Thousands of protesters crowding the streets, troops firing tear gas, many people mad about the president s recent power grab. The country is less than two weeks away from voting on a new constitution. A controversial one, to many people. Reza is in the middle of it in i can propose the demonstration had been unfolding for a while. Whats happening in the last half hour or so . Reporter yeah, lets get you up to speed, michael, on new information that weve gotten over the past hour. According to witnesses on the ground, protesters have broken at least one barrier, set up with barbed wire that was arranged by police to keep protesters away from the president ial palace, another witness telling us theres been one clash between protesters and police after demonstrators started throwing rocks, debris, other objects, at police and Police Responded by firing at least one round of tear gas. For the most part, these demonstrations near the president ial palace have been peaceful, but with this c
Prime minister, tony blair. As they await a new heir to the throne, the british consider changing the rules about who can become king or queen. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obamas latest ideas for getting past the standoff with House Republicans. He now says there isnt enough time left to do a comprehensive deal, including tax reform, fixing medicare. So he wants congress to raise tax rates for the wealthy right now and putting off the hard work to next year. They have 28 days left to make a deal before the country hits whats called the fiscal cliff. Thats a combination of across the board tax increases for everyone, coupled with cuts in spending like defense, education, health care, and housing assistance. Lets go live to our chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin with the very latest. Jessica . Reporter president obama has now personally turned down Speaker Boehners opening offer to avert the fiscal cliff. He did it in a tv interview.
Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, for dupont. Fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations
The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. Arerole of gettysburg wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Defense is for the built to protect washington,. C. The battle of fort stevens the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn
Together with two juries. Both defendants were found guilty, Forcible Rape in concert, forcible penetration in concert and forcible oral cop youllation, in concert. That count carries enhancement that the victim called jane doe suffered Great Bodily Injury this, occurred in 2009 outside of a dance at richmond high school. This is an important and appropriate outcome from the peoples perspective. A case in which, from the beginning the public took this situation very seriously. These were horrendous crimes. This is a devastating verdict for the montanyo family. And im not diminishing the issues in which jane doe has gone through. Montanyo and peter face the possibility of flif prison. The sentencing will come next month. Now after verdicts were read we did hear from a montano juror and spoke with a captain, there are about six of them today as verdicts were read he will tell us how deeply the case affected his department. Well have both of those tonight at 6 00. Well see you at 6 00. An