harm them. we ll have more from ukraine, moscow and the white house in moments. also right now in georgia, closing arguments in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. plus keep calm, carry on and learn to live with covid. boris johnson will lay out his vision for his country s future with covid. could we see similar plans here? and today is the birthday of the late civil rights iconion icon john lewis. ahead i ll talk with his first cousin, his niece and one of his closest aides about a big announcement in his honor. we start with the crisis in eastern europe. matt bradley is on the ground in eastern ukraine, about 25 miles from the russian border and near some of the most active recent
of being tossed out. check out these headlines. north carolina supreme court strikes down redistricting maps that gave the gop an edge and a gop lawsuit casts new yorks congress maps at gerrymandering. today what have been john lewis s 82nd birthday. his loved ones are launching the john robert lewis legacy institute. joining me is angela lewis warren, the late congressman s niece and his first cousin and a member of the board of director, amman and also the strategy and development director. angela, i m going to start with you. congressman lewis was one of the strongest advocates for voting rights and education. what can you tell us about this new institute and its mission? one thing about this
arguments in the hate crimes trial of the convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. and how to live with the virus. we re going to break down what that means and whether we ll hear similar plans at home. and today would have marked john lewis s 82nd birthday. i ll talk about how they re honoring his legacy with a new project. legacy with a new project. mom becomes a. (mindy) yep! (vo) i knew it! let s work offsite. public wi-fi? no thanks. 5g ultra wideband is faster and safer. and what s this? 5g internet for your home and business? just plug and play. see ya cable! 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. verizon is going ultra, so you can too. as a struggling actor, 5g ultra wideband is now in more and more places. i need all the breaks that i can get.
everyone. what the goal is to look at what congressman lewis did for civil rights, human rights, voting rights and women s rights and take it to the 21st century so you look at even the educational equity that everyone is going to be working on with what particular component, it s important that individuals go to school, get the appropriate education and go out into the world and do good to add to the world. so that s what mr. lewis was about. he was about education. regarding health, everybody knew mr. lewis had cancer and his family, they have a number of cancer survivors. as a matter of fact, they did something with the american cancer society. with that being said, that s going to be a focus as well. and so my goal is to use everything and all resources and my knowledge of working with the congressman for nearly 19 years to help strategize, help foster
on rural areas as well as inner city, just getting a message out there, make sure that screenings are occurring, make sure that everyone has access to appropriate health care because we all know that prevention is a lot cheaper and a lot easier than treatment. so. as we mentioned earlier, former president barack obama tweeted today in honor of john lewis s birthday saying he knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time. his life was a lesson in the fierce urgency of now on his birthday. let s honor his legacy and taking action by creating the change we hope to see in our own communities. your cousin talked about his roots in troy, alabama, you were born and raised there too. talk about how the institute would work to help southern communities, even more rural communities. yes, so the congressman, he grew up less than a few miles down the road from where i grew up.