This is about 45 minutes. Good morning. Good morning, welcome to the society for International Developmentu. S. Chapters 2024 annual conference. Im kat repb, president of sidus. Its my pleasure to congress off what i know will be a remarkable day of connecting, sharing, and reflecting. This promises to be siduss largest conference ever. I know i say that every year, but every year we are, in fact, larger. We are expecting well over 1,200 people in person today. And another many, many hundreds of people online. You are coming in from all over the world. In person well welcome people from 30 states and 18 countries, and online you are coming in from everywhere. One of my favorite features of our virtual platform is the map under the participants tab that shows you where everyone is coming in from. So i hope everyone will take a look at that, including those of you in person. Hope youll get online late. We have more than 100 speakers, 96 sponsors, 12 inperson breakout panels, 13 virtual b
Good morning. Good morning, welcome to the society for International Developmentu. S. Chapters 2024 annual conference. Im kat repb, president of sidus. Its my pleasure to congress off what i know will be a remarkable day of connecting, sharing, and reflecting. This promises to be siduss largest conference ever. I know i say that every year, but every year we are, in fact, larger. We are expecting well over 1,200 people in person today. And another many, many hundreds of people online. You are coming in from all over the world. In person well welcome people from 30 states and 18 countries, and online you are coming in from everywhere. One of my favorite features of our virtual platform is the map under the participants tab that shows you where everyone is coming in from. So i hope everyone will take a look at that, including those of you in person. Hope youll get online late. We have more than 100 speakers, 96 sponsors, 12 inperson breakout panels, 13 virtual breakout, three learning la
And talked to his mom at length. Darden thought the woman was feeling better when she left until she saw the ambulances this morning. Sometimes you dont know whats on persons mind but, you know, tried to reach out and dot best i can be a friend to anybody. Reporter darden is crush wondering if there was Something Else she could have done to prevent this tragedy. His face, his head and stuff was bleeding or whatever but i didnt want to look at him like that. Reporter another neighbor who did not want to be identified says it was a heartbreaking scene this morning. It was very awful especially the baby. Thats what i was concerned and shook up about the baby. Reporter of one in the neighborhood is praying for this mom and her little boy. I wish any mom out there they get help, you know what i mean, because suicide is is real, impression is real, too. It could have been anybody. One of my children, its sad. It really is. Its sad. Reporter Danielle Darden says the little boys name is justin
President calls for political reform. Fighters from Islamic State of iraq and the levant are continue to go make advances in their military campaign in syria. The u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights says isil now controls half of the country. The group is trying to control the area between the western city of homs and Anbar Province in iraq. Isil has imposed a curfew in the ancient city of pal meyer palmyra which there are in full control of. A dire human terrien situation there as the city was without electricity or water for 10 days. Reporter everyone in this pumping station appears to have fled. Knowing that isil has been edging closer day by day. But with their own camera rolling, isil fighters are relentless in the destruction of any symbol of the syrian regime. Palmyra is in the hands of these fighters. Just a few weeks ago. Isil was said to have on the run run. In the same video local people are shown to support one fighter. Its unclear whether that support is genuin
To more than 100. And the launch of a new car in indonesia but not everybody is dancing about it. We are getting reports from syria that a car bomb has exploded and the dozens of people have been killed. The attack was in the rebelheld town in the italy providence near the Turkish Border and many were injured when the bomb went out in the main town square and the International Committee of the red cross has just appealed for the release of six of its staff kidnapped in syria. A member of the syrian red crescent was also taken and the aid workers arrived in the providence of italy on thursday, not so far from where this bomb has gone off and delivering medical supplies to the italy city and checking to see if more were needed in the area largely rebel held but they were abducted when they were this a convey to damascus and an appeal was made in the last half hour. Call on the Groups Holding them to release them immediately and unconditionally and the reason is of course we are here to s