emergency. we ll have the latest on their situation. also, some call it a seeing eye ring. m.i.t. calls it a finger reader. it helps the visually impaired read, and it is today s big idea. good afternoon to you all, folks. i m t.j. holmes in today for mr. craig melvin. we ll begin with those new developments in the middle east. the u.n. secretary-general and the u.s. state department both condemning an attack in gaza today that killed ten palestinian civilians and wounded dozens outside a u.n. school. witnesses say the air strike landed outside the entrance of that school where the victims were waiting in line for food when the missile hit. the school is sheltering roughly 3,000 palestinians. state department spokesperson jen socki this afternoon saying the u.s. is, quote, appalled by today s disgraceful shelling, end quote. u.n. secretary-general calling the attack, quote, a moral outrage and a criminal act. lieutenant colonel peter learner, a spokesman for the israeli def
SC town fired police chief for being gay, residents outraged by the mayor's action not only got her job back but made the politician powerless. Police Chief Cr
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A matter of fact, friday. we were going to have the meeting at a community center 7:00 that night. the mayor was coming out of town hall and the local channel turned around and said, mayor, would you like to talk and he said, no, not at this time and i said how are you doing mayor, and he said all right, an d he got in the car and left. that was the gist of it. you are going to have to work together. you are in the same building. you have to cross paths at some point. what s going to happen on monday when you go into the office, he may or may not be at the office, but also he hired another police chief just in the past few days who says he s going to show up for work as well. what in the world is going to happen on monday? that s going to be interesting. the council members are going to be there. i ll be there. and we ll go from there. they ve already informed him by e-mail, text, and phone call that he no longer has a job. there s not a position there for
Him due to them terminating his contract that they thought was invalid for civil reasons. so i guess monday morning we ll see. do you think you can put this behind you? do you think you can work would you like to work with the mayor or, again, if you think this is a man who has such a problem with your sexual orientation and even fired you to the point he had such a problem with it, do you think this is somebody you can reconcile with and work with? i have no problem. it s going to be on his behalf that we can t work. i was working the 23 years there and the 4 months with him at the time doing my job, and i have no hatred towards him. i dislike how he treated me, but i m ready to go on and get back where we were in our small town. i m looking forward to working with the council, hopefully him. i wish he would have been there friday. you know, that answers some questions right there that i feel like he s not even willing