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
Van. And he joined the taliban to fight the u. S. John walker lynn is set to go free on american soil 17 years he served. Good morning and welcome to early start. Im christine romans. A lot of outrage about that one. Im dave briggs, thursday, may 23rd, 4 00 a. M. In the east, 3 00 a. M. In missouri, and thats where we begin this morning with breaking news overnight. A tornado outbreak turning deadly in missouri. A tornado emergency for missouris capital of Jefferson City. The National Weather Service Confirms the city took a direct hit from a twister. The damage is extensive. Roofs ripped off of homes, debris everywhere, at least 10,000 customers are without power. People on the ground tell cnn they were sheltering wherever they could as flashes lit up the sky. Officials are asking people to remain indoors. We do not need citizens coming out helping us by driving around identifying problems. We got enough calls coming in from affected citizens to where we dont need people driving aroun
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