First openly gay College Football player, michael sam, selected by the st. Louis rams as the 249th player chosen in this years draft. Cheryl herd is live in San Franciscos Castro District with reaction to the latest developments. Cheryl. Reporter terry, theres usually something very interesting with every nfl draft. This year it was who was going to pick Johnny Football and, of course, who was going to pick michael sam. A lot of folks paying attention here at high tops on Market Street in San Francisco. Sam was very emotional when his name was called today. He was drafted by the st. Louis rams about an hour ago. Now, a lot has been said about sam coming out earlier this year, and people were wondering if an openly gay Football Player would stand in the way of being picked by an nfl team. Well, apparently it did not, as you can see. The folks i talked to this afternoon were very pleased. It has nothing to do with how he plays the game. Hes extremely talented, hes amazing. And i think th
The World Health Organization declares a polio emergency. The director general has declared the spread of wild polio virus today 2014 a Public Health emergency of international concern. 74 cases of polio due to wild polio virus so far this year. 59 of those cases have been reported from pakistan. We will look at the link between the outbreak of polio in the cia. Polio has been on the rise in pakistan ever since the cia ran a fake vaccination scheme to track down Osama Bin Laden. We will get the latest on the nearly 300 girls kidnapped in nigeria. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The boko haram has released a video showing the first images of the kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls since their abduction nearly one month ago. Close to half the nearly 300 girls are seen on the tape, chanting what appears to be a verse from the koran. Leader is also shown and appears to offer the girls freedom in exchange for th
Well have a live report from Downtown Manhattan, coming up. First, we start off with the healthcare scandal rocking the department of Veterans Affairs now getting a lot worse. A bombshell new email now revealing that an employee at a va hospital in wyoming instructed his workers to purposefully manipulate records in order to hide delays in patient care. This, of course, comes after months of allegations of similar waiting lists at v. A. Hospitals in phoenix and in ft. Collins, colorado. Molly henningberg is live. This is extremely disturbing. Reporter the department of veteran affairs doesnt appear to have done anything until yesterday even though an internal investigation revealed these shady practices back in december. It appears what was going on at v. A. S in wyoming and colorado was employees were being told by their superiors to make the records look like patients were seen within 14 days, when they werent. One email from a man named david newman at the cheyenne, wyoming, v. A. C
Break free and make it back home. We are live in nigeria with her harrowing tale. And breaking news this morning, ukraine in crisis. Prorussian rebels claiming victory after eastern provinces vote on whether to secede from the nation. So, will that country now be split into pieces . What is the situation on the ground . Were live with the very latest. Good morning, everyone. Its monday. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. May 12th. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with a cnn exclusive this morning, Donald Sterling on the record for the first time about the racist comments he made and the nbas push to force him out as owner of the l. A. Clippers. Sterling sat down with anderson cooper, insisting he was baited by the woman named v. Stiviano, baited into saying she shouldnt be seen with black people. He called her a friend he thought liked him and he thought cared for him, and he apologized, calling what happened a mistake. His wife, shelly, is also speaking
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