leaders expressed regret and over the weekend james bennett had talks with the publisher. this is a big fight over what is fit for print and whether there are two sides to issues like what to do about rioting. >> very significant development. i want to read a statement that james bennett has been with "the new york times" for such a long time. the journalism of times opinion has never mattered more than in this time of crisis at home and around the world. i have been honored to be part of it. i'm so proud of the work my colleagues and i have done to focus attention on injustice and threats to freedom and enrich debate about the right path forward by bringing new voices and ideas to "times" readers. tell more more about what happened to the supposed breakdown in the editorial process leading now to james bennett's decision to leave "the new york times." >> bennett actually conceded to staffers on friday at a town hall that he never even read this op-ed before it landed on the site. that was a bit of a damning admission. i think that the publisher may have lost some confiden

i reported on the new york times forcing out the editorial page editor, james bennett, how he and theublisher defended their decision to post an op ed on the protest by senator tom cotton only to have salsburger denounce the decision. the philadelphia inquirer's editor was pushed out after apologizing for one admittedly bad column headline, buildings matter too. i understand the anger and frustration of black journalists sparked by the brutal killing of of george floyd and decades of police brutality. there's a growing pattern of imbalance and intolerance at some of the top news organizations. for many journalists, that's fine, they don't want contrary opinions published. there are many points of view on this network every day. the new approach is being touted as a business model. most readers at the times are viewers of cnn or msnbc, are liberal. there's a sense of mission as they slam trump, embrace black lives matter and demand resignations if their bosses announce owe posin opposing vie. fairness and balance are our highest values. these latest developments at the new york times a

. >> the irony of james bennett being forced out is new york times editorial age editor defended his decision among republican senator arrested publisher sulzberger until pressure from a staffer grew too great. and his failure to read the piece in advance. >> apologized in front of the children that run the new york times newsroom. >> reporter: the pastor has its shortcomings. there is a shift towards more personal journalism as traditional, those who believe fairness of race to donald trump requires clear moral calls which means subjective standards. the first into throbbing little book started in the trump campaign is some say he posed a danger that required something resuming a crusade. the president's charges of fake news. the protests following george ford's killing led many black journalists to be understandably frustrated and many denounced the argument that troops may be needed to quell violence. and tom cotton's fascist op-ed michelle goldberg said there's no way to defend the administration without either bigoted or dishonest. one philadelphia inquirer's editor was forced o

the editorial painful, james bennett, a towering figure in one of the most important jobs in journalism, the brother of former presidential candidate michael bennet has now resigned. the publisher said it was clear in recent days they needed to make a change. there's been a number of controversies involving bennet and now this is the most recent of them. he is stepping down, clearly under pressure. a woman named kathleen kingsbury is taking over in an acting capacity, but this is after days of basically internal revolt at one of the country's biggest newspapers about what opinions, about what points of view should be given space in the newspaper. >> brian stelter reporting there. james bennet had been the opinion editor since 2016. he did issue a statement on his resignation. here's part of it. "the journalism of "times" opinion has never mattered more than in this time of crisis at home and around the world, and i've been honored to be part of it. i'm so proud of the work of my colleagues and i have done to focus attention on injustice and threats to freedom". >>> tropical storm cristo

. >>> well "the new york times" editorial page editor, james bennett is out, resigning after the newspaperisown ad opinion piece by senator tom cotton advocating for the use of federal troops to quell national unrest. jackie deangelis joins us with a look at newspaper and magazine industry. it is not a good look, jackie. reporter: no it is not, charles. good afternoon. it is interesting that james bennett resigned this weekend, that resignation coming in the wake of pubcation of republican senator tom cotton. he published that last week. in the op-ed cotton said president trump should invoke the insurrection act, deploy the moyle terri to quiet some of the civil unrest in the wake of george floyd's desk. bennett initially said that "the new york times" editorial section owes it to readers to see counter arguments particularly people in a position of policy. he backtracked, that he didn't read the piece before publication. staffers were outraged at the publication. they were very vocal about it. tom cotton responded to the controversy this morning on fox news. listen. >> the publisher defen

