DHG LATE NIGHT NEWS UPDATE

HELLO EVERYONE…I’M DEIRDRA HARRIS GLOVER WITH YOUR JACKSON STATE LATE NIGHT NEWS UPDATE.

IT’S TUESDAY, MARCH 22, AND THE TIME IS  11:54 P.M.

AND IT’S A CLOUDY 58-DEGREES.

J-S-U-’S STUDENTS OF CINEMA AND LOCAL FILMMAKERS RECENTLY MET ON CAMPUS TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM INDUSTRY AND ITS LACK OF DIVERSITY. RASHUNDRA POWELL, A J-S-U SOPHOMORE, HAD THIS TAKEAWAY:

“IF YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCITE CHANGE, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND, EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL IT, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND BE ABLE TO FIX IT.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS OF CINEMA, CONTACT YOLANDA WILLIAMS AT 601-979-3335

IN BRUSSELS TODAY, THREE BLASTS CLAIMED BY THE ISLAMIC STATE KILLED AT LEAST 34 AND INJURED OVER 240.

THIS COORDINATED ATTACK ON THE AIRPORT AND METRO COMES HOT ON THE HEELS OF A SUICIDE BOMBER IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, AS WELL AS THE ARREST OF SALLA ABDESALAM, PLANNER OF 2015’S ATTACKS ON PARIS.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND CUBAN PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO HELD A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY IN HAVANA.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE HAD GREAT HOPE FOR CUBA BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WERE STILL LARGE DIVIDES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS.

THE PENTAGON CONFIRMS U-S- AIRSTRIKES HAVE KILLED DOZENS OF TERRORISTS IN YEMEN.

THE TARGET OF THE STRIKE WAS AN AL-QUAIDA TRAINING CAMP, WHERE MORE THAN 70 TERRORISTS WERE TRAINING.

TRAFFIC IS FLOWING SMOOTHLY RIGHT NOW IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA.

SKIES ARE PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 58-DEGREES, AND OVERNIGHT LOW OF 51-DEGREES.

TOMORROW WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 77-DEGREES.

THAT’S THE NEWS WITH JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW, AND THE TIME IS 11:57 P.M.

I’M DEIRDRA HARRIS GLOVER…STAY SAFE OUT THERE, AND STAYED TUNED…

WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE NEWS IN THIRTY MINUTES.