Morning we all have traffic and weather on the 2s but first several families displaced after a raging fire sweeps a row of homes in brooklyn. And there have been injuries to report cbs 2 has more live from Cypress Hills, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris and mary. Yes minor injuries to report and all residents belongings have been destroyed. I want you to take a look at whats been left behind after this six alarm fire. There are piles of rubble and two buildings extremely damaged but one build in the middle of those two. Thats a home that is no longer standing almost completely leveled by this fire and residents we spoke to though they were shaken were grateful no one was seriously hurt. She watched with tears in her highs as her home on arlington avenue burned sunday night. She rushed over from work to find the flames. Dont know. Her multifamily home along with two others were destroyed by the six alarm fire believed to have started in a nearby garage, 250 firefighters battle
Father was an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. My mother had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stopped again over the course of my early life. But they were the prime influences as parents are with all children. They set very high standards for their children but had a soft hand. It wasnt that you must do this but we expect you to do this. And my father, who had spent a great deal of his career researching the development of leadership figures, had always argued that, if you had an advantage over the massive black people, if you had an education, if you had a good job, then you had some responsibility to use that education and that position to help those less fortunate than you. And so my older sister and my younger brother and i all absorbed these messages from our parents. And never in a hectoring way. But always, this is your responsibility and youve got to do it. And i hope the three of us took th
And then beyond that, there are themes that emerge about the importance of National Causes that catalyze people to see themselves as leaders. Catalysts like the brown decision itself, which black leaders were so heavily involved. And then of course the Civil Rights Movement that generated grassroots leaders who came about and then became leaders for the rest of their lives. So the book has those major themes and i think thats exactly what emerges from the interviews and thats why i wrote the book, to call attention to these themes. But you can also just go to the website and find what you want in these interviews. Phyllis leffler, thank you very much. Its a pleasure. Id like to begin by asking you to recollect as best you can what you think of as being the most important early influences on your own life. My father wasrse an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. Had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stoppe
One of the three victims shot during that incident yesterday, a 13yearold girl grazed by a bullet being treated here at the hospital this morning. Meanwhile, police are looking for three people they want to talk to in connection with the murder of a grandfather. Police this morning asking for your help in finding these two men. Both captured on video, not far from the shooting scene where the 53yearold was killed tuesday. Investigators now looking to question both in connection with his murder. Everybody is shocked right now. And nobody could believe its true. Reporter police say it began with a trio of car burglars tuesday morning. Just before 8 00, they say he spotted them and tried to chase them down as they ransacked this white mini van outside of abny mechanical corporation where he worked. Investigators say he and a thats when they say one of the suspects began shooting. One bullet grazed the hip of a 13yearold girl walking to school. His 56yearold coworker was grazed on the ches
He was also well known for his yogisms, like, it aint over until its over. Weijia jiang is now live from washington with more. Reporter good morning, everybody. Pope francis will begin his first full day on american soil with the formal visit to the white house around 9 00. Half unforgettable unforget after that unforgettable welcome to america, he will begin his first full day. This is not a meeting between politicians but rather an opportunity for two respected World Leaders with significant influence around the world globe to spend time talking about the valueses they old in common. Reporter thousands will line the National Mall to catch emily rizzo will get to see him up close. The 23yearold soprano is one of 90 choir members to tapped to sing this afternoon. We have to be in control and remember everything i have learned in all my schooling to try to do my absolute best. Reporter conductors chose singers to reflect the diversity of the catholic members in the u. S. Tomorrow pope f