They never have failed through the years through driving rain, sleet, or snow but now theyve got a problem and what are they to do . The answer, my friend, is very simple it is up to you to see them through [vocalizing] do, do, do, do, do, do well, back in the day of the 13 colonies fighting for freedom and hard to defend it mailing a letter , wasnt much trouble there werent too many places to send it but now its a different story theyve got more mail than ever before its stuck in bags, packed on shelves theres hardly room for anything more there has been a mail explosion theyve got a terrible load youve got to help them right away before the u. S. Post office explodes. [harmonizing] [monkey chittering] it wasnt so long ago that communication was a simple act, but the range of the human voice voice is limited. So mans ingenuity founded ways to bridge distance. He invented writing and typographical errors. To carry messages across vast distances, man developed roads, highways, turnpikes
Morning news at 9. It is monday november 23rd, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher weve got a nice start to the morning so far looking pretty good behind us here. I think heading into thanksgiving. We should be all right. Yeah were off to a good finest hour today, and we just need a few more of those to get to thursday john exactly lets keep it going guys we had some cloud cover this morning already seeing things clearing out really nicely across the bay now only getting brighter and brighter through the day and were going to keep the dry weather around for the most part of your forecast we might have one hiccup early wednesday morning. But i dont anticipate too much of an interruption there. This is your look at the suture tower cam down in San Francisco, definitely a lot brighter than it was earlier this morning. You can also see that low layer of cloud cover thats still sitting across much of the bay but less and less of it is weve worked way through the morning hasnt been a foggy
Dogs. How some very generous people and one special doctor saved his life as a journey of 1,500 miles. And a thanksgiving like none other. From the big storm slamming millions today to the holiday football tradition postponed to the final macys parade preparations under way, were kicking off the holiday right now on america this morning. Good morning, everyone. And happy thanksgiving. We begin with several developments overnight in the coronavirus emergency. As families gather for the holiday, theres a grim reality that were now entering the darkest days of the pandemic. More than 2,200 people died from the virus yesterday, the highest since may 7th bringing the death toll to more than 262,000. The economic toll is growing as well with lines at food pantries stretching for miles. 50 million americans are facing food insecurity. And as more people protest coronavirus restrictions, some breaking news from the Supreme Court overnight, the justices have ruled that new york state cannot lim
Why did we choose this topic, i dont know. Did you . Fall, chris took my civil war class out to Little Round Top and did an incredible job, not just telling us about what happened at Little Round Top, but he also did a really insightful job of helping my students understand the construction of historical narratives and focusing on chamberlain. A different way for my students to understand. Before chris gets going, i want to do a quick plug. Chris is a Gettysburg College alum. 2006. Raduated in i while at gettysburg is when believe you began to do some volunteer work for the park. My first year at the college, i worked at the institute. Internship at an the park working with john and scott. It was my First National park experience and i fell in love with it. I have been fortunate enough to make a career out of it. It has been a wonderful journey. I wish i was a student now. The program does Amazing Things across parks. So many things. I wish i had at my disposal when i was a student. I
San Francisco City college. I never knew that i would one day grow up and oversee the Free City College program at the department of children, youth, and their families, increasing access to Educational Opportunities for our Community Every day. In this role, i also monitoring the entire budget for the program. My passion for education started at a young age. I grew up in a lowincome household and have experienced firsthand the transformative nature of education both as a student and teacher. But over time, i realized how Education Systems failed our most vulnerable students. As a former legislative aide, i worked on legislation to ban the box on private college applications, making San Francisco the first city in the nation to do so. During this time of a Global Pandemic and a social movement to dismantle systemic racism, city College Needs a new voice and a proven leader in education. My lifes mission has been to ensure institutions are accountable to the people they are built to ser