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Personal care assistant telling me whats going on. i trust her to tell me whats around me and thats critical to a deaf blind person, that trust between a pca and like my mom said, we are a team. we work together to navigate the world. >> maria, did you feel like you had a choice or did you have to pull out, you couldnt do it without your mom. >> i couldnt. i couldnt. after my rio 2016 experience, i knew i could never travel by myself again as a deaf blind person because of the challenges. i coul...

This will make australia a three time host. it previously held the games in melbourne in 1956 and sydney in 2000. >> brisbane is the first city to win a summer bid under a new selection process to discourage the ioc from pitting cities against each other in expensive bidding wars. corruption had been rampant and potential host cities often pulled out. an american swimmer who is hearing impaired and blind has withdrawn from the paralympic games because her request to have her mother serve as pe...

Brought into the country illegally as children are part of the daca program. it gives them temporary legal status. >> we are contributing every day with our, i know thats basing by doctors and lawyers i am a filmmaker excited about that. for xolalpa, government figures shows 90% of daca recipients are employed thanks to the program, but texas federal judge andrew hadnt ruled the program was illegal. it was part of the federal lawsuit brought by texas and eight other states. president biden, a su...

The open at royal st georges, is finally underway, with the first round of golfers onto the first fairway. theyll be watched by up to 32 thousand fans each day, one its one of the governments test events, but despite the excitement, not all of the players are fans of this course, with its long rough and mountainous bunkers. ben croucher has more. teeing it up at last on the kentish coast. better late than never. the open championship at royal st georges is one of golf�*s most fearsome challeng...

You know, a couple of blind, a couple of tea shots shots where you cant really see much im not too big a fan of that.— cant really see much im not too big a fan of that. few tournaments, few tournaments _ big a fan of that. few tournaments, few tournaments provide _ big a fan of that. few tournaments, few tournaments provide such - few tournaments provide such unpredictability. ben curtis ranked 300 and 96 in the world when he won in 2003. or darren clarks unexpected emotional triumph a decade...

Golfs open championship — and with fans — and tomorrow morning at 6.35 the first player will tee off at royal st georges in kent. ben croucher reports. teeing it up at last on the kent coast. better late than never. the open championship real st georges is one of goals most fearsome challenges whether its the devil is roughly swirling sea breeze or the fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride. its just not as exciting i dont know why whether it be a couple of shots to nothing....

I love nights like tonight and to get a series win as well, just makes it even better. weve had to wait two years because of covid — but its back — golfs open championship — and with fans — and tomorrow morning at 6.35 the first player will tee off at royal st georges in kent. ben croucher reports. teeing it up at last on the kent coast. better late than never. the open championship royal st georges is one of goals most fearsome challenges whether its the devil is roughly swirling sea br...

>> reporter: world-class swimmer anastasia pagonis has her sights set on olympic gold. the 17-year-old from long island is blind, but letting nothing stand in her way. sh qualifying for the paralympic games in tokyo. >> when i jump in the water, thats my happy place. thats where i feel free. when im out of the water, i always have to rely on someone to take me somewhere, my guide dog to take me places, my cane to, like, help me navigate. >> reporter: when she was 11, she started having trouble r...

A blind girl and have faith in me. >> reporter: marc danin was an instant believer. >> from the beginning, i was like, wow, this kid is going to be an olympian. >> reporter: he uses a tapper to guide anastasia in the pool. >> so i cue her with the tapper. it basically just lets her know that shes coming up to the wall and shes got to be safe. >> reporter: anastasias years of practice and determination paying off, inspiring others along the way. >> just showing people that, like, hey, this is wha...

>> so, sean, i have to ask you, youre a republican. youve spent some time in public office. you were in congress. did you get that kind of love from the mainstream media? >> yeah, no one ever compared me to the holy spirit, charlie, not one. >> oh, come on. >> listen, theyre actually quite mean to me, as you can only imagine. but heres the story, right? the media was blind with rage at donald trump that he won the election and then he actually had the gall to implement what he had talked about o...