washington won a grand capital city, city he said for the ages. thomas jefferson and others wanted a simple brick federal fl town. no, washington wanted rome built on the potomac river. he wanted it near the potomac river. washington had what other founders would joke or call potomac fever. george was not well traveled. washington thought that the potomac was equal to the sin, the thames, the danube, the rhine all put together. like the potomac but it's hardly equal but the potomac connected the community next to it, the future capital city with the chesapeake which meant access to the the atlantic. also the potomac flows westward. it would unite maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, and the roads from the edges of the tributaries of the potomac would run west into what is today the ohio territory, pittsburgh, and so forth and so on. so the potomac would then connect north and south as was equal distance between the two, connect east and west that would serve to function, it would serve to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean and so on a

by the same token almost all americans have been to our capitol city, americans love their capitol citypacious, grand blvd. with memorials and monuments, majestic government buildings, trees lines for very few americans know the story of half the capitol city came to be and almost didn't come to be and that's why we are here today to talk about it. our story begins the backdrop begins in newburgh, new york. this is among the edge of the hudson at the end of the revolutionary war not too far today from fdr's park so the main battle of the revolutionary war was the battle of yorktown september and october, 1781. that would be the last major battle of the war. for about two years, there was what we could call the cold war, the british hunkered down in new york city, george washington and the americans went up the river to newburgh as you see here and for almost two years they hunkered down there, it would be washington's longest headquarters but a new type of challenge emerged. that was the challenge, without fighting the army had not been paid, they were hungry, cold winter after another

city should be 10 miles square. that is 100 miles. so almost laughably will be larger than paris, london, the great capitals of the world that yet built in the words but where would the 10 miles square be? the initial argument was new york city would serve as the interim it supposed to be march 4th 1789 be he is late and is not until april . so washington is inaugurated in new york city late april and new york city at federal hall you can see a picture and his home on cherry street. and it would be better than interim capital nobody would see happen —- seem happy with new york city it was slow to ratify. that's why hamilton and james madison wrote the federalist papers so they would even ratify it. washington was worried do i do this is not even ratified does that undermine everything? and it seemed nobody liked new york city unlike today. thomas jefferson claimed to have ten months of winter and only two of summer and this belongs on the company of springfield and they spent only months in new york city and then th

city should be. next slide. no or a functioning government, we were working under the articles of confederation, natives league of friendship. it took several drafts and years to ratify the articles. the problem the articles did not have a president, no force, had legislature and that's it. they couldn't raise money to pay back the veterans they couldn't govern. it was utterly ineffectual so we like the capitol city, we lacked functioning government, and good luck with that. this is what washington respond to grade next slide. but everyone's minds, and it was written in newspapers, have we fought for this. in washington ways in and he said we are either united people and united for federal purposes or we are virtually independent sovereigns contradicting each other washington notes and said that i see no greater evil than this union. political factions is what we know as party structure forms. the north against south and the eastern seaboard against the west. urban areas versus more rural areas and a

who cross mostly africa, migrants into turkey city. but the southern us withdrawal from afghanistan and telephones expanding influence in the country pushed turkey into extra measures. 500000 migrants are smuggled through this border. every day. the mohammed family failed this time as they had to slow down because of their baby fall of blood the tale one second. then we had to leave a gun. this time we followed ross family to the repair creation center in van city . his wife citicard worked in a bank in afghan stone. she says, the war to get this one person from every single family. women couldn't even go shopping. she wanted to go to europe after saving some money in turkey. nice, and the african government doesn't respect women. and the taliban wants us to wear the book and isolate they will kill the women who worked for the government. and the government is too weak to control the country. the city of one has a 295 kilometer border with iran where they were and, and physical barriers. earlier official figures suggest the number of i

i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriag

cities. >> we looked just at u.s. cities.we bumped into something about europe, we would have included it. i just had a reaction which is very different energy policies in a lot of european countries that may affect the pricing and economics of appliances used but we have not studied the details of that. that's just a thought that we could be coming from a very different place here. >> supervisor melgar: understood. so my second question was about the human behavior, if it was part of what you looked at in your analysis. if folks had to buy new appliance because an old one breaks or do they buy a new appliance because they are remodelling their kitchen or doing an addition and that means that -- if it's a property owner because they need to refinance or something, i wonder if that was part of the analysis you did. >> we had quite a bit of discussion about those questions. when do people need to make that change. just thinking about it, and thinking about incentives, when would people be inclined to want to do this. certainly

