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and what the role of language and observation is.hat the role of symbolic system and observations is. because we have no -- it goes back to the policy for. he calls -- unknowable. right? so what we have is experience. the only way we know how to make sense of experience is through the what he felt are language and mathematic. experience itself mean nothing without language. i go so far in the book as to say that, you know, this use verse, the scientists are so legitimately interested in. is a creation. it's not present at all without the presence of language barers or symbol barriers. the universe exists because of language. that's what the policy for said. it's the house of being. i've always been persuaded by something like that. the point is that the it is and the im is a joint venture. >> exactly. it's something we find and invent. >> exactly. >> and the mathematics is poor language really it's not as rich of a language as poetry. you talk about we're faced -- between faith in one hand and reason on the other hand. then you sugge

he observed mr. hike turn his focus to the money being placed in the bag. at that point officer simmons knowing that he couldn't wait for back-up and not wanting to make the situation worse pounced on mr. hike very quickly. with total disregard for his own safety, he engaged in a violent struggle with an armed suspect. until he was finally taken in custody and the gun went sliding across the bank. officer simmons displayed outstanding bravery in the face of danger and finally his back-up arrived. his quick actions foiled a robbery that could result in the loss of his life and those inside and out of the bank. being alone did not deter officer simmons of his duty to protect the public. he did so with his own risk of personal safety and his actions displayed courage. ladies and gentlemen, officer simmons is awarded the silver medal of valor. [applause] >> officer michael simmons. [applause] captain mcfadden, please. and may i have sergeant dominco defida. >> on october 25, 2012, at approximately 1:30 in the morning. sergeant domenico was working as an investi

now, what the human rights observers want is that there should be a clear observation to allow all the civilians that are trapped to escape and be able to allow aid and assistance to get into the areas. >> thank you for joining us jamela alingogan. >> riot police confronted protesters in the cambodian capital of phom penh. police fire killed one protestor, others were wounded. they gathered to protest the election results. >> the united nations report into an alleged gas attack in syria will be looked at later today. more than 1400 people are reported to have died in the incident on the outskirts of damascus. the un report can say g -- say only if they were used, not by whom. >> much of the world believes chemical weapons were used on the people in syria. we'll know if the united nations report found the same thing. the head of the u.n. was given the results of the investigation on sunday. ban ki-moon is expected to speak to the security council on monday. he spects the report to prove that chemical weapons were used. >> i believe that the report will be an overwhelming report that the

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we go to david shuster who is observing the observances on what was considered ground zero. your reflections as we are now into our third hour. >> we're here at st. paul's chapel , which was something of a staging area on 9/11. people coming down here, who are not family members, but just tourists who are curious what was this site? and how has it been rebuilt. the world trade center towers, they were symbols of american strength and power. so when they collapsed 12 years ago today, there was also the beginning of dialogue about what should new york do, should the towering be rebuilt? there were many architects through the years who hated the world trade center towers, and there were some who felt like okay this is an opportunity to do something different, to do something architecturally marvellous, so they began this very long path of rebilling. rebuilding a set of tower, and also the memorial and ways to try to remember the victims. here we are 12 years later, and one of the reasons the family members say they still grieve is because the process here has not been finished.

there will be another observance in a few seconds. stand by for that. [ name reading ] >> the reading of names continues after the second moment of silence that took place moments ago. they had the ringing of the bell and again there will are four more of these in the morning and the whole program will take another three hours. we have a timeline of the events new york city. >> we had 6:03 moment silence. at 6:37, another moment silence. that will mark the exact time flight 77 hit the pentagon. at 6:59, a moment of silence marks the fall of the south tower. at 7:03 a moment of silence for flight 93 crash in pennsylvania and 7:28 a moment of silence to mark the fall of the north tower of the world trade center. >> from new york city to the bay area in 45 minutes san francisco firefighters will hold their own 9/11 remembrance ceremony the abc7 news ace matt keller is at fire station seven. >> the ceremony starts at 6:45 at fire stations across the city san francisco. at the end of the ceremony the names of all new york city firefighters

"the cultivation of the instinct of beauty," he observed, "is a primary practical concern, especially under a government that makes no plans for an astocracy." on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the r

