Out of millions of dollars. Medawar was extraordinarily, um, good at what he did. He was the consummate con man. [ music ] i would ask the, uh, witnesses to, uh, rise. Andand raise your right hand. In the summer of 2002, a ceo is called before congress, grilled about why his company has gone bust, and why shareholders have lost a total of 180 billion. Each of you is now under oath. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman. I served as ceo of worldcom for 17 years. During that time, i helped a Small Company rise to one of americas largest corporations. Bernard ebbers, former ceo of worldcom, symbolizes an era of corporate greed and fraud. Worldcom is one of the fastest Rising Companies in u. S. History. And one of the hardest to fall. The year is 1983. At a diner in the small town of hattiesburg, mississippi, local businessmen meet over coffee and donuts. Ma bells monopoly on Long Distance is breaking up. The businessmen see an opportunity to get in on the Long Distance game. In the early days, the
Mothers who took over in a. Good morning. Yeah, im live in front of the courthouse. They want the moms to seek the house but the owners of the home are squatting and saying they are supporting illegal activity. The squatters are harming others like themselves Wedgewood Properties oeng it. It was empty, they were homeless and needed a place to stay. They broke in and have been squatting there since november. They started the Advocacy Group moms for housing. This mornings Court Hearing beginning at 9 00 a. M. Alyssa harrington ktvu fox tuz news. A woman accused of hitting a man with a car. It all started on christmas porng when two men confronted each other. One of them pulled outlet a gun and spot the other but the shooting victim was taken to the hospital. They believe that the victim and the gunman are all related. Hundreds of people gather in dublin for a vigil to honor the three teenagers clied in a fist fist crash online. All 15 girls Dublin High School students who lost their live
Im delighted to move us to our second panel the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meyer or historian and Landscape Architectsts serving s moderator to kick off this event. Lauren has a longstanding relationship with the olmstead having edited the list of Design Projects which were just mentioned as well as part of the near 12 volume thousands and thousands of pages. He is currently the cochair of the nonprofit partner of National Historic sites and with that welcome lauren. Thank you enough i can figure out the technology here i will pull up the next i might need someone. [inaudible conversations] there it is. Right in the middle. Welcome everyone to session to. Im going to kick off this panel covering sort of a flyover of the role of the olmstead and the National Park service. Followed by scholar and historian Hope Christian who looked into the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, jr. And ending with sam hodder who will talk about the importan
Today after the university agreed to some concessions. Can i get a free, free palestine . Students and supporters rallied in Malcolm X Plaza today after University President lynn mahoney committed to forming a work group, including students, to create a website to show Investment Strategies and to draft revisions to align with social and racial justice. We have received a commitment to divest from weapons manufacturing to disclose clear accounts of where sfsu is investing its money, and to publicly defend our right to protest. We will continue to organize for further commitments beyond this, the protesters say they will remove the encampment in stages, depending on progress on the concessions. We want people to see the work that were doing, the way that weve negotiated this, so that other schools, whether theyre part of the csu system or not, can model the work that we are doing. Numerous jewish groups have issued public statements criticizing the negotiations and any concessions, incl
San jose. Officers are surrounding the area, closing that area off. Weve launched skyranger to head to the scene to get more information. Damian trujillo is there working to gather information of what is going on. Stay with us for updates. Good morning and thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. Im laura garcia. Our other top story, senator Dianne Feinsteins body returned to the bay area over the weekend. Now city hall opening its doors to members of the public who want to pay their respects, this as a new senator is being named to fill the vacant seat senator feinstein left behind. Nbc bay areas Ginger Conejero saab is live at city hall with more on what San Francisco has planned for the late senator. Ginger . Reporter good morning, laura. We are at city hall on the fourth floor where there is a simple yet elegant and beautiful tribute to senator Dianne Feinstein here. You can see it behind us. There are a couple of tables set up with the senators picture, one over on the ot