News reporterebbgt nick smyth ie in the newsroom with more reaction. Publicly most people in and related to the nfl have been supportive of sam. A few wondered whether teams would be reluctant to draft him because of the attention that would come with it. Today, those questions were answered loud and clear. 62, 255 pound sam was considered a mid to late round pick. Today questions about whether or not he would make the cut were answered on the third and final day. The st. Louis rams select michael sam, defensive end, missouri. The st. Louis rams are the team right down the road from where sam played college ball at the university of missouri and where he came out to his team and coaches before his final College Season and he earned sec defensive player of the year. Yes, sir. Thank you. The tears started as soon as sam got off the phone. He gave his boyfriend a big kiss and a long hug. Many see sams entry into the nfl as a huge step toward the integration of gay men into professional sp
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki has been called to testify before congress. It stems from allegations of mistreatment at va hospital in phoenix where as many as 40 veterans reportedly died while waiting for medical treatment. And now a House Committee has vetted to subpoena all email and correspondents related to that va hospital and a possible coverup. Lets bring in tracie potts from washington. Good morning to you. What happens if the subpoenas come up empty . Reporter theyre probably going to dig deeper. Lawmakers believe the answer is in there somewhere. What may be thousands of pages of documents they want to look through every democrat, every republican voted in favor of this subpoena. They want to get to the bottom of who made it difficult for these vets to see a doctor quickly. Im now going to sign a subpoena for production of reporter lawmakers are giving the va until may 19th to turn over emails and documents about who destroyed a secret waiting list at the phoeni
With the news from europe, including ukraines president reaches out to his predecessors. And the head of a French Company that made faulty breast implants is jailed for fraud. Plus the International Space station celebrates a milestone, 50 years in orbit and counting. We begin in south africa where tens of thousands of people have braved the rain to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. More than 90 heads of state made the trip to johannesberg to remember the leader. This was the scene at the fnb stadium. His death last week has united the country with tributes pouring in from around the world. Today, the whole world is standing still again to pay tribute to this greatest son of south africa and africa. Fellow mourners, there is no one like d eba. He was one of a kind. The world speaks fondly of his promotion of unity, reconciliation, and nonracialism during his presidency. When the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, when our bestlaid plans seem beyond our reach, let
Syria third large he is city is an urban battle field for the past six years. Many civilians are cut off with little aid, and they would agree to that on the conditions assistance needs to reach areas where theyre also under siege. The opposition tried to secure the release of prisoners. It presented the names of tens thousands of detainees. We give priority to women and children and the most vulnerable detainees. For example, the people who have illness or they need medical care. We give priority for that. Given in return, as i mentioned earlier, the Free Syrian Army has only fighters, they dont have civilians or reporter there has been little tangible progress on the humanitarian front, and the toughest issue of political transition has still not been discussed. The talks over the past two days focused on what u. N. Envoy brahimi called confidencebuilding measures. They were supposed to create a positive atmosphere before hard bargaining begins on monday. Its about full executive pow
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