A protest against President Donald Trump support the Saudi Crown Prince and solomon john hendren reports now from the u. S. Capitol congressional disapproval in the u. S. Senate republican firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack in my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way it used to be with key support from trump ally Lindsey Graham and a handful of other republicans this senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia you cannot have a strategic relationship the United States and behave in a fashion that shows no respect for Human Dignity no respect for international norms. President trump is certain to veto the measure and its not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u. S. Facing a potential military conflict with iran the Senate Republican leader says it is no time to abandon
might s ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. i m standing right in front of the grizzly giant and we ve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special trees? reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but it is still a huge fight. the flames are within a mile or two of mariposa grove which is home to about 500 of these giant, beautiful, ancient sequoia freeze, so the way that they are trying to contain the fireworks the way they are trying to keep those trees safe, they have 360 personnel on the ground, including hot shot cruise who are digging trenches around mariposa grove, a kind of break to try to
They tell us both of them were certified pilots, but its unclear exactly who was flying the plane at the time of the crash. Federal investigators are working to determine the cause of a deadly plane crash in truckee on saturday night, where wreckage can be seen scattered along the railroad tracks. Its so sad. Life is so fragile, friends and colleagues identify the israeli husband and wife as 57 yearold lee run and 58 yearold naomi petrushka. It just, you know, hard to hard to believe. Friends, remember the couple as passionate tech entrepreneurs and investors, was the driving force behind palo altos up west, an Investment Firm specializing in fast tracking Israeli Tech Company founders. Breaking into the u. S. Market. Everyone who was fortunate enough to cross path with them just got to see how, you know, smart, kind, generous they were. Ido tal, a palo alto man whos now following in lee rons footsteps with his own Silicon Valley venture, has memories of a 2013 flight over the bay area
Brian that the scene for the last three weeks, it just hits a new level. We begin final hour of Fox And Friends with protesters taking over Hamilton Hall. Smashing windows, barricading themselves inside. Steve we hear protest is set to begin shortly. Police confirm protesters at university of North Carolina chapel hill. Ainsley at yale 50 Police Officers are moving in on an encampment. Bryan ilenas joins us live there. Bryan give people insight what it is like now. This is Hamilton Hall. This is the building that has been broken into my occupiers, by Student Protesters. The sign has been unfurled and says free palestine, and we have yet to see any students poke their head out or anything. This is a large building on campus, this is where the Deans Offices are and academic admission. This is how close we are to the dorm. Rest of the block is dormitories for sophomores and freshmen students. A jewish student walked by and spoke to the producer and said, i cant study, i can cant sleep. He
Crews have now reopened traffic going eastbound on divisadero and traffic going both ways on excuse me, traffic going eastbound on oak street and both ways on divisadero, which will make a big difference for people on their way home. Now, about this person that was in that trench today, weve learned that the man was a contractor working on a city sewer project. The first calls to 911 started coming in shortly after 10 a. M. A worker was trapped under about eight feet in that trench which had collapsed. City crews rushed to the scene with heavy rescue and urban search and rescue equipment, including a canine which confirmed that a person was trapped under eight feet of sand, dirt and concrete. Their responding crews had a difficult technical trench rescue on their hands, trying to shore that trench up as they worked to prevent another collapse, which could have endangered rescuers. As were effectively performing this rescue, we have debris that has to be carefully removed. So its not fa