for the first time ever, my wife and i brought all of our kids to the patriot awards this year. they are seated up in the balcony. hi dad. [laughter] we need to make sure our police are supported by this rule of law. bad guys, you do the crime, you do the time. our country is at risk this is the line in the sand, moms for liberty moms across the country have drawn that line because we do not co-parent with the government. [cheers. [n out of the war i got two things i m proud to say i survived and the second things is i met my wife who i was married to for 71 years. my mission is to bring awareness to veterans and that s i m accepting this award to to bring awareness to our veterans to remind them that they matter, that we do care. and that they will always be remembered. o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave [cheers] o er the land of the free and the home of the brave ainsley: okay, chris, you are so cute. the guy behind t
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
and jason carroll is out watching in new york. jason, why don t we start with you. what have you been able to see, feel, hear? give us an understanding of the landscape. reporter: what do i hear now? i think it s the staples singers singing i ll take you there. i think that s what they are playing now. and the shuttle took a lot of astronauts to a lot of different places. but the enterprise never made it to space. but still exciting nonetheless. exciting for the hundreds of invited guests who are here at jfk. we ll have speakers from nasa, speakers from the air and space museum, and also leonard nimoy will be here speaking as well. we spoke to him a few minutes ago. he talked about how exciting it was for him. he was around in 1976 when enterprise made its debut. the whole crew of enterprise came out for that moment. as you know, the aircraft is named after the spaceship enterprise after tv fans say you should name it enterprise. a lot of excitement here as we r