"the cultivation of the instinct of beauty," he observed, "is a primary practical concern, especially under a government that makes no plans for an astocracy." on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mountains, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the

some are trying to get school calendars to change to observe the holidays. schools currently hold class on two of the holidays. >> my family is jewish. i would not want my children to have to choose between keepinger that attendance record, missing a lecture or observing our holy days. >> in 2005 the state board of education ruled against observing muslim holidays. the montgomery county school district said quote, state law makes this clear we cannot close for religious purposes but only for high operational reasons. we want to know what you think about this. should school districts close for two important muslim holidays. join in on the conversation at abc2news.com/facebook. >> take a good look at these pictures. investigators in montgomery county say these men are placing skimming devices on atms at banks in bethesda and chevy chase designed to record account numbers which thieves use. if you recognize these men, you are asked to call montgomery county police. to avoid becoming a victim, inspect the gas pumps and atms before using them. look for scratches

he observed mr. hike turn his focus to the money being placed in the bag. at that point officer simmons knowing that he couldn't wait for back-up and not wanting to make the situation worse

hood. >> a traumatized nation, observes a moment of silence. the president and first lady led. after aurora, congressman ed pearlmutter. >> and after newtown. >> mr. speaker, i would ask that the house now rise. >> the chairman asks all present to rise and to observe a moment of silence. >> but in the wake of newtown, the silence broke as president obama did more than just observe a moment of quiet reflection. >> these tragedies must end, and to end them we must change. >> reporter: the white house was ready to act. the president signed 23 executive order on gun legislation. the white house began a full corps press on harnessing public opinion, moving lawmakers into their column. but the nra also went to work. having developed a script for how to deal with these almost routine moments of massive gun violence. first lay low for a couple of days, then move the discussion to other factors like mental health. >> given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill. >> reporter: and violent video games. >> vicious, violent video games. >> reporter: th

thank you >> commissioner frazer. >> so the issue of hospitalization and observation that's a medicare issue so if you ask kaiser to do it you should ask every other medicare plan to do it you may be convincing the two. >> any other public comment. oh, please come forward >> i'm here on behavior. >> can't hear you. >> is that better? >> thank you. >> hello, i'm here on behalf of the local 21 we're. >> i still can't hear you, you have to speak a little bit closer. >> okay. we're here to say we appreciate the board supporting this particle as - particularly harassing as it relates to kaiser. >> and representing pr b i have a written statement to read but before that with the statements of richard brought that actually providers are doing to screw with the medicare payments their probable for their own payments and it's a question to be asked of the providers and not medicare. medicare is falling the payment and it's being screwed with so medicare is not picking up the cost. po b times me to read this statement and one thing we'd like you to know when we talk about development costs from

he also observed there was blood all of the sidewalk in front of the victim's house. he rendered first aid and so stayed with the victim. officers chased of fillmore, kevin i sent and sergeant mary gray responded to the scene as back of units. elderly male victim told responded officers that his son had stabbed him, and that he was somewhere inside of the house at 636 funston avenue. he said his son was suffering from mental issues. officers quickly determined there were other family members inside the house with the suspect. officers knew there could be for their victims of they did not act immediately. officer fillmore and sergeant grey enter the residence and started walking up the stairs while announcing san francisco police department. officers could see the carpeted stairs and walls inside the house were covered in blood. at the top of the stairs was always there ran perpendicular to the stairs. there was still no signs of the suspect or family members. officers made the decision they would have to clear the upstairs room by room. officer i. singh and hernandez

hospitalization and one is observation and the doctors are the ones who enter the billing code. there's an interesting story on m pr that i posted additional it does effect people on medicare so maybe you, ask kaiser what is it and report on the difference between hospitalization and observation because it makes a difference if a person in home care has to go back to the hospital. she had to go back to the hospital and had to pay 9 thousand because it wasn't codified. can you get a opinion from kaiser on that. thank you >> commissioner frazer. >> so the issue of hospitalization and observation that's a medicare issue so if you ask kaiser to do it you should ask every other medicare plan to do it you may be convincing the two. >> any other public comment. oh, please come forward >> i'm here on behavior. >> can't hear you. >> is that better? >> thank you. >> hello, i'm here on behalf of the local 21 we're. >> i still can't hear you, you have to speak a little bit closer. >> okay. we're here to say we appreciate the board supporting this particle as - particularly harassing as it r

