Controlling this area meant access to charleston, South Carolina, an important confederate port city. This was part of the emerging civil war blog symposium. Its 50 minutes. Its my honor to present our next speaker who currently serves as a primary and secondary educator with the Public School district in northeast ohio. Previously dan was the Education Programs coordinator for the Gettysburg Foundation and also continues to serve as a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National military park. Dan received his bachelor of arts from Youngstown State University where he studied instrumental music education, particularly in the french horn, which i understand is pretty much means learning how to play on the upbeat for anything that souza has composed. Dan provides a valuable service here for emergence civil war, something you receive every month. He solicits all the news and notes for the merging civil war newsletter. And its certainly a tasking, thankless job. For as much as we love to w
South. A strip club scandal involving for san jose firefighters while they were on the job. But first, were continuing our coverage of the devastating fires burning in hawaii and the effects felt by bay area families and travelers trying to get to the islands. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow. We are following breaking news out of hawaii this afternoon where a windwhipped wildfire has devoured structures and a Historic Town of maui. Fastmoving flames ripped through homes and businesses in la hina town. Video showing plumes of thick smoke billowing in the air fields that have been scorched. We know some people fled into the ocean with the coast guard having to rescue several people. Phone lines are down people. We spoke with this morning at san jose airport saying they were unable to get into contact with family. They were planning to visit flights from all bay area. Airports to hawaii have either b
Ground. Thousands of people are not waiting out. The flames. Evacuation shelters but not everyone was able to escape. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. Im justine waldman. And as we come on the air, these flames are tearing through the heart of maui right now with alarming speed and strength. Look at the flames here. Weve just learned this afternoon that at least 6 people have been killed. Dozens more have been hurt and countless homes and businesses have been destroyed. Firefighters are battling multiple blazes contra trick concentrated in 2 areas. Right now. The Tourist Destination of west maui and then inland mountainous region behind a town, a popular shopping and dining area is at the heart of the western fire. Thats that area there. A state of emergency has been declared as cell and 911, services are down. This part of the island hurricane door, which is churning in the ocean south of the islands is being blamed for this strong wind gusts that are intens
the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart
Welcome to teen kids news, betsy. Thanks for having me today. Its great to be here. Why are so many girls and women living in poverty . Well, around the world, we have about 2 billion to 3 billion people that live on just a couple dollars a day. Thats in asia, africa, latin america. And the main factor is that a lot of those cultures are very maledominated. And girls and women are not considered equal citizens, and against. What are the biggest issues they face . A huge issue for girls in the developing world is just getting to school at all. And they spend a lot of time on chores every day that you or i just use manual tools for, but they dont have any of those tools. No electricity, no water no running water. So they spend a lot of time on that, and its just hard for them to get to school at all. Are sick, they take care of the boys. If girls are sick, sometimes they overlook it. And in many of these places, they marry girls off when theyre young teens, like 12 or 13 years old. So th