Been to this to dura Detention Center you were there what a year ago. Tell us about the conditions and about this arrangements the repugnance and all that many people who are that who want to be returned home all are some of them determined to sit it out. Martin. The story of slave trade in libya and markets is still fresh in memory and when we went there in december 2017 up to january of last year are the stories we hear from them is so scary people being raved organs being have vested people being forced into slavery people being kidnapped and their parents back home or pay a ransom and immediately theyre released theyre taken back to taken by another gang things like that and officials even for those that the some of the some libyan officials dont even want the nigerian authorities and other countries to repatriate or take the people whom simply because a lot of people stand to benefit from the cheap foreign labor they go to these detention facilities hire these people from the offi
Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
Hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jemele hill. S
It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
Plus, cereal for a cause the story behind a cereal box domino chain were in North Carolina with details. And secrets of a ventriloquist. Well introduce you to this puppeteer who is making history and hoping to inspire a new generation of storytellers make you proud of me this is nbc nightly news kids edition welcome back to kids edition. Im lester holt. Its great to be with you on a saturday morning we have an awesome lineup today, everything behind the science of those Sweet Cravings we all have, to a rare birth at one zoo in the u. S and later on, well have some fun with puppeteer and ventriloquist megan typhus you move your hand for each syllable youre saying, so if you want to say basketball, i would say basketball did she just take my voice . We begin with the weather. Parts of the country have been hit by extreme weather this week, rain, storms, and even tornadoes, and one young viewer had this question on his mind. Hi. My name is sam, and im 4 years old. And i want to talk about