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Birthday. Abraham lincoln was [ cheers and applause ] born 209 years ago. Of course he was tragically assassinated at fords theater in washington by a member of ms13. [ laughter ] i read that on the white house website. Is that not right . Lincoln was known i was looking him up today. He was known as honest, a the great emancipator, the rail splitter, tight coop. He had a lot of nicknames. He was like the diddy of 1863. [ laughter ] even had his own vodka. [ laughter ] you know, its funny. When you think about president lincolns hat, the tall stovepipe hat he wore, and then you think about Donald Trumps hat. Its kind of all you need to know, right . [ cheers and applause ] today isnt president s day. President s day is next monday. But president obama and his wife michelle were honored at the Smithsonian Today with the unveiling of their official portraits. This is a tradition that goes back to George Washington in 1796. Its a big deal. And the obamas were there in person to be part of
Birthday. Abraham lincoln was [ cheers and applause ] born 209 years ago. Of course he was tragically assassinated at fords theater in washington by a member of ms13. [ laughter ] i read that on the white house website. Is that not right . Lincoln was known i was looking him up today. He was known as honest, a the great emancipator, the rail splitter, tight coop. He had a lot of nicknames. He was like the diddy of 1863. [ laughter ] even had his own vodka. [ laughter ] you know, its funny. When you think about president lincolns hat, the tall stovepipe hat he wore, and then you think about Donald Trumps hat. Its kind of all you need to know, right . [ cheers and applause ] today isnt president s day. President s day is next monday. But president obama and his wife michelle were honored at the Smithsonian Today with the unveiling of their official portraits. This is a tradition that goes back to George Washington in 1796. Its a big deal. And the obamas were there in person to be part of
Just before two oclock in the afternoon. In Alameda County, philippe djegal, kron four news. grant and tonight we are learning more about the deputy. As kron fours Terisa Estacio reports, the sheriff talked about srouery khin. And how this tragedy is so painful. Natural sound, Alameda County sheriff greg ahern. This is a tragic day for us and the family of srouey khin. Alameda county sheriff greg ahern talking about the tragic loss of deputy srouey khin friday morning in a tragic collision. Sheriff ahern, alameda co. Sheriff. He just off ot he is one of our hardest working employees. Dedicated employee. He was just trying his best to earn some money for his wife and family. Sheriff ahern says deputy khin had worked for several years here at the santa rita jail. He started his career with the Sheriffs Department back in 2007. Sheriff ahern. He has four children. One of our units is with the family now, we have a chaplain and peer support. Sherriff ahern says this loss is also very hard
Arsons to about a dozen. That is including the seven this week and at least five others from 2016. The first five this week happened overnight in a driveway. The two this morning were parked on the streeet. Fire officials believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. They say there are some commonalities among them. Much of which they wont share in order not to compromise the investigation. I spoke with residents nearby in walnut creek. And they say this is part of a trend in increase in crime here in recent years. One man told me that hes lived here since the nineties without incident up until the last year. His car was stolen twice. So now he says hes taking a different approach to prevent Something Like this from happening to himself or his neighbors. Tim mcconnell neighbori think its one of the things weve kind of decided that with this kind of going on and now the vehicle fires. If people are driving through your neighbhorhood i dont think theres a real proble