The most famous is talleyrand, who later became the French Foreign minister under napoleon. He spends a couple years in the United States. He had been an archbishop in the French Church and who proposed the nationalization of church land during the revolutions early stages. Another figure was lafayettes brotherinlaw, who had participated in the revolution. He had fought a lot times he had fought alongside lafayette and washington. He in fact presided over the constituent assembly on the night that feudalism was formally abolished in france. He was a charming guy, he was a wonderful dancer. He was said to be marie and when its then sputter. Marie antoinettes dance partner. There was a travel writer, and intellectual. And he later became a senator in france. He had written on egypt and on the middle east. He had became an influential thinker under napoleon. Was the duke delong core he had massive landholdings. Have participated in all these reforms in the french revolution. He came to th
India. Relief to millions. There is destruction in some areas. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. The men who brought terror inside a French Church earlier today. One of the attackers wore an electronic tag and was under strict release surveillance. He had served time in prison and had try to travel to syria with a fake id, and yet, police were too late stopping him and another. Authorities say they stormed into the church and forced the priest to kneel, slit his throat, and pledged their allegiance to islamic state. The french president says. I. S. Is as big a threat as it has ever been. Reporter Catholic Priest father Jacques Hamel had been retired for nearly a decade, but still, he rightly stepped in to officiate at the parish church. He was holding mass there this morning, when two armed men entered the church. They took a hostage and forced father hamel to kneel at the altar before slitting his throat. He had recently written a letter, calling for parishioners
Streaking across the sky overnight, and this was no meteor. A mystery. We have the answer to that mystery. A good thursday morning to you all. We begin with Hillary Clinton preparing to take the stage for the final day of the dnc today. Dnc, that is, today. This after some of the biggest names in politics delivered a rallying cry on her behalf yesterday. The biggest name, president obama, had the crowd on their feet even before he started speaking defending his own legacy and depicting donald trump as a bully whos unfit to be president. Then there was a grateful Hillary Clinton who joined the president on stage after he praised her intelligence, toughness and tenacity. And Vice President joe biden didnt mince any words as he ripped into trump accusing him of exploiting our fears. Lets get the latest now from abcs Lauren Lyster live from philadelphia. Lauren, good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. Democratic leaders really trying to pass the baton. Pennsylvania avenue tr
Known. Breaking news out of europe at this hour. Two attackers storm a French Church taking hostages and murdering a priest. Now within the last few minutes frances pts Francois Hollande said the Islamic State group is behind the attack. Police killed the attackers armed with knives. The suspects apparently entered the church during morning mass in normandy. A second hostage was also seriously hurt. Once again, french Authorities Say the attackers were killed and a priest was among the casualties. The identities of the suspects and their motive have not been released. Hillary clinton will make an outstanding president , and i am proud to stand with her tonight. A desperate call for unity, plenty of cheers and jeers at the Democratic Convention last night as senator Bernie Sanders took the stage to endorse Hillary Clinton. A. A love look inside of Wells Fargo Arena in philadelphia after tonight a rough start democrats are going to choose the president ial nominee. Today in the bays trac
If you know someone who has no air conditioning, check on them, bring them over to your house. Let them hang out for a little while. It will be a very uncomfortable today. 52 in the north bay. Already 63 degrees in the south bay and thats where the highs will be hitting the upper 90s. Even up to 102 degrees today in the trivalley. So it continues to sizzle as we go through the week. Details on that coming up. Mike has reports of a muni bus hit in San Francisco. Right, kari. That sounds dramatic. Its not quite tra dramatic. Well talk about how that affects your bay bridge drive. Right now, doing well over here in the east bay. Slowing for hayward. Just a start for that east bay slow down approaching the san mateo bridge and getting off the bay bridge you do have westbound 80. Reports of a crash. Sounds like its affecting the offramp. A muni bus was rearended by a smaller vehicle. No injuries reported. We dont know if passengers were onboard the muni vehicle but because it was hit by a s