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Program Host Prathysha Kothare is host of Teen Connect, a show that explores local to global issues impacting Teens and our community by connecting with guests and their experience. Prathysha is a Senior at Parkland High School. She wants to pursue a career in Chemical engineering. Prathysha plays the piano, is a varsity debate team captain, is an FBLA national qualifier, writes and publishes poetry, has been on the PHS Step Team, is part of the Spanish, Math, and National Honors Societies, con...

She served TikTok dance-inspired moves to Kendrick Lamar and more!

She served TikTok dance-inspired moves to Kendrick Lamar and more!

Vandals in a Seattle suburb spray-painted swastikas on the walls of a coffee shop owned by vocal supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, local outlets reported last week. The anti-Semitic graffiti marked the second time that Black Coffee Northwest has been targeted by racist attackers. On the eve of the Black-owned cafe’s anticipated Oct. 1 grand opening, arsonists tossed Molotov cocktails into a back wall, causing property damage that delayed the business’s unveiling more than two ...

Baltimore step team she saw perform back in 2017. >> michelle obama, someone is cruel, acts like a bully, you dont stoop to that level. our motto is. >> when they go low, we go high. raise our standards to the sky. >> lets head to the white house now and nbcs mike va kara. the president not backing down this morning despite the backlash. >> not at all, hes tripping down and up early tweeting today. but into the night last night, carrying on this theme despite the criticism from many quarters tha...

Mccarthy, good morning. >> this movie step is an incredible documentary that follows an all girl step team in inner-city baltimore, taking place, filmed during and before the event of freddie grays death. and baltimore beating a leading character on this film, two sets of drama, the school and baltimore instead of gold, every student in school would be accepted and graduate from college. it follows the step team to a championship and is a powerful, inspiring, beautiful film and i was cheering an...

Finally, the high school seniors determined to go to college. byron pitts with the dance that got them there. >> reporter: for these young women -- this is sweet sound of dreams. >> i like to step, because it is empowering. >> reporter: a documentary called "step," three baltimore high school seniors preparing for a national step-team dance competition. prepping for college. >> are these grades your best? why does the step team get your best and i dont? >> im trying. >> school is what got me out...

Reactions as well. i think weve seen extremes, and our step team is focused on the positive and the people that are embracing us for doing something that were not traditionally, you know, we dont traditionally do. megyn: so people booed you when you won the first prize although a lot of people came to your defense and said it was clear that your team was the best. and then, and then five days after the competition as the internet started buzzing and more and more controversy was coming out, the ...

Even these are ladies from the university of arkansas. [cheers and applause] pretty darn good. theyre showing off their step talent. if youre not familiar, its a synchronized drill movement. recently, sprite hosted a step off competition, and these ladies won. but then there was a huge outcry. you see, later, organizers or suddenly said there was a scoring error, and the women who you just saw now have to share first place with the members of alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated from indiana ...

Were really excited that we got $100,000 for our education, and were really excited that the ladies of alpha kappa alpha have that opportunity as well now. it makes a big difference. megyn: sure does. so you think the team deserves to share the first prize with you? >> well, they were a really good step team. we knew we had the competition, and they did really well. so i think the score just reflects, you know, what happened. megyn: okay. well, good. so theres no controversy, you think its great...