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to building where i work in birmingham.— birmingham. to take responsibility - birmingham. to take responsibility for- birmingham. to take responsibility for the | responsibility for the disconnect lies on both sides? it's notjust disconnect lies on both sides? it's not just for the politicians, maybe we the public need to take a little bit of blame as well? absolutely, i think but politicians need to take the vast majority of the blame not even just for their actions to have led people to feel like that. easy to blame it on expected scandals, corruption that happened around the world from the idea that there's one rules for them and one you could come up with evidence from every country in the world were politicians have behaved in a certain way. they are always the minority, politicians do really, really badly its expectations management with the public. and so the public expect something whether that's a perfect policy where nobody will die, or it's your politician, your local regional national politician can do has the actual power to do absolutely everything that you w

., birmingham, alabama. the nation's gun violence epidemic is not confined to big cities, it's everywhere. cnn's ryan young went to birmingham looking for reasons why. >> reporter: a spike in homicides in alabama's most populous city. birmingham police say homicides are up more than 16%. in 2020, birmingham saw the city's most homicides in 25 years. 122 people reported killed, leaving residents desperate for change. >> i hate thinking about it because i never would've thought something like this would've ever happened to my family. >> reporter: katrina grady is still coming to grips with what happened to her daughter in may. >> i froze up because i couldn't believe my baby just got shot. >> reporter: a nursing assistant, grady had stopped to help a car she saw on the side of the road. when shots rang out, her 8-year-old daughter caitlin was caught in the crossfire. >> she didn't even know that she was shot in the head nor in the arm. >> right in this area here is where ms. grady stopped to offer assistance.

you have birmingham hill at the top. this is what sullivan's position is trying to get into position on. you have street road right along the bottom of the painting here. you've got the british brigade of guards or at least one battalion of them shown lining up along the roof. you notice there's little tiny red brush strokes. that's the troops lined up along the fence. and then these little black clouds, it's them firing a volley up the hill. the other really cool thing -- i know it's kind of hard to see. but here and here you have horses pulling artillery and you've got little tiny blue brush strokes because royal artillerymen wore blue coats, not red. so, this is the guards moving down the road. and then above them you see elements of sullivan's troops trying to move up onto the hill. what's supercool about this image is that this house and this house still stand. and this is a modern view of it, kind of up in a modern housing development here looking back towards birmingham hill. so, here you've got this treeline on b

cnn's ryan young went to birmingham, alabama, looking for the reasons this is happening. >> reporter: a spike in homicides in alabama's most popular city. >> so easy to get a gun. >> reporter: birmingham police say homicides are up more than 16%. in 2020, birmingham saw the city's most homicides in 25 years. 122 people reported killed leaving residents desperate for change. >> i hate thinking about it because i never would have thought something like that would happen to my family. >> reporter: katrina gradedy is still coming to grips with what happened to her daughter in may. >> i froze up because i couldn't believe my baby just got shot. >> reporter: a nursing assistant, gradedy had stopped to help a car she saw on the side of the road. when shots rang out her 8-year-old daughter, kaitlin, was caught in the crossfire. >> she didn't even know she was shot in the head nor in the arm. >> right in this area here. >> reporter: kaitlin is just one of several children who have been the victim of an uptick of gun violence in the city this past year. >> what we are seeing an overabundance of

when you say none of your birmingham staff, how many i of your birmingham staff, how many people in total? ladle of your birmingham staff, how many people in total?— people in total? we had about 20 isolatin: people in total? we had about 20 isolating last _ people in total? we had about 20 isolating last week _ people in total? we had about 20 isolating last week in _ people in total? we had about 20| isolating last week in birmingham. and what did you think when you heard the news first thing yesterday that the chancellor and the prime minister were not going to be self—isolating, that they had this special pilot scheme they were involved in? l special pilot scheme they were involved in?— involved in? i thought it was bonkers in — involved in? i thought it was bonkers in terms _ involved in? i thought it was bonkers in terms of- involved in? i thought it was bonkers in terms of the - involved in? i thought it was bonkers in terms of the one | involved in? i thought it was - bonkers in terms of the one rule for them and the one rule for us. i thought they were also bonkers in ter

