I am president of the womans memorial foundation, im a retired Major General from the army we are at the womans memorial in arlington cemetery. It is the only major memorial that is dedicated to women who served their country. We have over 3 million women who have worn the uniform of the United States. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people lined memorial avenue, from the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war one, through to the current time in 1996. The memorial is on 4. 2 acres of park service lent. Behind me, you can see the headstone of Arlington National cemetery. That surrounds the park service lent. The memorial is composed of Education Center, the court of valor, a terrace that has glass tablets with quotations about women and buy women. There is a pool where we have ceremonies them, especially on memorial day, for women who have fallen. Theres a line going from the Lincoln Memorial, you can see it as it comes up Memorial Drive with stones. As it goes th
Recalculating. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. News with jeff glor reporting tonight from montecito, california. Earlier today. Look at that. The 101 is just underneath us right now, and you get a sense of just how much damage was done and how difficult this cleanup process is. In some cases the mud is three feet deep. Some of these areas are so vulnerable to mudslides because the to pornography topography is so rugged. It goes from sea levels to mountains a few thousand feet high within just a few miles. In some cases the mud moved so fast and was so deep it swept homes right off their foundations. Glor when you get down to the ground, this is what you see. This is just one of the homes that has been overtaken by mud, and you hear those fire alarms. That is a sound thats going off all over this neighborhood. The 101 is one of the nations most famous freeways, also one of its busiest, but, look, from this overpass you can see it is little more than a sink of mud and look a
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. News with jeff glor reporting tonight from montecito, california. Glor good evening. First fire, now water. This area of Southern California has been hit by backtoback natural disasters. Just weeks after wifires stripped the land of natural barriers, heavy rain touched off massive mudslides that are now blamed for at least 15 deaths. More than two dozen others have been hurt. Some are still unaccounted for. Rescue teams are searching the mud for victims who didnt or couldnt evacuate. More than 50 were fortunate enough to be rescued. At least 100 homes have been wiped away, 1,500 more are in danger. The best way to understand the scope of the disaster that has unfolded here is to walk among these oncemagnificent homes for a closeup look and to fly above the devastation as we did earlier today. Look at that. The 101 is just underneath us right now, and you get a sense of just how much damage was done and how difficult this cleanup process is.
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor, reporting tonight from montecito, california. Glor this is our western edition. Good evening. First fire, now water. This area of Southern California has been hit by backtoback natural disasters. Just weeks after wildfires stripped the land of natural barriers, heavy rain touched off massive mudslides that are now blamed for at least 17 deaths. More than two dozen others have been hurt. Some are still unaccounted for. Rescue teams are searching the mud for victims who didnt or couldnt evacuate. Hundreds have been regulation cued. At least 100 homes have been wiped away, 1500 more are in danger. The best way to understand the scope of the disaster is to walk among these once magnificent homes for the scope and to fly above the devastation as we did earlier today. The 101 is just underneath us right now, and you get a sense of just how much damage was done and how difficult this cleanup process is. In some cases the mud is three feet deep. Som
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