I am honored to moderate the panel of Accomplished Women who play significant roles in the commemoration of the womens Suffrage Centennial in 2020. My name is colleen and i serve as the vice a chair of the Suffrage Centennial commission which was a commission created by congress to help coordinate and organize the activity. Like everyone our commission had to deal do a curve ball due to cuthe pandemic. The commission and the staff had to switch course and adapt many plans, programs and activities. We made a shift in the commissions legacy projects. What, i mean, by legacy projects are historical markers, statutes, monuments or installations that would have permanency beyond 2020. I think the strategic decision is beneficial for the longterm. Some highlights of the commission included providing Additional Support for the turning point suffrage memorial in virginia now completed and located near the site of the former prison. Weveea provided thousands of books about the suffrage to the l
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Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me from washington, d. C. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the apocalyptic destruction from the deadliest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Almost 80 people are dead and thousands displaced. At any moment, lahaina residents could return to assess what might be left. Crews are working to fully contain three major fires and prevent flareups on maui. The devastation costing an estimated 5. 5 billion. Governor josh green has ordered a comprehensive review of the states response. Lets go to cnns mike valerio. Last hour you were approached by a woman who was very frustrated about the road closures. Whats been happening there . Reporter good morning. The sun is now up over maui. This is the moment, fred, that people have been waiting for for more than 14 hours. Hundreds of car s queued up in the background, now able to move through the main route that goes into the Disaster Zone o f la h these are people who have been waiting after
And we have we have more on this breaking news that we told you at the top of the youre looking at some video now. The tree that fell onto a car in San Francisco. 4 people injured. This happened just about an hour ago just before we went on the air. This is at laguna and golden gate avenues in the citys fillmore district. Firefighters say the people injured have been all taken to the hospital. 2 lanes. They are currently blocked on golden gate between buchanan and webster. So thats here in the bay. And then in the Central Valley, were just seeing this video of what the National Weather service out of handford is calling a tornado. They say this is this afternoon in Madera County and you can see clearly a funnel cloud. Tough to see in the that it makes contact with the ground, which is what constitutes a tornado versus a funnel cloud. But if the National Weather serviceuis calling that they probably have intel you cant really see from this video. But just reminder of how volatile this s