san juan was british gymnastics _ produced. san juan was british gymnastics champion - produced. juan was british - gymnastics champion for five years in the 1960s and 70s was up he was given the honour of carrying the olympic torch in york before the 2012 games. —— stan wild. but a woman and girl have told bbc of the north they were sexually assaulted by stan wild at york city gymnastics foundation when he was their coach. he touched my behind, he would touch my chest, he would put my hands in between —— his hands in between my thighs. she between -- his hands in between my thirhs. ,, .,, between -- his hands in between my thihs. ,, . , . between -- his hands in between my thirhs. ,, ., ., ., thighs. she has waived her right to anon mi thighs. she has waived her right to anonymity saying _ thighs. she has waived her right to anonymity saying she _ thighs. she has waived her right to anonymity saying she was - thighs. she has waived her right to anonymity saying she was sexually i anonymity saying she was sexually assaulted multiple times from the age of nine to 1a by stan wild t

favorite part of getting back to school for a lot of students is returning to those elective classes san juan. >> san lorenzo high school. the bay area digital arts program is ready to get back to work. the program offers several video production class is the director called the last year, heartbreaking since students were able to utilize the school's video production facilities. he says getting back to campus to to on-campus learning will be a big benefit for those students. >> they're used to learning math science english, social studies and school. they come to high school and i have this amazing chance to offer them something they've likely never seen before in terms of in their classroom space. and i just get to kick them out of that usual usual bubble of the day and give them something different. something unique and to be media savvy today is really important. knowing both how to create content and analyze content is more important now that i think it's ever been. they says the video production facilities are large enough for social distancing and fresh air flow won't be a problem. >>

beneficiar >> un azote que esta familia espera que termine >> va a pasar esto y habrá más trabajo >> en san juannario de los choques entre la policía y manifestantes que protestaban por las nuevas medidas lificaron las marchas ilegales porque todos deberían estar en sus casas hubo detenidos y heridos entre manifestantes y agentes del orden las deportaciones de estados unidos a guemala sigue en ascenso son más los que se quan ahí que los que son devueltos lo que supera riesgos de secuestro de grupos criminales >>el instituto de inmigración reporta que han llegado más de 30 mil personas deportadas pero la cifra es corta si se toma en cuenta como constató un equipo de noticias telemundo en la frontera con guatemala con méxico no tienen control se están chocando con carteles mexicanos que secuesan a inmigrantes y exigen fuertes sumas de dinero a su familia >> pagué 175 mil dólares >> la experiencia fue dolorosa trabajó 26 años en estados unidos cuando retornaba después de un viaje a guatemala fue secuestrada por los zetas defensores de los derechos de inmigrantes dicen que es lamentable que no se pr

i'm from puerto rico, where the stars and stripes flies over san juan harbor. you took this place from spain in war. how could i be an immigrant? and even after the case becomes legally moot because she marries her fiance and becomes legally resident in the united states, because she has such a head of steam over this issue, she fights it all the way to the supreme court, wins, and establishes the right of puerto ricans to look at the united states as their wider country instead of being trapped in this legal netherworld of 3,500 square miles floating in the caribbean. just great, great stories that help explain how you guys were there, why we're here, and how the history of the hemisphere is intertwined from jump street. if you read the writings and the speeches of san martin and bolivar, they talk about jefferson and washington. they were on fire for the american revolution, just as they were on fire for the french revolution. when you read martin, he talks about the united states as the republic of freedom and until he spends 11 years here in exile and gets

that's not the mythological hero that i was wanting for compared to something like a san juan hill of teddy roosevelt, that the public, particularly of this generation, longed for. but these pilots seemed to fit into that old ideal, at least in some way, at least on the surface. and so the public starts latching on to them and so do the pilots themselves. they start calling themselves the knights of the air and i want to read you this passage from a historian of the first world war. he sums up the attraction to these pilots this way. "the war of the masses bequeathed a new individual hero, the aviator, the fighter ace, honored as a democracy dem whose fame and heroism were quantifiable in terms of his number of conquests or kills, the ancient warrior reappeared, now mounted in a lethal machine that elevated him above all earthly mortals, ready for repeated trials by combat on behalf of the honor and survival of his nation." that sounds a little bit over the top. it sounds a little bit ridiculous. do these people actually see themselves like that? to a large degree, yes. i mean, i look