lord stevens of birmingham, as he now is, will step down from the role this summer after seven years, having led the service through an extraordinary and tumultuous time. he was introduced as a crossbench or independent peer in the traditional way. i — simon, lord stevens birmingham — do swear by almighty god that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen elizabeth, her heirs the head of nhs england, sir simon stevens, has taken his place in the house of lords. lord stevens of birmingham, as he now is, will step down from the role this summer after seven years, having led the service through an extraordinary and tumultuous time. he was introduced as a crossbench or independent peer in the traditional way. i — simon, lord stevens birmingham — do swear by almighty god that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen elizabeth, her heirs and successors according to law, so help me god. lord stevens. finally, a ticking off for liz truss, the international trade secretary, for failing to follow the commons conventions. on friday, the secr

i am train again to birmingham new street. lam not train again to birmingham new street. i am not saying they travelled _ street. i am not saying they travelled together, but they were on the same _ travelled together, but they were on the same train, so we really want to find this— the same train, so we really want to find this mail and this female to -et find this mail and this female to get in _ find this mail and this female to get in touch because they may know where _ get in touch because they may know where fatuma kadir was going. you mentioned where fatuma kadir was going. ym. mentioned that line about her perhaps wanting to set up a business or base yourself in london for work, but do the police have any idea where she may have made such a journey at that time? trio. where she may have made such a journey at that time?— where she may have made such a journey at that time? no, they said there was no _ journey at that time? no, they said there was no indication _ journey at that time? no, they said there was no indication she - journey at that time? no, they sa

i was a local politician on my local council in birmingham, which is the biggest council in europe. it's a huge area. as well as working at women's aid, and i have to say that my direct, one—to—one level with people and being an expert in the field whose voice could be heard by those local councils and being able to make the decisions as a local counsellor about where funding went in the local area, as well as being heard by government officials because i was an expert, i definitely had a more direct hand whilst not in politics of helping more directly. however, the platform that i have now which is notjust even in the united kingdom, to talk about the issue of domestic abuse has undoubtedly taken the conversation further than i would have managed if i had just stayed working in a local uk women's aid. because you have that platform nationally and to a certain extent internationally, it also comes with a very heavy price and you have been frank and open about the degree to which you've been exposed to threats and intimidation. in one remarkable 24—hour period you received onli

what a story for ons jabeur, who won the birmingham classic a few weeks ago. one person commentating joins me now. the former british number one annabelle kroft. how good was that when for her? film one annabelle kroft. how good was that when for her?— one annabelle kroft. how good was that when for her? oh my goodness. one of the most _ that when for her? oh my goodness. one of the most stunning _ that when for her? oh my goodness. one of the most stunning tennis - one of the most stunning tennis matches i've ever had the pleasant to live at pleasure, teddy. such a contrast in tiles with the former champion muguruza liz hart a flat, ground strokes, deep to the baseline but one dimensional and then you had this creative artistry from ons jabeur, who is a real trailblazer for air woman jabeur, who is a real trailblazer forairwoman and first jabeur, who is a real trailblazer for air woman and first floor and all my goodness, she brought the biggest box of tricks out there on the core issue brought it altogether. —— arab woman. the crowd just got behind he

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earlier, danni wyatt hit an unbeaten 69 as southern brave thrashed birmingham phoenix by eight wickets with 18 balls to spare in the women's competition. brave are top of the standings with three wins out of three. some domestic football news for you now, and arsenal have signed england international ben white from brighton for a fee thought to be £50 million. white can play in defence or midfield and was part of the england squad for euro 2020. he's completed a medical and signed a long—term deal at the emirates. the amount received by brighton is a club record. full—back trent alexander—arnold has signed a new contract with liverpool until the summer of 2025. the 22—year—old graduated from the club's youth academy and has made 179 appearances since his first—team debut nearly five years ago, winning the champions league and premier league. marcus rashford will have surgery on his shoulder next week. the manchester united and england forward has been troubled by the problem for a number of months. it is thought rashford will be sidelined for around three months. south afr

