out of the same spelling bo

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the actual second black spelling bee champion and the first black scripts winner. that was 12 year old jody and maxwell of jamaica in 1998. technically insulin might be called the second african-american unless you're referring only to the scripts contest. this is one of those tricky nuances of recent culture. this week's winner is the first african american champion of the scripts national spelling bee but a jamaican girl name jody and maxwell won in the 19 nineties. she is jamaican but not american, so it's appropriate to call her black, but not african american. but still, the point is well taken. there are other winners of african descent even though zaila it is the first one born in the u.s.. and lillian in grants fourth north dakota and rights, from 1929 to 1930, when i won the county's phone call test held an rv for room school house in niagara, north dakota, and my sister edith one in her age group as well. i'm 103 years old now, but i still remember it all. here's how it worked, you stood to spell your first word and as long as you spelled words correctly, you step standing. but if you missed, you had to go sit down. i was the last one standing every year. the price was a gol

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the first black scripps winner, that was 12-year-old jody anne maxwell zaila would not be the only second black winner unless you are referring to the scripps contest. she is the first african-american but a jamaican won in the 1970s. it was accurate to call her black but not african-american. and lillian writes, from 1929 to 1931, i won the county spelling contest held in our four-room schoolhouse. i'm 103 years old now. but i remember it all. here's how it worked. you stood to spell your first word. and as long as you spelled words directly, you kept standing. if you miss, you had to sit down. the prize was a medal with a blue ribbon attached to it. at 103, thank you for sharing the stories. all of you, we always love to hear from you. stay in touch. we're on twitter and instagram. come on back friday night at 7:00 p.m. eastern, live on peacock. you can sign up for the app free. and on msnbc saturdays, 8:00 to 10:00. sundays, 9:00 to 10:00. until we meet again, i'm joshua johnson. thanks for making time for us and make it a wonderful week. good night. yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. isn't it disappointing when your plug-in fades? once that freshness goes away, you're left thin

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. >> kayleigh: a black lives matter chapter firing down on its fiery fourth of july post calling the american flag a symbol of hate. the group firstsee this flag, we know the person flying it is not safe to be around. when we see this flag we know the person flying it is a racist. when we see this flag, we know the person flying it lives in a different america than we do. when we see this flag, requesting your intelligence. we know to avoid you. it is a symbol of hatred." in a follow-up to the avalanche of criticism, the group responding, "i came to tell you the truth, and the truth is not always popular. if people want to fly that flag to stand for everyone, it should not be able to fly in hate. when i see that flag, i see hate." tomi, lucky for this group, i put a trigger warning on my instagram live video over the fourth of july because i was wearing an american flag shirt. do they now need trigger warnings for the american flag? >> tomi: listen, those in the blm organization and those that believe -- i don't know if it's the specific chapter or blm as the hole, it's hard to tell what is the movement and what is the organizatio

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she also just became the first african-american to win the scripps national spelling bee. talk about blackr out with phoebe ptoni. our guest tonight is an international phenomenon and still holds the record as least likely member of the screen actors guild to lose a cage match. next up, you can see him starring alongside emily blunt while stealing -- oh, i'm story, while steering a boat down the amazon in the disney movie "jungle cruise." guillermo, that tequila is still in my sysyem. >> a little bit, yeah. >> it opens in theaters and disney plus with premier access july 30th. please welcome my friend dwayne johnson. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love the love. i can hear the love. >> anthony: all right, all right, dwayne, before we get into this, the other day, you posted on instagram that you couldn't sleep, so at 4:00 a.m. you went down and had a two-hour workout? why? >> i did. well, because, it was one of those nights, i couldn't shut my brain off. i didn't want to drink tequila like you and guillermo have been drinking all day, and so at about 3:45, i said, well, let me go down, let m

