. >>> kicking off our climate challenge series here in houston. could the winter storm disaster that left millions without power in texas happen where you live >>> and nasa's historic flight on mars inspiring america tonight. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from houston, texas >>> good evening, everyone from houston where we're kicking off a week of coverage about climate challenges in this earth week. we'll have more on that a bit later but our top story is unfolding right now in minneapolis where the fate of former police officer derek chauvin and justice for george floyd now rests in the hands of a jury. deliberations in the murder trial began late today following closing arguments from both sides the prosecution ending much as it began, focusing on the 9 1/2 minutes george floyd spent under the knee of chauvin few cases have captivated the country like this one. americans shocked by the graphic video of floyd's horrifying death on a minneapolis street, his face becoming an icon of the nationwide reck

the protections and calculations have to be right. >> hello there, houston. >> houston here. how do you read? >> we are down at about 10.3. >> we couldn't agree more, john. your state vectors good. >> the entry trajectory, velocity, and position look good. columbia is heading for home. now only 470 miles away. >> and john, we are showing you rolling right. looking good. we are showing positive coastline. we are showing you coast to coast now. >> the shuttle is first cited at about 1000 feet, with a long-range camera from andersonville, california. >> one way to come to california. >> roger. that out of 112 k. we see it, >> we see 21 degrees. >> the role reversal is done over in bakersfield, california. ♪ ♪ ♪ that's beautiful. and we are seeing 1.3 gs coming around. >> the astronauts are making the final turn to line up with the runway. >> columbia you're looking good. right on the money. turning on the final. your winds on the surface calm. you are right on the glide slope, columbia. says awful >> looks real good. >> chase reports no tile or other damage evidence undern

welcome to south houston. >> okay. robert leads me into a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. what is it exactly? >> it's a full-size railcar -- 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. it weighs 50,000 pounds. it sat here for 41 years. it belonged to judge roy hofheinz. judgewho,you ask? roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. from the mayor's office, "the judge," as he was known, promises to transform houston from an oil-boom town into a big-time metropolis. a fellow entrepreneur named welcome wilson befriends his honor. >> he was a bigger-than-life person. he was flamboyant, tall, good-looking. >> but after two terms of knocking heads with the city council, hofheinz is ousted from office. so the fast-talkin', cigar-chompin' promoter begins channeling his boundless energy into something new -- major league baseball. >> i think the judge saw the recognition you could get from other cities when you were part of that

on all circuits. >> roger. >> contact, houston. >> houston contact. >> roger. let me give you a quick voice check. >> houston. >> the countdown has begun. ignition. ♪♪ ♪♪ after two minutes of flight, the solid rocket boosters burn out and fall away. they are recovered in the atlantic 175 miles down range from pad 39. to be towed ashore and used again for another shuttle flight. the main engines continue to burn. and the external tank now empty is jettisoned to fall into a remote ocean area. space shuttle is in earth's orbit, 150 miles above our planet. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> the astronauts moving with the rotation of the earth fly into night and into day many times in each orbit. in a 54-hour planet they'll see 36 sunrises and 36 magnificent sunsets as they orbit above the planet earth. looking down on clouds and life below. ♪♪>> good morning. this is -- reentry is one of the most critical moments in the order peter passage and the orbit of 19,000 miles per hour. the shuttle falls into the atmosphere generates

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back in their hometown at houston. all watching and waiting for the verdict. >> they're about to read the verdict! >> please be seated. members of the jury, i understand you have a verdict? >> verdict, count one. we, the jury in the above-entitled manner as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. >> yes, yes! >> same caption, verdict count two, fine the defendant guilty. same caption, verdict count three, find the defendant guilty. >> let the healing work begin! >> when that verdict was read, people all over the country and all over the world were jumping for joy. >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> they were kneeling in relief. it was like an exhale that you heard worldwide. >> i've looked and i watched him put his hands behind the back. and i was like, he had it a lot easier than my brother. but it was accountability. >> georgie was one of the most incredible people to walk this earth. his spirit, his fa

