Stepping on the steel in front of the chapel, and now the world waits. Said, as a young member of the clergy, officiating at weddings, he would give a couple 24 rules for marriage. As time went on he reduced it to 12 recommendations. [laughter] after a while, he offer them one suggestion. Try to be polite to one another. [laughter] it is presumptuous to give advice to 291 people whom you do not know, even though you would like to. Here are a few suggestions. Based on a news story you may have seen. Early this year, the octopus inky escape from his tank in the new zealand aquarium. He been saved from a trap in 2014 and taken to the aquarium for treatment. As he recovered, a ring a marine biologist pointed out if he were not adequately stimulated, inky would get bored. One night, he decided to expand his horizons. He squeezed all eight lakes through a hole in the top of the tank, scamper across the floor, and slide down a 165 foot point that put him on track to hock bay and freedom. The
This is about 15 minutes. [applause] dr. Carson thank you. Thank you. I feel like i am at a political rally. Want to congratulates the i want to congratulate the. My wife and i have a high esteem for dr. Ingle and this university. Gray happy to be part of it. Travelortunate enough to i am alwaysies and welcomed happy to give back to this country. Some people tend to take that for granted but i do not. That was so important that each one of you developed the tremendous talent that god has provided and are to help maintain as a free country that and it is going to be a fight, it is going to be a struggle. A lot of times people ask me was it really worth getting into the political arena and having people savage her reputation and family, tell lies and do all the things, was it really worth all that and the answer is no. Not if you are doing it for yourself. Othersare doing it for and answer is a resounding yes. Can is him to elevate other people. I had an opportunity over the last year or
Skulduggery. He u. S. Is a diverse nation this is one of the many things makes us great, despite the legacy of the genocide of the native people and slavery. The Census Bureau and not spike lee says five years and now, why children will be a minority. By 2049, white folks will be outnumbered by nonwhites. This is happening, people. Here and now. It is time to start embracing. And no matter how one might wish it to be otherwise, we are not making America Great again by going ,ack to eisenhower, jim crow and leave it to beaver. [applause] it having now is the time to seize the day , take a of this unique moment in history, and build bridges amongst us. I am talking about gender, race, religion, and nations not walls and let us build bridges of love versus walls of hate. Sidebar number one. , i am amongst some of the greatest minds in the world here at Johns Hopkins university. People who are a lot smarter ask, can somebody please educate me, me, somebody from the public of brooklyn, new
I will share with you in a few minutes. Leon you got it. Folks have a few days before the impact felt on the shore. Peoples labor day beach plans still up in the air. With so many planning the final Summer Getaways now to the nearby beaches or south to the outer banks. That has us wondering are you changing your plans because of hermine . Let us know what you are doing. Head to wjla. Com votenow. Lets continue the Team Coverage with the transportation reporter Brianne Carter who is live in stevensville, maryland. Brianne for many. Now is the time to make the decision. Look at the bay bridge. Not the beautiful sunny skies many hope for as they were coming across to the beaches. While some are trying to make the decision, others say its too late to back out. They will go ahead and go. Many hopes this would be the scene at the beach, but thanks to hurricane hermine part of the weekend could look like this. Well roll the dice and hopefully have a great weekend. Jim chapman and his family a
Explosion. You might remember we told you about the 911 call hours after the first building blew up. We knew back then that the caller complained about the smell of gas. Now we have that 911 call. A man makes that call after he was walking back to his apartment on arliss street and noticed a strange smell. He tells dispatcher he smells natural gas. He first smelled it on the outside of the building. Coming from the first floor. And then he went up the stairs. Still smelled it. The smell had been in the building for more than a few minutes so he called 911. Where inside the building . Its just like i want to report a strong smell of gas in the building going to on for like 30 minutes or more. Scott that tells us, this was a lingering smell of gas. If true, must have gone away by the time firefighters showed up on the scene. Now he wasnt the only one who smelled gas on july 25. Ill be back at 6 00. Scott taylor, abc7 news. Michelle scott. Thank you. You can listen to the entire call at w