death and paris in what the french president describes as a tack on an attack on freedom of expression. record turnout of voting s estimate for election day three weeks away. a live update. host: just as in thailand, a friday demonstration after defying a government ban on gatherings for a third day in a row. protest organizers urged the crowowds to return home and avod more confrontations with riot police. security forces used water cannons to break up a barricade set up by demonstrators and the center of the capital. demonstrators are calling for the prime minister s resignation and reforms to the monarchy. reporter: face to face in bangkok, antigovernment protesters and thai police got into a violent confrontation three months into the making. the mostly peaceful demonstration started in july, but for the second day thousands ignored the risk of arrest under an emergency decree issued the day before. a promising announcement just after the violence began, authorities b
virginia is board of trustees and jamestown rediscovery foundation board of directors. i share our appreciation for friends and partners gathered today and i acknowledge the leadership of the administration, the gen. assembly, american evolution and jamestown yorktown foundation. our special appreciation to our partners managing historic jamestown, the national park service, tribal representatives, and members of the descendents of the jamestown society. today we commemorate the events that occurred 400 years ago. the distinguished speakers to follow me will capture the importance of today s proceedings and the direct influence still felt today. the history and body would be lost if not for the vision and dedication of women. in 1889 mary jeffrey gault and cindy tucker coleman founded the associate for the preservation of virginia now known as preservation virginia. their goal was to save and restore disappearing landscape and buildings that embody our colonial tradition .
good morning. i am kirk cox the speaker of the house of the virginia delegates. and i am absolutely delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement at their forward, and those viewing these proceedings on line. the 400th anniversary today of the first and oldest continuous represented body in the western hemisphere. as our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago. we assemble here at the birth place of american democracy, jamestown. freedom in the form of democracy began here in virginia. the unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, it has changed virginia, america , and much of the entire world. the special occasion and commemoration like this is an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history of the 1619, is a retired schoolteacher i taught government for 30 years. i know the year 1619 was pivotal and complicated. since that year it has profoundly shaped the history of america. in the year 1619 saw the beginning of highs and lows of america
before the attack raising new questions. good evening, everyone what happened here friday is a story of loss and salvation. these houses in downtown mayfield, kentucky are still standing but all uninhabitable. in each, there were residents holding on for dear life as everything around them was destroyed. stories of survival are fueling hope, even a the death toll in kentucky rises. we are learning from the governor that at least 74 are dead 109 still unaccounted for. we also know that friday s onslaught involved as many as 60 tornados tonight as crews try to erase the scars carrying away the rubble they re struggling to find comparisons to this level of destruction and human loss maybe the simplest way to put it is children will be telling their children and grandchildren about that awful day in december, 2021 our reporters are across the region to tell the stories. but we start here in mayfield tonight, it is hard to put into words. utter destruction, immense loss as far a
beshear. he is holding his news conference. tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. our state was hit by at least four tornadoes. one stayed on the ground in kentucky for at least 200 miles, devastating anything in its path. thousands of homes are damaged, if not entirely destroyed, and it may be weeks before we have final counts on both deaths and levels of destruction. we lost lives in at least eight counties and at least 18 counties suffered damage. as soft this morning, our best count for confirmed deaths, the most accurate count we have, as of this morning, are 64 kentuckyians. remember this is fluid, and the numbers will change and sometimes, they have, thank god, gone down. other times, they ve gone up. it breaks down as follows. 20 in graves, 13 in hopkins, 11 in muilenburg. i think that s been reported as 12. we believe it is 11. 12 in warren. 4 in caldwell. 1 in marshall. 1 in taylor. 1 in fulton. and one in lyon. undoubtedly, there will be more. we be