david chuter your observances. >> well, we have started with the reading of the names now, and this isfor several hours. 125 pairs so 250 people total and these are all family members will each be reading some of the names, who died on 9/11, and it's really sort of difficult to describe, just here at saint pauls church, which is just steps from where the original twin stars stood, this is a building where the only damage from that day was to the orr dan, but not a single window was shattered. this was such a crucial place. the bells going off here as they were in so many places around the country, literally everybody here, you can't -- a lot of people walking toward, a lot of people came and stopped and paid their respect, and took a moment to remember, so just a very -- even in the midst of bustling lower manhattan, and it is very much a bustling office center, with wall street and all the buildings and people going do work, but a moment for everybody to stop, and to pay tribute and pay am imagine. >> as always, stand by we will be here throughout the coverage today. our james trough,

in 20 minutes president obama and vice president bide, their wives and white house staff will observeoment silence on the southland of the white house. we will stream it on our website and bring you the ceremony at 5:46 a.m. >> president obama is conditionally endorsing a russian officer for international inspectors to seize and destroy deadly chemical weapons this syria while efforts to avert retaliatory missile strikes shift from washington, dc, to the united nations. >> four, firefighters have the mt. diablo fire pretty much under control this morning containment now is at 60 percent, and more than 3,200 acres have burned and evacuations have been lifted and our reporter amendment will have a report in a few minutes. >> history making vote for the city of richmond with the city council approving a plan to acquire underwater mortgages in a bid to keep people in their homes. the first city in the nation to do so. two major banks are suing the city to stop the plan from moving failure. >> we get a reprieve from the summer heat we have been dealing with, temperatures are cooler today b

i have drafted these very very brief remarks so they maybe included in tonight's observance. 50 years ago dr. martin luther king jr. gave birth to this commission. as it's privileged to work with leaders in our city, some of whom are in attendance this evening, this is a moment of particular personal significance as the iconic leader the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. was a pastor who is voice inspired countless souls to fearlessly stand up and speak truth in the face of injustice and discrimination. in fact a recorded history, but particularly this past half century we've revealed that the tongues of clergy like dr. king have consistently spoken out in issues of discrimination, race, poverty and domestic disparity, immigration, and yes, sexual orientation. they dared to challenge society's conscience on all rights. it is dr. kings inspires that led to these decisions, presidential and executive orders and concongressional and equality. the hero awards are living and profound symbols of this tradition. remind us that we here today are stewards of that great legacy, but more impor

it rolled against observing muslim holidays. led against observing muslim holidays.ything turn out differently? >> thank you. that will do it for abc seven news at five. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. this is abc seven news at 6:00 on your side. outside of a mall in kenya. gunfire has sent workers scrambling to get cover. 62 people are confirmed dead. aret least five americans said to be among the wounded. we have the latest on this developing story. standoff still is not over. the worst appears to be over. all of this is going on at a .all in central nairobi it has been going on for three popularis mall is very for kenyans and foreigners as well. >> can we have the helmet? today guns were fired. a huge plume of smoke came out of the shopping mall. as night fell it appeared it was finally nearing its end. not believe there are any more hostages. 62 people died with many others injured. publicly express my sympathy. >> today the united nations he called it an outrage and said the u.s. is cooperating with kenya to bring you more than 10 attackers to justice. a carried

observers say tehran has not significantly shifted its stance and they say finding a consensus will be difficult in the upcoming talks. >>> the operator of the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant says water used to decontaminate a drainage ditch may have reached the sea nearby. last month, more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from a storage tank. tokyo electric power company has been monitoring radiation levels at eight locations around the area to find out how the water has spread. utilities covered 80 becquerels per liter of cesium 137 in water samples at a location 30 meters from the sea. the density is close to the government's set tloesh hold allowed to be discharged. tepco says the decontamination work is under way at an upstream ditch. the utility concedes that tainted cleanup water may have flowed down the ditch and in to the sea. the power company says it had taken measures to prevent toxic water from escaping in to the sea but tepco admitted the steps were insufficient. it promised additional action to beef up inspection of the decontamination work. >>>

