Ticker tape parade being held for the world cup champion u. S. Womens soccer team. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon. Im mike hydeck, we will get to the live look at the u. S. Womens soccer ticker tape parade ahead but first the exercise flag exercise flag was was low Confederate Flag was lowered this morning. And marking a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought that rebel banner would fly indevaluate. Dan com indefinitely. Don champion reports from columbia. Reporter crowds cheered and chanted as the confederate battle flag was lowered at the South Carolina state capitol. [ chanting ] it is a relief. Reporter 57yearold columbia native Frances Parker a descendant of slaved was among the thousand slaves was among the thousand who is watched the power thousands who watched the powerful moment in person. The flag is just a imboll that other symbol that others use and it perpetuates the hate. Reporter it ends years of controversy in the sta
Scene. Is the fire under control, matt . I checked with cal fire and they say it is 100 percent contained. This is where the fire actually started you can see the hillid is burned. A stolen vehicle crashed into the hillside and started the fire. Another stolen vehicle was abandoned near. When firefighters arrived there were 20 acres burning and spread to 40 acres. Because of the lack of rain and the drought conditions, the fuels are extremely dry and more what you would see in october and getting a fire at 5 30 in the morning, the end of december, in northern california, that is unheard of. Resident up here said there is a real problem with stolen cars being dumped in the area, ten the last in but this is the first to catch fire. Firefighters will be out here for most of the day. They say that until we get significant rainfall, we are going to see situations and fires like this all across the state. The fire danger is real despite the calendar saying it is winter there is a lost dry ve
Allegations of a coverup by the Obama Administration and a white house lie. Welcome to the kelly file. Im megyn kelly. Thats the allegation. Flashback now to april 2012. President obama was up for reelection. Hes headed to colombia for an economic summit. And no sooner does he arrive than a scandal explodes. A group of secret Service Agents accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel for parties that involved a lot of alcohol and then some. One big question at the time, was it just the secret service, or were white house staffers also involved . Heres our ed henry and White House Press secretary jay carney just ten days after the scandal broke. Watch. Did the White House Council check the Hotel Records down in colombia to see if anyone else or white house staff im not going to get into the specifics. I would simply say that the review that the White House Council oversaw and led produced no indication of any misconduct. Im just saying did they check . Theres been no specific al
Allegations of a coverup by the Obama Administration and a white house lie. Welcome to the kelly file. Im megyn kelly. Thats the allegation. Flashback now to april 2012. President obama was up for reelection. Hes headed to colombia for an economic summit. And no sooner does he arrive than a scandal explodes. A group of secret Service Agents accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel for parties that involved a lot of alcohol and then some. One big question at the time, was it just the secret service, or were white house staffers also involved . Heres our ed henry and White House Press secretary jay carney just ten days after the scandal broke. Watch. Did the White House Council check the Hotel Records down in colombia to see if anyone else or white house staff im not going to get into the specifics. I would simply say that the review that the White House Council oversaw and led produced no indication of any misconduct. Im just saying did they check . Theres been no specific al
Throwing hotel parties was a pretty popular thing to do in our youth. There were only a handful of hotels that were fit for throwing a hotel party in El Paso.