this city is so powerful and no one city of love, city of connection so we want to bring all the people back again and we want to make these people feel alive again in this city and this vibrant, amazing city of san francisco and so, we are people of the city and we are the people that are going to make it happen, going through this and making it really vibrant city again so thank you, everybody. and at the same time, our feelings for all the businesses, yes, we're pre privileged and thankful. i think about everybody in the city. how we can actually share this help and love with everybody. sol, please, i'm come and support the local businesses and yes, make it happen together. thank you, everybody. >> is there anything you want to say? >> thank you, diana and everybody thank you. >> all right. >> all right. last and certainly not least we have tamos cafe! [applause] good afternoon. i'm the owner of the cafe and i've been in business for seven years. it's been very hard year for us since the pandemic started. we've been having hard time finding employees. the business went down and i rea

same city and for 25 years there's a fight over where the capitol city should be. next slide. we had been working under the articles of confederation a loose quote unquote league of friendship but it took several drafts and years to even ratify the article. the articles didn't have a unicameral legislature. they couldn't raise money to pay back the veterans. they couldn't govern. it was wholly ineffectual. we lack a functioning government and good luck with that. this is what the washington responds with. next slide. on everyone's mind and it was written in newspapers washington weighs in. we are either he a united people and united for federal purposes or we are independent and sovereign contradicting each other. washington speaks and says i see no greater evil than this union. political factions, the north against the southeastern seaboard against the west the more urban areas versus more rural areas and within these factions the federalists federalist and anti-federalist instead of running an opposition party must like recent years it's an obstructionist arrange

. >>> after months what to do, wi francisco highway, leaders of the city revealed a compromise. traffic will now be allowed on weekdays only and that starts august 16, but on weekends and holidays the highway between lincoln way and sloan boulevard will remain open to pedestrians and vice with only and great highway has been closed vehicles for more than a year. >>> barbara lee shared the work being done behind the scenes to protect renters from being evicted and the congresswoman is urging president biden and the cdc to act to prevent mass evictions during the pandemic as well as try to make sure people know how they can get help. >> we really worked together in and intergovernmental approach and also with the private sector and nonprofits to really make sure people access federal funds. >> congress approved more than $21 billion in funding from rental assistance which is cutlse throughout the country. >>> a theater in contra costa county the victim of vandalism and they posted this photo of shattered glass and put it on its facebook page along with a eapele to stop. some commu

cities. >> we looked just at u.s. cities. we weren't -- if we bumped into something about europe, we would have included it. i just had a reaction which is very different energy policies in a lot of european countries that may affect the pricing and economics of appliances used but we have not studied the details of that. that's just a thought that we could be coming from a very different place here. >> supervisor melgar: understood. so my second question was about the human behavior, if it was part of what you looked at in your analysis. if folks had to buy new appliance because an old one breaks or do they buy a new appliance because they are remodelling their kitchen or doing an addition and that means that -- if it's a property owner because they need to refinance or something, i wonder if that was part of the analysis you did. >> we had quite a bit of discussion about those questions. when do people need to make that change. just thinking about it, and thinking about incentives, when would people be inclined to want to d

washington wanted a grand capital city, a city for the ages.mas jefferson others wanted a simple brick federal town. no, washington wanted rome built on the potomac river. he wanted it to the potomac river. washington had what other founders would joke and call potomac fever. george was not well traveled. washington thought the potomac was equal to the seine, the thames, the danube, the rhine, all put together. i like the potomac but it's hardly equal to any one of those yet alone all of them. but the potomac connected the community next to it, the future capital city, with the chesapeake which meant access to the atlantic. rivers were important in the day of primitive transportation and rudimentary communication. also the potomac flows westward. it will unite maryland, virginia, pennsylvania. and the roads from the edges of the tributaries of the potomac would run west into what is today the ohio territory, pittsburgh and so forth and so on. so the potomac within connect north and south as it was equal distance between the two, and east and we

