Following in the footsteps of his father who was a new York City Police department officer, and he died 22 years ago today, along with his brother who was a firefighter. This young man says service is in his dna. His mother is also was a police officer. It almost seems like it never crossed his mind not to follow in their footsteps. I said to him, considering what happened to your dad and uncle, dont you realize how dangerous this job is. He said, i do, but i also know i have to do this because its a part of my dna. We hear a lot of stories like that of young people whose parents, firefighters who died. He lost more than 343 firefighters on this day. Now children of those firefighters have become firefighters themselves. Theres such a tremendous sense of honor and gratitude for the sacrifice that the people made here. It is hard for people to go forward and go on without honoring that sacrifice, some of the children, begin doing what their loved one did for them and offering themselves
the leaders of the world s two largest economies today broke a lengthy chill today. and where it will go from here will play out with days and weeks to come. for now, the first chapter written, the news continues with kaitlan collins and the source. tonight, straight from the source. joe manchin is an outgoing senator, but is he also an outgoing democrat? i asked him that question directly tonight as he now says that he would absolutely consider a bid for the white house, while also insisting that he s not going to be a spoiler. plus, president biden just wrapped up a crucial press conference in san francisco after meeting with china s president and questions about israel s war and hamas backing up israel s claim that there was a hamas command and control center beneath the biggest hospital in gaza. and nikki haley now partially walking backup campaign pledge made just yesterday after setting off a firestorm over suggesting a ban on an ominous social media users. i m k
the way the founders thought senators should had be elected. the state legislature chose and voted for reed smoot to go to the united states senate to represent the state of utah. in his 30-year career as a senator, reed smoot rose to the most powerful chairmanship in the senate, chairman of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over the federal government s two ways of raising revenue, bringing money into the treasury, taxation and tariffs. with the stock ■çmarket crashin in 1929 and the country entering the great depression reed smoot had the worst idea any chairman of the senate finance committee ever had. it was an idea that would end his career in the senate. the house ways and means committee had the same jurisdiction in the house that the finance committee has in the senate, taxation and tariffs. the chairman of the house ways and means committee, willis hawley, loved reed smoot s very bad idea. that idea also ended chairman hawley s career in the house of