Its a party on the parkway. Wrapping up the festival of families for the world meeting of families where pope francis was just on stage. Thanks for joining us. Quite a starstudded event out here. Pope francis left just a few minutes ago. We of course have Team Coverage for you. We are all over this event. Weve got reporters all over the city. Including shaunette wilson. Were going to get to them in a few moments. But after months of planning and hype, todays events certainly did not disappoint. Ill tell you what. Thousands gathered along the parkway. I would reckon hundreds of thousands gathered for the festival of families. It all started with a parade. The holy father making his way up the parkway. 10 people deep in some spots and then he took the stage. Thank you all. For the presence of all of you, there is also a great witness a real witness that is worth being a family. What an ending for pope francis there. Its all amazing. You know the evening began with a after his prayer, a c
Thats standard. There was a fire in the basement of New Jerusalem ban chest church. It happened two weeks ago on wednesday december 2nd. The atf was called in for that fire as well. Now, wanted to show you drone video given to us from the scene by a witness here it shows the church fully engulfed in flames and witnesses describe seeing an explosion followed by the total collapse of the church. Now, firefighters say it happened just before 7 00 oclock this evening. A female firefighter was injured. She was the only injury but we are told she is okay. Authorities say she had minor back injury but she is already home from the hospital. Now, Authorities Say this was a very fastmoving fire because of they have no idea writ started by the time they got here firefighters couldnt even enter into the building. They had to fight it from the outside. People here say this is a Landmark Church in the area. It was built in the late 60s into the early 70s. We did talk to the reverend he here. Eugene
Where they will find their next meal. Thats about one in eight people. So chances are you know someone who struggles with providing meals for their families. So if you would like to help provide those extra cans weve made it easy for you. You can either bring in canned goods from your pantry at home or you can purchase them here today at kroger. As we mentioned. The kroger in bonsack is not the only location our region according to feeding america who serves meals to more than 127 thousand people each month. Almost 13 percent of people in southwest virginia do not their next meal. Thats about one in eight people. So chances are you know someone who struggles with providing meals for their families. So if you would like to help provide those extra cans weve either bring in canned goods you the kroger in bonsack is not the only location thats collecting food today. Were also collecting items at the Kroger Stores in cave spring. Lynchburg. Martinsville and blacksburg. You can drop off don
Ms. Swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains one of the most controversial eff
Well get there. The bitter siege at the border town of kobane is straining relations between the Kurdish Forces defending the city and turkey on the other side of the border. Dozens of i. S. I. L. Fighters have been killed, but kurdish leaders are angry, accusing attacks to come through turkey. Reporter the latest attempt by fighters by i. S. I. L. To take control of kobanes crossing into turkey involved an assault, including a car filled with explosives and suicide bombs. At least 110 shells were launched and tanks involved in the attack, according to the syrian observatory for human rights, u. K. Based. The border remains under the control of Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to their spokesman. This latest push by i. S. I. L. Seems to have exacted a heavy toll on the group. Around 50 fighters have been killed since saturday. According to the soh. It would be their biggest single loss of life since i. S. I. L. Began its assault in september. A kurdish spokesman said the car bomb app