Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Libby Oconnell and i am proud to serve on the Centennial Commission. Yesterday marked the 240th anniversary of this nations First Military memorial. On january 25, 1776, the confidential Congress Approved the nations First Military memorial which celebrates brigadier montgomery. Since 1776, communities across the United States have built solemn poignant tributes to our solars and sailors, marines and airmen, nurses and all the people helping back home. Its rumored that without a supportive and helpful homefront, no military campaign succeeds. As we gather for this announcement, it is important to note that we are all in debt to each and every one of them. For too long, one specific war has been left out of our national consciousness. Today, we take a great step forward in righting that wrong. Today, we announce what team will be chosen to move forward and work with all our stakeholders to join the National World war i memorial in hersheypark. Some o
Earlier but its unclear if that is related. Were also following a developing story on angel island where a search for a missing man from San Francisco is set to continue this morning. He was last seen around 1 00 yesterday morning on his boat. His wife reported him missing around 6 00 a. M. Crews spent hours searching for him before calling off the search around 10 00 last night. The search is set to continue at 8 00 this morning. The coast guard says they plan to use a helicopter to help find him. Van leer is described as 6 feet tall, 190 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. If you are heading to the beach, you are being warned to watch out for dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. Life guards will be posted at bay area beaches for the rest of the week. Temperatures inland are expected to reach the triple digits. Santa clara county park rangers monitor that area and say they will be on the lookout for people suffering from dehydration and other illnesses. It starts off cool and t
Over who takes power. Turkish Security Forces fire dear gas at protesters on the border with syria as thousands of kurds flee i. S. I. L. And a publicity stunned on an exercise in public health. Volunteers defend sierra leones ebola lockdown, now in its final day. Well, we are expecting a peace deal to be signed in yemen any time now. It could avert the threat of allout sectarian war. A rebellion by houthi tribes me in the north reached the capital. The fighting continued on sunday, putting the peace deal in jeopardy. Yemens fruiting facts gree on a deal. Will it agree on a deal. Will it hold. The United Nations brokered agreement comes after weeks of violence and fierce fighting in sanaa, between the army and the shia rebels. Once the deal is signed. The president appoints a new p. M. , who will form a new government. Houthis will be part of a now group of leadership. The houthis must pull out from sanaa, and other areas. Yemens Federation Plan will be reviewed to accommodate houthi c
Satellite that could answer an old mystery about mars. And we begin tonight in turkey where 130,000 Syrian Refugees have flooded across the boarder just since friday. They are running away from isil as they close in on a key kurder town in syrias north. The growing crisis comes as the u. S. Pressures turkey for more support against the troop. Stephanie decker has more. Reporter frustration is met by force. Turkish forces try to control the few hundred kurds who want to return to defend their hometown. Translator we the syrian kurds and the turkish kurds want to go to fight isil. These clashes here started because the police are not allowing us to cross. We want to go back and help our fighters there and at least to protect our homes. Reporter it has been tense here as the men brought their wives and children into turkey. But they say they do not want to stay in turkey. Syrian kurder fighters have managed to keep isil at bay for now, but no one is sure if that will last. This has caused
In his car. And thousands take their protest to wall street today. 130,000 Syrian Refugees fled to turkey to escape i. S. I. L. Fighters, the Islamic State of iraq and levant. They are threatening to take over a kurdish town as the u. S. Is gathering support to fight the group in iraq. Secretary of state john kerry hoped to get a stronger commitment from turkey. The flood of refugees is straining tensions with ethnic kurds. Stefanie dekker explains from the turkeysyria border. Reporter frustration met by force. Turkey trying to control the if you hundred that wanted to run to their home town. Translation we the syrian and turkish kurds want to fight i. S. I. L. The Turkish Police are not letting us cross. Reporter its been tense as men brought their wives and chin into turkey, to flee from the Group Calling itself Islamic State of iraq and levant. They say they do not want to stay in turkey. Syria kurdish fighters managed to keep i. S. I. L. At bay for now. No one is sure if it will la