san francisco's a dense city and we had one of the lowest death rates. we all came together in the beginning of this pandemic. we took care of our neighbors. we went we got that last hurdle l, that last stretch. it's like the nineth inning and we just need one more hit out the ball park. and if we all just roll up our sleeves and start to get vaccinated even though we have concerns, we're doing it for our fellow san franciscans. and, so with that, i want to turn it over to dr. grant colfax. >> good afternoon everybody and thank you, mayor breed for your ongoing leadership during this pandemic. i want to thank chiba piano lounge for sponsoring this. and, of course, the amazing dph team, the mobile team led by dr. mary mercer. just remarkable work. we have 77% of eligible san franciscans now fully vaccinated in our city. so this is a remarkable achievement and, i think while the next few weeks will be very challenging and we're seeing covid-19 increase dramatically in our city, it's very important to remember that hundreds if not thousands of lives have be

the city. and also is the dominant share of jobs in other areas of the city. most of the large employers are either in downtown or are major institutions, hospitals, universities and a few areas. in most of city, the job opportunities are small businesses. and the city isn't set up or planned for people to meet their retail entertainment shopping needs in the local neighborhood. you can't get to the mall without small businesses in the neighborhoods. people talk in the real estate world talk about why people love san francisco and tourists talk about why they love san francisco. it's the neighborhood. small businesses are vital to the experiences that residents and visitors value. if you don't have that, you don't have willingness to pay for housing and construction workers and the tourism draw. it connects to really every dynamic, every part of the city's economy. you can't be attracted to tech workers who have to decide if you want to live in new york or london or barcelona or san francisco.

the city of san jose effective today requires all city employees to show proof.y have had a covid-19 vaccine or get tested weekly. those who refuse could be placed on unpaid leave. everyone i spoke with outside city hall said they had been vaccinated and agree with the new policy. i had a meeting last week where i provided proof that i was. so i think it's practical in the right thing to do. everything in its do their part right. >> we want to get out of this pandemic on tuesday. the city council will go a step further by considering a proposal to require proof of vaccination for everybody before entering the city own convention center that's ap center san jose. civic theatre's or any facility holding events that would host 50 or more people. >> such policies make david near hood for one feel more comfortable about being out and about. i've. >> been very frustrated by the pandemic. i'm a very social person. i like to get out about shot, not wear a mask. and, you know, having to continue to abide by mask policies and and to certain extent not being here at city ha

commission voted last night to recommend the city council declare the home a historic city landmark.he singer-songwriter tom johnson rented the home in this neighborhood between 1969 and 1973 while attending san jose state university and during that time classic rock group got together and use the house for band practices and they will make the final decision in the coming weeks. and no soundproofing. >> that would be fun to talk to the neighbors and say do you remember when they would perform a practice there. >> they of course remember. >> if they do. thank you for watching. our news captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> whitaker: tonight: an entire town up in flames, wiped out, as ferocious wildfires tear through california. homes, stores and gas stations all burned to the ground. history erased and buildings that stood in the state's gold country for more than a century gone in a matter of hours. >> there is destruction everywhere you look. >> whitaker: also tonight: is this the next covid superspreader? we're in sturgis, south dakota, where hundreds of thous

so as you recall, city e.m.t. was something i wanted to make happen when i first came on board here and it's take not a while but with perseverance and a lot of teamwork, the first cad ray of kids they started with 15 and 13 finished the program over at city e.m.t. which includes academic help, mental health stuff, trauma counseling, life coaching, health and wellness, just all sorts of wrap-around services as well as e.m.t. classes and support to get their national registry e.m.t. we have spoken with quite a few of those recruits, not recruits, sorry, quite a few of those city e.m.t. graduates and we are starting with five of them in the department on monday morning. they will still be particular a civilianemployee but they wile working on the ambulances, where they will be paid and we want them yesterday, you may or may not have heard, the board of supervisors did their final, final approval of the budget and all we need to wait for is the mayor to sign it and make it official on august 1st. and when that happen

a city. because a ballpark among other things is an important part of public space. it's part of a thesis of the book is to say that, you know, along with parks that we were beginning to develop in the mid-19th century and even cemeteries, strangely enough, but the ball park was one of the ways in which working class immigrants or working class people in general could experience some bit of of the countryside. if you worked in a factory, you probably worked six days a week, had nothing but sundays off. you had no way to go to the country. you know, going to the ballpark was one of the experiences you could have. that's another reason the national league's ban on sunday games had a whole other agenda. i was about keeping immigrants out in part because it was the only day they could go for many of them. anyway, there's the field and the seating and how close you felt to the action and the way the whole thing worked together as a communal space. >> one of the things that is remarkable to me of t