it wasn't even 15 years earlier that for americans at least you had teddy roosevelt charging up san juan hill, the lone warrior. even though he's got tons of people with him. i'm going to charge up the hill and take the hill and this expression of masculinity. and now you go into world war i, and world war i is not that. at least the popular perception of what's happening is you've got millions of men in the front lines getting ripped apart by machine fire and artillery barrages and their bodies destroyed and decayed by gas, dying in mud pits so they can gain a few inches of muddy ground that's not worth anything. that's not the heroism or the mythological hero i thought i was wanting compared to something like a san juan hill of teddy roosevelt that the public, particularly of this generation longed for. these pilots seemed to fit into that old ideal. at least in some way. at least on the surface. so the public starts latching onto them. so do the pilots themselves. they start calling themselves the knights of the air. i want to read you this passage from john murrow. a historian of the

was not even, 15 years earlier, that for americans at least you had teddy roosevelt charging up san juan hill, the lone warrior, even though he's got tons of people. i'm in a charge of the, he'll take the hill, and this is going to be this expression of masculinity and heroism. now, you go into world war i and world war i is not that. at least, the popular perception of what is happening is, you have got millions of men in the front lines getting ripped apart by machine fire, and artillery barrages. and their bodies are destroyed, and decayed by gas. dying in mud pits. all just so they can gain a few inches of muddy ground that is not worth anything. that is not the heroism, that is not the mythological hero that i thought i was wanting for. compared to something like a san juan hill of teddy roosevelt that the public particularly of this generation wanted. but these pilots seemed to fit into that old ideal. at least in some way, at least on the surface. and, so the public starts latching on to them. and some of the pilots themselves. they are calling themselves the nights of the air. i

" are usually when i use for market it isn't like a direct quotation summary saying something on san juan, i'm not sure this board means what theysay . like, it was a terrible event or something. i can't think of a good example other than that but maybe it was, maybe it wasn't . air quotes, like now. >> cultivate the skills of contemplation, take the path less traveled, five percent of the time and be skeptical, three pieces of advice in gary hoover's lifetime learner's guide to readingand learning. thanks for joining us . >> thank you, i enjoyed it. have a great day. >> here's a look at books being published this week, in the afghanistan papers the washington post's craig whitlock uses official documents and original recording to take an in-depth look at america's 20 year war in afghanistan. former democratic senator from nebraska ben nelson offers his thoughts on how to fix the senate in death of the senate. an historian kate larson recalled the life of civil rights activists betty lou hammer in walk with me. also being published this week best-selling science writer richard dawkins pro

lauderdale to san juan, newark to vegas, spirit had promised things would start to improve today., it canceled another 400 flights, 52% of its schedule. after canceling 60% tuesday and wednesday, 40% on monday. more than 1700 flights so far this week. >> they're not even -- everybody is on standby. >> i lost two days of work because of this. >> reporter: spirit says the problem started sunday with weather-related cancellations. add to that the surge in summer travelers, staffing shortages and computer problems and spirit's dominoes a strong airline in terms of operations. and what happened this week has exposed the problems. >> reporter: leaving passengers s and stuck. >> weairbnb. so we don't have a place to stay as of now. >> reporter: ahead of another busy summer travel weekend. >> well, tom, what can people do if their flights are canceled under these circumstances? >> if the airline cancels the flight, then passengers should be reimbursed for hotel and food, but actually getting on another plane, because all airlines are full right now, that could take days or longer. lester?

across the flats of york town, through the rolling fields of gettysburg, and the rugged slopes of san juanl. the man who had welded them into the integrated force had made his own unique mark in the history of his times. as a tack titian, pershing was proving himself superb. to the men, who knew him best by the nickname, blackjack, he was no myth. the battle was his as well as theirs. he had confidence in them and they gave him their trust and respect. >> we're looking norpgt from the high ground, overlooking the wholesaleiant. it was important that the americans take montset first because the germans were enraged and had the americans gone around montset, they would have been decimated by german artillery and machine gun fire. so, once montset was taken t was a rapid progression. looking north is a village, which was conquered by the 26th division a new england division made up of troops from connecticut, massachusetts and maine. i'm standing in the village on rue miss skinner. the reason it's named el skinner is she was a wealthy socialite from massachusetts, who took to heart this villa