have groaned for it and yet here, the same sound all the time "the times" editorial page editor james bennett over the op-ed writing, "'times' opinion owes it to our readers to show them counterarguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy we understand that many readers find senator cotton's argument painful, even dangerous. we believe that is one reason it requires public scrutiny and debate." wait, so your argument is you had to print a bad column in your newspaper so everyone would know it's bad? i mean that logic makes no sense. if you go to a five-star restaurant, the chef doesn't serve you arby's first just to make sure you know it tastes like [ bleep ] you're not legally obligated to run fascist calls for military occupation in your newspaper tom cotton is a senator. he has plenty of ways to get his opinions out there c-span all right, that's a bad example. but, if your policy is that you're going to run bad columns full of lies for the sake of hearing counterarguments, then i'm officially requesting that you run my op-ed, "james bennett's favorite movie of

recently resign the new standards of journalism are forcing others out the door as well for example james bennett editor of the new york times he was forced out the door after staffers opposed his publication of an op ed by u.s. senator tom cotton that advised the use of the army against rioters last week we saw a significant breakdown in the editing processes of the 1st we've experienced in recent years both of us concluded that james would not be able to lead the team to the next leg of change that is required so where does all of this lead it's not only watch what you write but also watch who you know as you can no longer be associated with anyone who is not actively involved in supporting these protests. sent texts to relatives and loved ones telling them you will not be visiting them or answering phone calls until we take significant action in supporting black lives either through protests or financial contributions and now it's watch what you read stop studying books that might reinforce your prejudices have you considered that if you identify as white and read only the work of white author

times needed just to say i didn't mean it they also announced the resignation of op ed editor james bennett. perhaps he wanted tom cotton's perspective because they're in the same gaggle of geese. now that the new york times is an empty or nest they're starting to do a little more self-criticism back into one in 1000 following bolivia's federal election the gray lady sided with the organization of american states and declaring president evo morales is victory fraudulent although it was billed as hard news that article was more like an editorial from the state department now after 8 months that included a military coup the elected bolivian president forced into exile and a far right party that won a mere 4 percent of the vote taking power and then massacring their opponents and bungling bolivia's pandemic response the new york times is admitting that they may have made. a whip see. that they will continue to walk around with until it dribbles out of their left pant leg after the october election you know i ask cried foul at a surgeon votes for morale of his party movement for socialism also

apparently gets triggered if they're presented with any opinion contrary to their own who you can see james bennett the times a former opinion editor even tweeting about why they ran cottons piece in the 1st place if you actually read the article and sides with peaceful protesters and calls out rioters he suggested president trump call in the troops invoking the insurrection act i did you know write a part there bill cities like los angeles already called in the national guard after intense looting and rioting happened in several neighborhoods but in the editor's notes based. right factual questions like anti fed being part of the mass and the tone of the essay be needlessly harsh when in fact cutting takes to heart what george floyd's family was calling for in the article maria bartiromo the host of the fox business show mornings with maria makes an interesting point about the times not having an issue with a terrorist organizations tone the number of people who have written op eds for the new york times we've got one here from the taliban i don't think there was any controversy around there is th

not to create a mob scene to force a talented editorial page editor james bennett out of the newsroom: interesting. taliban and putin and maduro of venezuela wrote op-eds and no one walked out. the "new york times" is refusing to give president trump credit for his record job increase. with employment rising by 2.5 million. the "times" showed an unemployment graph with the headlines from worst to second worst. what do you make of this? >> i think it's better to let the numbers speak for themselves. you don't need to editorialize the unemployment rate. the good news for the president is it's going down. 13% unemployment is 4 times where we were a few months ago. president trump was planning to run on the economy. he will need to have months of consistent growth that beat expectations. you can't spike the football on one good jobs report. they need to be cautious. >> harris: the u.s. entered a recession officially in february. this is according to official economic arbiter. the u.s. entered that recession. he should point out that's when the economy strength had 2 consecutive quarters.