. >> contact houston. contact houston, contact. roger. let me give you a quick change. >> ok, ready houston. mark. ♪ james: the countdown has begun. ignition. ♪ [dramatic music] ♪ james: after two minutes of flight, the solid rocket boosters burn out and fall away, . they are recovered in the atlantic 175 miles downrange from pad 39, to be towed ashore and used again for another shuttle flight. the main engines continue to burn, and the external tank, now empty, is jettisoned to fall into a remote area. space shuttle is in earth's orbit 150 miles above our planet . >> [speaking in spanish] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] ♪ >> [in swahili] >> [speaking in german] >> [speaking in japanese] >> the estimates moving with the , rotation of the earth fly in two nights, and in today many times on each orbit. in a 54 hour flight, they will see 36 sunrises and 36 magnificent sunsets as they orbit above the planet earth, looking down on clouds and life below. ♪ >> good morning. this is matthew james in melbour

sambuccetti: y ese viaje de mcallen a houston fue el mÁs difÍcil, cuenta alfredo. ¿cuÁndo fue que se te ocurriÓ empezar a registrar en cÁmara todo ese cruce? alfredo: bueno, el motivo por el cual yo hice los videos, fue para que la gente vea la realidad, vea que no es fÁcil. nosotros dormimos en el suelo, nos turnÁbamos cuidÁndonos. si nos dormÍamos todos y llegaba la migra, nos agarraba durmiendo. tienes que aguantar desveladas, falta de agua, deshidrataciÓn. tienes que venir, como te comentaba, preparado tanto fÍsicamente como mentalmente. al menos yo quedÉ traumado. yo escucho lo que es un helicÓptero y enseguida volteo a ver. sambuccetti: una vez del otro lado, les tocÓ permanecer 4 dÍas escondidos en estos

attack, great body position by nemo, rodriguez to box out florian gym worth and rodriguez scores as houston goes up one nothing on the quakes, the dynamo would add another goal in the 56 minutes. nice pass from tyler passion, maxie, a rooty and he'll net. the goal. houston's up to nothing but the quakes have just scored and we now stand at 21 dynamo in the second half. if the warriors are gonna make the playoffs, they're gonna need more outstanding performances by some of the unsung players like qantas. kano anderson, what a night for him last night, a career night for j t a and the warriors 18 point win over the cavaliers to scotto. anderson hails from oakland played his high school ball in castro valley played 31 men. that's off the bench finished with a career high. 20 points, seven rebounds, three assists, throwing a steel and a blocked shot, and the warriors won their fourth in a row. not bad for an undrafted player who once played mainly in the g lead. you know, he's not a two

he's actually a teammate, a marcus semien so that rival that they had between houston and oakland. now they're teammates is kind of ironic. now they're announcing the a's starting lineup right now. and first pitch is slated for 7. '07. we'll be live here at oakland post game. but in the meantime, i'm going to send it back to you live from the coliseum. i'm jason dumas. kron 4 sports. thanks, jason. nice to see a sprinkling of fans out there. >> the nc double a tournament rolls on and stanford is back in action tomorr.w. it will be the cards. toughest contest of the season. a final 4 matchup but fellow number one, seed south carolina. now it's a familiar setting. these 2 squads faced off in the final 4 back in 2000, 17. the gamecocks won that one. but in 5 previous contests, it's always been stanford coming out on top this year's south carolina better watch out for the 3 ball. the cardinal have attorney record 43 of them for 3 games. and as for what stanford has to focus on. well, here's tara vanderveer. >> we've got to limit turnovers because they really get out and run in transiti

houston police now looking into a criminal complaint against houston texans quarterback deshaun watson, as at least 20 women accuse him of sexual misconduct. >>> the shocking new video. a suspect trashing a korean-owned business with a metal pole. customers running for cover. the suspect allegedly yelling racial slurs at the store's owners. >>> and who is aaron rodgers? the former super bowl champ set to be the next guest host on "jeopardy!" how he prepared for the role. >>> good evening, it's great to have you with us on this saturday, i'm whit johnson. as we come on the air tonight, millions of americans desperate to see loved ones this holiday weekend traveling and packing airports, but health experts are raising alarms, worried about setbacks during this fragile moment in the pandemic. the tsa screening a record number of passengers. more than 1.5 million people hitting the skies friday ahead of what will be the second easter since the pandemic began. at least 24 states seeing an increase in covid cases. a former cdc director telling me this morning there will be a fourth surge. ho