. >> the world is observing international literacy day. an un reminder that education is

a group of muslim families are hoping to get a school district to change school calendars to observe two holidays, unlike rosh hashanah and easter and christmas, they hold classes for their two holidays. >> my family is jewish, i would not want my children to have to choose between keeping their attendance record, missing an important lecture in school, or observing our high holy days. >> back in 2005, the maryland state board of education took up a very similar issue and ruled against observing muslim holidays. the montgomery county school district said in part, quote, state law makes it clear that we cannot close schools for religious purposes but only for operational reasons like high absenteeism among staff and among students. >>> today, it will be the first look inside the horseshoe casino in baltimore being built on russell street just south of m&t bank bank stadium and developers hoping to open by next year and once it is complete, it will be the second largest in maryland, complete with restaurants and bars and a world series poker rooms. >>> and a look inside the dine for th

that is the project focused on the twenty twelve melt layer in greenland we observed at record setting melt last year in two thousand and twelve and the question of the role of. from wildfire and industrial pollution has not really been answered so completely we'd like to put. this dark material that multiplying an existing sheet. back we'd like to put that into context and we've just returned from greenland we've obtained several course and surface samples where we're now trying to get the ice to the appropriate laboratories to look at it under new microscope technology and chemical analyses to try to fingerprint the source of the light absorbing impurities and then with those numbers to put a quantity out how important quantitatively is it is carbon black. to. the story of the increasing melts we know that the reflectivity of the ice sheet has been declining more than six percent in the last twelve years and the ice sheets absorbing much more sunlight that has that effect has doubled melting in the last decade and so we want to understand and decompose that signal among. the light ab

a specific have reaction other than to observe to you that this was an observance made by the britishvernment, not one with the involvement of the u.s. government. as far to will not go say that you are concerned. what i am suggesting is this was a decision made by the british government without the involvement and not at the request of the united states government. alan rusbridger, can you respond to what the u.s. and british governments said? and it was one day after miranda was detained that you revealed what happened. why was that the key moment for you, that you decided you would reveal what would happen to the guardian hard drives? in that significant clip, talking about the british government taking the decision, which is not his was a post to happen with the law. act is an it's clear terror , which is supposed to be police acting randomly in ports and airports. why it was wrong to use this law , it upheld none of the journalistic rights. they could have arrested miranda under different conditions. it was just a misuse of terror legislation against journalism. to me, that is wr

as a child he would have me sit outside and be steal and observing. as a photo fer -- photographer that's the most important skill you have. >> when he quizzed you about it after he saw one thing or made you find something in that. >> what was great was it was full education. i would spend an hour outside after-school everyday. >> an hour. >> and i would tell him what i saw. i was learning to read the signs of nature. i would tell him what i saw and he would tell me what it meant. >> there is a lot of photographers that focus on nature. we live-in a beautiful area of the country. you won awards for yours. and you have been in national geographic. you have to be up there. what sets your work apart. >> i would like to think that what sets my work apart from other images is the fact it's important to me that a viewer feels emotion. i want them to feel what i felt when i was there and not see what i saw. when thing i dpo before -- do before i pick the camera up is get in touch with what i'm feeling. >> if you feel something and see something in that. how

jill biden will observe that moment of silence. coverage will continue at the pentagon or there will be a memorial service and the president is participating in a service project to mark the 9/11 anniversary. with ourright back conversation on syria after this news update from c-span radio. >> there is an update on the situation in syria from the associated press, reporting that tends association tab begun on a that tends negotiations have begun. a french official said today. the plan for syria to relinquish chemical weapons initiated by russia appears to ease the crisis over looming western strikes over bashar al-assad's regime, but only would open up a new potential impasse as moscow rejected u.s. and french demands for a binding resolution with -- u.n. resolution with binding consequences. south korea and north korea have agreed to joint operations. iny shut down operations april. vows to pusheated ahead with nuclear weapons and missile work. a car bomb has exploded near libya's foreign ministry. it targeted a building that once

upon arrival the officers observed a three-story security gate, and officers led up the stairs. and upon reaching the unit, the officers noticed that the door was open and the suspect stuck his head out. the officers were on the stairway and with reported shooti shooting, they ordered him to come out and no response and officer opened the door with a semi gunpointing. raising the gun and pointing to officers zachos and fired at suspect and the suspect retreated into another room. calling repeatedly for the suspect to drop his weapon, officer griffin covered position to cover officer zachos as he changed his magazine. and officer griffin fired at suspect once. with officer zachos reloaded and ordering him to surrender, the suspect came out with hands up. officer zachos and griffin reported on a shooting, and knowing fully the dangers involved and went in to fire and at the officers that responded to the scene. as officer zachos changed magazine and officer griffin covered and only as officer zachos reloaded did the suspect surrender. both officers displayed outstanding bravery an