editor page editor james bennett resigning after an uproar. "times" first defended push lishing that piece, send in the troops. then it did an about-face. after further review, cotton's piece did not meet its standards and should not have run. senator cotton reacted to the resignation, here it is. >> they totally surrendered to a child in their newsroom. this is a workplace and not a social justice seminar on campus. >> melissa: the philadelphia top editor also quit for the headline "buildings matter too." the paper settled that headlines twice. they settled on a long headline. kennedy, i come to you first on this. >> harris: i am confused about what the standards are. did you know they published from an op-ed from the taliban? >> yes, and from president erdogan in turkey who has killed and jailed more journalists than any other sitting leader right now. i don't agree with what tom cotton said, but i love there is agreement from many journalists and libertiarians that the editor team at the "new york times" needs to grow pair. you don't have t

responsibility for an op ed, "the new york times" later admitted it should not have published and james bennettditorial piece by tom cotton said the military should be deployed. that publication angered many "times" staffers. many calling in sick. he blamed a breakdown in the editorial process. stay with "early start." we'll be right back. dust mite droppings! eeeeeww! dead skin cells! gross! so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy-duty dusters. duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha! and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweeper's on it. the textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. no more heebie jeebies. phew. glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. ♪ ♪ ♪ yes, i'm at home. look at these grays! this is happening today. excellence crème by l'oréal paris. three steps for one hundred percent gray coverage. and rich, radiant color. oh my god, i'm so happy! excellence crème, by l'oréal paris. we're all worth it. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins

james bennett wrote, readers who might be inclined to oppose cotton's position needs to be fully aware of it and reckon with it. the paper said we found a rushed editorial process led to an op-ed that didn't meet our standard. there was a tense town hall meeting with staffers on friday. salzburger said cotton's piece shouldn't run and bennett announced it would not run in print and there wouldn't be as many op-eds in the future. friday evening "the times" added an editor's note to the piece explaining the reasoning behind why it was published and what went wrong and expressing regrets and fact-checking the piece. all of this is just cannon fodder for senator cotton who went on fox news and elsewhere blasting "the times" saying the paper caved to a mob of woke kids in the newsroom. there are generational divides here but that is not entirely what this is about. there are other aspects as well. let's bring in nikole hannah-jones, the founder of the 1619 project. nikole, what happened from your perspective? >> i think we saw kind of a bunch of things occurring at once. the opposition -- l

the reaction has been james bennett, the editorial page editor has resigned.eaction to your column? >> i know, brian it's amazing. it all started on this program just a week ago after the violence and looting that we saw in washington d.c., where a famous church was torched and businesses were looted, i saw on your program last month that the national guard needs to be called in and if they can't back up police sufficiently to stop this anarchy on our streets then the insurrection act provides the president with the final support he needs. more national guard was called in through monday, tuesday, wednesday, last week and that was not necessary but the new york times asked me to explain in further detail that exact point i made and the publisher defend that decision to publish that column after it was publish ed and the mob and their news room began to demand it be taken down and there will be consequences and within a day it turned into something like a struggle session from the cultural revolution in china where the adults had to apologize for those who appa

"new york times" opinion editor james bennett forced to resign after employees revolted over the paper's publish his op-ed by senator tom cotton. staffers were furious over cotton saying the military should be used to stop the looting and the writing. the senator slamming the paper over what happened. >> they totally surrendered to a woke mob from their own newsroom that apparently gets triggered if they are presented with any opinion contrary to their own as opposed to telling the woke children in the newsroom this is the workplace, not a social justice seminar on campus. >> jesse: katie, i think republicans for many, many years been wondering how to get a "new york times" opinion editor fired and i think tom cotton finally figured out how. >> katie: i love the woke child mob classification. it's absolutely true and i love that his office has been fighting back. it's the solidification that "the new york times" has become a far left newspaper not interested in liberalism but interested in leftism. been proven considering they are willing to run offense by dictators like, you know, the d

proclaim that they put their lives in danger and that outrage led to the sunday resignation of james bennett, the editor of the paper's editorial page. tonight, catering to their far left staff more than ever, can't even have a different opinion, acting editor saying "anyone who sees any piece of opinion journalism including headlines are social posts or photos for you name it, that gives you the slightest pause, please call me, text me immediately. sounds like they are more interested in caving to their own far left mob than the free flow of news and ideas. we've known that for a long time. senator tom cotton is with us. i did like your tweet that said how is everyone doing at "the new york times" tonight? what do you make of that? i have a lot of feelings about this myself. >> it's amazing, sean. "the new york times" and the publisher both defended that decision, but as they are well-traveled mob of employees rose up against them, they prostrated themselves like a struggle session from the cultural revolution and then the publisher ultimately fired that editor and reassign the deputy. so w

