Welcome you to historic fort stevens and the 55th anniversary of the battle of commemoration. Commemoration. My name is kim elder. I am the Program Manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long title or what encircles the National Park Service Number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. At this time, we will present the colors. Today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. We are going to open now with the presentation of colors. Forward march. [national anthem] u [applause] please be seated. For those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 verse written by oliver weldon, sung by harold hartford. At this time, we at this time, we will have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia good morning, everybody. What a Beautiful Day we have. We really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not too hu
To introduce tougher sentences. The United Nations is urged to take stronger action to protect christians facing persecution around the world. Performers from this years the United Nations is being urged Glastonbury Festival to take stronger action to protect including Kylie Minogue christians facing persecution have donated items of clothing around the world. To oxfam, to campaign against cheap throwaway fashion. One of the worst attacks this year was in april and coming up in sport, a big day at wimbledon in sri lanka, when at least 207 people were killed and 450 hurt in with 15 year old coco gauff, facing her biggest challenge yet, in former world explosions at churches and hotels. Now a review, carried out by the bishop of truro, number one simona halep. Says christians are the most widely targeted religious group. He says governments in the middle east and north africa should do more to protect religious freedoms. I spoke to the bishop earlier this morning and asked him about the
A very, very good man. As they cope with one of the worst mass shoots in u. S. History. Today, monday, november 6th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, texas Church Shooting. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We start this show the way weve started too many shows in the past. Trying to get answers to another act of unspeakable violence. At least 26 people were killed, 20 others wounded. And the youngest victim was just 5 years old. The gunman was identified as 26yearold devin kelley. Police said he was dressed in black Tactical Gear. He opened fire outside of the Birth Baptist Church and then went inside. Investigators are pouring through his background. He served in the air force. He was eventually given a bad conduct discharge. We have complete coverage, including new information on the search for a motive. The victims and the heroes who chased after this
He was a hard worker. A very, very good man. As they cope with one of the worst Mass Shootings in u. S. History. Today, monday, november 6th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, texas Church Shooting. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We start this show the way weve started way too many shows in the past, trying to get answers to another act of unspeakable violence. Hard to believe it happened again. We want to get to the latest overnight. As we mentioned, at least 26 people were killed, 20 others wounded. And the youngest victim was just 5 years old. Also dead the gunman identified as 26yearold devin kelley. Police said he was dressed in black tacticalstyle gear and armed with an Assault Rifle. He opened fire outside of the First Baptist church near san antonio then went inside and turned that weapon on specting. Investigators are poring through his backgrou
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