Evenings chairs, beth hifitz and jody and rod mackland. [applause] allan holt and the washington community. My home community. For this fantastic show of support for the museum and its campaign. I am the son of holocaust survivors. And i am also blessed. I just celebrated with my parents their 70th wedding anniversary. [applause] allan holt i grew up in the 1950s and the 1960s. Two events that i most remember from my early life were the legacy of the holocaust and the ongoing struggle for civil rights. In fact, one of the unforgettable moments of my new jersey childhood was witnessing first hand the horrible race riots in newark in so tonight these two strands of my life come together as we honor congressman john lewis. A very special american. [applause] holt a very special human being. As my parents would say, a true mensch. My parents have been in this country less than 20 years when the Civil Rights Movement began. They were probably unaware that the nazis often justified their ant
Leaders. The ceremony is 35 minutes. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the useum vice chair, alan holt. Good evening, everyone. Its an honor to be here, and i want to express my thanks to all of you for being here. I want to especially thank this evenings chairs, beth hifitz and jody and wrod mackland. [applause] and the washington community. My Home Community for this fantastic show of support for the museum and its campaign. I am the son of holocaust survivors. And i am also blessed. I just celebrated with my parents their 70th wedding anniversary. [applause] i grew up in the 1950s and the 1960s. Two events that i most remember from my early life were the legacy of the holocaust and the ongoing struggle for civil rights. In fact, one of the unforgettable moments of my new jersey childhood was witnessing first hand the horrible race so tonight ark in these two strands of my life come together as we honor congressman john lewis. A very special american. [applause] a very s
Your husband in particular . said aprel lalaen, home will be remomoled. Aprel landens husband. Todd is a retired Army Master Sergeant who spent more than two decades in service. A decorated soldier. Landen survived 13 ied explosions. And now suffers fromtsd. And has difficulty breathing and walking. After hearing his story. A group of contractors decided they would help remodel his home. Now that project. Has blossomed into an even bigger one. Its a great project to be a a part of this whole projects for patriots if we can pay this forward and continue to help other veterans like the landens its one of those feel good things that really is great for our community, said breezy struthers drake, projects for patriots boardmember. Construction on landens home hasnt begun yet because the group is still working on raising enough money for the project. To start things off. A fundraiser is being held on november 5th at the orpheum. A war documentary featuringtodd landen in active duty. Called
But the president on the recommendations of his top commanders will now leave as many as 55hundred troops on the ground. It will be a Twofold Mission similar to the current one Counterterrorism Operations and training and assisting Afghan Forces. Tbd potus sot so why the shift in policy . Top pentagon officials believed Afghan Forces werent ready to operate on their own. And theres been a recent surge in violence by the taliban and now isis. Last month taliban fighters took control of a key northern city. Afghan forces battled back in kunduz, with support from us airstrikes. But one strike was catastrophic. A hospital was hit . Leaving 22 people dead including 12 staffers from doctors without borders. General campbell mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. There are now multiple investigations into how such a major mistake was made. Also looming large over this decision the instability in iraq. The white house facing criticism that a linger
Just a few of the values student athletes learn. Two siouxland teams put that idea to the test earlier this week, when they gave the team manager the ball. And put him in the game. Abc9 News Reporter Rachael Krause explains. When Lawton Bronsons footballll teams hit the field. They come ready to play. Thursday night, theyre taking on Woodbury Central in a rivalry game. But tuesdays game one the team will all because they put obberreuter, the team manager in the game. To see him so excited and out on the field foror once instead of that you cant even on how much it him, said robin oberreuter, kamerons mom. Meron has special always been a big part of the team, cheering them on from the sidelines. But this time, with a minute and a half left. Turn to take the the quarterback gave me the ball, kameron said. They never could have made this happen without westwoods coaches. Both the team and told us they are ateful they got the chance to give kameron a day on the field he will never forget.