brangham: i'm william brangham and our first stop is houston, texas. there we met a little boy saved by american innovation. a bouncing, rocking, joyful testament to the miracles of modern american medicine. his life was transformed here, in what's called the largest medical city in the world: the texas medical center, in houston. here, doctors test artificial organs built from scratch... technicians design robots to speed efficiency... surgeons use virtual reality reconstruction to see tumors inside the body before ever making an incision. and, kids ke five year old cason cox come back from near-death. cason was born with only half his heart functioning normally... those hints of blue in his skin a sign of a little body hury for oxygen. most kids with this condition don't live very long. savannah: i can remember it perfectly. it was pouring rain outside, of course, and i was by myself, and one of my, my doctor told me that she sees that cason's heart is underdeveloped. it was a very few dark days for me. brangham: but using new and highly complex surg

dynamo. >>> houston estÁ bien, se ha reforzado con muchos jugadores, tiene un lindo sistema de juego, entrenador que los hace jugar bien. y va a ser difÍcil, entonces, pero va a ser difÍcil porque hace a 5 meses que no juegan estos chicos, entonces no podemos ver lo que deseamoses en las primeras fechas. >>> por su parte, el volante remedi, nos dijo lo que Él espera del equipo cuando los quakes visiten el estadio bbva. >>> es un houston bastante distinto al houston del aÑo pasado con muchos cambios, con muchos jugadores nuevos, y que ojalÁ sea un partido lindo para jugar, ojalÁ podamos implementar nuestro estilo y forma de jugar. >>> anoten este viernes la tercera temporada era almeyda en san josÉ, el sÁbado, las chivas ri regresan a nuestra blant para enfrentar a xolos. y cerramos bien con los gigantes de san francisco que hoy ganaron 3 a 0, 5 de los 6 juegos en casa lo ganaron en 6 juegos, barrieron a a los rockies. estÁn empatado en su segundo lugar con los padres a juego y medio nada mÁs de los dodgers, maÑana descansan, el viernes inician serie de 3 en miami ante los

alvarez doubles up, two run score, 3-0 houston. now a solo shot, he is 3 for 4 lake union night, houston scored five runs in the last two innings and won the opener 8-1. >> every game matters whether it's astros or mariners. it doesn't matter who we are playing or whether it is game one or game 75. each game does matter. obviously it's not what we want to start on but we'll come back and play some baseball tomorrow. >>> in seattle last night, giants got off to a bad start. unfortunately the game goes nine innings or in last night's case, ten. buster's first at bat since september 2019 solo shot giants jump to a 6-1 lead. meanwhile the starter left with a 5-1 lead in the 7th but bullpen and defense couldn't hold it in the 8th. a throwing error allows two runs to score. seattle has a 7-6 lead. top nine, leads off with a solo home run to tie the game. we go to extra innings. in the 10th, alvarez walked freely with the bases loaded to bring home the winning run. alvarez's third walk of the inning, giants pan blows opener and mariners w

for now, check back in with courtney for mission control houston. court ny? court? i. >> thanks, gary them space station team here in houston is focused and continue to function normally. verified the command path. from the ground to the station and everything is nomination and the station will be ready tomorrow. once the cru rifes the station and will join ex competition 56 while onboard the official destination will be flight engineers for jaxa who will take command from nasa's shannon walker. the station commander until the fall when will hand the reigns to european space agency for the final part of their mission. flight director is on consult now leading flight controllers in houston for launch and flight director scott stovall will lead tomorrow. the launch today will take 23.5 hours to get wake the docking scheduled tomorrow at 4:10 a.m. central. once dragon is docked to the station, the team here in houston will assist dragon and space station with leak checks as they will work to open hatch ob dragon on the unside of thises' pressurized mating adapter. we e

narrator: the onboard computers guided by mission control houston and the pilots fly the shuttle back towards earth. a long, very fast guide to california, supersonic, then as the crew approaches it, the airspeed slows dramatically. ♪ >> [speaking foreign language] narrator: the orbiter will be taken to a processing facility for a complete check before its next mission. ♪ progress is not a monopoly of the united states. the space transportation system will be used by nations of the world. payload space aboard shuttle has been booked ahead by many nations. the signature of the program, again reflects the words of our astronauts left on the moon, "we came in peace for all mankind." and once again, columbia stands ready to be mated to the solid boosters in the external tank for another mission. each orbiter is rated to fly up to 100 missions. astronaut john young, veteran of the gemini and apollo programs, and the spacecraft commander of the first shuttle crew to go into orbit, the space shuttle pilot on the first flight. both of these men experience high-performance aircraft pilots.

