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New out this month from Bamboo Ridge Press, a collection of writing by Hawaiʻi authors titled "Kīpuka." Two Bamboo Ridge editors, Misty Sanico and Donald Carreira Ching, spoke about this lively collection that somehow springs directly out of the pandemic.

By monday afternoon, zaras group crossed the canal, met their contact, and reached safety. the journey has brought him to this door. he knows all too well the heart ache and hope of finding refuge. its his connection to those hes helped. thank god the two escaped hell, he says, but there are other friends who are still stuck. zara said she cant believe she knew war as a young girl and still now as an old woman. she says shes happy to be released from the pressure of the taliban but so sad to hav...

>> that is correct. >> and no quid pro quo. >> correct. >> no bribery. >> correct. >> no extortion. >> correct. in this impeachment where we impeach him for treason or bribery or other high crimes, where is the impeachable offense in the call? are you here today to assert there was an impeachable offense in the call? >> on top of that, they tried to endear themselves by recalling their parents and grandparents struggles. >> my father fled the soviets before finding refuge in the united states, m...

>> that is correct. >> and no quid pro quo. >> correct. >> no bribery. >> correct. >> no extortion. >> correct. in this impeachment where we impeach him for treason or bribery or other high crimes, where is the impeachable offense in the call? are you here today to assert there was an impeachable offense in the call? >> on top of that, they tried to endear themselves by recalling their parents and grandparents struggles. >> my father fled the soviets before finding refuge in the united states, m...

>> that is correct. >> and no quid pro quo. >> correct. >> no bribery. >> correct. >> no extortion. >> correct. in this impeachment where we impeach him for treason or bribery or other high crimes, where is the impeachable offense in the call? are you here today to assert there was an impeachable offense in the call? >> on top of that, they tried to endear themselves by recalling their parents and grandparents struggles. >> my father fled the soviets before finding refuge in the united states, m...

And experience. i come before you as an american citizen who has devoted the majority of my life, 33 years, to service to the country that all of us love. like my colleagues, i entered the foreign service understanding that my job was to implement the foreign policy interests of this nation as defined by the president and congress and to do so regardless of which person or party was in power. i had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals. my service is an expression of gra...

Craps. at the cia we have there used to be a lot more crabs here at this time of year there are already be really big ones but there was nothing today normally would have more crabs from the current comes but thats not the case where really noticing the change. for the craps finding refuge along the coast is becoming increasingly difficult due to deforestation mangroves have suffered especially heavy losses and have been depleted by over 30 percent over the past 40 years. that means the disappea...

This is causing us, and the sadness that we have for our friends in pittsburgh, and for our partners there, and for the congregation, and for the country. >> this happening on shabbat. now, how do you see what happened today, in any way, influencing you, your mission, your group, your commitment? >> its demonstrated that our mission is more important than ever. there is a global refugee crisis right now, and refugees are having a harder and harder time getting sar getting sanctuary, getting safe...

Things most important to dr. kings activism and his legacy. >> i misspoke, by the way, and said "forbes" magazine. it was "fortune" magazine. back to a point i was getting at with geoff. of those republican senators who have commented publicly, 22 -- roughly 22 -- have denounced the comments. or in the case of the senior senator from south carolina, lindsey graham, appeared to denounce it. three senators and one house member in the meeting have sidestepped the issue altogether. and then theres d...

Find shelter with fema and rescue workers that have been there. what is it like for people right now in terms of where most of them are finding shelter or finding refuge? what is the electricity situation there? how bad is it for the people that are there on the ground? >> reporter: its awful. from the people that we have spoken with, power is out 100% across the island. the only reason that we have power right now is because were running on generator. and there are some places, some hotels, whe...