temperatures will be rising but we are looking at 26 for birmingham, cardiff and london and it will get even hotter heading into the weekend. temperatures generally low to mid 20s for scotland and northern ireland. across more southern regions particularly wales, the midlands and east anglia, temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s and not far off the 30 celsius mark heading into the second part of that weekend and the london area. so it is all due to these big waves in the jetstream. a reminder of our top story... the prime minister says football fans who racially abuse players online will be banned from matches. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello, i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. we start with some breaking rugby union news in the last few moments. the british and irish lions have announced that tour captain alun wynjones will return to squad, despite dislocating his shoulder just over two weeks ago. jones picked up the injury, early on in the lions�* first warm

give ortake, 1.5 million families, the size of birmingham give or take, in temporary accommodation. we are forced to go to the market. the market can charge —— charge four or five times the rent that the council would charge. that is not sustainable. it does not make business sense to keep paying the landlord on what we need to do is build the homes.— build the homes. thank you for “oininu build the homes. thank you for joining us- _ russia has reported almost 800 deaths from coronavirus for a third consecutive day. 792 people died in the past 2a hours. the country is battling a surge in infections, blamed on the infectious delta variant. australia's third largest city, brisbane, is to go into lockdown again in another attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane, and several other areas, would be ordered to stay at home for three days. a survey by roadside assistance company rac has found seven in ten british motorists believe the speed limit should be lower in wet weather. current

>> amara, that is definitely a concern here in birmingham. we're at a.h. high school where there will be a pop-up clinic today, partnering with health agencies to get the word out there. i spoke with health agencies here in alabama and south carolina yesterday. they tell me they are deeply concerned at the trends they are seeing right now. >> it's coming for us. it's a beast. that's what we're seeing in the hospital. that's why we're nervous. >> reporter: the warning comes from a louisiana doctor, a voice among many, raising the alarm about what is now again a growing number of covid cases in the u.s. the number of can cases are on rise in all 50 states. >> bottom line is that we're dealing with a formidable variant in the delta variant and the extreme vulnerability of people who are not vaccinated, which will account for infections, hospitalizations and ultimately deaths. and so the message, loud and clear, that we need to reiterate is that these vaccines continue a strong protection against sars cov2. >> reporter: one state surging, florida. >> just four

a 22 in birmingham. 23 for and cardiff. a little bit fresher further north, and also in rural areas. temperatures just easing further north, and also in rural areas. temperaturesjust easing down into the low 20s. still warm in the july sunshine but the heat is really that bit further south, where we will see temperatures up to 31 in london. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines... the health secretary, sajid javid, says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing "mild" symptoms. i was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test this morning and it has come out positive. so i'm now self—isolating at home with my family until i get a result of a pcr test. a change to the quarantine rules for travellers to france — double vaccinated people arriving back in england and wales will still have to self—isolate. and france insists uk travellers not double vaccinated must get a covid—19 test less than 2a hours before entering france. the former conservative health secret

the day after the birmingham ball. so this is a really explosive thing but if people have that, i think the people and say that, i'm not in the work of looking and instead of in fact check. [inaudible]. and really the history is complex and rich. and then i shouldn't, the time that he became a senator, he focuses his attention on the urban and what is happening in the city and he was the one person after that exploding in august of 1965, and the push lawn order and more policing across the political spectrum. margaret kennedy said, and he used the term negroes and they said have respect pretty so they moved out law across that because landlords and merchants and you know, understanding and he spoke it. and he really pushed to those conditions in the urban areas. to support government involvement in working directly for the communities to begin to the repair and fix the damage and of poverty and poor schools in america. so i think there is no nothing after that predict a look at the. and also understand what is going on

across the uk, there's a push to get more people vaccinated — including here in birmingham. scottish officials have advised that foreign travel will be difficult without being jabbed. all this as ministers in northern ireland said case increases were concerning and made another appeal to younger adults to get the vaccine. hugh pym, bbc news. the united nations says the situation unfolding across afghanistan is a humanitarian catastrophe and one of the worst crises in the world. more than 3000 civilians were killed last year — for the seventh year in a row. around 18 million people, more than half the country s population, are in urgent need of life—saving support. us—led forces ousted the taliban from power in afghanistan in 2001 — but now the foreign troops — including british soldiers — are being withdrawn. it's led to a sharp surge in fighting between the taliban and the afghan army — as the taliban continues to take back more ground. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye and her team have sent this report from the city of kunduz where people are fleeing taliban v