holmes, in houston texas. >> we might have lost our lives shot. you have been listening to ben crump, attorney for the floyd emily. let's get back. here is brandon williams. brandon: thank you, thank you to all you guys, advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, your safety on the line, we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, and, tony, justin, chris, just in here. finally thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] they did an amazing job, from start to finish. all the evidence, the witnesses, everything prove exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we still questioned the decision of the jury. and i wonder why? oftentimes, the system fails us as black and and women in america. all the evidence, everything into a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict. or in some cases, i have my good friend walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has lead it for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we

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>> yes, sir. >> and you all grew up in houston together. >> we all grew up in houston. >> who were george's parents? >> los india jones floyd and his father was george perry floyd. >> and did your mother -- spirit yes, that's my mother but she they called her ms. sissy. >> who called her ms. sissy? >> everybody called her ms. sissy. we just called her mom but everybody around the neighborhood called her ms. sissy and anybody that knew her called her that and they had to be like 50 years of age but everybody younger than that called her mom that was george's age. everyone called her mom because she was mom to so many people in the trinity. >> but community was that? >> that was in [inaudible] and i grew up in the housing authority projects that was low income, poverty, we stayed with each other all the time, me and george and we grew up together playing video games and his favorite game was on nintendo and replayed double dribble and we played [inaudible] and i finally beat him and a game and i was just so happy just thinking about he would say let's play again and i would be like no, i've g

that means so much to us here in the greater houston area. eric will be back. this has been such a thrilled to meet both of you and to talk with bothh of you we can't live without it at the shop and i'm just t so thrilled both of you are here tonight and thank you for taking your time. hopefully you can contact them on social mediati and ask questions. you are a rockstar. thank you so much. we appreciate it from blue willow bookshop in houston texas. >> it was a civil war majority black. three others ran for percentage points. if the black people had not migrated. i understand why they did. but if they had not, it is possible that black people could control up to 14 senate seats. and those votes that california and new york state combined. it's possible they would have real power on the state level. so when i am saying to black america particularly young black americans i saw you in the streets and protesting if you want a shot at changing those systems the quickest most powerful way to do that is through state power. i am asking such consider a reverse migrati

tennessee friend of pope then sam houston. defeats santa ana and they get santa ana to agree. that the line between the two countries between the independent republic of texas. and mexico we agrees that that will be the line the rio will be the line. the mexican parliament doesn't accept that but of course. texans do um, and so that land between the new eighties river and and the rio about 150 miles. represents what texas considers the new border and what pope considers the new border? and there comes a time? when mexico declares war on the united states um because it going to annex, texas. and and and poke is coming into office and poke really wants congress. to get annexation of texas started before he takes over and he works with congress to get that done. then the mexicans react angrily and that comes to time when the cabinet suggests that he sends zachary taylor general zachary taylor soon to be removing president the next week president. he sends zachary taylor down and he says if they come across. if they come across an

in houston is focused and the critical systems on the station continue to function. from the ground who are constellation documentation satellites to the station. everything is nominal and the station will be ready to receive dragon tomorrow. once the crew arrives at the station bill or jointon expeditn 65 per while imports their official designation will be flight engineers extent for akihiko hoshide. just before crew-1 comes home. he will be the station commander until the fall when he will hand the reins to europeans face agency for the final part of their mission. flight director paul tonya is on controls in houston for launch a flight director scott server will lead teams for dr. doc. a reminder launched and it will take for 23 and half hours to get to station with a docking tomorrow at 14 a.m. central. once dragon is docked to the station the team in use and will assist dragon space station astronauts weekly checks as a work to open hatches above the dragon and insight of the stations pressurize main adapter. we ask that hatch open opeh spots with two hours aft

