the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and warns hundreds of people will lose their homes. the end of the so called wagatha christie trial rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out today which of them has won their high court libel case. # everybody needs good neighbours. and it s farewell to neighbours after four decades as fans here in the uk prepare for tonight s final episode. birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched around the world. the show kicks off 11 days of sporting action, with more than 5000 athletes from 72 nations and territories across the commonwealth all taking part across 280 medal events. competition has already started, with lawn bowls the first sport to get under way. today will also see commonwealth games debuts for women s t20 cricket, basketball and wheelchair basketball. but it all started la
south east of scotland. that rain will fizzle through the dates of turning lighter and patchy and they will be brighter spells. but showers into the afternoon, parts of cumbria, eastern scotland. 0dd isolated one towards the south west but many will stay dry and a warm day, if not warmer than yesterday, 27/20 8 degrees and across the board, temperatures up. more of southerly breeze. western scotland has a wet night to come across much of scotland, and the rain spreading into the rest of england, north and west wales. further south staying dry. the temperature is, after a fresh a few nights, a mild night tonight, 15, 16 degrees into the start of tomorrow money. the weather fronts, dragging in the airfrom the mid atlantic so it will be quite humid on saturday. the weather front some cells will mean plenty of cloud. start with heavy rain in shetland and northern ireland. these areas will brighten up to the day
reporter: melisande is pushing to make the institution the first institution in the country to make payments for reparation. recently they got one step closer to their goal. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 per semester. that s 10 cents for each of the persons the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live, a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school. we re not making a gift to these people. they re, like, quality of life is directly tied to the actions of the university. even just geographically, being put in communities in louisiana and maryland, if you re put in a community that doesn t have a lot of social mobility and resource, that s directly the result of georgetown selling your ancestors to individuals in this location. reporter: shepherd thomas is one of the many descendants of those 272 people. he still has relatives in that community in l
that the university sold off 272 people to stay a float in 1838. those people ended up in louisiana on some of the worst plantations in the u.s. one of their descendants is a current student at georgetown. my ancestors were here until members of their families were sold in 1838. so my family and who i am as an american actually goes back 11 generations. milison is among a group of activists pushing to make the university the first in the country to pay reparations for slavery. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 a semester. that s 10 cents for each of the people the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live. a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school.
slavery. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 a semester. that s 10 cents for each of the people the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live. a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school. we re not making a gift to these people. their, like, quality of life is directly ti lly tied to the act the university. even just geographically. being put in communities in louisiana and maryland, if you re put in a community that doesn t have a lot of social mobility and resource, that s directly the result of georgetown selling your ancestors to individuals in this location. reporter: shepard thomas is one of the many descendants of 272 people. he still has relatives in that community in louisiana. i treat this as justice. so even though you can say justice is victory, i feel like it s fairness for all. equality is one thing, but equity is another. and i would ho