the city is not paying them. and in terms of favorable terms, there is a provision in the federal aviation administration law of how we charge airports and the basic law says it has to be fair and non-discriminatory. that means we cannot give one carrier a better financial term than another carrier. it all has to be the same across all carriers. we don't have the ability, whether we have an agreement with an airline or not to provide favorable terms. the lease agreement is one approved by the airport commission and the board of supervisors. we do not have the ability to amend those terms. any airline that comes so s.f.o., they pay the same fees under the same circumstances. in conclusion, we would very much like you to keep the provision exemptions the way it is in the sense that it has stood the test of time to allow san francisco airport to be the fastest-growing airport up to 2019 for international and domestic traffic. it has served our staff well that have traveled the world to convince airlines to fly to sa

justin andrews is live in city hall in san jose. what happens if city workers refuse to show proof? >> reporter: g, if that's the case, there are two options. get tested weekly or find yourself on unpaid leave. the city says there is no other alternative. this affects about 8,000 city workers in san jose from the mayor to police, firefighters, city hall workers to dispatchers. under this rule all city employees including those still working from home will be required to show proof of vaccination. if you need to get tested, the city will give employees an hour of paid time to do so. if you don't comply with the mandate, you will be on unpaid leave. vacation, comp days, sick time cannot be used. city leaders say the vaccine is the best most effective tool in preventing covid. obviously there is push back coming from some union members. >> we are not antivaccine. we are pro vaccine. we want everybody to get vaccinated. but we are antimandates. >> we need everyone in the community to get vaccinated and we are going to start right here with our own team at the city. >> reporter: there is

foster city right there to redwood city at 76 today.ay temps also holding on to 70's mostly san jose a nice 78 degrees. well, looking at some 70's 80's for much of the east bay. you will be in the 60's from san leandro oakland up to berkeley and richmond. some of our warmer spots barely even making the mid-eighties vacaville 84 vallejo and napa each at 70 degrees. santa rosa down through center, fell salt 70's as well. right along one. oh, one tomorrow right around the same us today, temperatures after that, though, really start to skyrocket upwards into the upper 90's by friday and saturday thursday do expect some hazy skies yet again and hayes as possible into the weekend to as high pressure builds in changes things up with wind direction results and some smoke possibly settling back in with us reyna. tom, thanks for that. well, we have our first hot spot. we have multiple accidents out there. >> but right here on the richmond, sandra fell bridge we talked about that last time. so accident 5.80, westbound closer to the center fell sid

july labatte is a large city. it's one of the biggest cities in afghanistan. and it is incredibly significant because it is east of afghanistan on the road to pakistan, which means they've essentially cut off couples access east now and to talk and crossing which was the biggest crossing and get this done. and where they had a major source of revenue through customs and border control. so cobble, becoming increasingly isolated, another province to tell a bon claiming is also on the east next to july. the bad luck among the provincial capital, they admit the tell about saying has fallen also. so to put this into perspective for you on friday, logo province directly south of cobble fell yesterday to the west of cobble. they pushed into war deck and they have taken over some buildings in the end, the main city via which is about 45 minutes away and then overnight from the east. so really put some suspect of how they are starting to encircle the capital. now that they have all these other places in rural areas and to the north of cobble is background me a field th

is the biggest city in the west. and. and they had tried very, very hard to hold onto it. they had empowered the former governor of harass his name is male hon. to create a local uprising movement who had worked with the special forces using it strikes also to keep the telephone out. but the taliban breaking through this evening. it is not the only place that the taliban claiming this evening. they have also claimed a province near that. in the west school bag geese was took to local journalists there. that said, heavy fighting has been ongoing in that province. that they are a police and intelligence compounds have been captured, but there is some heavy fighting. and the governors compound there is not entirely captured by the taliban, but certainly on the cost of going there is also heavy fighting in kansas city. now that is incredibly important. because it is the 2nd biggest city in afghanistan, it is the birthplace of the taliban. they have been fighting incredibly hard to get and the government has seen a lot of