houston's up two to nothing but the quakes. they did not win, but we're going to take you out on the goal of the match came in the 75th minute. paul marie first goal of the season, and it is a beauty, but the quakes dropped a 21 decision to houston, and we should say the sharks also lost to the minister. what a wild final score 3 to 2 night. big night of sports. kristina and andreat? it's just until grandma can see them. my neck hole is too small. mine's itchy. i'd rather be itchy than choky. come on, phil. hurry up. okay, here we go. connecting. [ muffled ] come in, florida! over! mom? dad? hello, phillip. [ chuckles ] all: merry christmas eve! merry christmas eve! a little -- little lower, dad. [ deeper voice ] merry christmas eve. [ chuckles ] thank you -- thanks for the sweaters! [ normal voice ] oh, you're welcome. you look beautiful in them, darling. hey, pops, here's the tree. and, uh, there -- there's the, uh -- there's the ornament you sent us. right here. right here. there are the stockings, hung by the chimney by cla

the headquarters is the johnson space center in houston, texas. a number of human gangs venturing into -- human beings venturing into united states is exceeding, the qui already remains high, particularly under the new astronaut, mission specialists. >> that was my break. i was involved in payload operations performing experiments. any extra nuclear activity going on, i will be the one performing that. a multiplicity of duties. >> let us chat with the people of nasa, people like dr. ronald nair, a physics professor -- mcnair, a physics professor and one of their newest astronauts. >> you are a phd from m.i.t., aren't you? >> that is right. >> that is a tough thing to get, isn't it? >> i have to agree. [laughter] >> why is it so tough? >> it is a very broad field, involving the abstract and things which are not exactly intuitive. they violate our intuition and violate the world as most people know it, often, and you have to bring a lot of different disciplines together with physics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, a lot of things you have to pull

so we have a lot of action to cover over the next 23.5 hours so let's head down to mission control houston and check back win courtney beesly to get a run jun of al the work being done on station to prepare for dragon's i have a arrival. how is it going, courtney? >> thanks, jesse. you at lot of prep work went into this die make sure we were launching dragon and this new crew to orbital laboratory. several hours before the crew boarded dragon, the space station team did their go no go approximately and several key systems we have to ensure fully functioning before nasa can give their go for launch and one of those more obvious making sure the life support systems are functionally normally and includes the ability to turn watt near oxygen nor thes a vo astronauts to breath than the ability to remove carbon dioxide the atmosphere and the water recovery system which is now able to recycle about 90% of the water we stone the station. the teams also made sure there were no shall issues with the salt's power systems and work the russian counter parts to ensure that both means of controlling the

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>> yes, sir. >> you grew up in houston together? >> we all grew up in houston. >> who are george's parents. >> la sienna jones floyd and his father was george perry floyd, senior. >> and did lasenia is that your mother. >> that's my mother but they called her miss sisy. >> yes, sir. >> who called her miss sisy. >> everybody called her miss sisy. we just called her mom. but everybody around the neighborhood called her miss sisy. anybody that knew her called her that. and that was -- they have to be like 50 years of age. but everybody younger than that called her mom. george's age. because she was a mom to so many people in the community. >> what community was that? >> that was in third ward. and i grew. the housing authority projects. it was low-income, poverty. so we stayed with each other all the time. me and george, we grew up together playing video games a lot. his favorite game was nintendo -- we played double dribble and tikmobo. and i finally beat him in a game. and i was just so happy just thinking about that. and he reset th

houston police said last week that a report concerning watson was filed, but they did not elaborate. no court date has been set in any of the 22 cases. alex, mona? >> megan thank you. >>> netflix, netflix news for the duke and duchess of sussex. harry and meghan have announced their first series. the project will focus on the invictus games, a competition for wounded service personnel and veterans founded by harry in 2014. and harry will appear on camera during the series. >>> coming up, the pastor who's gone from the pulpit to the pole. her inspiring story next. you're watching "world news now." [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... and they need it! when you wash your hands- for like the hundredth time today... you're keeping your family safe. and by being brave... you're helping us all be brave. we know it's not easy...

