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Prior to being elected to congress, she served on the bostons city council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Please welcome congresswoman ayanna pressley. E] rep. Ressley today, i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones recorded in our history books, but those omitted from the pages. The freedom riders, the organizers, the community builders. Every loved one passed a brownbag lunch. Lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the mat...

Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this mo...

To represent missouris first congressional district. She spoke to supporters in st. Louis following her primary victory. [applause] ok. If you can hear me we can. Loud and clear. We love you, cori. Let me just say i cant do anything without first thanking, first, ive got to thank god. I would not be here. Amen. Hallelujah. Ive got to start with that. And to my family, my father who has been my example my entire life. My father. And my family, my mom, my sisters, my children, over here, my friends, my niece and nephew, my family. And then my movement family. And to my team, oh my goodness. My t...

Ive got to give honor to god. And to my family, my father who has been my example my entire life. To my father. [applause] and my family, my mom, my sisters, my children, over here, do my whole family, my friends, my niece and nephew, my family. And then my Movement Family. [cheering] [applause] and to my team, oh my goodness. My team. [applause] you got to do better than that for my team. They counted us out. They called me just a protester. I am just an activist. No name, no title, no amount of money. That is all they said i was. They are not saying that today. [applause] we are going to go ...

Week on from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal the extent of the damage. Growing concern over russias Coronavirus Vaccine germany says the product must be safely tested before being made public. At reports of a social media posts considered offensive to islam sponsored violent protests in southern india. And in sports the European Champions League returns to action with an all new 4 much 8 same dream portugal for knock out so one of them that will decide this season is once. We begin this news with the latest fallout from sundays disputed president ial election in baylor reuss state medi...