and it's not the only place as you said, 10 to ha city, the 2nd biggest city in f, gonna sun flight clothes, look at setting via the us also supporting that with strikes. there was some report today that they were americans on the ground that kinda high, filled with the americans deny bess and heavy fighting has been ongoing for about 2 weeks. and then lastly, in herat, which is a city that will also fight cancel their this week. fighting on going across the road. reinforcements have just arrived there this morning and we understand this is kind of the taliban strategy. the last month of double the number of districts that they control across the country, mostly rural areas. now they're starting to kind of tighten the nurse around some of the cities and pulled at them and is causing a lot of concern. obviously with the, with the ask and government and they can take some of that leverage back to the negotiating table. indeed. and as if it's going to sound situation sort of wasn't great enough. the elements seem to be hitting the country to the north and a heavy, heavy rain a 3 or 4 days ago

this is a very, very fearful city, this is a city concerned, but nonetheless a city and a country thirstyat is to ha en. ~ , ., thirsty for peace if that is to ha--en.~ thirsty for peace if that is to hauen. , ., happen. when you say peace, how would that peace _ happen. when you say peace, how would that peace looking - would that peace looking afghanistan? 0ver would that peace looking afghanistan? over the past two decades and over the past few days the world has learned a lot more and been reminded about afghanistan and the complexities of the country, you have the tribal factions, there is a lot going on. describe to us of what is peace for afghanistan? piece lot going on. describe to us of what is peace for afghanistan?— is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan _ is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan is _ is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan is to _ is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan is to go _ is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan is to go to _ is peace for afghanistan? piece for afghanistan is to go to the - is peace for afghanist

a capitol city a grander romanesque inspired by rome. the city for the ages. that helps bring it together. if it's too far in the south, too far in the north one half of the faction is not happy. how do you view the people with a sense of national identity the federal tells a couple brick buildings you don't prove you have a glorious romanesque p-uppercase-letter the capitol city as they stated in the constitution a 10-mile square. this is 100 miles everybody. is about paris and london to shame. the government will not endure. if we view the government with legitimacy and strength that could endure. you basically have two visions for the capitol. one is led by jefferson and southerners in kind of a slave owning a vision. jefferson's federal town as he called it a few acres. single-story brick buildings separated by fields and woods and forests. think of the architecture of politics or the politics of architecture. at the federal government is just a couple small brick building the states are supreme. there is not a challenge with the institution of slavery. gi

there's always criticisms of the city.u look at what the city of san francisco has done with our park system over the last 20 years, it is extraordinary. as the partnership with the voters, it's a partnership with the community organizations like the giants, but we have been renovating every single park in san francisco. every rec center, every pool. every baseball field. everything has gotten renovated of what our government can do and what our city can do when we all come together and move in a common direction. and resources that this community deserves and our southeast neighborhoods are part of the heart of san francisco and it is amazing to see gilman or the work being done in the mcclaron park. we are all in it together and we know from this pandemic, our parks matter. we're told you should be outside and the parks were a lifeline during this pandemic and it's going to continue to be a lifeline for our community. this is incredibly exciting. thank you to the giants for being such an amazing community partner. it's t

this was the last ma'or city held by the — kabul? ma'or city held by the government _ kabul? this was the last ma'or city held by the government in h kabul? this was the last major city held by the government in the - held by the government in the northern region of afghanistan. it was a commercial hub and the border city with uzbekistan, so it is a huge military prize for the taliban. the government in kabul, the north is being dominated by the taliban, so they are now taking territories close to kabul city itself and in the morning they were targeting a town a0 kilometres south—west of kabul and they also targeted other provinces nearby, meaning the government now only has two cities, the big cities in kabul and one other, so there are expectations they might come under attack in the coming days, meaning the government is in charge of only kabul. now the taliban are tightening their stranglehold on the city itself and many people think the taliban might start the siege in the coming weeks. and when we see the number of key cities t

over 30 cities were considered here's the problem.ryone in connecticut wanted hartford or new haven everyone in delaware everybody wanted boston nobody wanted the capital to be in another state that political power would be an economic boom and nobody wanted another city to have a leg up and for 25 years there is a fight and where the capital city should be. for the took years to ratify the articles with the unicameral legislature they couldn't govern it was utterly and wholly ineffectual we lack a functioning government good luck with that and this is but washington responds to. on everyone's minds and written in newspapers they fought for this? washington says we are either a united people and contradicting each other washington but then allow for the company of springfield to be overrun by hogs and dogs and garbage and not much else they spent only months in new york city and then there was a deal cut. the deal would be cut in new york city june 20th 1790 and probably the second most favors dinner party behind the last supper and y