my name is valerie taylor i am in houston texas. i know we have people joining us from all over the country possible i am thrilled tonight to be here, to introduce a icon of our staff. we are so thrilled to ask night. i would like to introduce our guests author and his conversational partner senior space editor spacex, nasa, and everything beyond. as a former reporter on the and as we know we are so thrilled he's here tonight conversation with andrea, reporter for the houston chronicle and in space city here have a lot to talk about. i am going to turn this over too eric and andrew have a wonderful conversation. i will come on and help facilitate the question and answer. welcome air, welcome andrea thank you for coming tonight. >> thank you valerie. thanks. eric very exciting. i love how you started. right now the stomach happening in south texas we learned today, but it feels a little bit kind of like the cowboy days of the falcon one. i'm curious why you decided to write the book that way. book of similar as you see between what's

. >> this is houston. are you ready for the event? houston, this is station, we are ready for the event. >> please call station for voice check. >> station, how do you hear me? >> steve, we have you loud and clear. welcome to the international space station. >> it is awesome to see the 11 of you on station. it is incredible. congratulations crew two on an amazing launch yesterday. watching launches never gets old. seeing the predawn launch yesterday was amazing. congratulations. i also want to congratulate the spacex team for our third commercial cremation in less than a year. a lot of firsts on this mission. -- our third commercial crew mission in less than a year. a lot of firsts on this mission. it was cool to see one dragon docked on the port and the other dragon coming in for docking. it was amazing. april has been an amazing month and a busy month for iss with mark, p8 or --pietr, and oleg now preparing for crew one to come back. i am so excited for all of the research, technology, and development of that will be enabled on stat

you have 26,000 staff at the houston methodist . staff at the houston methodist hospitals and you have given them a deadline that byjune seven, everybody has to be vaccinated or face termination. why is this so important for all of your staff there to be vaccinated? the important for all of your staff there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for _ there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for those _ there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for those of _ there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for those of us _ there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for those of us who - there to be vaccinated? the way i see it is for those of us who work| see it is for those of us who work in health— see it is for those of us who work in health care, we have answered a sacred _ in health care, we have answered a sacred calling really to care for patients — sacred calling really to care for patients and their times of greatest need _ patients and their times of greatest need and — patients and their times of greatest need. and what we are called to do is to keep _ need. and what

in houston or other places how big a mountain is that to clear? >> for us we've designed this vehicle purely to transport goods and means that actually there's a very clear path from a regular la or the perspective to operate both within texas at large and then within every state in the country and one of the things most proud of as a company was that the r-2 vehicle that will be delivering in houston was the first vehicle granted an exemption by the department of transportation as the first autonomous vehicle allowed to be operating on roads fully autonomously without any controls for passengers so we have worked very closely with regulators at the federal and state several and local municipalities to keep them abreast of everything we are doing and together in it to try to improve safety and a joint mission between us and the organizations. >> all right we have to leave it there. dave, thank you. rich allison, thank you. k kate rogers, thank you. >>> microsoft is buying nuance communications and the s&p 500 setting a record look at the small cap

i am the only one up there, everyone else is in houston and down south. he checked up on me and i'm grateful for that. i'm grateful for reverend sharpton. he been fighting a long time. long time. man, reverend jesse jackson. there is a lot of history here. history is here, this is monumental. [applause] reverend jesse jackson, al sharpton, they lived to see this. there fight was not in vain -- their fight was not in vain. it did not happen when they did it, but they are here now to see it and be proud of it. they go back to when they did the prayer service. my family is a family that will not back down from prayer. i believe because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. we got on our knees, some of us stood up, but we asked the right person, the right one. we said, god, we need justice, we need it now. he answered. i'm just grateful. i'm grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunt got to see this history made. i'm grateful and proud of my brother. i will salute him every day of my life. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respect

