A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. The 300 years the most powerful nations honest group rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children will be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever. Among the brick kiln factories a real strong one of the oldest and most brutal things of slavery continues virtually unnoticed by the outside world. It that he did lay him. Down have been little book at that get a call of that. For those traps here this seems no escape. Lomas him to do a sequel a movie how to do that you know a shepherd is not even the common cause. And this slavery traps entire families somet
Our look at singer r. Kelly who arrived for his date before a judge today. The nfl preseason is off and running. As we kick off your friday, early today starts right now good morn. That breaking news this morning the Kennedy Family says the world is a little less beautiful today. A granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy has died 22yearold Saoirse Kennedy hill she volunteered to help build schools for indigenous communities in mexico. Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise and love paramedics were called to the Kennedy Compound in hians port, massachusetts. She was taken to cape cod, hospital where she was pronounced dead. From walking red carpets to walking in shackles, singer r. Kelly is scheduled to appear in a Court Appearance in his sex tr trafficking case we captured footage after being jetted in from chicago he was in an tan prison suit, orange shoes and handcuffed in front. The r b star has been held without bail since his
All is off the streets and under investigation and tonight the driver who filmed it says it began with a traffic stop up in kensington because his back taillight had gone out. You and your friend got any money . Reporter the roadside police stop is not a standard picket window. But in the window a Philadelphia Police officer appears to push the driver to buy fun raiser tickets or face having his unregistered car impounded. That driver says he was in disbelief. It was never about the tickets. It was just how he talked to me. Reporter rob tells us the officer was disrespectful yesterday afternoon but the ticket sale demand startled even him mplg support your police department. 10 bucks each, man. Either you buy these or i take your car. Reporter rob handed over the 30 bucks and got these tickets. He never expected that the video posted later would go viral with many outraged by what they call extortion. I thought like a couple people would comment on it or whatever. But it got big. Bigge
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