Out at fort mason. Betty yu is there for us live. Reporter the father and son were successfully rescued by San Francisco fire after about 45 minutes here at fort mason. The fire chief tells me that the boy was on a bicycle, coming down the hill, just to my right. Somehow his body went over the ledge and then went about 40 feet down that cliff. The father then climbed down to help him and then firefighters used a rope system to lower rescuers down. Eventually, both of them were loaded onto a skiff to be put into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital. The fire chief said it is not known the extent of the boys injuries but he was conscious at the time of his rescue. We spoke with a few people who were familiar with this pretty steep hill. Which meets venice, take a listen. I usually go up, i dont know how anybody would go over, going down you know. It sort of unbelievable, dangerous. Theres a lot of people on this hill. You have to keep your wits about you. Theres so much to see, you ca
Government is accused of discriminating against visa applicants from africa. And the u. S. Imposes sanctions on some of me and marched top military officers its a reaction to the ongoing growing get crisis. The u. S. House of representatives has voted to condemn quote racist comments by president s on a trump against for Minority Congress women now the resolution was approved largely on party lines with only 4 republicans backing the democratic measure on sunday President Trump posted tweets telling the for politicians to go back where they came from and hes refused to let up thats despite growing criticism both at home and abroad mike hanna is in washington with the latest for us so mike can you tell us how this is played out in. Congress. But certainly for democrats it was an opportunity a rare opportunity to publicly censure the president and place on record their disapproval of that and discussed in some cases at the language that he uses for republicans it was also a rare opportun
Of government in the European Union so western europeans eastern europeans were supporting her representatives from the different political families and what she also managed to do is together with us to bring france and germany closer back together the french german cooperation is not everything in the good opinion that sure but without a close friend operation things really dont move forward in the European Union among the promises. Has made is reform of the very electoral process that had failed to produce a democratically elected candidate with her name emerging instead from behind closed doors as the preferred pick of e. U. Heads of government and state its not only far right populists talking about a democratic deficit in the e. U. Anymore many other ps a saying it as well. And try as she might to be the consensus candidate for all her promise of a Green Climate deal for europe wasnt enough to sway the greens what is this dream for europe can you explain that to me i cant. By tha
Discusses the historical journeys by George Washington through the new United States and describes his own experience as he followed the same experience in the present day. Nathaniel philbricks progress and fox are conveyed in washingtons own words and preserved in his diaries. Transcriptions of those diaries in his correspondence on founders online hosted by the National Archives, through the National Historical publications. Founders online has transcript of thousands of documents written by and to the nations founders. You can find washingtons letter to his cabinet written in savanna, georgia, his itinerary and instructions should any serious matter occur in his absence. You can read entries from his diary recording places he was in, the conditions of roads and lodgings, the weather and the terrain and the crops of the area. Following washingtons path, Nathaniel Philbrick came to know our first president not as a monumental figure from history but as a man traveler like himself, and
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