xerox ceo ursula burns, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company, in american business and the corporate world. she is interviewed by a senior vice president of amazon. live at noon, join our to our conversation with a pulitzer prize-winning author and historian as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the hemmingses of monticello. watch book tv on c-span two this weekend. >> arkansas senator tom cotton discussed issues of race and the military at a virtual event hosted by the heritage foundation. he talked about his time serving in the military and service member recruitment. mr. wood: senator, thank you so much for joining us today on this very important topic. i know it's carving time out of your schedule, but you've really taken a tremendous effort to address and challenges facing the country and in the military, in particular, and i'm talking about critical race theory and how it might be implemented or is being implemented in various training sessions in the military. ns in the military. but i'd like to acknowl

former xerox ceo ursula burns, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company, in american businessnd the corporate world. she is interviewed by a senior vice president of amazon. live at noon, join our to our conversation with a pulitzer prize-winning author and historian as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the hemmingses of monticello. watch book tv on c-span two this weekend. >> arkansas senator tom cotton discussed issues of race and the military at a virtual event hosted by the heritage foundation. he talked about his time

from xerox ceo, laverne, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company on american business andporate world interviewed by amazon senior vice president, alisha davis and sunday live noon eastern on in-depth during our conversation with historian, annette gordon reed as she talks about america's presidents, slavery and emancipation, her books include having south monticello latest book on juneteenth. she will take your pulse, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets watch book tv on c-span tooth this weekend. ♪♪ >> ahead and book tv, three biographies. first, conservative intellectual promise and fate supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg. former first lady, nancy reagan. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, we have been together on my radio show, you have made a number of videos and i review in

the con film festival -- cannes film festival has reopened. an american director, spike lee heads the jury. he is the first black leader of the judges. the first film on the agenda is a musical by a french director. you are watching dw news. our top story this hour, tensions are rising between belarus and the eu. belarus threatening to block exports heading for russia. over migrants who are streaming across the border. you are watching dw news live from berlin. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. coming up, unanswered questions on both sides of the atlantic. ♪ xxk[ ♪ >> welcome to live from paris. world news and analysis from "france 24." these are the world news headlines. the cannes film festival opens. we'll bring you a run through of the films and analysis of this year's jury headed by spike lee. the most, how can i put it, female friendly jury ever. in the news, a political rival of alexander lukashenko jailed for fraud, a verdict desib

the first time in american history three black men serve at the same time.e transparency. there needs to be more accountability and a different set of standards in this country. that's what i'm insisting upon and i'm not putting any artificial deadlines. too much at stake. i'll work as hard as i can to get this done until people tell me we can't. >> appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> erin, as always, great to be on, thank you. >> as senator booker introduces the bill to decriminalize marijuana, critics worry about the unintended consequences of this legislation. "out front "now is the former drug policy advisor for the obama administration and author of smoke screen with the marijuana industry doesn't want you to know. kevin, you and i have talked about this issue at length over the past few years and you heard senator booker laying out his plan. and it looks like this is going to move forward. why do you disagree and worry about this? >> well, i don't think it going to actually go anywhere, erin and good to see you. thanks for having me. we have

so the 14-year-old made history this month as she became the first african-american and second black champion. >> to let anybody stop you. to let anybody say you cannot and just go for it. >> i watched her work for this. i saw her do the 13,000 words per day and then when she came through, she worked for this. >> i love it. also 13,000 words per day. >> that scares me. >>> maybe spelling is her side hustle, we don't know, because she has also set some basketball related world records. she has a grand aspirations, which lead going to harvard and leg in the wnba. >> she could do all. >> there is an off-season. >> she could do it. >>> we had a thing for her at disney world and it was so cute because they had heard spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocis . she did it really well. >> trip that up. that is great. good for her. now let's look at what is going on weather wise. if you are joining us, it is tapering. it was canceled earlier this morning as the threat of thunderstorms being dry has tapered. we have a little bit of the threat of a thunderstorm. we will keep that in the accuweather