let continue to reopen our city and reopen our economy. that is what these budget investments are about. we wish we didn't have to put money aside to deal with this pandemic. in this budget, $380 million, we know testing and access to vaccines is important. we know healthcare and treatment for those hospitalized is important so we have to make those level of investments and continue to move our city down the road of recovery. so in this budget, an unprecedented investment in homelessness and shelter, in mental health and resources, one billion dollars over the next two years to deal with one of the most challenging problems that we have faced as a city. it's important to make sure that we get people off the streets, we get them housed, and we get them into treatment. we did not take the decisions that we made to make these investments lightly. let's make sure that these dollars work to change the conditions that we see on our streets. it's not just about housing, we have the hate cash bee and our street overdose team, these are groups of p

cities. as an example we know that new york has already returned a significant amount of travel to its economy. new york city. we have not. it is very real that our downtown and our tourist district have been hit hard. we are not yet nearly at recovery level. with delta, that is really pushing out the recover retimeframe. you might ask how does that relate to small businesses across the city? you can start with the overall tax base benefits. there are small business businet serve downtown. tourism doesn't start and stop only in designated tourist areas it is throughout the city. we also know that we have a lot of work force and jobs for our residents being supported by downtown hotels, offices. we know that while we focus on our neighborhoods and focus on small businesses, we also have to keep an eye on our larger businesses and on getting visitors back to this city. that might start with the visitors from california or those who can drive to san francisco. at some point it also needs to star

we try to mirror our practices and policies with the city, so where the city implements certain ordinances, the commission has adopted policies such as the nondiscrimination, health care, and minimum comp as an example. what differs slightly certainly is with respect to the s.b.e. program, which we'll delve into, along with our workforce requirements. what is unique, certainly, that applies to the city because it's a public entity, but what is unique with our projects with respect to prevailing wage is does depend entirely on private fund projects, so next slide, please. in terms of our s.b.e. program, we had a long history of looking at [inaudible] in prior years minority women business with the s.b.e. in effect with a goal of 50%. we implement that on a -- really, a wholly good faith effort basis. i do want to make a note about good faith effort. i know that the terminology is tossed around in the industry quite a bit in terms of having a negative connotation, about efforts and going through the motions, but i have to say this, and certainly, i commend our staff with respect to good fait

into the city. moment, it a different scene morning after truck on fire the upper and as might, caused major. it happened west treasure island about 8 30 this morning. firefighters especially since truck that was fire propane on board. the were closed cleanup a bridge. fortunately injuries were. heartbroken is speaking today a hit and driver her daughter san. that was struck a busy where there been other crashes. as ktvu reporter henry explains that was a wheelchair and have surveillance video of the suspects. michael. he off left didn't to see she was a libra. philippa is. her vanessa, a mother of was a wheelchair then a crosswalk she was hit by car, 1st near monterrey and curtner in san jose. she died next day. i know nothing bring my back, but bringing individual individuals justice what we want. san jose police at arce did right while trying to cross the street. crossing the signal vehicle through the and the person the wheelchair. that fled. released video the vehicle a white cls before crash.

there's heavy fighting outside that city. but the situation for the government is particularly bad in laska, which is the capital of homeland province. the taliban. r. inside part of the city, the military is launching a counter offensive. when i advocate in 3 provinces, the security situation is critical, especially a nascar guy. the enemy has some movements. security and defense of forces are planning to intercept the enemy's movements. first, then build defensive lines and later launch offensive operations. charlotte ballad has moved from cobbled heavy fighting in and around 3 major cities in afghanistan and lashed cargo the capital of home and province. fighting started on saturday when the telephone into the city residence, if they could see the telephone moving street to street, getting closer to the heart of the city until ask in special forces entered. and since that time they said they had just heard heavy gunfire. and also if strikes from africa and in force and also from the united states, papering around the outsk

