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Well come on to that. but looking back to what happened yesterday, we have this saying that sport and politics doesnt mix. but actually as serbia took on switzerland yesterday, the opposite was true. there is a lot of history between these two sides. switzerland is a very international side with players from a number of different ethnic backgrounds. and their two goal scorers are both originally from koso vchlv descent. they have said in the past that if he had his chance again, he would wand to...

Facilities faced by children in the current wave of migration. officials at this group home want to show another side of that story, a place that takes pride in caring for the most vulnerable and traumatized of the recent immigrants. georgia senator tim kaine was coming out of the facility as we entered. >> this is a high-quality program. >> these are all girls homes for domestic and immigrant children. >> reporter: there are ten spacious complexes, a library, soccer field and gym. the immigrant...

>> this week, ive learned that this community is made up of all sorts of people with a variety of backgrounds and traditions. but what they all have in common is the desire to be acknowledged and accepted for who they are. and i dont see anything wrong with that. besides, how boring would it be if we were all the same? >> hey, brother, its good to have you here. im glad you can experience the east side. this is love. this is movement. this is music. this is like solidarity, man. this is what wer...

When mommy and me comes, we give them a room for the two of them. >> reporter: cnn has reported in recent days on abuse and neglect and poor conditions in detention facilities faced by many immigrant children. officials at this group home want to show another side of that story. a place that takes pride in caring for the most vulnerable and traumatized of the recent immigrants. virginia senator kim cane was coming out of the facility as we entered. >> this is a high quality program. >> these are...

. says simon has brought the traditional orchestra up to date for the twenty first century. he brought young musicians from disadvantaged backgrounds into the fellow monic introduced more contemporary works into the repertoire and had concert streamed on to cinema screens his farewell concept was seen live in more than two hundred cinemas in twelve year a peon countries here in berlin of course but also in the british capital with simon is now conducting the london symphony orchestra. get him fu...

Malas six symphony just as he did in one nine hundred eighty seven when he first worked with the film on ik first as visiting conductor and since two thousand and two as its principal now the rattle era is coming to an end. its awesome to be here in berlin and get to experience this after i think its thirty one years to be it is a show its yeah its truly special i could feel like being the center with a universe in front of us it would if youre home when you come it simon rattle. says simon has ...

>> anthony: armenia enjoyed a somewhat celebrated status during soviet times. and russian influence is everywhere still. chess is taught in public schools, a basic life skill. its probably the fact that armenia was such a powerhouse of smart, highly educated brainiacs with strong backgrounds in engineering, math, rocketry, and technology. a veritable silicon valley of the caucasus, that largely spared them of the worst of soviet rule. and also, perhaps, the reason that it continues to be a leade...

Campaign. well, the nypd firing back at new york city liberals who say the department gang database is racially bias. mark forced to defend the crim tools saying, quote, to dismantle criminal organization you have to understand size, scope, who its members are and what crimes each member has committed. joining me to react dr. darren porter. thank you for joining us. appreciate it it. >> always a pleasure. heather: first of all, explain to us what the gang database is. >> comprehensive overview o...

This weekend. i want to understand, though, what theyre doing to these people at the border, these policies, dont change whats happening to people in the united states suffering. >> no. these new policies dont change things for americans in any way. >> do they help people at the boarder? >> at the border, you have these families who are fleng their countries with the shirts on their back. most of these folks, they dont leave their countries with months of planning. >> talk about the people of te...

Americans and russians to work together again. why do you thi it wasnt done in previous administrations? >> well, the space -- this new council is something that our president wanted to put together to see how we can -- because people have been talking about going to mars, but i think he wanted to focus on getting back to the moon first and use that as a launching pad to get uo mars one day. we need to make sure nasa has the money to do these things. >> the new nasa administrator, hes a former m...