she is the first african-american and second black champion. >> don't let anybody stop you and just go for it. >> i watched had her work for it. i watched her do the 13,000 words a day, listening to her music in her own world. when it came through, she worked for this, y'all. >> we love to see it. avant-garde has also set a few basketball related world records. of gtis. nc going na,r dot d, ease effor. love it. >> that is fascinating, very proud, everybody is of her. >>> i have something to show you, this is a gorgeous look at the clouds rolling in. let's talk about the weather highlights. we have a slight chance of thunderstorms today even though the overall fire threat from the national weather service, they canceled the red flag warning. storms is a reason why it tapers. cooler afternoon until the weekend. let me show you what just popped up. north to gurnville, a lightning strike. that is going to be an area we will keep an eye on. there should be cameras up there whether it is the fire network camera or another. we will let you know if something sparks. i have over laid the fire t

although her best friend in the white house was an african-american seamstress, as first lady she manifested anti-black prejudice. but with unlike her husband, she was not profoundly opposed to slavery and hardly qualifies as the ardent abolitionist that some have portrayed. but she cannot be considered a feminist. but lincoln may not have become president if he had not wed marie todd, for -- mary todd, for she acted as a -- to his ambition but also made his home life so unhappy that he invested much capital in his political career. but while providing a ruthless stimulus -- [inaudible] she crushed his spirit as his partner, william herndon, put it. and finally, lincoln may not have had as successful a presidency as he did. he showed a preternatural ability to deal with difficult people if he had not had so much practice at home. before proceeding, i wish to emphasize that mary lincoln, for all her faults, is more to be pitied than censured. william herndon originally portrayed her unfavorably, in later years he insisted that the world does not know mrs. lincoln's sufferings, her trials and the causes

eastern on "afterwards", for xerox ceo laverne, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company on americaness and the corporate world interviewed by amazon senior vice president alisha fuller davis and sunday live noon eastern on in-depth during our two hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, gordon read as she talks about american presidents, slavery and emancipation, prize-winning books include the hemmings of monticello and latest book on juneteenth. she will take your pulse, facebook comments, e-mails and tweets. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪♪ >> good evening, everyone. i am tina i'm joined here with wilson's historical society. if you have any questions, popular into the q&a box and we

people entering homelessness the first time and really people touching the system in alameda county for the first time, so disproportionately black, disproportionately native american. and then, taking it -- taking it to the people, right? so going to the people and talking and getting clear sort of what was going on. and the thing that was really important was really looking and talking to people illuminated places where, you know, where the social -- the social determinants of health, right? the sort of adverse impacts on people's health of racism, you know, educational barriers, different economic barriers, right? the prison -- right, mass incarceration, like, these sort of dynamics, like, how they were showing up in people's lives and really creating conditions that led to homelessness. so what we learned, right, what was learned in alameda county is both the kind of resources that we had that were in the system and then the size of the inventory were not right size to the homeless population's needs or to the scale of homelessness in that community, and that the imbalance led to really high lengths of homelessness and returns to homelessness, both of which imp

she was the first african- american and second black winter. her spelling is not her only talent. she talked about her love for basketball on good morning america >> i have been laying basketball since i was five years old. >> we saw what you did with staff curry, incredible. do you want to play in the wnba someday? >> i am thinking about in the wnba, or overseas. i would like to go overseas because i like going on trips and stuff. i am pretty interested in that. >> yes. okay, you can watch more of her interview coming up at 7:00 on gma. >>> is six greater at gale ranch middle school came in second place, congratulations. we are very proud of you. >> i cannot believe she's only in sixth grade. that is amazing. >> okay, new at 6:00, the one and only lebron james talks about the new space jam movie that hits theaters next friday. it has been 25 years since the original hit came out with michael jordan. lebron james is in the remake. he told robin roberts about the big shoes that he had to fill. >> i was intimidated because i was 12 years old when the first one came out in 96. i know