she said well, we're having the birmingham -- we're having the bar association annual meeting in birmingham that year, and she said when you come up there, i'm going to introduce you to some people. she introduced me to some people. they talked with me about the possibility of running. i told them that one, i wasn't going to just get out there, but i would listen to what they say, and the only way i'll do it is i will have to run uncontested, because if one of these white lawyers decides to run against me and talk about my civil rights background, they're going to win, and i'm going to lose, and i don't need that. she did it. i did what they recommended. i was elected to be the first african american president of the alabama state bar, and when you get a letter from the alabama state bar association now, it will say lawyers under service, that's the motto for it, but that was the motto i used when i was president elect in order to get lawyers to realize that we render service, and the bar association sometime later ended up adopting it. we were able to get more diversity on our bar commissi

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nbc's gabe guterres is in birmingham with more. >> geoff, good afternoon. with 34% of the population vaccinated, alabama has the lowest vaccination rate, and here at uab, university of alabama at birmingham, they are saying that they are seeing a rise of patients and increase from 35 patients on friday to 54 today. and there has been an increase in the hospitalizations across the state. more than 300% since july 1st. alabama's governor is also facing some backlash from some in her state for comments that she made late last week where she blamed the unvaccinated for the latest surge, and said that the unvaccinated were letting the rest of the population down. >> the new cases in covid are because of unvaccinated folks. almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks, and the deaths are certainly occurring with unvaccinated folks. these folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain. we have got to get the folks to take the shot. >> here in birmingham, this hospital's lab says that of the 31 recent covid samples that they h

giles latcham is at police headquarters in birmingham. it�*s nearly eight weeks since a sad discovery was made at rough wood country park in willenhall. it�*s thought the baby boy was full—term, that he had been in the water maybe as long as five days. today, police said as a result of further tests, they are now treating his death as murder. liaising with our pathology team, looking at other evidence that we have managed to collect and gather, we are concerned that the baby may have been alive for a couple of hours before death, and therefore we are treating this as a murder because we can�*t rule out an unlawful act as being responsible for the death. around 50 members of the public have come forward so far, some of them naming names of potential parents. none of them have checked out, though, and now crimestoppers have offered a reward of £5,000. the reward is designed to be considered by people who may have information that they have not come forward and shared for one reason or another, and that is why we are asking them now

they get on the same train again to birmingham new street. i am not saying they travelled together, but they were on the same train, so we really want to find this male, and this female to get in touch because they may know where fatuma was going. the parents have been speaking recently in a desperate attempt to keep attention on this story. they are not speaking in english. i understand they are of ethiopian origin. we hope to bring that interview when we can. i have seen part of it. the father speaks more than the mother. they both seem incredibly upset. they said they had no idea that their daughter had this fixation with london. they have no family in london, no friends. apparently she had talked to her friends about her desire to go to london, her desire to when they set up a business they are, bring herfamily with her. apparently she had been telling her younger brother something of this. but her parents really did not know anything about it at all. her father was speaking, very unhappy, her mother said almost nothing. very upsetting fo

phil, thank you very much, reporting from birmingham. england have never won the euros but denmark did in 1992 and theirfans are hoping they can do it again. well, luxmy gopal has been at england's only danish school in north london and speaking to some young fans there. they sing the three lions anthem, the danish version. itjust means that we are red and we are white, exactly like england. and we stand together side—by—side. that's actually it, we live in england, but some of us have roots from denmark. so all of this football has just brought us all together and we have been celebrating the whole competition. and it's been so good finally to cheer for something! many of these children will be among the 6000 denmark supporters at wembley tonight. and the predictions are wild! how are you feeling about going to wembley tonight? good! and what do you think is going to happen? penalty. denmark will get 16 —0! the england goalkeeper hasn't that so much shots in altogether, but the danish goalkeeper has let more shots down than the en