across the flats of yorktown, through the rolling fields of gettysburg, up the rugged slopes of san juan hill. the man who had built it then into this integrated forest had by now made his unique mark on the history of his times. as a tactician seeking victory through fire and movement on a fluid battlefield, pershing was proving himself superb. to the men of the aef who knew him best by the nickname blackjack, he was no myth. a battle was his as well as theirs. he had confidence in them, and they gave him their trust and respect. >> we're looking north from montsec, which is the high ground overlooking the whole saint mihiel salient. it was important that the americans take montsec first because the germans were in range, and they would have been able, had the americans gone around montsec and tried to liberate the villages first, they would have been decimated by german artillery and machine gunfire. once montsec was taken, it was a rapid progression. for example, looking ahead north is the village of hattonchatel, which was conquered by the 26th division, a new england division made u

puerto rican newspapers, la core response yeah el mundo and la democracy yeah and the ever helpful "san juan star" which was the only one of the three in english. at national archives to capture the story particularly of puerto rican commissioners, but also territorial delegates, we went into the department of interior territorial papers, record group 48, the records of the group of the territories, record group 126, bureau of insularry affairs, record group 150, and in addition to that, the center for legislative archives supplied us with a lot of images of original documents and certificates of election. so the book is structure, again, like the volumes of women in congress and african-americans, along several long generations or story line breaks. the first runs from 1822 to 1898, the era of continental expansion in the u.s. the second breaks down from the spanish american war to world war ii, an era of u.s. colonial expansion, global expansion. the third period runs from world war ii through the civil rights movement up until 1976. the hispanic caucus was created in december of 1976. tha

he tells this woman from san juan that she has to go to ellis island because she's an immigrant. she said, no, i don't have to go to ellis island. i'm from puerto rico. you took this place from spain in war. how can i be an immigrant? it becomes legally moot because she marries her fiance. she establishes the right of puerto ricans to look at the united states as their wider country instead of being trapped in this legal netherworld of 2500 square miles floating in the caribbean. just great, great stories that help explain how you guys were there, why we're here and how the history of the hemispheres intertwined from jump street. if you read the writing and the speeches, they talk about jefferson and washington. they were on fire for the american revolution just as they were on fire for the french revolution. he talks about the united states as the republic of freedom. until he spends 11 years here in exile and gets to see the down sides and the up sides of life in the united states, he's a fascinating chronicler of late 19th century american life seen from outside. so it was a g

the sacramento bee has reported at least 2,000 students enrolled in the san juan unified school district

this is the home the ancestry home of san juan elizabeth powell. we also have the health visit house, which is just around the corner from here in society hill in philadelphia. we have grumble corp, which is in germantown and historic waynesboro, which is out in paoli and our mission is to not only preserve our core historic sites, but also to provide related cultural educational and historical programming. i thought it might be interesting to talk maybe a little bit about how we came about because our organization as i mentioned is 89 years old. i'd be 90 next year exciting and we're founded in 1931. named francis anne worcester so much like mount vernon. we were we were founded by a very strong matriarch and the organization was born essentially to save the pal house from demolition. it was slated to be knocked down for a taxi cab parking lot and francis ann and her her colleagues and friends rally together and managed to raise about $30,000 at the height of the great depression to save not only the pau house but the house that was next door orig

among the airports most affected, orlando, san juan, las vegas, newark and ft.erdale. >> we always waiting. nothing is happening. >> spirit tells nbc news we dealt with overlapping operational challenges including weather, system outages and staffing shortages. the they caused widespread require regular larts in our scheduling. spirit isn't alone. american airlines canceled hundreds of flights this week, struggling to meet the surge in summer time travel with bad weather hitting dfw airport in dallas. >> the demand is way out of control in terms of the airline capacity. and so we have a real problem. the problem translates to consumer problems. >> yet another air rage incident in a year of bad behavior. 22-year-old maxwell barry drunk accused of groping and hitting flight attendants while boasting his parents are wealthy. he is taped to his seat until the plane could land safely in miami. miami police charged him battery. his case making headline as fate fay reports a stunning 3,700 cases of unruly behavior just this year on planes. >> when people are facing jai

los que estÁn en el viejo san juan vendiendo cosas. que bueno.johnny: vigente mucha gracia por continuar aquÍ con nosotros en despierta amÉrica. les cuento que esta es la historia de un talentoso para la mÚsica que emprende una aventura por amor, llega a la pantalla con un elenco extraordinario, nuestra compaÑera patricia fuenmayor compartiÓ en nueva york con el genio creativo de esa gran producciÓn, muy buenos dÍas. patricia: asÍ es chicos, buenos dÍas tengan todos, estamos en el bronx, nueva york, para contarles que esta semana se estrena la producciÓn cinematogrÁfica divo con la participaciÓn de lin manuel miranda, gloria estefan entre otros, pero detrÁs de cÁmara estÁ carlos romero, un joven hispano que cumpliÓ su sueÑo de llegar a hollywood, veamos. desde que tenÍa seis aÑos carlos tenÍa claro lo que querÍa hacer, contar historias a travÉs de dibujos. carlos: de joven siempre me emocionaba ver cÓmo reaccionarÍa la gente con pelÍculas de dibujos animados, siempre querÍa ser parte de esto. patricia: luego de pasar por varios proyectos importan