.— our histories and tell me he was from houston. what kinds of things that the two — from houston. what kinds of things that the two of— from houston. what kinds of things that the two of you _ from houston. what kinds of things that the two of you do _ from houston. what kinds of things that the two of you do together - from houston. what kinds of things i that the two of you do together when you would get together and do things? you would get together and do thins? ., .,, you would get together and do thins? . ., ., you would get together and do thins? . .,, ., . , you would get together and do thins? . ., ., . , things? that was new to the city so eve hinu things? that was new to the city so everything was _ things? that was new to the city so everything was new— things? that was new to the city so everything was new to _ things? that was new to the city so everything was new to him. - everything was new to him. everything was new to him. he made it seem like i was new to my own city. we liked to go to, he lived right by a

the a's visiting houston right now and houston is up 2 to nothing remember, houston swept the a's in 4 games to open the season oakland trying to get some rhythm in the early season. all right. let's go down to augusta. the masters round one lee elder join jack nicklaus and gary player for the traditional first lee elder obviously broke the color barrier years back the day belonged to justin just and dominated with an eagle on 7 birdies over a stretch of 10 holes, including this birdie at 17 and you see him cupp it right there. he shot a 7 under 65 and he takes a 4 stroke lead going into the second round column in current pga tour me champion column or khoury was run over 8 strokes back of so it's going to be a fun weekend down in augusta. but back to the war half. finally some fans back in the building. so it should be a should be fun. and dream on a male when he said that for some people this is a huge event to go inside and see their heroes on the court, you know, play ball and exactly. remember as a kid going to games of some of the highlights of my week highlights of my years. y

. >> contact, houston, contact. james: the countdown has begun. ignition. ♪ james: after two minutes of flight, the solid rocket boosters burn out and follow i -- fall away. they are recovered in the atlantic 175 miles downrange to be towed ashore and used again for another shuttle flight. the main engines continue to burn. the external tank now empty. the space shuttle is in earth orbit, 150 miles above our planet. [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the astronauts moving with the rotation of the earth light into night and day many times during orbit. they will see 36 sunrises and 36 magnificent sunsets as they orbit above the planet earth, looking down on clouds and life below. >> good morning. this is matthew james in melbourne. the shuttle slows from a speed of 18,000 miles per hour. shuttle goes into the heavy atmosphere and generates temperatures of up to 2800 degrees. the crew on the columbia have begun reentry at this altitude. >> they must reject and absorb this heat without transferring it to the interior spac

muy distinto al houston del aÑo pasado. con muchos cambios. con muchos jugadores nuevos y otro tipo de estilo. ojalÁ sea un partido lindo para jugar. atractivo. que ojalÁ podamos implementar nuestro estilo y hora de jugar. amÉrica contra olimpia de honduras y con este gol el cuadro ganaba 1 a 0. atenciÓn con estas imÁgenes. dramÁticas. vean la patada que le da el colombiano. justin arboleda a antonio lÓpez, le saca la amarilla y lÓpez terminÓ con fractura de peronÉ en la patada que le dieron. y hay mÁs al 84, atenciÓn cabezazo teb bl que se pega benedetti. quedÓ noqueado, oliva trata de cabecear la pelota y le da en la parte de atrÁs de la cabeza chl benedetti afortunadamente pudo recuperarse y saliÓ por sus propio medios al final avanzÓ el amÉrica, quedaron golpeados contra portland timbers. >>> hemos dominado la acciÓn, carlos mauricio ramÍrez, cambio y fuera. ♪♪. ♪♪. >>> la ciudad de oakland serÁ el hogar de una gran obra de arte. un mural se ve a una niÑa corriendo en un campo de trigo y sos

i am the only one up there, everyone else is in houston and down south. he checked up on me and i'm grateful for that. i'm grateful for reverend sharpton. he been fighting a long time. long time. man, reverend jesse jackson. there is a lot of history here. history is here, this is monumental. [applause] reverend jesse jackson, al sharpton, they lived to see this. there fight was not in vain -- their fight was not in vain. it did not happen when they did it, but they are here now to see it and be proud of it. they go back to when they did the prayer service. my family is a family that will not back down from prayer. i believe because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. we got on our knees, some of us stood up, but we asked the right person, the right one. we said, god, we need justice, we need it now. he answered. i'm just grateful. i'm grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunt got to see this history made. i'm grateful and proud of my brother. i will salute him every day of my life. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respect