a lot— in birmingham but there will still be a lot of— in birmingham but there will still be a lot of people who will think twice _ be a lot of people who will think twice about visiting although the restrictions have been lifted today. talk to _ restrictions have been lifted today. talk to me — restrictions have been lifted today. talk to me about these restrictions because normally you can get in over hundred and one of your venue so how does that shape up for you and what does that shape up for you and what does it mean?— does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because _ does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because we _ does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because we are _ does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because we are able - does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because we are able to i does it mean? ultimately, it is good for us because we are able to have l for us because we are able to have more _ for us because we are able to have more people in our establishment so we have _ more people in our establishment so we have been running on re

with me now is matt kidson, who is the birmingham 2022 director of sport. matt, brilliant to have you with us today, a big milestone on the journey to the game, how is your to—do list looking? journey to the game, how is your to-do list looking?— journey to the game, how is your to-do list looking? good morning, eah, we to-do list looking? good morning, yeah. we are _ to-do list looking? good morning, yeah. we are on — to-do list looking? good morning, yeah, we are on track, _ to-do list looking? good morning, yeah, we are on track, we - to-do list looking? good morning, yeah, we are on track, we are - to-do list looking? good morning, i yeah, we are on track, we are really pleased where we are, we are so delighted that we have a year to go now, very excited the olympic games is clearly getting excited about sport, we can't wait to get people into birmingham and the west midlands to watch some amazing sport. midlands to watch some amazing sort. ., , ., . sport. you will be watching the ol mics sport. you will be watching the olympics closely, _ sport.

million miles away in birmingham. because the surface water building up because the surface water building up on the roads here. we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and into lincolnshire. just south of lincoln itself and a real deluge, 25 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a months worth of rain in the space of one hour and i'm sure that will be one or two issues here. we have areas of rain pushing northwards across scotland, heavy showers easing in northern ireland, one or two showers elsewhere and for the big ones working across northern england for the next hour or two. later in the night we will see another area of rain moving up across southern areas of england and rain pushing into southern wales as well. widespread area of rain will move into parts of wales come in the midlands and east anglia before breaking out into showers later on in the day. another day when there showers will be widespread and some of them torrential as well. could bring 30 mm of rain in th

ispoke come as far as london, birmingham and ireland. i spoke to one mum who said i want my son to know how people should be treated. maw; people should be treated. many thanks. i'm nowjoined by amir khan, who is a coach at fletcher moss fc, marcus rashford's grassroots club. good afternoon. i so much for joining us. you must be watching that sort of outpouring of support and affection for marcus rashford with a full heart.— with a full heart. yes, i'm 'ust overwhelmed i with a full heart. yes, i'm 'ust overwhelmed with i with a full heart. yes, i'm 'ust overwhelmed with just i with a full heart. yes, i'm just overwhelmed with just the - with a full heart. yes, i'm justl overwhelmed with just the love with a full heart. yes, i'm just - overwhelmed with just the love they are showing towards marcus. it's something that's always been there. and you know it usually as people of manchester we can be a little bit with a outpouring but it's clear to everyone that racism has no place was them and anyone who has these thoughts is not welcome h

temperatures 22 in belfast, warm in thejuly sunshine here. 27 for birmingham, 28 for both cardiff and for london. and if anything, it gets even hotter again as we head into sunday. in fact, as we go through sunday afternoon the highest temperatures could hit the 30 celsius mark, so some very hot weather indeed. but of course, all this heat means we've got some very warm nights to come as well. at six — at least a2 people have died in germany and dozens are missing after record rainfall across parts of western europe. homes collapsed, buildings and cars were swept away as rivers burst their banks — the the worst floods in germany in living memory. in belgium people have to be rescued from rooftops — the netherlands and france have also been hit with thousands forced to leave their homes. the german chancellor has called the flooding a catastrophe — some senior politicians are blaming climate change. also tonight: a long—awaited report calls for a tax on sugar and salt to try to encourage healthy eating — but how affordable is that? i could pay for it but it means something

in moseley in birmingham, you can see surface water building up on the roads here. and then we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and on into lincolnshire. moved across waddington, which is just south of lincoln itself, and it brought a real deluge. we had 25mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a month's worth of rain in the space of one hour, and i'm sure that would have caused one or two issues here. now, at the moment we've got some areas of rain pushing northwards across scotland, some heavy showers slowly easing in northern ireland. there are one or two showers elsewhere, some fairly big ones working across northern england for the next hour or two. but later in the night we're going to see another area of rain moving up across southern areas of england and rain pushing into southern wales as well. now, this widespread area of rain will then move into parts of wales, the midlands and east anglia before then breaking out into showers later on in the day. but it's another day where those showers are going to be widespr