james bennett said it's important to run counter arguments though we understand that many readers findon's opinion painful, even dangerous. he backs the principle of openness to a range of opinions even those he may disagree with. >> they stood up to the woke progressive mob in their own newsroom and i come commend them of that. >> the media are overwhelmingly critical, often in harsh language. "donald trump's fascist performance." the president, meanwhile, if you watch fake news, cnn, you would think that the killers, terrorists, arsonists, anarchists, hoodlums, looters, and others would be the nicest, kindest, most wonderful people in the whole wide world, we couldn't find any to make anyone on those networks praising killers, arsonists, or thugs but nicole hannah jones did say this to cbs. >> violence is when an agent of the state neil's man's neck until all the life leaves his body. destroying property which can be replaced is not violence. >> tom cotton could've made his case anywhere but then, "times" readers may not have been able to challenge it. it's back to business as usual

james bennett faced public and internal backlash after it was revealed he didn't read cotton's op edefore publishing. when reporting the resignation, the times claims the piece, quote, called for military force against protesters. cotton firing back on twitter, saying this is false and offensive. i called for using military force as a backup only if police are overwhelmed to stop riots, not be used against protesters. if the new york times has any decency left they should retract the smear. the senator will join "fox & friends" this morning in the 8:00 hour. >> today, new york city enters phase one of reopening as the state reaches the lowest number of covid cases since march. retail will be limited to curbside, or drop off. construction, manufacturing, agriculture, fishing and hunting can resume. 95% of full subway services will resume as well. seven other states also lifting restrictions today, including delaware where hair salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors can reopen at 30% capacity. michigan is going to allow both inside and outside seating with some capacity limits. jillia

james bennett faced public and internal backlash after it was revealed he didn't read tom cotton's opd before publishing. cotton fired back on twitter, this is false, and offensive. i called for using military force as a backup only if police are overwhelmed to stop riots, not to be used against protesters. if the new york times has any decency left, they should retract this smear. the senator will join "fox & friends" this morning in the 8:00 hour. watch out for that. jillian: overnight, cristobal pushing its way across louisiana, packing strong winds and rain. rob: the now tropical depression flooding parts of the gulf coast, sparking several reported tornadoes across alabama and florida as well. alex hogan joins us live from new orleans as flooding threatens that area. >> reporter: rob, jillian, it really feels like the calm after the storm as you mentioned, this is now a tropical depression. but it did bring in about 12 inches of rain in some areas and also brought more severe weather in other parts, like in florida where a tornado touched down. there was damage but no reports of

i reported on the new york times forcing out the editorial page editor, james bennett, how he and thetheir decision to post an op ed on the

liz: welcome back the editor of the new york times editorial page james bennett has resigned after newd to the times publishing in the opinion piece from republican senator tom cotton and using the military tobacco police to stop writing, arson and looting and the destruction of businesses acrossry the couny and also now this, we have a number of people dead, 18 people dead, eight african-americans in the writing. let's welcome kelsey boler of the independent women's forum. the previous opinion pieces from american adversaries including vladimir putin, nicolas maduro and the taliban, new york times staffer did not complain about thatat. >> you are absolutely right to point that out, this is bob at the new york times, apparently those op beds from terrorist and dictatorship are not too much for the new york times journalist to handle but an op-ed defending united states law from united states senator that 58% of the american population holds an opinion that amm cotton expressed, 58% of the american population holds the same opinion that he expressed in the column according to a morning

kat, even during the uproar, editorial page editor james bennett insisted he owes it to readers e tothe paper's position, also strongly defended the decision to run this piece. and just before my piece ran on "special report," put out a different statement saying it was a rush. what did you make of that? >> well, i have a nuanced view here. not on the op-ed view itself, i want to be clear. i disagree with what senator cotton wrote in the op-ed e. however, in terms of the pushback, i think, for example, "the washington post" made the point there were some claims in here where you think there should have been a link there backing up what he had to say. i've been a columnist myself for years, and i know my editors say source everything, source everything, source everything. so that i can understand. but when it comes down to people saying it shouldn't have been published because of the opinion it's expressing, that's where i have a problem. because one place he did cite saying this is a common opinion, 58% of registered voters, and that was taken a few days ago. who knows if that may ha

