A champion for the poor, the homeless, a fighter for racial equality. Tonight we remember the reverend Cecil Williams, whose love and compassion was the rock and foundation and Guiding Light for all who walked through the doors of glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. He walked his talk. He he was a direct example of how to be in the world. Its such a loss for the city. Its a loss for this community. The reverend Cecil Williams died today at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was 94 years old. Good evening. Im julie julie haener and im mike mibach. Williams was known for his wisdom, compassion and providing critical support to impoverished residents every day for 60 years. Ktvu is amberleigh live tonight at San Francisco city hall. Amber. A very big loss tonight for the community. Absolutely, mike. There is grief and gratitude for all the work Cecil Williams did for the people and city of San Francisco. Now, the folks at glide tell me he may have retired years ago, but he
We are engaged in nothing short of a rescue mission to finally bring relief to americans struggling under this law and to give everyone access to the care they need. Will break away from this paul ryan event and piggyback life to the floor of the u. S. Senate a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , its hard to argue that obamacare is not a failing law. Seven years after it became law, its laundry list of problems continues to grow. Higher premiums, higher deductibles, customers losing health plans, patients losing doctors, fewer choices, failed coops, unraveling exchanges. Unfortunate, without action that list will only become longer and the consequences will only become more severe. Republicans know that. Democrats know that. Unfortunately, Many Americans know it firsthand. The American People deserve better, and they rightly expect us to act. And thats why choosing to watch from the sidelines as obamacare fails is not a
We are engaged in nothing short of a rescue mission to finally bring relief to americans struggling under this law and to give everyone access to the care they need. Will break away from this paul ryan event and piggyback life to the floor of the u. S. Senate a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , its hard to argue that obamacare is not a failing law. Seven years after it became law, its laundry list of problems continues to grow. Higher premiums, higher deductibles, customers losing health plans, patients losing doctors, fewer choices, failed coops, unraveling exchanges. Unfortunate, without action that list will only become longer and the consequences will only become more severe. Republicans know that. Democrats know that. Unfortunately, Many Americans know it firsthand. The American People deserve better, and they rightly expect us to act. And thats why choosing to watch from the sidelines as obamacare fails is not a
Again just volume. In two days, metro will begin its Safetrack Program. It is a year of big maintenance projects across the metrorail system and it is likely to have a big impact on your commute. Molette green is live with more on todays announcement. This will cause some some headaches, molette. Reporter yeah, we just had a passenger here who stopped and took his time to read this sign giving a big heads up to passengers about what will happen p in just a matter of days. In hours we will hear from the mayor and the transportation chief to tell us what their action plan is. Thousands of passengers use the system to get into and out of the capital city. Workers, tourists and the like. So this is going to be a big adjustment. Weve been talking about this for the beginning of single tracking between East Falls Church where i am now and ballston. Passengers i spoke to this morning say they will just endure the longer wait and take the train. Im going to wait for the metro when it comes. I
After a deadly shooting in hyattsville. Police believe that witness may have tried to help a victim who lived in a jackie is in hyattsville with reaction from people in the neighborhood. Jackie . Reporter people who live in this neighborhood are outraged. It gets me angry knowing that fact, that i cant come outside and just be relaxed. I have to worry about things like this. Its not right. Reporter carlos is a volunteer firefighter who says he was horrified to hear what he immediately knew were gunshots near his home around 1 00 this afternoon. We heard gunshots, right . When we went outside, we just saw the body. That was pretty traumatizing. Reporter Police Say Two residents of a nearby home for people with intellectual and physical disabilities were walking to greendale park. They passed a parked car with two people inside. Police say words were exchanged between one of the group home residents and someone in car pulled a gun and fatally shot him. Police tell us that witnesses say t