nations, ensuring this history and repairing the damage done by removing native children from their parents. this senate indian affairs committee hearing is just over two hours. sen. schatz: good aft, welcome to the committee s oversight hearing on volume one of the department of the interior s federal indian boarding school initiative investigative report and a legislative hearing on s-2907. a bill to establish a truth and healing commission on indian boarding school policies in the united states. the indian boarding school era was a dark period in our nation s history and a painful example of how past federal policy failed. american indians, alaskan natives and native hawaiians. as the department report lays out, the federal government supported boarding schools with a primary goal in mind, the forcible assimilation of native children into western ways of life. these schools were key tools for suppressing native cultures and languages, separating native children from their
sen. schatz: good afternoon, welcome to the committee s oversight hearing on volume one of the department of the interior s federal indian boarding school initiative investigative report and a legislative hearing on s-2907. a bill to establish a truth and healing commission on indian boarding school policies in the united states. the indian boarding school era was a dark period in our nation s history and a painful example of how past federal policy failed. american indians, alaskan natives and native hawaiians. as the department report lays out, the federal government supported boarding schools with a primary goal in mind, the forcible assimilation of native children into western ways of life. these schools were key tools for suppressing native cultures and languages, separating native children from their families and their homelands, and indoctrinating them to, as the founder of the carlyle school ominously said, kill the indian and save the man. and that was not an empty p
Sergio quintana is at San Franciscos hall of justice. Hi, guys. It was more than 18 months ago when david depape allegedly broke into the Pacific Heights home of former House Speaker nancy pelosi and attacked her husband, paul, with a hammer. And today, state prosecutors and the defense began narrowing a jury pool of 120 people down to 12 jurors and six alternates. That jury will consider the eight state felony charges against a pap, among them the attempted murder of paul pelosi and two newly added charges kidnaping and threatening a witness in court. Several potential jurors raised their hands when asked by the judge if theyve ever seen someone do something because of a mental illness, and a few potential jurors also raised their hands to explain theyve seen some of the video related to this case and know about depapes federal conviction. This afternoon, the papps public defender started to whittle the pool down by dismissing a couple of those jurors. Also in court today for a brief
Appearance this week. Police say Kenneth Mcdonald shot and killed a valley woman on the freeway. Then was found after he tried to sexually assault a woman at a cvs. Mcdonald was arrested after a 40 minute standoff with police south of the strip. 8 news now reporter nia wong spoke with the victims stepdaughter. She joins us now live near the i15 where the shooting happened. nia wong sharie, police have identified the woman who was shot and killed as tracey donahue. She was in the passenger seat while her husband thomas was driving at the time of the shooting. Both were shot multiple times. This is just south of where im standing. Their daughter amber garcia tells me the most painful aspect of this tragic story. Is how no one stopped to help her parents afterwards. Yesterday. Police told us this shooting was a random act. Shared more details with us tonight. Garcia says her dad and stepmother were on their way to lunch. Driving a vehicle resimbling a police car. She says metro told her.
To spill over the sierra crest into the owens valley and nearby areas. By noon monday, precip chances should be over areawide, and winds should be on the decrease everywhere except perhaps northwestern San Bernardino county, where the wind advisory may need to be extended. Given the overall complexity right now, believe that decision should wait until tomorrow morning near the scheduled expiration time. Northerly winds will invade the cwa esday d begin to strengthen esday night. Sharie johnson we el trackin valley where a 4 Year Old Girl has been shot. This happened around 230 near craig and lamb. Authorities say the child was taken to umc where she is reportedly in stable condition. Metros abuse and neglect incident. No word if anyone has been arrested. Sharie Johnson the man arrested for shooting multiple cars on the i15 is expected to make his First Court Appearance this week. Police say Kenneth Mcdonald shot and killed a valley woman on the freeway. Then was found after he tried to