Deadly flu season. Can a new pill kill the virus in a single day . And, golden boy. The amazing moves by a 17yearold american. How he went from last place to the top of the medal stand. And good evening, thanks for joining us this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with breaking news on two deadly air crashes. A russian passenger jet plunging from the sky in moscow. New details in a moment. But we start with the grand canyon helicopter tour. Crashing in a spot so remote, it took a long time for help to arrive. Three people dead before help arrived. Four critically injured passengers trapped for nearly nine hours. How did this flight turn deadly . Heres marci gonzalez. Reporter tonight, this woman, seen here walking near the fiery wreckage of this helicopter in the grand canyon, is among four survivors. First responders, brought in by helicopter, then hiking to the scene along treacherous terrain. Struggling to bring the survivors to safety. Pictured here, finally airlifting one of the inj
Sexual encounters. The obamas are about to have a permanent address in washington d. C. The former first couple will be on hand in a few hours as their official portraits are unveiled at the smithsonian. Those are some of the stories on this monday, february 12th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. And we say good morning, on this monday. Were going to start this half hour with President Trump poised to send his 2019 budget to Congress Today but the tax cuts have already rendered it outdated. Calling for an extra 300 billion in spending and adds billions more for the Opioid Crisis and border security. Its expected to fall short of the longterm goal of eliminating the deficit. It includes 2 billion designed to repair the nations crumbling infrastructure. A whole lot of big numbers at the core of this but theyre saying its dead on arrival but theyre putting a big push into all of this today. Interesting timing for it all. Meantime the president is under fire for referring t
Quality her entire life. She shares about their personal relationship during on q a. Final years aided u. S. Government cuban parents in sending their children to the u. S. To escape the rise of the castro regime. Next on American History tv, author and professor Anita Casavantes Bradford discusses the legacy of the mission known as operation pedro pan. She explains the differing interpretations of the childrens exodus to the u. S. From cuba and how the 2000 custody battle over Elian Gonzalez reignited debate over operation pedro pan. After her talk, several audience members who came to the u. S. As part of the operation took part in the discussion. Florida International University hosted this 45minute event. [applause] thank you so much. Before i begin, i would like to ask if there are any pedro panists in the room. A special thank you for coming. I want to acknowledge pedro pan is not strictly or even primarily a topic for academic analysis and that you are the experts in this histor
Is not strictly or even primarily a topic for academic analysis and that you are the experts in this history. It is with that recognition that i will share a few thoughts with you today, but i do so with humility and appreciation for the opportunity to be with you today. Between the fall of 1960 and october of 1962, the parents of more than 14,000 cuban children made the heartbreaking decision to send their children alone to the United States where they were cared for by friends, relatives, foster parents, as well as in camps and orphanages. The reasons why parents did this were varied. Many feared for the spiritual wellbeing of their catholic children after an increasingly radicalized cuban revolution began to oppress religious expression, close schools, expel priests and religious orders from the island. Others feared growing interventions into family life and panicked after rumors that castro intended to deprive parents of Legal Authority over their children began to circulate. They
Expression, close schools, expel priests and religious orders from the island. Others feared growing interventions into family life and panicked after rumors that castro intended to deprive parents of Legal Authority over their children began to circulate. Parents also sought to protect their children from communist indoctrination. Revolutionary schools. With the help of james baker, an American School headmaster in havana, the support of a Clandestine Group of anticastro cubans, in miami a young miami young irish immigrant priest, along with the support of the u. S. State department and most likely the Central Intelligence agency, cuban parents began spiriting their children off the island and into the care of the Catholic Church in the United States. They believed their separation would be temporary since few believed the United States would allow castros increasingly leftleaning revolution to survive. After the failure of the bay of pigs invasion in april 1961 and the october 1962 m