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♪ we will always remember ♪ ♪ we will never forget ♪ ♪ we will never forget ♪ ♪ we will always remember ♪ ♪ we will never forget ♪ >> my dreams of what greenwood should look like, it should look like us. >> my hope for greenwood is that she can become back what she used to be. >> i wish greenwood would be healed. a lot of stuff was buried deep. >> my dream is to have a replicate of 1921 with the black businesses, everybody supporting each other. >> we are the youngest busines...

Will make it easier to move goods between great britain and northern ireland. this is called a green lane. good heading into the eu across the irish border, they would face red lane checks. this is foreign secretary liz truss. there are very real problems that we are facing in northern ireland, first of all, on trade, we are seeing a trade diverted from east—west and north—south, the people of northern ireland are not able to benefit from the same tax benefits as people in great britain, and...

Claims the foreign office stood by as nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is forced to sign a false commission. —— levels confession. it is after she revealed she was only allowed to leave the country after agreeing to a uk official�*s instruction to sign a false confession presented at the airport by irans regime. the foreign office minister amanda milling said the official only passed on irans message that she wouldnt be allowed to leave without signing. the population of northern ireland has ri...

>> good to see you ali, and the new show premiers at ten -- 4 pm. we have a quite a bit coming up on the cross connection today. of course, ali, we will talk about the leaked draft opinion of roe v. wade and if overruled, how it will disproportionately affect low income women and women of color. also, after ruling this week, the victim of the 1921 to tulsa massacre may be closer to getting the reparations they deserve. they have been asking for over a century. we will talk to their lawyer about ...

Election fraud, solicitation of others to participate in that conspiracy. all of these could be serious felonies and of course there are a host of misdemeanors, too, that could be investigated. >> thank you for correcting me when i misspoke. i said attorney general and i meant the district attorney. >> coming up next, a potential last chance for reparations for the surviving victims of the 1921 tulsa race master. details on the key decision coming from an oklahoma judge today. ♪ ♪ im gonnnna...

His attorney a text saying theyre trying to wait us out but were not going anywhere. basically what they are arguing here is that since of course the tulsa race massacre happened back in 1921, that area leadership thwarted efforts to rebuild the greenwood mabd neighborhood here in tulsa where that happened and that the city profited and that the three victims never saw any compensation. the lawsuit is seeking financial reparations for the loss of life and property during the massacre, the creati...

That. plus, the selection of a special grand jury begins in atlanta in former president trumps attempts to overturn election results in georgia. >> and later, three survivors of the tulsa race massacre of 1921, more than 100 years ago could finally get their day in court. check out this vrbo. come on. ♪ ♪ ♪ (a): all hail, caesar! pssst julius! you should really chk in with your team on ringcentral. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeah, you should probably get out of here. ♪...

>> we know what happened 100 years ago. and it is time for the city of tulsa to do what is right and stand on the right side of history. >> the survivors, viola fletcher, lessie benningfield randle and hughes van ellis are all more than 100 years old. they were small children living in the greenwood section of town known as black wall street, a thriving back community in the middle of the jim yoa era. in 1921 a young black man was accused of assaulting a white teenage girl, a white mob including...

Today marks a significant moment for the last survivors of the 1921 tulsa race massacre and their fight for reparations. an oklahoma judge is hearing thas case today and will decide if it can go to trial. the deadly massacre claimed the lives of at least 300 african americans whose entire community of greenwood known as black wall street was burned to the ground. cnns omar jimenez is there for the proceedings. the last three survivors, each one over the age of 100, are they there at todays heari...

See if it actually happens. part of what the lawsuit is alleging here is that area leadership thwarted efforts to rebuild the greenwood area, but also promoted tourism at the site of this massacre and all the while victims, three of them still living, were not only never compensated but also are still feeling the effects of what happened in 1921 today. so part of what theyre asking for or seeking are financial reparations for loss of life and property during the massacre, the creation of a victi...