Thats what makes it so tragic. The what do you know in terms of the ability of this community, this area to deal with a magnitude problem like this . Reporter well, this is a seismic area, so theyre used to small tremors. In 2009, there was a devastating earthquake that just leveled one of the towns not so far up the road from here. They have the means and Civil Protection are very well versed in how to save people from these situations. The problem is the area of devastation and the access points. Its been very difficult. We havent seen any heavy equipment come up this country lane yet. This is one of the roads to the hardest hit area. We cant get up there. The roads are blocked. They cant get up there either. This is a multistory building behind me thats now flattened out. You still see the tomato plants in the front garden of the
house. This is rural italy. What makes this area so beautiful also makes it so deadly, these ancient buildings. Thank you for the update. Well check back i
Its an embarrassment of riches, and we must thank the city of Savannah Department of cultural affairs, festival upon spores, members, and individual donors for their support. It is because of them that we are able to bring you these esteemed authors for free. If you enjoyed todays speakers and would like to make a donation to the festival, weve provided yellow buckets at the door when you exit. Please consider giving to our bucket list for next years gifted scribes. Before we get started, i just have a couple of housekeeping notes for you. Please take a moment to silence your cell phones. I had to do that myself. Okay. Immediately following his presentation, mr. Gore will be signing copies of his book. Please go to the Fellowship Hall which is located directly behind the pulpit, and you go out the doors and around, and a right turn as you enter the exit the sanctuary. Theres volunteers outside to direct you. Mr. Gore will be able to sign 400 books, and you must have the numbered card t
Before redistributing the wealth, because he wants that 320 billion to pay for what he calls midle class tax cut and al to pay 60 billion for socalled Free Community college. He wants to expand access to Community College for millions of americans but its obviously not free if in fact he is going to raise taxes to pay for it. Theres obviously has to be a way to pay for it. Republicans like marco rubio say as the president previews that, this is outdated policy because you now have republicans in charge of the house and senate and theyre not going to approve it. Listen. This state of the union gives me an opportunity to present to the American People now that we have fought our way through the crisis, how do we make sure that everybody in this country how do we make sure that sharing in this growing economy . How do we make sure they have the tools to succeed . The notion first of all that in order for some people to do better, someone has to do worse is just not true. Raisings taxes on
In the state this season. Also on the verge of collapse, temperature records as arctic air plunges as far south as florida. The huge area in purple that you see here will have lows overnight in the Single Digits or less. Jamie yuccas is in minneapolis. Reporter minneapolis generally wild winter came to an abrupt halt. At temperatures struggled to crack zero and wind chills hit 31 below. Frostbite in this cold can happen in 30 minutes or less. Minnesotans tried to take it in stride. I really like the uniqueness it brings to the day. You never know if your car is going to start. You never know if something is going to break at your house from the cold. Reporter its the same frozen story throughout the upper midwest. The great lakes are almost iced over as this nasa satellite snapshot shows. R Lake Superior is 89 frozen over, and the harbor down of duluth, woke up to 17 below and never climbed above zero. Chicago had a low of 8 and a wind chill of minus 10. It made for pretty pictures alo
Echos the heartbreak reading quote we weep as one. Officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos, one a newlywed, the other a father of two were shot at point blank range in their police car in brooklyn, simply because they were members of Law Enforcement. They were two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. They were quite simply assassinated. Targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. Police say the gunman, 28yearold Ismaaiyl Brinsley was already on the run after shooting his exgirlfriend overnight in baltimore. He had a long history of run ins in with the law, 19 arrests in georgia and ohio as well as family disputes and a suicide attempt. Police believe instagram postings hours before the shooting revealed brinsleys plans. A silver gun references to eric garner and Michael Brown and a hash tag that reads shoot the police. Just moments before brinsley ambushed the officers witnesses said he sai