notice how this teacher is observing and taking notes. it's very important for us to recognize learning challenge early, because early identification and proper intervention means that physical, emotional, or developmental conditions may be cleared up entirely, or at least the effect of the condition can be minimized. [humming] but nothing can be done, no individualized plan or program can even begin to be put into place, till the child is correctly identified as having a special need. thank yo thk you. thank you for coming in today for your conference, and i just wanted to start out maybe getting... hendrick: as you can imagine, calling a parent's or family member's attention to problems in the classroom requires extreme delicacy and tact. this is particularly true if we're raising the issue of a child's behavioral problem in the group. however, there are several things we can do to reduce the defensive reactions of both the family members and even ourselves. i wahoping i could modify one so that if she doesn't have the language skills,

him he did thank the general assembly for allowing palestine to receive an observer member an observer status at the general assembly and this has been the first speech since that happened last year and has been basically was a very kind of positive speech he talked about a new round of talks going on already has to having started several weeks ago and that this will continue with an open mind set forward and he basically reiterated the point that the aim an issue eventually is to reach a lasting peace accord with israel where these two states can coexist alongside each other in peace finally artie's on a saucer we'll continue checking back with you for updates from the u.n. in new york city thank you now stuck in the middle of the more than two year long syrian civil wars the small town of maluco home to just over three thousand residents mostly christians are to has been bringing continuing coverage from the town as it became a battleground between extremist rebel fighters affiliated with al nusra and the assad government the fighting continues around moon the town is dealing with th

his decision to withdraw his name came as a surprise to observe her -- observers.etyellen -- janet yellen has strong support from democrats. she will have competition from five other major contenders. among them, three former vice president's of the fed. -- vice presidents of the fed. timothy geithner is said to be interested in the position. economic heavyweights are ready to take on the considerable challenge of managing america's central banking system. it defines u.s. monetary policy and promotes maximum employment. bernanke moved to inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the banking system after the crash on wall street. all eyes are on the white house. barack obama will name the next chairman of the fed before the decision is approved by the senate. >> preserving state neutrality or cracking down on religious freedom. that is the debate underway in quÉbec as the government tries to push through a chart of values. if the bill is passed, it will become illegal for any state in floyd e to wear religious signs and symbols. -- employee to where religious sign

in fact, our observer in san francisco just sent me a picture. you can see flames even from san francisco. i've been talking to alex savidge. i guess there is some good news there is not much wind. the time lapse from yesterday showing how this went from being smoke south to north. i've seen more of a westerly breeze today. at least so far. the only breeze is on top of mt. diablo. that is 22. after that there is not much else. 50s and 60s at the surface. you get up around 1600 feet. for those familiar with the air. i'm focusing on black diamond. and also mt. diablo. that is anywhere from 77 to 78- degrees. there is a component of a westerly breeze but not much. humidity very low. bone dry. fuel sources unbelievablely dry. it does look like it will be a hot day. so far the winds showing signs of being out of the west and southwest but not north or east. it will be very, very warm. about 95 to 100 degrees. 60s for some already. livermore out toward antioch and brentwood. look at novato 60s. san francisco 54. travis is only 13. concord is calm. napa

he's given a suicide smock and told to stay under observation for 24 hours. the smock is specially designed and eliminates the need for clothing that an inmate could use to harm himself. >> i get real frustrated. i react off my emotions. i never think ahead -- never plan ahead about what i'm doing. >> four days after entering the psych ward, etter is sent back to his cell in ad seg. >> you hoo. we're going to bring you out to my nursing station and redress your legs, and i'm going to check your blood sugar, okay? you can deal with those, right? >> yes. >> you seem a lot better to me. i hope you feel you are. >> yeah, i'm doing better. >> okay. okay. glad to hear that. just keep it up. >> right now i'm fine, sitting back, relaxing, thinking about what i've done. i think how to do it different. i've done in the past. >>> up next -- >> when i was 6 years old, he was killing her. he had her on the bed and he was choking her, and me and my little brother -- excuse me. me and my little brother was begging him. i can't go on with that part. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ]