[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The cold war is about to begin.
[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im driving into the oldest settlement in louisiana. Its called natchitoches. Its rich in Southern Charm and civil war history. Battles raged nearby, both along and on the red river. Well, that history inspired one mans remarkable craftsmanship. But it left his son wondering what the heck to do with all the crafts. My name is Larry Atteridge. In 2008, my father passed away and left behind his lifes work a massive fleet of amazingly detailed model ships he built from scratch. Hi, larry. Im jamie. Well, hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. Great to meet you. Thanks for inviting me deep into louisiana. It sure is pretty. Well, ive got a lot to show you. Come this way. Larry invites me in to see some of his fathers civil war ships. This is one cool viewer submission. Which one is that . This is the eastport, which was on the red river here in natchitoches parish. It was one of the largest ironclads of the civ
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, thrilled to be on my latest adventure, here in San Francisco. The woman at the heart of this story also loved to travel and took home the smallest of souvenirs from every place she visited. Those tiny keepsakes could add up to abigpayday for her heirs. My name is lise mousel. For over half a century, my glamorous aunt naomi traveled the world in style. She always had a surprise for us, but the biggest one came after she passed away. [ knock on door ] i want to know more about those surprises, so i meet lise and her mother, carol, at the condo where aunt naomi lived for more than 30 years. Lise now calls the place home. Oh, i love the way its decorated minimalist. It wasnt always true, when naomi was here. Really . Yes, there was stuff everywhere. There was furniture and there were antiquities, and then there were the beads. Beads everywhere. Beads . Beads. Naomi lindstroms story begins in a tiny logging town in british columbia, canada, where shes born in
Very good evening and welcome to bbc news. A man from Northern Ireland has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration, after the bodies of 39 vietnamese people, including children, were discovered in the back of a lorry he was driving in essex. 25 year old Maurice Robinson from County Armagh is still facing 39 charges of manslaughter. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has been at the old bailey. Of the three people currently being held after the shocking discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry on a quiet road in an essex industrial estate, mo robinsons case is the most advanced. The young lorry driver was the first person to be arrested and today, here at the old bailey, he admitted being part of the conspiracy to smuggle people into britain. The discovery last month of 39 dead people from vietnam in the back of a lorry in essex led to a Huge International investigation into a suspected people smuggling gang. This morning, mo robinson, the 25 year old
The gang film blue story after violent incidents outside several of its venues. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the observers sonia sodha and the telegraphs Anna Mikhailova stay with us for that. Good evening. The chief rabbi has made a highly unusual intervention in the general Election Campaign by condemning what he says is Jeremy Corbyns failure to deal with anti semitism, and by questioning the labour leaders fitness for downing street. Writing in the times newspaper, ephraim mirvis, whos britains most seniorjewish leader, said labour has responded saying well, in a moment well talk to our Political Correspondent chris mason, but first, here is Martin Basheer explaining how significant the chief rabbi plasma comments are. The chief rabbi has oversight behalf of those in the United Kingdom who identify as practising jewish and he says that labours claim that they are doing everything in their powers to root out anti semitism is in his