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the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and warns hundreds of people will lose their homes. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out today which of them has won their high court libel case. # everybody needs good neighbours. and it's farewell to neighbours after four decades as fans here in the uk prepare for tonight's final episode. birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched ...

>> reporter: melisande is pushing to make the institution the first institution in the country to make payments for reparation. recently they got one step closer to their goal. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 per semester. that's 10 cents for each of the persons the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live, a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school. >> we're not making a gift to these people. they're, like, quality of life is directly tied to the actions of ...

That the university sold off 272 people to stay a float in 1838. those people ended up in louisiana on some of the worst plantations in the u.s. one of their descendants is a current student at georgetown. >> my ancestors were here until members of their families were sold in 1838. so my family and who i am as an american actually goes back 11 generations. >> milison is among a group of activists pushing to make the university the first in the country to pay reparations for slavery. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 a semester. that's 10 cents f...

Slavery. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 a semester. that's 10 cents for each of the people the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live. a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school. >> we're not making a gift to these people. their, like, quality of life is directly ti lly tied to the act the university. even just geographically. being put in communities in louisiana and maryland, if you're put in a community that doesn't have a lot of social mobility and res...

attracting the attention of homeland security. wolf blitzer is off today, i'm candy crowley, and you're in "the situation room." right now they're pretearing to vote on a resolution. it strongly condemns the killing, gee mooning the assad regime call off sits forces and cease all violence. we'll bring the vote to you live when it happens. we have cnn journalists in syria right now documenting some of the awful violence. you'll see that as well, ahead. bus first to the battle for michigan, which holes its primary in just 12 days. it is home turn for mitt romney who grew up there a...