Unturned vanessa was special. Like, a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know whats with vanessa, but, like, her smile just touches me. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that connection. Vanessas 20 years old. She was born and raised in houston, texas, one of six children. Thats vanessa right in the middle. Her parents are immigrants from mexico. Mom, gloria, took care of the kids while dad, rogelio, worked as a machine operator. The guillen family is catholic and very religious. This is the baptism. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats your favorite . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little. I was, like, following her steps. And she used to be like, be like me. Be tough, and ignore everyone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she graduated high school. Shes just in girl who dreams of a better life and then she immediately enlists. Here you have a young latina woman, out of high school, who says, this is what i want to do. I want t
Next a house hearing on Sexual Assault in the military after the death of private first class Vanessa Guillen. They reviewed how Sexual Assault is reported. Victims advocates recommended changing the process. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am the chair, jackie speier, we will have a hearing entitled hashtag me too moment, an examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in his apartment of defense at fort hood. The hearing will come to order. We are here to discuss the pernicious military culture, time and time again, report after report exposes an environment ripe for sexual veracity where women are afraid to report their harassers because of fear of retaliation, ostracism or worse, fear that they wont be believed in the harassers wont be held accountable. By declaring hashtag i am vanessa gillen, thousands of taken to the streets and social media demanding respect. Demanding the rules of the, quote, old boys love and locker room talk are no longer the price of adm
And today we are going to have a hearing entitled hashtag me tood moment, a examination of Sexual Assault and perceived retaliation in the department of defense and at ft. Hood. The hearing will now come to order. That we are here to discuss a pernicious military culture that time and time again sap ora sea report after sapl ora report, exposed an environment that is d for Sexual Harassment. Where women are stigma, afraid t the harassers because of a stigma, fear of retaliation and oft rasism and worse, fear they wont bee believed. And the harassers wont be helds accountable. By declaring hashtag i am aken t Vanessa Guillen, thousands of Service Members and veterans have taken to the streets and social media demanding safety and respect. Demanding that the rules of the, quote, old boys club, and the quote, locker room talk, are no longer the price of admission. Lo demanding that the sexually explicit language in the motor pool, in the field, or in the l office stop. Demanding that the
Struggle to recover from the coronavirus. What she is telling the broadway actor to give him hope. Safe harbor. In the world from homes series, how a tourist island in greece stayed safe from the pandemic with zero cases. Want to go there. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Bottom line is the spread of this virus continues. Were seeing these cases from coast to coast across the sunbelt. Cases rising dramatically. With more than 2. 5 million americans infected, the president said he hopes the virus, quote, just disappears. Hes hoping that it will disappear. Is that the president s strategy . The president is confident it will disappear. The president said masks are good and that he would wear one looked. I thought it was okay. I looked like the lone ranger. We took this seriously. We handled it appropriately. The white house responding to allegations of bountsys placed on u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The intelligence people, many of them didnt believe it h
Were expecting a News Conference for the latest on the shooting at fort hood. Well bring that to you when it happens. Right now the Recovery Process goes on wher with people woundet fort hood. Four people are still hospitalized. Five have been discharged and another person should go home today. Texas governor rick perry visited fort hood today, and he urged americans to pray for those affected. There arent any easy answers for what occurred here. There is no way to stop the suffering that is occurring for those who have been caught in this senseless act of violence. Reporter heidi zhou castro. Tell us more about what weve learned about the gunman . Were getting a better history of the man. He was known as a quiet man and a family man with three childr children. Lopezs mother passed away of a sudden heart attack. Hhe said that lopez was able to go to his mothers funeral but he was upset because the army gave him a 48hour leave. In december his grandfather passed away as well. Fast forwa