Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of h
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before it was in place. had both bombs gone off as planned, who knows how many could have been killed. those are the lives flo helped to save. and we are honored that many of them are here today. brigadier general james mingus, sergeant andrew mahoney who was awarded a silver star for joining flo in confronting the attacker, sergeant 1st class brian brink who was awarded a bronze star for pulling flo from the road, specialist daniel valderrama, the medic who helped to save flo s leg, private 1st class benjamin sicor and eric who also served with distinction on that day. gentlemen, i d ask you to please stand and accept the thanks of a grateful nation as well. [ applause ]
sergeant 1st class brian hawthorne s grandfather served under general patton and general macarthur. brian himself served two tours in iraq earned the bronze star in baghdad for saving the life of his best friend and today he and his wife use their experience to help other veterans and military families navigate theirs. and brian s here in normandy to participate in sunday s jump. and here just yesterday, he reenlisted in the army reserve. in this generation this 9/11 generation of service members, they, too, felt something. they answered some call. they said, i will go. they, too, chose to serve a cause that s greater than self. many even after they knew they d be sent into harm s way. and for more than a decade they have endured tour after tour. sergeant 1st class rory remsberg has served ten. and i ve told corey s incredible story before most recently when he sat with my wife michelle,