KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt August 28, 2021 22:58:00
It. >> i get emotional because some of them, they don't know that they matter. they don't know that they are loved. i just want them to know that. you matter. you are loved. >> reporter: for 9-year-old rochelle blakely. >> i say i am respectful and i show every thi to everybody and i love myself. >> reporter: these words came on a life-changing day when she became part of a new family. >> what was it like when, that moment that rachelle said her affirmation? >> when she said the affirmation i am cared for, i am loved, she said i'm getting adopted today. >> reporter: affirming her joy and now w...