Three decades, but it was the first time he stepped on the court as an openly gay man. Number 46, Jason Collins. Reporter as he took the court, Jason Collins became the first openly gay athlete to it play professional sports in the United States. Collins signed a tenday deal before the game. Thats amazing that the nets were willing to open up and allow him to still showcase his talents even though his Sexual Orientation may be most. Reporter he was a free agent when he made the announcement. I always try to stay positive and control what i cant control. Its my training. So i always try to focus on that, being positive and staying ready. Thats part of being a professional. Reporter now that the opportunity is here, collins says his head is in game. Its about focusing on the task at hand and not thinking about history or anything along those lines. Reporter the nets coach says theres a familiarity with Jason Collins. They have played together and hes a professional that he knows this gam
Delayed out of concerns for cohens family. In a statement, their attorney writes in part, quote, due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and mr. Giuliani, mr. Cohens appearance will be postponed to a later date. Lets start at the white house with our correspondent abbi phillip. Lets start with the pelosi versus trump here. We have six days to go until what was supposed to be the president s state of the the union. He now says in response to the speaker im not surprised. Its a shame. Democrats dont seem to care about crime and violence across the border. Reporter thats right. He says that hes not surprised. Thats in part because one of the strategies the white house had at the beginning of this day was to force Nancy Pelosis hand. Make her decide if shes going to allow the president to give his speech in the capitol or is she not. I think the white house realized pretty quickly that the ball had to be really left in her court. But now that that speech has been can
Paris Junior High School’s Science Fair winners were announced recently. The winners pictured from left are:
Row 1 – 7th Graders
1st place - Hannah Cunningham – Need for ZZZ’s
2nd place - Caroline Gillen – Prussic Acid Poisoning
3rd place - Akshay Bacharanianda - Effects of Energy Input
here s the new piece of breaking news. the embattled president of vens way la says he s ending diplomatic relationship with the united states. this comes after president trump recognized an opposition leader as the legitimate president of venezuela and it comes after days of violent protests in the country. let s begin in cora cass. can you give us a little bit of context as to why he would have said this and where would these diplomats go? reporter: it s exactly we are seeing history in front of our eyes. earlier today, the president of the national assembly here, the president of parliament swore himself in as an interim president with the support of the united states of america and of many other countries around the world including canada.