natasha chen is following the latest covid headlines from birmingham, alabama, one of the states lagging in vaccinations and see ing covid cases spike. >> reporter: this is an ext extremely disturbing trend they're seeing, and unfortunately alabama is not alone in this. let's show you some maps to give you a sense of what's happening in the big picture here. if you look at the entire united states, the new cases in the past week compared to the previous week, all the states, all 50 states are seeing increases in alabama specifically. in the past week, new cases actually more than doubled compared to the previous week. and if you're looking at the number -- percentage of people vaccinated across the united states, you can see that in the northeast, a large percentage of those states are vaccinated. and in the southeast, that's where you're seeing some of the least vaccinated states, including alabama at about a third. 34%. and the coronavirus cases in alabama, if we could look at the seven-day average of daily change, you can see that there are a lot of orange, red spots there. so, not lo

they left and the part it on a coach for birmingham airport and took off early on this afternoon and have now touched down here in rome. there will be heading to the team hotel in gareth southgate and harry kane will be speaking to the media as is customary before the matches at euro 2020 so far. what will they talk about? the preparation and the workday gareth southgate has done, talking about that harry kane will be talking about his delight of finally getting off the mark at this european championship. his goal and raheem sterling providing the goals so far so for this team. let's hear from gareth southgate who says despite the differences and the fact that he won't be seeing as many fans inside the stadium, he is not worried about those external factors and he knows thejob worried about those external factors and he knows the job and their preparation is already done. we enjoyed the win on the pitch in the dressing room, on the bus journey back to here. and then really by the time we got back here, as a group of staff we were thinking already on the bus journey home, watching the

meanwhile, the birmingham phoenix women's team have got their first win of the tournament. batting first, they set the originals 114 to win. despite it being a low score, the originals couldn't get close — finishing on 93—8 from their 100 balls. it's really important for us to get the first win on the board, there are a few runs late, but we made up of that with how the whole team has bold, everything was exceptional, rail team performance. elsewhere, the oval invincibles have made it two wins from two. they set london spirit 133 to win after their innings, and the spirit fell 15 runs short. dane van niekerk with 3 wickets to restrict the spirit to 117 for 7. the same fixture in the men's tournament was abandoned because of rain. for a second successive day, there's been a british winner at the london e—prix — as alex lynn claimed his first formula e victory. the win was not without controversy though — as lucas di grassi won the race on the track — but was disqualified on the final lap, after failing to serve a time penalty. that meant lynn was promoted from se

let's begin with natasha chen live in birmingham, alabama. and you saw firsthand how much demand or how little demand there is for the vaccine in that state, in that area. >> reporter: right, kate. yesterday we were at a clinic at a church where 11 people showed up all afternoon. right now what you're seeing behind me is a line of people going into a city of birmingham court event, it is a rocket doct, they're here to take care of traffic tickets but the city thought it was a good opportunity to offer vaccines, so that is why there is a vaccine clinic set up in hopes that some people might stop in and get their shot. and in talking to the pharmacy running this clinic, they've been trying to convince people and that is a very difficult task. so far they've convinced two people. one of them just got his shot and so each one seems like a victory for them. we're talking about a state where just about 34% of people in alabama are fully vaccinated and among the least vaccinated is the younger age group, under 30. and so some of what you were descri

she said well, we were having the bar association and the meeting in birmingham that year. she said when you come here, i will introduce you to some people. she introduced me to some people. they talked with me about the possibility of running. i told them that i wasn't going to just get out there. but i listened to what they said. the only way i will do it is i will have to run uncontested. if one of these white lawyers decides to run against me and talk about my civil rights background, they will win and i will lose and i don't need that. i did what they recommended, i was elected to be the first african-american president of the alabama state bar. when you get a letter from the alabama state bar association now, it will say lawyers render service. that is the motto for it. that was the motto i used when i was president elect, in order to get lawyers to realize that we render service. the bar association ended up adopting it. we were able to get more diversity. we started the alabama lawyers hall of fame. those were three major things i was able to do as the president of

