Jagged edges of the tree that remain. And you have to imagine its as large as the rest of the trees here. Thats all of that portion of the tree trunk that came crashing down into an area where there were chairs, umbrellas, people were sitting, packed here in the section of brian park on this Labor Day Weekend. We want to take you to video of what it looked like moments after the tree came down. One person was actually pinned to the ground by a portion of that tree. Ex we saw one person being taken away by ambulance, being taken away on a stretcher, and witnesses describe a chaotic scene of people running away, screaming. Some people running toward the scene to figure out what had happened. They say at one point i sounded so loud, some of them thought it may have been an explosion. We saw a woman pinned under this chair, with that branch literally on top of her. I was looking to see if she was bleeding. I didnt see any blood, but the surprise made us just realize, you never know how for
The war against the fbi rather than protecting the national interests. And inconvenient truth. As destructive tornados hit virginia and floodwaters continue to rise in North Carolina, al gore warning about the political costs of ignoring Climate Change. Every night on the Television News is like a nature hike through the book of revelation. More from my conversation with the former Vice President coming up. And goodday, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washingt washington. The democrats and republicans are preparing for battle to pit Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh against his accuser california professor Christine Blasey ford over a charge that he sexually abused her, and it is a charge that he vehemently denies. Joining me is a panel to discuss this. Welcome all. Kasie, first to you, it ist clear yet that the democrats are going to get the demand that there is going to ban fbi investigation first before they hold this hearing . I have to say, andrea, this morning has been marked
Claims first brought to light by a whistleblower complaint made public just a few weeks ago. Taylors testimony delivered behind closed doors painting a devastating picture of corruption of u. S. Foreign policy at the highest levels of the executive branch of government. From todays Washington Post, quote, taylor repeatedly expressed his shock and bewilderment as he watched u. S. Policy toward ukraine get overtaken by trumps demand. Everything was dependent on such an announcement including security assistance, taylor said he was told, by gordon sondland, u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. And donald trump today in a tweet seemed to be trying to argue that, neh, even if he had tied the aid to the investigations it couldnt be a quid pro quo because the ukrainians didnt know about it. And even that absurd defense fell apart hours before the president tweet birthday it. Quote, ukraine knew of aid freeze in august undermining trump defense. Quote, word of the aid freeze had gotten to highlevel u