, he's got a point i think and what was so striking about this, shannon, was that not only did james bennette now ousted editor of the editorial page of "the new york times," step aside. after having defended the decision to publish the cotton piece, publisher of the newspaper, the young -- his only young compared to me i guess, has supported the decision and has now reversed himself. you know, the newspaper's editorial pages to be kind of the province of the publisher if the publisher had any role at all. so he thought this piece was worthy of publication, although he didn't agree with it. as editor bennett didn't agree with that but they thought the idea is out there, if the united states senator, he is advancing an idea -- the idea that they would think they do the wrong thing by publishing it seems to me is journalistically unimaginable, they had a mutiny in the newsroom, and they gave into it and now the editor and subeditor are out and of course the publisher lives on. >> shannon: and what we furtive the continue conversation beyond what happened in "the new york time "the new york tim

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james bennett is the gentleman that resigned, "new york times" editorial page editor.esignation came in the wake of that publication of republican senator tom cotton's op-ed which was published last week. in that op-ed cotton said president trump should invoke the insurrection act and deploy military to quiet the civil unrest we've seen across the country after the death of george floyd. bennett initial said that "the new york times" opinion section to owes it to readers to show them counterarguments particularly from people in a position to set policy. he later walked that back and said that he didn't read the piece ahead of publication. either way, staffers at the newspaper were outraged by the publication and were quite vocal about it. having said that tom cotton responded this morning on fox news. i want you to listen to this. >> the publisher defended the decision to publish the column after it was published and the mob in their newsroom began to demand it be taken down, there would be consequences. within a day it turned into something like the struggle session a

james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were sitting together in the park when the attackeruck. a two—minute silence at james furlong's school and tributes to an inspirational teacher. he wasn'tjust an average teacher, he was an incredible person. 25—year—old khairi saadallah is still being questioned by the police, who are treating it as a terror attack. the home secretary says the risk from lone attackers is growing. also tonight... i'm not allowed to go out or go shopping and all that kind of stuff. no more shielding in lockdown from the end ofjuly in england — but not everyone welcomes it. a father and his two children have been killed after being hit by a car during a father's day walk yesterday in cumbria. on the 77nd anniversary of the arrival of the windrush generation, more people are urged to claim the compensation they're owed. and garden shed tv — bringing the old black and white films to millions during lockdown. and coming up on bbc news — jose mourinho launches a passionate defence of his managerial style after critical comments on harry kane at spurs. good ev

james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were sitting together when the attacker struck.'t just every average teacher, he was an incredible person. us nascar star, bubba wallace, says he'll continue to fight against racism, after a noose was found in his garage, at a racing track in alabama. and annie lennox rallies fellow musicians in an auction to help raise funds for women and girls across the globe affected by covid—19 — we'll be speaking to her later this hour. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with a significant announcement for more than two million people in england who are "shielding themselves" from coronavirus. from july 6th, they will be able to meet in groups of up to six outside. they'll also be able to form a "support bubble" with another household. on august 1st, government guidance will be relaxed, so that, those classed as "extremely vulnerable people" will also no longer be advised to shield. the announcement comes at another significant moment for the global picture on the spread of covid—19. injust one day, 183,000

he is charged with the murders of james furlong, joseph ritchie—bennett and david wails and the attempted nisudan. all six men were sitting on the grass in two separate groups in forbury gardens in reading on saturday the 20th ofjune when the attack happened just before seven o'clock in the evening. the attack lasted less than two minutes. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. more than half a million people have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic, with the united states being the worst affected country. let's look at some of the day's other news. a new report says china is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of muslim uighurs. the report, by china scholar adrian zenz, has prompted calls for the united nations to investigate. china denies the allegations in the report, calling them "baseless". a serial killer known as the golden state killer has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and kidnapping. a former police officer, joseph james deangelo jr, terrorised the state of cali