. >> take a look at the leading headline on the birmingham news website. quote, alabama's covid vaccination efforts have failed. the university of alabama has offered to pay students 20 bucks to get the shot. the popular football coach nick sabin pushed vaccines, the governor. why aren't these messages having more success? >> i think that's a very, very important question and a real challenge to me as a physician personally as well as a public health official. the misinformation that continues to circulate on social media and through other channels has been a huge challenge in alabama. and we continue to return people to the information that is science-based, that is fact-based. just today our medical center in birmingham had a very important message from a doctor against speaking to the issue of facts. and the facts are that this is a deadly virus. we have a safe, effective, and free vaccine. this is what works, and we need for alabamans to listen to those experts as well as those of us who have experience in public health and have done this for a number

>> well, ana, this is a city of birmingham event to try and help people resolve their traffic tickets. so they actually paused for the lunch hour. more people will be coming back soon. but there was a line out the door, and they're resolving the cases in there. on the side, the city thought it would be a good opportunity to hold a vaccine clinic over here. but as you can see, there are zero people in this corner taking advantage of these shots that are available. they could just come out right after their court proceeding and get one. so far, the pharmacists that we've been talking to have only given two or three people a vaccine. and one of them actually spoke with us about why he was afraid of needles his whole life, and why the pharmacists convinced him today. >> i was really afraid of the shot, because i don't like shots. the gentleman told me, she's great. great lady. and it just -- it brought me up. i doesn't afraid. just when she told me it worked. and i feel great about it. i'm happy about it. >> it's taking the pharmacists a lot of patience as they've been trying to go down t

cnn's natasha chen is in birmingham. natasha, school starts there in just a matter of weeks. what are people doing there to prepare for that? >> reporter: well, fred, it's all about messaging right now. today, we are outside now of a vaccine clinic that happened at parker high school's gym. they just wrapped up. they told me that they actually vaccinated 107 people today. it doesn't sound like a huge number, but it is actually the highest they've had of any of their school-based clinics throughout the summer. now, with these school-based clinics, they probably reached several hundred people in the community, but imagine the school district tells me that in birmingham, they have 10,000 students grades 7 and up. so potentially 10,000 eligible students but only reached several hundred through these clinics. hopefully, some of them have gone to other providers to get the shot but what we're sensing from the health officials especially is that they're seeing a lot of pushback from people who have a lot of questions who are scared of getting the vaccine. we met one mother and daugh

. >> it's graduates night in birmingham, alabama, an evening of jubilation and triumph because graduates of this high school get more than a diploma. what? we'll get back to the house in just a minute. in the education wing of the old missionary baptist church, class is in session. building trades are a key part of the curriculum, how better to learn math and geometry. >> most of the young people who are coming to us are coming because they want something different for their education. we don't have sports. we had a prom, but it was a small prom. >> reporter: mark is the founder of build up. he's taught in poor urban neighborhoods across the south where unemployment is endemic. the goal here, graduates who are workforce ready. >> it ultimately is going to put them on a path to liberate their lives and being able to make choices when you're dependent on the government, you don't have those choices anymore. >> reporter: students use their classroom skills rehabbing old houses in the birmingham neighborhood of inslee. this student has painted here and installed flooring. >> what's the diffe

but by and large, a sunny day. 2a celsius in aberdeen, up to 23 for belfast, but some 26s for birmingham, cardiff, and london. more

natasha chen is live in birmingham, alabama. so, alabama one of the states where low infection rates are now, in effect, costing lives because we're seeing a jump in infections there. tell us how much and what health officials are doing about that. >> reporter: jim, it is a real challenge here. alabama is at the bottom of the list when you look at the 50 states and their vaccination rates. only about a third of people in alabama are vaccinated and that is why we, today, are at a unique vaccine clinic setup that is actually by the city of birmingham. they are having a rocket docket, a mass court event where people are coming in to take care of their traffic tickets, but they're hoping they'll also stop at this clinic that's being run by meds plus. that's why we have colleen long here. dr. colleen, can you tell us what your strategy is here? most of the people who come in will not be vaccinated and also don't know this is available to them. >> correct. our strategy is to basically engage the community. since thens these vaccine cl