Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen
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air traffic control asking, are you okay? first tonight, the life-threatening heat across this country. tonight, more than 127 million americans under heat alerts at we come on the air. new york city firefighters in brutal temperatures battling those massive fires in manhattan and the bronx. philadelphia issuing a heat emergency tonight. fires breaking out along the new jersey turnpike during the come mute home. and amtrak passengers stuck for hours. service halted from philadelphia to new york to connecticut. our team on it all tonight. and ginger zee with the latest heat forecast. and now the storms we re watching from detroit right into parts of the northeast. we re also following the deadly fires in new mexico. at least 1,400 homes and businesses destroyed. tonight, president biden approving a major disaster declaration for the state. the scare onboard a southwest passenger jet. the plane suddenly dropping to about 525 feet above the ground, coming close to a school
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chaotic scene that does not stop there. we ll show you the tape and tell you what happens next. todd: plus, is dr. fauci trying to rewrite history? do you agree there was a push to downplay the lab leak theer sne not on my part. really? really. wow. i have been very, very clear and said multiple times that i don t think that concept of there being lab leak is s conspiracy theory. that is not how i remember it. joni ernst has been demanding answers for what happened in wuhan, what fauci knew. she will react to bloc bust er block buster testimony. carley: this wnba controversy won t go away. chennedy carter doubles down. what is her last name? you won t believe what she s saying,ure are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: may have sounded like you made a mistake on chennedy carter. mistake is body check she gave to caitlin clark. left name, what is that? chennedy carter. i m todd piro, we know our own names. we are heading back to wil