That it is today. They called it the jewel city. It rose from the mud flats of San Franciscos waterfront. A cosmopolitan wonderland built to last just ten months. One of the only vestiges of this lost city is this building, the palace of fine arts. But in 1915 this was just one of many grand palaces that lined the avenues of a 635acre mini metropolis constructed to host the worlds fair in the area known today as the marina district. The fair drew some 19 Million People, mostly for the thrill of exploring displays and demonstrations that highlighted the progress of industry, technology, and culture over the centuries. If you pushed through the turnstiles, youd find yourself directly in front of a 435foottall stepped tower. 43 stories tall. Adorned with more than 100,000 colored jewels hung in such a way that they could move in the breezes, so the entire building sparkled day and night. The fair also called the panamapacific International Exposition to celebrate the completion of the pan
John stamos makes it official announcing full house is returning to tv. What hes revealing about the spinoff and whos already on board today. Tuesday, april 21st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Boy, its been some wrenching days in boston. We had the Boston Marathon finish yesterday. A lot of joy and resilience. Now a life or death decision in the courtroom. The penalty phase beginning this morning at the Boston Marathon bombing trial. The same jury that convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the attack now has to decide his fate. Justice correspondent Pete Williams is in boston. Pete, good morning to you. Matt, good morning. The jury must decide between two options. Death by lethal injection or life in prison without the possibility of parole. To choose the Death Penalty, the verdict must be unanimous. Boston prepares for the trials sec
They called it the jewel city. It rose from the mud flats of San Franciscos waterfront. A cosmopolitan wonderland built to last just ten months. One of the only vestiges of this lost city is this building, the palace of fine arts. But in 1915 this was just one of many grand palaces that lined the avenues of a 635acre mini metropolis constructed to host the worlds fair in the area known today as the marina district. The fair drew some 19 Million People, mostly for the thrill of exploring displays and demonstrations that highlighted the progress of industry, technology, and culture over the centuries. If you pushed through the turnstiles, youd find yourself directly in front of a 435foottall stepped tower. 43 stories tall. Adorned with more than 100,000 colored jewels hung in such a way that they could move in the breezes, so the entire building sparkled day and night. The fair also called the panamapacific International Exposition to celebrate the completion of the panama canal was an o
Conclusion of a highspeed chase, one that began when russells car backfired. That backfire noise is what the officers say they thought was gunshots. It turns out russell and williams were both unarmed. During todays ruling judge John Odonnell talked about the National Environment in which this verdict was just handed down. Listen. In Many American places people are angry with mistrusting and fearful of the police. Citizens think the men and women sworn to protect and serve have violated that oath or never meant it in the first place. Some of these places are long familiar. New york city and baltimore. Some were unfamiliar until incidents there laid bare the divide between the people and the police. Ferguson missouri. North charleston South Carolina. That coming from the judge who found Michael Brelo not guilty on all counts. Outside of the courtroom, emotions ran high. One woman went inconsolably on the courtroom steps. The mayor of cleveland has asked for his city to remain calm and s
Carter says iraqi troops were not outnumbered or outgunned, they just did not put up a fight. Hear much more from the defense secretary his sell full comments to cnn in a moment. There is some resist taps to isis iran around ramadi now. We are told some tribal fighters and Shiite Militia are joining iraqi troops in trying to slow down the terror groups march toward baghdad. The capital is only 65 miles from ramadi. Also today, a shocking look at what isis fighters are doing in the cities that they conquer. The Reuters News Agency is reporting isis killed 400 people all n civilians in the ancient city of palmyra, a city of 50,000 people that isis took over on wednesday that number of executed people comes from the Syrian State News Agency who heard it they say from survivors. U. S. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says he is very concerned about iraq and clearly not happy with the Iraqi Military which the u. S. Government has trained, equipped and left in charge of the countrys security. Ca