Those who knew him described a devout family man who lost his sight but never abandoned his faith. He was a humble man and he was blind and he always go worshipping god in the mosque every day, about five times a day, and he minds his business and he has a big family to support. Reporter the 47yearold was killed as he was leaving the oakland mosque he visited every few hours. It happened just after 6 00 p. M. Thursday night as the father of five was walking across Market Street at 62nd. In White Clothing carrying his white cane. Police describe him as being in an unmarked crosswalk. The driver of the suv that hit him did stop and police say she is cooperating. This morning, his many friends and immediate family gathered at the Oakland Islamic Center for a Prayer Service and to prepare his body for burial. I worked with him a long time ago when he had his vision, and he was loved by everyone in the community. Reporter police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to contact invest
Studies, john monahan whos been involved with the Oneill Institute and is now the special assistant to president dejoy ya on a range of issues, including health issues. Tim and linda oneill who made the Oneill Institute possible through their vision and generosity and, of course, to the faculty director of the to kneel institute, larry godsden, who really is just a visionary in Global Health law and who has done so much to focus us on this crisis and to bring us here today. So we brought together the most influential speakers in the country from the cdc,. Doctors working on the ground in west africa, as well as Global Security experts. This is the convening power at its finest. Thank you all for being here, and let me turn things over now to dr. Godsden. Thank you very much, bill. We really appreciate you taking the time to come. What im going to do is, first of all, you can see were sitting could be on easy chairs down on easy chairs, and were planning to do that because we want to ha
People to solidify their views on this but it doesnt seem to be shifting more people into this. Thats as far as i would go with what we can say at the moment, i think. The gentlemen with a camera here in the back. I am a journalist with army television. The reason why we follow more closely [inaudible] the conflict has not evolved yet. So if people vote yes on september 18, to you think if scotland becomes member of the international independent, international commend into in memory, while they pursue policy more sympathetic toward these type of selfdetermination movements in the caucasus or elsewhere . I think i would an exception for ukraine because western countries seem to be united against russia but how about other similar complex . My quick second question would be about edinburg agreement, independent from the results that we will have on september 18. Do you think edinburg agreement will set up a precedent for other similar complex . Because no they want to see it again and th
In the effort to lead the global jihad. With isil increasingly posturing itself as the legitimate followon or heir to Osama Bin Laden or al qaeda vision. And what that is also doing is causing intellectual ferment in the Community Around the world. We see this from other affiliates as they seek to decide for themselves, do we align with isil or maintain fidelity to our traditional bonds of loyalty to al qaeda core . One thing we can observe pretty obviously is that success breeds success. When isil has had success on the battlefield in taking over large swaths of territory in iraq, that has served as a draw not only to foreign fighters who might want to choose where to bring their capabilities but also to individuals who may be affiliated with other al qaeda groups who decide id like to go where the jihad is the most hot and the where my ability to Impact Global jihad can be felt most acutely. And theres no doubt that theyre at the level of individual Al Qaeda Affiliated individuals th
Be at the National Press club. , formerernoon counterterrorism officials outline terrorist threats to the u. S. And whether the u. S. Efforts to fight extremists can only lead to more attacks. Cspans campaign 2014 coverage continues tonight. We will be taking you live to california for a debate in the governors race. Jerry brown is facing off against his republican counterpart neil cash kari kashkari. Firstights debate is the and likely only debate between the two in this general election. Is ang us on the phone veteran Political Columnist dan walters of the sector meant to be. Youre welcome. The sacramento bee. Youre welcome. We are looking for any ri to putty for kashka anything on jerry brown. Jerry brown is a skilled wordsmith. He uses latin and greek references, for example. He has developed a little bit of a short fuse. It will be interesting to see that kashakkari can do get under his skin. A brief biography of jerry browns career in california politics. He has been in politics