this one banging on a gate door at san juan airport on tuesday. we can start to build back to a full operation and then build from the takeaways that we got from last week. >> reporter: the budget airline even offering double pay to flight attendants who are able to pick up extra shifts. other airlines bearing the brunt too. american airlines and southwest canceling flights due to weather and staffing issues. >> it's been very frustrating. i waited three hours in line just to get to the front and they told us that we couldn't get a flight out today, tomorrow. >> reporter: christie says on top of the original causes for the disruption, airlines are running into new obstacles like crew members scattered throughout the country but he insists the company will earn back passenger trust in the coming days. >> we are starting to turn the tide here and get our operation back and that starts with building the airline back, making it as reliable as we want it to be but it's going to take us some time to build back that confidence and earn their trust again

orlando, san juan, las vegas, newark and fort lauderdale. >> just stay in the line for, like, three hours waiting's nothing. nothing happening. >> reporter: spirit tells nbc news we've dealt with overlapping operational challenges including weather, system outages, and staffing shortages that caused widespread irregularities in operation and impacted crew schedules. spirit isn't alone american airlines also canceled hundreds of flights this week, struggling to meet the surge in summertime travel with bad weather hitting dfw airport in dallas >> the demand has been way out of control in terms of the airline capacity, and so they've got a real problem and their problem, then, translates to consumer problems as well. >> reporter: meanwhile, yet another air rage incident in a year of bad behavior 22-year-old maxwell berry allegedly drunk accused of groping and hitting frontier flight attendants while boasting his parents are wealthy. taped to his seat by the flight crew and passengers until the plane could land safely in miami. miami police charged him with battery. his case making headlines

this traveler at the san juan airport where staff left their positions, watch her bang on the customerr. in a statement to abc news, spirit saying we needed to make proactive cancellations to some flights across the network, but the majority of flights are still scheduled as planned. meanwhile, american airlines canceling even more flights. 530 on monday but they say weather is to blame. this as more americans are taking to the skies. the tsa screening a record number of people sunday, the highest since the start of the pandemic. spirit tells abc news they are working around the clock but so far today they have already canceled 226 flights. american airlines canceling another 276. it is shaping up to be another very long day for travelers. guys? >> it certainly is. all right, victor, thanks. t.j.? >>> all right, want to turn and take a look at this video here of an incredible rescue during a fishing competition. what we're seeing here, the crew of the fish bone, one vessel, they were hoping to catch a marlin worth $9 million. that's part of the competition but they got sidetracked and

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washington, nueva york, orlando, puerto rico y san juan.

look at a number of newspapers, particularly puerto rican newspapers, including the ever helpful san juanhe only one in the english. the national archives to capture the story, particularly of puerto rican commissioners, we went into a number of different record groups. the department of interior, territorial papers, record group 48, records of the office of the territories, record group 350, and the center for legislative archives supplied us with a lot of images of original documents and certificates of elections. so the book is structured, like the volumes on women in congress and african americans, several long generations or storyline breaks. first is from 1822 to 1898, era of continental expansion in the u.s. second breaks down from the spanish-american war to world war ii, era of u.s. colonial expansion, global expansion. the third period runs from world war ii, civil rights movement, up until 1976. the hispanic caucus was created in december of 1976, another turning point. post-1977 is the modern era, after the founding of the caucus. i thought it might be useful to go through a c

because i saw in the news germany and israel were doing it and i figured san francisco is offering us something similar. >> reporter: juanos got to the hospital at 8 a.m. and was able to get the supplemental dose, but people who arrived in the afternoon were not so lucky. >> i parked and walked in and they said they're already out. >> they said they'd already given 1,000 shots this morning and that they were prioritizing sf general patients at this point and i'm a ucsf patient. >> reporter: san francisco resident mccauley aarons hopes she can come back another day. >> i have unvaccinated kids that i live with and i want to make sure that i'm protecting my family as much as i can. >> reporter: while they aren't formally recommending the extra dose in accordance with the cdc, san francisco's department of public health tells me all their vaccine sites are now offering the pfizer or moderna shot to johnson & johnson recipients, but despite multiple requests for more information the city and hospital have not specified when and where people can show up for the extra dose. kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> tonight california is the