in kandahar city, the 2nd biggest city and going to stand also heavy fighting journalist the telling us that had constant gunfire for about 24 hours inside the city. the airport to be was damaged by a rocket attack. civilian flights were stopped, but they hoped to resume them on monday, but also usa strikes and asked for striking via to support the military on the ground. and thirdly, and can in herat city in the waste, that is looking a little bit better from the government perspective. that managed to retake control from the taliban. they seem to reinforcements. and they managed to push the taliban out further and re secure the airport, allowing flights to resume for residents via president ghani, held a cabinet meeting where he talked about the security situation evolving. he said he doesn't believe that the taliban are interested in pace and that securing settings the priority. the telephone's taken more tenancy in recent weeks than it did at any time since it fell from power 20 years ago. and may have controlled about 20 percent of of kansas time. but as us and other troops have

have been displaced from telecom city . the telephone killed my son. they took all the belongings from my house and set fire to them as transferred me. but if you think all this is a huge surprise, which came out of nowhere. sorry, that's not really the case. right after the u. s. pull out announcement in april. the taliban instantly proved it's not just ready to but they want full control and they're practically at the doorstep of capital to bowl now. but at this point, the government there won't be able to rely on a helping hand from washington. african leaders have to come together. we lost thousands at last death in injury. thousands of american personnel got a fight for themselves. uncle sam is pulling out, but some of the troops have to stay or even be sent back to secure the likes of fleeing us. diplomats but watch out for the wording because according to washington, this is not an evacuation. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale. busy withdrawl, what this is, is a reduction in the size of our civilian fo

and other cities. the reports from them now are heretic. there are public executions going on in kandahar in the stadium. women have been told that they cannot leave their homes in herat and in missouri sharif. they're going door to door looking for anybody who worked with us military, which is by the way, a report that we're hearing city wide, including and cobble. if we don't rescue these people, there is going to be mass murder on a scale we have not seen since probably rwanda. and that is going to be on us because we could have saved these people and that's what we've been waiting for for months. we still can, it's just gonna take probably doing it at the barrel end of a gun. and i hope that we do that because that's what we owe it to these people. when you look back on your time and i've kind of st on, do you feel like your sacrifice was wasted? because i understand a lot of veterans feel that way. no, i'll tell you. i am the gentleman who saved my life, janice in war and the day after day of my l

is not the city we know today. buildings and fields of mud because they cut everything down. adams was disgusted and abigail by the presencee of slaves building the city because we didn't have the money we had to rely on slave laborn. one interesting story from the book is one of the folks who help to survey was a former slave and and then to survey the city that is poetic. but adams was disgusted because only six rooms were finished the roof leaked. no place for abigail to hang her laundry orf get running water and the building week done fresh plaster there was hammering and sawing of construction but adams recognize they didn't play any role in any of this capital city debate which is odd because he was intimately involved but he does recognize the extraordinary vision that he has a front row seat to history and writes a letter to abigail. that the building is in a situation to be inhabited but now the building that we know as the white house the best of blessings upon this house and all that word and habitat yea

he tries to shell the city. quÉbec is a walled city.y is so light, the cannonballs bounce off of them. montgomery sends letters telling the british governor he should surrender. he sends the messages back unopened. montgomery who outranks arnold faces a huge problem and that's on january 1st, most of arnold's arm enlistments expires and are going to go home on january 1st. richard montgomery decides on the night of december 31st, 1775, to try to storm the city of quÉbec. the midst of a roaring blizzard, wild blizzard, the american army is demolished. richard montgomery is killed almost immediately. benedict arnold is seriously wounded and the american army in canada is shattered. what's interesting here, this is where we're going to take a quick aside, is montgomery becomes the great -- yes. go ahead, brook. >> did they really only go in because all of their -- it was all going to expire? >> they were going to go home. yeah, that's why they attack. because if we wait until january 1st, half the army is going home? >> do you think they h

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busy big cities such as come the province mazata city. why the color called into the reaction cover c t one bit, they don't, they don't want to give up to the parlor. so then don't was thought of on and cover . i myself, i'm afraid. and that's well as that pupil enough gang, some are afraid because of the car long as they are so near to the call, we'll see if there is no and so forth from the government official yet about us can journalists, so we are worry about or that was on the news, the genesis, and with, with, with, with other like agencies and other this can be done by others. so i am very well now we can talk to a former deputy minister of border and tribal affairs in afghanistan, dr. fried on bar x. i talked about x, i welcome to all, to good to happy with us taliban. then in control of all but the capital right now, the speed with which it's happened and the ease. how does that surprise you? well, thank you very much for the fall. i pray if i'm for my country and also for the people of august on we suffered like for 43 years of