along with james, furlos friend joe ritchie bennett died.as an american who lived in the u.k. 50's. his family in philadelphia say they were hearroken. another friend who had been out enjoying the summer evening in the park, david wales. for more is our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. rajiscol for the most painful of recent. they left tributes to a teacher who always told his pupils to file. 36-year-old james furlong was the head of history and politics at holt school. the news of his death still sinking in. students and colleagues he s a two-minuteence. >> as a wholeommunity, we will need to absorb this sad news. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, and family. he was a cherishedolague, and he will be very sadly missed. rajini: 14-year-old lucyw last . furlong at a story lesson before lockout. >> first he told us everything was going to be fine. gcoro is go to end and we will see h again. 'but were not really, are we? to pay the respes.ils also came >> i connect today because i felt like i had a perso he was one of the teachers who was al

james bennett didn't resign. he was forced out even though the publisher the paper, a.g. was important to publish diversity of opinions. they decided running a piece online by united states senator making their argument that actual polls quite well in public opinion surveys was just now unacceptable because the staff, you know, led by many black journalists were so offended and so angry. ashley: so they're the ones who actually determined what is diverse viewpoints? it is diverse as long as they agree with it in principle, but if they don't like it is not acceptable. free speech, out the window? >> i grew up in newspapers and op-eds used to be a place for debates and running things you didn't necessarily agree with. during the obama years "times" ran a piece by vladmir putin. you're not endorsing cotton's view. putting it out there for public debate. irony about the whole thing and editorial page editor losing his job, cotton's argument got 500,000 times more attention than it would have been if "the times" just left the thing up. ashley: by the way, markets, someone, swi

people forget that james bennett, the editorial page editor who was forced out by the publisher ag sulzbergerce. it was only online. he is a united states senator. he is afforded his opinion. there was uproar by "the new york times" newsroom, caved under pressure, renounced the piece, got rid of the editorial page editor in a way i found quite frightening. he had aretores that say they're economisted to diversity or diversity of opinion, when it came their own troops in revolt, they completely did a 180. that is not the only newsroom that is happening. i fear that -- stuart: you and i have been talking about this for years. and i thought it is, it is the disgrace of the profession, the professional journalism. i'm shocked that it is now come out like this. i don't think you saw anything like this coming, did yous howard? >> it has never been this bad. for a long time there is questions of bias and diversity, all of that. now you have other instances, the editor of the philadelphia "enquirer" forced out over a bad headline f you're not woke enough, left-wing enough, the few remaining editors t

david wails died, alongside joe ritchie—bennett and his friend james furlong on saturday. and how some have been the centre of covid outbreaks. for example, this meat processing plant in germany. more than 1,300 positive tests have been linked to the factory. and 7,000 employees and their families are now in quarantine. the outbreak is so large that on its own it's helped to push up the r—number — this is the measure of how fast the virus is spreading. scientists want to see it under one — in germany, it's risen to 2.8. the plant's in north—west germany. its management say the outbreak may have begun when workers travelled to eastern europe at the end of germany's lockdown. maybe — but focus has shifted to the working conditions at the plant. the owner is the billionnaire clemens tonnes. and he held a press conference over the weekend. translation: as a businessman and someone who puts people first, i can only offer my complete apology is because we are the cause of this issue and carry full responsibility, me as issue and carry full responsibility, measa issue and carry f

the three victims of the attack in forbury park have been named as james furlong, joe ritchie bennettvid wails. the suspect, khairi saadallah, was arrested shortly after the incident under the terrorism act. sources have told the bbc he was originally from libya and came to the attention of mis in 2019. mps were told to be careful what they said in the commons to avoid prejudicing a possible trial. mr speaker, it was truly humbling to visit thames valley police this morning. i had the privilege of meeting the officers who first responded to the incident, and who were responsible for apprehending the suspect, as well as trying to prevent the loss of further life. these officers, a few of whom were student officers, ran towards danger to help those in need without a second thought. a young unarmed police officer took down the suspect without hesitation, while another performed emergency first aid to those who were injured. these officers are heroes. they showed courage, bravery, and selflessness way beyond their years. they are the very best of us. she said the government continued to p