because i saw in the news germany and israel were doing it and i figured san francisco is offering us something similar. >> reporter: juan carlos got to the hospital at 8 a.m. and was able to get the supplemental dose, but people who arrived in the afternoon were not so lucky. >> i parked and walked in and they said they're already out. >> they said they'd already given 1,000 shots this morning and that they were prioritizing sf general patients at this point and i'm a ucsf patient. >> reporter: san francisco resident mccauley aarons hopes she can come back another day. >> i have unvaccinated kids that i live with and i want to make sure that i'm protecting my family as much as i can. >> reporter: while they enform dose in accordance with the cdc, san francisco's department of public health tells me all their vaccine sites are now offering the pfizer or moderna shot to johnson & johnson recipients, but despite multiple requests for more information the city and hospital have not specified when and where people can show up for the extra dose. kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> tonight california is the first in the nation to man

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juan lagares. eight men left on. tony kemp strikes out to end the game. angels win 8-0. >>> san-match unbeaten streak. taking on the tough se sounders. the great leaping save in the 27th minute. first half, stoppage time, great passing here. and espinosa, look at him fight for this. and what a shot that was. second goal of the year. that was the eventual game one-nil. san jose's first win in seattle since 2015. >>> kevin dur scored 23. best olympic game during this run. kd passes carmelo anthony on the all-time olympic scoring list. jaon >>> just the more time we spend time, we're never gonna be the same team from day one that we are now. and hopefully we're better this time next week than we were today. >> coming up at 6:00 pm, it was dave kaplan's birthday. what the giants got him for his birthday. >> i can only imagine. chris, thanks. >>> this >>> the cartoon captain of a beloved children's sea wants to take you to sea for free. holding a contest where you can live like the captain o o o o o houseboat for two nights. people can enter online through tomorrow and the boat is st

juan japanese immigrants and found her calling in the late 60's and was a writer. kumasi: a victory for environmental and community groups. the read airport in san jose, unleaded fuel, the announcement is expected later today. it will be introduced for general aviation aircraft in the change comes as a growing number of officials demanded a mosher because of unsafe levels of lead from planes and the airport is critical for smaller planes and emergency operations and the center era county board of supervisors are expected to vote on the issue tomorrow. julian: one older brother surprising a younger brother in a costume every day at the bus stop will shows us the hilarious tradition. >> almost every school day for the last two years, years, gotten off the school bus to scenes like this one. his older brother, waiting to greet him as a clown, a hula dancer, even gumby. >> he's in front of the whole bus. i was advair -- embarrassed at first that then i started to like it. >> rain or shine, he suits up to make his brother smile. >> it's our blessing to be able to spread the bond and let people know how special the bond is between a brother and a brot

san lorenzo. >> aquÍ estamos homenajeando como siempre y siempre fieles a Él y a su recuerdo. >> juan gabriel es gente, mÁs movimiento pero estÁ bien, todo era muy diferente, hemos tomado un poco de confianza, de salir y todavÍa aÚn con protecciÓn y todo eso. guadalupe: por otro lado silvia, amiga cercana de juan gabriel abriÓ las puertas de la famosa casa del cantante que ahora figura como museo. pudieron apreciar de nueva cuenta la decoraciÓn y pertenencias personales del tambiÉn compositor. un fanÁtico nos platicÓ su experiencia. >> un santuario que siempre lo tuvo como resguardado ahora sÍ que en homenaje a su mamÁ. el cÓmo la decorÓ, todo el tiempo que la tuvo oculta. algo que era sÓlo para Él, por lo que significa el amor de madre. >> aquÍ estÁ su gente, estÁ el amor, su cariÑo. guadalupe: uno de los lugares representativos es el paseo de juan gabriel,hubo una exposiciÓn llamada " amor de mis amores ". otro lugar que fue parte importante en el inicio de la carrera de nuestro querido juan gabriel fue la plaza garibaldi en ciudad de mÉxico, en donde se aprecia una estatua y sus fanÁticos lo

tradition stretching back across your town, through the fields of gettysburg, up the rugged slopes of san juanan who had welded them into this integrated force had made his own mark on the -- >> we are looking north from the high ground to the whole saint-mihiel salient, it was important that americans take months expert because the germans were in raged and had they got around and try to liberate the villages first they would've been decimated by german artillery and machine gun fire so once montsec was taken it was a rapid