hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. on what would have been martin luther king, jr. s 94th birthday, joe biden will deliver a sermon in his honor. biden will be the first sitting president to speak at a sunday service at ebenezer baptist church where he served as pastor. biden will talk about king s life and legacy, as well as voting rights on the eve of the federal holiday. this coming as new questions, as you see the president walking into ebenezer baptist with senator warnock. and you are seeing these pictures live and people standing in his presence. our cnn white house correspondent is there. arletta, this comes as the president is being hit with a lot of questions about documents that have been found in his personal residence, in delaware, as well as his former office. so what do we expect his message will be, largely staying away from the controversy, and answering some of those questions, and more specifically, addressing the legacy of
we begin this hour with celebration turning into tragedy at the university of georgia. just hours after the football team was honored for winning a national championship one of their key players, 20-year-old, was killed in a car crash along with a member of the football staff, 24-year-old chandler lacroix. cnn is live in athens, georgia. what do we know about what happened? reporter: we just got a statement indicating this happened at 2:45 early this morning. that car was traveling southbound on this road behind me just past this curve right here and then, fred, for some reason that car left the roadway, struck this power pole right here. we saw utility crews in the last hour or so replacing and fixing this power pole, and then the car continued, fred. you can see the debris, the fallen tree limbs where it struck a tree. as we make our way over here i will show you the exact spot where this car came to rest continuing past this slope right here and ending at this location r
should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. two people are arrested, after a nine year old girl died in a suspected stabbing. and i m in birmingham, as we head into a huge weekend of sporting action. hosts england made it a golden start to the commonwealth games. alex yee stormed to victory in the triathlon with more medals up for grabs this evening. and how the lionesses are inspiring at the next generation as england prepare to take on germany in the euros finals on sunday. and coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we ll round up all the action on day one of the commonwealth games, including a look at the 3x3 basaketball, which is making it s debut. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her t
and will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous 0chsner slap. i m reeta chakrabarti live from edgbaston, where the t20 women s cricket has made instead of you in the commonwealth games made its debut. welcome to bbc news. it s good to have your company. we begin this hourin have your company. we begin this hour in ukraine, and we are getting more details about the rocket attacks thought to have killed a0 ukrainian prisoners of war. it happened in the east of ukraine. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent is in kyiv and he gave us this update. is in kyiv and he gave us this u date. , is in kyiv and he gave us this udate. , , ., ., ., is in kyiv and he gave us this udate. , ,., ., ., , update. this is a war of competing narratives over update. this is a war of competing narratives over a update. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly - narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen and i do not recommend that people watch this i
And easter morning burglary leaves an east bay Business Owner feeling just devastated and this post Covid Business climate. You know, its been tough enough, but imagine having to do with being burglarized easter sunday. Yeah, its what happened to the Small Business in oakland. Kron fours dan kerman reports. We need that. The city that to take action and to prevent this from happening to us. This is not fair. This easter sunday. This is the sunday that we should all be spending time with our loved ones and enjoying this day, not having too, you know, cleanup last. Look at this. Thats exactly what oakland clothing designer taylor jay had to do easter morning. After being notified or Flagship Store on broadway had been burglarized. It happened about 05 30am, in the morning after breaking the glass in the front door. Security video shows a man coming inside the store and helping himself to a wide array of goods being a Small Business oakland and how tough things have already been for us. Y