Imagine, your mother a fugitive, your father a stranger. Your home, your name, your past was any of it real . The first thing i felt, just pit in my stomach. I just felt like it was my fault. A mothers crime. A fathers pain. What kinds of emotions did it stir up when you would see that crib . It would just make me cry. A daughter forced to face the shattering truth. I was shocked and i was just terrified. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with finding savanna. In 20some years, will i recall how you tucked and curled against my neck and chest . Reporter a fathers love. Harris todd once tried to put it into words. In 20some years will i recall how i often held you long after you had fallen asleep, listening to you breathe . Reporter tried to express what it meant to cradle his baby daughter savanna. And you, what will you remember of these wondrous days as a baby girl along with your old father whose entire life you now are . Reporter back in 1994, harris could n
Reporter harris thought that he could build that life with lee, but early in their relationship he noticed some problems. He said she was overly emotional and sometimes quick to anger. Still, he thought love would conquer all. I suffer from the misconception that i can fix things. That i can make things better. Reporter they married in december 1991. But within months, harris said, it became apparent that his fixing skills were no match for lees behavior. I mean, i never knew what was going to face me when i came through the door after work. And it could be nothing, and it could be nothing but screaming and yelling and throwing pots. Reporter things got so bad harris told lee he wanted a divorce. He said, lee told him that she was pregnant. Everything fell apart when she told him that she was pregnant. Reporter patty said what actually made the marriage go sour was harris refusal to have children. He wanted her to terminate the pregnancy, and that was just not an option for lee. It bro
League stronger, and it might have served to educate American Public opinion. If by the time the 30s hit, would you have had the same isolationist sentiment . I mean, there was a lot of sentiment in europe for peace. There was this huge peace ballot in britain in the 1930s, where i think half the Adult Population voted in favor of peace. But wanting peace doesnt necessarily translate into isolationist. It might be that failing to join the league formed isolationism in a way that didnt happen in europe. You can want peace but still recognize that you have to be engaged in the world. I doesnt know. And you can argue, and i think historians are now arguing that even in the 1930s, the United States was not as isolationist as we might think. If you look at what the United States is doing, its still involved a lot. And its particularly involved on its own doorstep. The Good Neighbor policies in the 1930s, and the United States is still very concerned about whats going on in the pacific. Ther
If you cannot get through on the phone lines, try social media. You have probably seen the video we are about to show you but this is andy parker, the father of allison parker, talking about how to prevent gun violence. [video clip] potential andmuch its senseless that her life and adams lifework taken by a crazy person with a gun. Walshave to be the john of gun control, look, i am for the Second Amendment but there has to be a way to force politicians that are cowards and in the pockets of the nra to have sensibleand laws so that crazy people cannot get guns. It cannot be that hard. Politicians from the local level to the state level to the National Level sidestepped the issue and kick the can down the road. This cannot happen anymore. I know that the nra position is they will say if they were carrying, this would never have happened. Ive got news for you, if adam had been carrying an ak47 strapped around their waist, it would not have made a difference. They could not have seen this
After he was fired in february of 2013. When his rental car was pulled over after the shooting, flanagan had an extra license plate, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. When police tried to pull over the car. The Morning News Team at wdbj was back on the air 24 hours after their colleagues were killed. They embraced and shared memories about Alison Parker and adam ward. Within the last hour, an extraordinary show of support. Station employees stood side by side wearing ribbons with parker and wards favorite colors on them. Our coverage begins with fleischer. Tim . Reporter they are in mourning this day. They have been left numb by the cold blooded ambush of this reporter and photographer. Family and colleagues are remembering those young potential. Holding on to each other for strength, the Morning News Team who watched in horror the brutal killing of Alison Parker and adam ward started this day paying contribute to them. Of silence. The performance of this staff has been incredible. They cri