To have the opportunity and the skills to become engaged citizens. From inequity to legal documents children who were born here. This year we award 100,000 in prizes including a grand prize of 25000 the deadline for 2021 for more information go to our website student cam. Org. Right now there has been a transformation of the role of women in america. Here is a man born 1940 who repeatedly in the american sout south, 50 and 60 years ago acted in the tradition of an early Christian Saint write about different worlds savagely. Our Speaker Pelosi hosted a Virtual Meeting on Climate Change with her legislative counterparts from the g7 nation will also hear from the dalai lama and environmental activist jane goodall and former energy secretary. Speaker the United States congress it is my honor to welcome this distinguished group to the 19th annual speakers meeting. Was addressing the Climate Crisis Environmental Justice for all. It is a privilege to once again to have that existential threat
State. It still has an uprising on its hands. Within the last few hours protesters in kiev have retaken a ground lose to Security Forces who have taken control of most of Independence Square. A truce is not holding. Theres reports of gun fire. Emergency services have been taking bodies out the camps. Foreign minister ris are due to arriving in kiev in the coming hours. Lets go back to the unrest. Barnaby phillips is on the line. Bring us up to date with developments in the past few hours. What happened, it was an hour ago, actually. It seems to me that the protesters in Independence Square had a plan, a successfully implemented plan. They launched an offensive theres no other word for it. They drove the police out of that portion of the square that they captured during the fighting of tuesday and wednesday night. There were hectic scenes as the police were driven back. Both sides accused the other, within the last hour, of using live ammunition. Having been down on the ground i did hea
And, financial policymakers from the g20 nations are gathering in sydney to discuss the effect of a dwindling u. N. Monetary Stimulus Program on emerging markets. The Ukrainian Government has announced it has reached an agreement with the opposition to settle the crisis in the country. But it remains uncertain whether it will end the violent clashes between demonstrators and the police. No major clashes have been reported in central kiev friday morning. But the standoff between the two sides remains as the protesters barricades remaining remain up. A statement on president Viktor Yanukovychs official website said he and opposition leaders have reached an agreement. The deal came after lengthy talks with representatives from several eu countries and russia. No details have been released. Polish media reports that the eu delegates proposed holding the next president ial election ahead of schedule, and establishing a transitional government. More than 70 people have died in clashes since
His gun on his colleagues is found guilty. And protesters remain on the streets of egypt despite a military curfew. Im here with all of the headlines from europe, including thousands of people are forced from their homes as eastern russia sees its worst flooding in 120 years. And theres more water on the way. International pressure on syrias government to allow an investigation into the weeks alleged krem chemical tack is growing. A Senior Member of the Syrian Opposition says samples from victims of the incidents have been sent outside the country. U. S. President barack obama calling the attacks a big event of grave concern that could make an International Response even more urgent. And while the world waits, the survivors are giving their own si side. Reporter this video was shot by an independent journalist. Men and women some with their children at their side. Their faces contorted in pain. Whatever killed these People Killed indiscriminately, cat, a flock of sheep, and only feet a
Good evening. Im erin burnett. We begin with the breaking news. New details at this hour about what led to richard matt and david sweats capture. And in the final moments of Richard Matts life. Sources telling cnn hours before matt was killed he was drinking a grape flavored liquor in a cabin before going inside this nearby trailer. There he fired off several shots, one of which struck a recreational vehicle passing by. Its that driver that called police. Thats what led directly to matts death. Cnn obtaining a startling picture of matts mortally wounded body moments after he was killed by a federal agent. Ill warn you this image is graphic. This is though richard matt slumped forward on the ground shot three times in the head after refusing an order to put down a 20 gauge shotgun. Were learning malt mat and sweat staged a dry run and left themselves the night before rehearsing the plot and this comes as a dozen employees at prison, a dozen including three top executives are off the job