come to houston. the masters round one lee elder join jack nicklaus gary player for the traditional first tee shot the day belonged to justin rose. he just dominated with the eagle 7 birdies over a 10 hole stretch. he shot 7 under 65 and had a 4 stroke lead column in current pga champ pj tournament, champ and he's number 4, ranked guy in the world column or cal. he was won over 8 strokes back of rose. >> they say it's the first in the world. a floating fire station is being built right on san francisco's embarcadero. >> fascinating. will you can find a just behind station number 35 and you might be wondering why. so we have kron four's, michelle kingston on the story first to let you know. the reason sarah officials say any one of these. >> so this is really an exciting project. it's one of a kind, not just in san francisco but in the world, a floating fire station located off the embarcadero. it's the first one in the world and it's being built right now it's i'm excited to see like during the pandem

that means so much to us here in the greater houston area. eric is going to be back to sign the rest of his books and when he does, we are going to get them out to you. this has been such a thrill tonight to meet both of you, and to talk with both of you. as i said at the beginning, eric is our god. we can't live without it. i'm just so thrilled that both of you are here tonight and i thank you for taking the time to talk to all the people who joined us and i'm sorry we couldn't answer all the questions but hopefully you will be able to contact them on social media and ask your questions. yes, it says eric, you are a rock star and i believe it. andrea, thank you so much. eric, we appreciate it so much. >> booktv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. funding for booktv comes from these television companies who support c-span2 as a public service. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. >> find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many of the authors in the near f

how about that oakland a's for houston. first pitch, 7 o 7, plenty of sunshine that wind will be on the increase as we head toward the latter part of the evening. specially if they play like guys, back to you. thanks, lauren. still ahead tonight, we're learning more about the victims in that deadly mass shooting in southern california last night. >> what investigators are learning about a potential motive. >> and after the break, why team sports is causing some trouble wit >> not all sports teams are following pandemic protocols and that has led to clusters of covid in marin county. that is according to the county's public health officer. not a good thing. he tells kron four's phillipe djegal that these clusters actually could have been prevented. >> club. sports teams and marine county with athletes ranging from 12 to 16 years old are struggling to prevent covid-19 from spreading within their groups while traveling on the road 3 different teams with 2 or 3 cases per team public health officer matt willis says the source of

>> we grew up in houston. >> who are your parents? >> lacinia floyd and his father was george floyd sr. >> and lacinia, is that your mother? >> that's my mother, but they called her miss sissy. >> who called her miss sissy? >> everybody called her miss sissy. we just called her mom, but anyone who knew her called her that, and that was it. they had to be about 50 years of age, but everybody younger than that called her mom because she was a mom to so many in the community. >> what community? >> that was in the third ward. i grew up in the housing authority projects. it was low-income poverty. we stayed with each other all the time, me and george. we grew up together playing video games a lot. his favorite game was on nintendo. we played double dribble and we played techno bowl. i finally beat him in a game and i was so happy with that. and he would say, come on, let's play again. i would say, no, i got to do my chores now, let me do my chores. but george, also, he used to make the best banana mayonnaise sandwiches and he used to make

houston police said last week a report concerning watson was filed but they did not elaborate. no court date has been set in any of the 22 cases. alex, mona. >> megan, thank you. >>> we're expecting to learn new details about the tiger woods crash investigation from the l.a. county sheriff. the investigation was completed last month but authorities said the results could not be made public without woods' permission. friends say tiger is in decent spirits recovering from his injuries. >>> all right, coming up, the brawl on stage between two beauty queens. >>> also ahead, a very expensive foul ball caught on camera. ught. i'm erin. -and i'm margo. we've always done things our own way. charted our own paths. i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis wasn't going to change who i am. when i learned that my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage, i asked about enbrel. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop permanent joint damage. plus enbrel helps skin get clearer in psoriatic arthritis. ask your doctor about enb

tesla has not directly commented on the houston crash. it's also facing at least one federal investigation into post-crash battery fires. faith, mona. >> thank you, megan. >>> in north carolina the woman who held the title of oldest american has now died. hester ford was born in 1904 when life expectancy was only 47. well, she passed away peacefully at the age of 116 and lived through 21 u.s. presidents, two world wars and the civil rights movements and lived to see 125 great grandchildren. she credits her faith for her longevity, not her diet. pancakes and bacon were among her favorite foods. >> i don't know about that one but coming up, a heartfelt tribute as fans remember an actress from the harry potter movies. >>> also ahead, how peloton is fighting back after regulators told parents to stop using a popular treadmill. struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lowering my a1c and losing some wei