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equipment from the scene of an overnight house fire in the north bethesda section of montgomery county. nikki burdine joins us live from the home on brewer house road which is not too far from tuckerman if you re familiar with that neighborhood. nikki? reporter: that s correct. we are still here and firefighters are still here as well. they are trying to dig through the rubble and what was left of this house fear. i want you to take a look at this video of how it looked when firefighters first got here at 1:30 this morning. the town home was fullly engulfed in flames. flames were just shooting out of the windows. firefighters tell me an elderly man lived here alone and a smoke alarm actually woke him up. he went downstairs, saw the fire that was in his living room and tried to put it out himself. he was unsuccessful in doing that so he went next door to ask for his neighbor s help. his neighbors called 911 but while he tried to fight the fire himself, that elderly m ....
as over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three muslim students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abu-salha, in her own words. last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. then to the case of jessica hernandez, the 16-year-old girl shot dead by denver police last month. five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. i understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. he got hit by a car. my cousin got shot dead. we will also go into a denver church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the united states with his nine-year-old and 15-year-old daughters and wife. and we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. thousands gathered in nort ....
students. that was pretty interesting. looks i was so happy when i saw you guys together. you will be together for the rest of your lives. as over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three muslim students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abu-salha, in her own words. last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. then to the case of jessica hernandez, the 16-year-old girl shot dead by denver police last month. five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. i understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. he got hit by a car. my cousin got shot dead. we will also go into a denver church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the united states with his nine-year-old and 15-year-old daughters and wife. and we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. all ....
the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker s room washington, d.c. april 13 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. the work of the congress resumes after time spent by millions of americans celebrating high holy days and spring comes to our nation s capital. it is the season of hope. in this chamber where the people s house gathers we pause to offer you gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired and in developing so many years. continue to inspire the american people that through the difficulties of these days we might k ....
we will go to havana to speak with former cuban diplomat carlos alzugaray treto. as a cuban who respect everything that is positive from the u.s. but does not want to return to the situation of subordination we had before 1959, i look forward to a normalization of relations. amy: then to khalil muhammad the director of the schomburg center for research in black culture on the condemnation of blackness race, crime, and the making of modern urban america. khalil: that does not go away. are they the collective unwillingness to confront the past? history, ultimately, is an essential tool of empowerment. it is a matter of life and death. amy: and then fast food workers in 230 cities are walking off of the job as part of the white for the fight for $15 campaign. a push for a $15 an hour minimum wage. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the senate foreign relations committee has approved a ....