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my dream has been adt since i was 13, and to be a principal dancer is reaching those heights. now 32, misty copeland has forged her own unique path as she danced her way up the ranks of one of the world s most competitive professions. i m just so honored, so extremely honored to be a principal dancer [laughter] to be an african-american and to be in this position. despite naysayers along the way including one rejection letter saying she had, quote, the wrong body for ballet, copeland has persevered. i had moments of doubting myself and wanting to quit because i didn t know that there would be a future for an african-american woman to make it to this level. at the same time, it made me so hungry. after years of hard work, this ballet star who was raised by a single mother on welfare has transvended dance, being named by time magazine as one of starring in ads for brands like dr. pepper and under armour. now, as she assumes her new position, for copeland i ....
brewing between both parties over who should appoint scalia s successor. the body of antonin threea ansported to a west texas funeral home heavily guarded by u.s. macials. this has the nation mourns one of longest serving supreme court justices. for almost 30 years justice annin nino scalia was a larger than life presence on the bench. reporter: he was nominated by president reagan in 1986. put your left hand on the bible. reporter: dur his tenure was known as a conservative jurist, a critic of rowe versus wade and an opposing voice in the same-sex marriage cases. as word spread of scalia s death republican candidates reacted dudung the debate. it s a tremendous blow to conservativism and frankly to he will go down as one of great justices in the history of this republic. reporter: the candidates waste nod time over whether or not president obama should appoint a replacement. i believe t t president should not move forward. i think we ought to next the ....
here is kelly blanco. good thursday morning to you, kelly blanco. hope your morning is off to a good startrt no construction around the area of northwest 79th street. the express lanes are already open here at 4:32 a.m. expect them to be around 50 cents. northbound. over in broward county things are looking nice and clear. your northbound and southbound lanes. we re acdent free. we have construction on the maps where we have a couple of lanes expressway northbound. as a matter of fact, all lanes completely blocked off at tammy tamiami trail. the ramp to the palmetto expressway completely shut down. in broward cnty again, accident-free, but you will have two lanes blocked on i-75 southbound approaching sheridan street. president obama headed to cuba next month. the historic trip will mark the first time a sitting u.s. president has visited the island as you can imagine, that move is sparking a lot of controversy, especially here in south florida. julia bagg is live i ....
developing right now out of norfolk. we re hearing from escaped the fire that destroyed their home is a the home a mother and her two children four to joe from the window to escape the scary scene began to play around two am this morning on kingston avenue in the ocean view section of norfolk the husband wife who made safety. a close call for allen koon and his wife sandra miller ten seconds we were made though that saw the smoke billows in flames ripped through their norfolk duplex friday morning neighbors banged on their windows trying to tweak the couple up. it was crazy over the front door and slammed the front door immediately to the heat wave knocked me back and we got to go another way but there was no other exit so we had to run to the fire to get our world j that s all that matters. sandra suffered minor burns on her shoulder wasn t as fortunate firefighters pulled her from the second floor. officials say she had burns on her shoulder and neck area and was pron ....
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