Good afternoon, my name is scott smith and im a Senior Adviser on the Afghanistan Team and im glad to welcome you all here for a timely discussion on ending the war in afghanistan. Id like to welcome those joining by live stream. You can engage with us and each other on twitter with todays hashtag afghanpeace. Usip was founded by congress 35 years ago as an independent, nonpartisan, National Institute charged with the mission of preventing conflicts under the premise that peace is possible. Usip has been involved in afghanistan in particular since 2002 and supporting sustainable peace in afghanistan is a core priority for us. Our team is engaged at all levels of the process including convening meetings like this here in washington, our meetings with key stakeholders, for discussions on how to bring about an end to americas longest war. We publish details on substantive topics rolled related to peace. We work in afghanistan through our office there at the grass roots level hosting peace
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Car, hanging on for his life. The driver refusing to stop. And buyer beware. A surge in porch pirates stealing Christmas Gifts from your front door. How you can fight back. Good evening and thank you for being here. President trump is savoring his first big legislative win hours after congress and a Party Line Vote passed the the massive tax overhaul, a practically giddy president took a victory lap at the white house. A back slapping celebration with lawmakers passing the tax cut is a critical win for the approximate the and his party as they approach next years midterm elections. The hope now that the large number of americans unhappy with the bill will learn to love it. Our chief white house corresp d correspondent Hallie Jackson starts our coverage. Good evening and it feels like a Holiday Celebration here at the white house with republicans betting there will be no political hangover. This tax plan will end up winning over more americans. Surrounded by his party, it felt like for
Of lets get a will lets get a check of weather this morning. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. will now to a story you will only see on kron 4. A High School Coach steps in to stop a fight. And its all caught on camera. It happened at College Park High school in Pleasant Hill. Now students fear the coach will be disciplined. Kron 4s alecia reid has the story. This all went down during lunch last monday. As soon as students heard this teenager threatening a freshman, they called for help. Pkgnatssot if the coach wasnt there, more than likely she would have been attackedcaptured on video students say this teenager wearing a blue striped shirt and black tights isnt a student at College Park High. But she came there with the intent to hurt another student. Sot she had it in her hand waving it around. She lunged and tried to
rebecca cooler than normal temperatures can be expected through the forecast period. A live look outside right right now. Were seeing some cloud cover around the bay area. Cool and breezy conditions as well. Dress the kids warm as you get them ready for school. Temperatures will be even cooler today. Peeks of sunshine today with lots of cloud cover to keep things on the cooler side. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya breaking news this morning. For the second time in two nights. A Fire Department in the east bay is investigating suspicious car fires. mark kron 4s averi harper is live in brentwood with the details. Averi. averi the Contra Costa County Fire Department is investigating a possible case of arson. After four cars went up in flames. Pat mccormick who lives in lafayette came out to his drive way early yesterday morning to find his suv engulfed in flames. And when he spoke with firefighters, he found out that his vehicle was not