Ms. Pelosi they said children shouldnt be able to ask questions, but you can take a picture. Maybe we should segue into children asking a question. Welcome, children. We always do what we do here in recognition of our responsibility to our children. As you know, washington is a place so dedicated to honoring our founders. You see monuments and statues throughout the city and throughout the capitol complex to that end. We do revere our founders and grateful for their leadership and vision. But what we do here, which is part of our founders vision, is to work for the future. So you are inspiration, you are our purpose. Thank you for being here today to be for being a constant inspiration as to what our purpose is and our responsibility to our children. Our founders predicated their optimism on the fact that every generation would take responsibility to make a future better for the next generation. So honoring the vows of our founders and committed to the aspiration of our children, i wel
Ms. Pelosi they said children shouldnt be able to ask questions, but you can take a picture. Maybe we should segue into children asking a question. Welcome, children. We always do what we do here in recognition of our responsibility to our children. As you know, washington is a place so dedicated to honoring our founders. You see monuments and statues throughout the city and throughout the capitol complex to that end. We do revere our founders and grateful for their leadership and vision. But what we do here, which is part of our founders vision, is to work for the future. So you are inspiration, you are our purpose. Thank you for being here today to be for being a constant inspiration as to what our purpose is and our responsibility to our children. Our founders predicated their optimism on the fact that every generation would take responsibility to make a future better for the next generation. So honoring the vows of our founders and committed to the aspiration of our children, i wel
As it certainly tonight talk show host used to say, why dont we get busy. I want to begin with the first photograph and recite some numbers to you as well. Just to give you a sense of perspective. According to the census of 1860, there were over 990,000 black women from 15 up to 44 years of age. Their 1. 3 million children under 10 years of age. Over 120,000 black children under one year of age, and, all of these, most of these, what have been enslaved people. Thanks to research put together by the guild institute, there are things that we can say. We know that few enslaved people lived until old age. Between 1830 and 1860, only 10 of enslaved people in north america were over 50 years old. Half of all enslaved babies died in the first year of life. That was twice the rate of white babies. The average birthrate of slave weight of slave infants was less than 5. 5 pounds. Slave children were tiny. Their average height cannot reach three feet until they were four years old. They were 5. 5
Areas Chuck Coppola who got a tour of the damage in san mateo county. People think its been overshadowed by all the damage in the mountains. We get to this point, you can see the land is buckled underneath, the roadway is cut open. It has caused the power lines there to droop, its caused water mains to break. There are at least three homes red tagged here in la honda with potential of six more to be added, all happening within the last two weeks. She led a tour of san mateo countys devastated neighborhoods. One of the first, bunker hill. Patrick sheridan, who lived here for 60 years, saw his neighbors home buckle in midjanuary. It sank a through feet, then another day another three feet, another day another three feet. Reporter they secured funds to build an infrastructure and get money necessary to help homeowners. These are not democrat mudslides and republican mudslides. This is when we step up and we partner with the states and local governments. Reporter so far the damage to roads
Right now at five storm clean up concerns also. The call for help by some peopl right now at 5 00, storm cleanup concerns also becoming cash concerns. The call for help from some people on the peninsula. The news at 5 00 starts right now. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. And im peggy bunker. Well get to our local coverage in just a moment, but first we have breaking news from the oroville area. A big concern here after the Butte County Sheriffs Office has ordered immediate evacuation for everyone who lives and works in the oroville area downstream. Right now were hearing from the Department Water resources and Weather Service that the auxiliary spillway structure below the dam, theyre expecting it to fail and that will result in an uncontrollable release of floodwaters. Obviously a huge issue here. Theyre estimating it could happen in the next hour. Authorities say using that auxiliary spillway has led to severe erosion, and the reason they were using