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and the, i think one of the many sort of snapshot seared on migraine -- on my brain over those years is before, i was first the cambodian bureau chief died. we were in the field one day and waiting for a punch because a bridge was down over the river. and the, we were watching airstrikes going on. at the time they were coming in with tiling with pilots pretending to speak french which did not work very well. but the little kids, this was only in the war. in the small children in the fields. jumped off their water buffaloes and out of rice patties and were running, laughing towards that pretty napalm. and frank and i just were racing around, trying not to scare them and laughing with them and tackling them trying to stop them. and it was the terrible innocence of the children running towards that napalm. laughing at the pretty colors. which i think is one of many images that stays with me. >> thank you. kate, in your chapter you write "when i first joined newspapers as an apprentice in sydney, there was one woman editorial writer, with most of the other women on the women's page. for

it wasn't sears and roebuck, it had this big sign painted, sears and roebuck, and they sold anything and everything you wanted. so i got that picture, and i thought that was incredible, already they were ready to get out and make some money. >> so in your opinion, why do you think the korean war is often referred to as the forgotten war? what gave it that title? >> i don't think -- america was -- you know, it was after world war ii, everybody was doing well, people were going to school. the veterans got out, all of them were recognized, got married. they were living happy. i mean, that was a good time, you know, america's industrial growth was going crazy, everybody had jobs. and that little korean war going on, that korean action, it wasn't europe, it wasn't japan. it was some country that people in america didn't even know about, and didn't understand any reason other than they were trying to stop the communists. they were going around living a good life over there because of the sacrifices that were made to save their country. and american kids should know that too. i don't know i

but we are going to begin tonight with the searing new testimony in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin, in the death of george floyd. the young witnesses today, one just 9 years old. three teenagers taking the stand, too. darnella frazier, 17 at the time, there that day with her 9-year-old cousin. the two of them walking by the officers pinning george floyd down. darnella frazier turning back, capturing that video now seen around the world. she told jurors today she has stayed up nights apologizing to george floyd for not doing more to save his life. the 9-year-old wit ens and the moment in court today derek chauvin took off his mask so she could identify him. and late today, the fire department emt, offduty that day, also a witness, she offered to help. she is seen on the left here in the sweatshirt on an officer's body camera, testifying today she repeatedly called for them to check george floyd's pulse. the defense cross examining here just moments ago. and abc's alex perez leading us off from minneapolis tonight. >> reporter: in court today, the jury hearing from the

one section that i thought was especially fascinating was the sears. everything in there was fascinating. we mentioned these two teenage girls, young girls who started an entire movement, religious movement rationalism as a con. and one of the stories that was most interesting was the story about a mark, a fortuneteller and a best-selling author judy devereaux . everyone's heard of jude road, probably read some of her books and i found it so interesting. she was con for years and years of millions of dollars by rose parks and i noticed with all of the fears, they're so successful in conning people and it's almost are they offering comfort to people, giving people andeven entertaining the men away . it's if you can talk about why the spheres are so successful at coming people and maybe talk a little bit about rose marx case. that was just so interesting. >> let me start with rosa marx. everyone knows where we are and then we can talkabout why it works well . rose marx is one of the more modern cases in the book. she's currently serving a federal 10 year

star sears is a bit of an old fashioned type and we don't have any online presence so really the only way people can get information say that by the radio and tars news. is i never heard of it so i was struck really before i got this job and i thought well that's pretty well out. so the 1st one of the hell would last 2 years and now which i work a day 10. it's not without its challenges you know remote living it's some long way to the nearest house and being a wife electing a black girl is newspaper gives you a unique insight to be a minority in your own country. parents tell you i deck some real wrongs for our rights because i think what makes the raiders take an exciting this is the triangle sports just you know that's much more important it's always a little story it's a community story is it really really really did i. you know can. i as a young man. you know how to make a coffee and what's the guy's not you know is graham was having an affair so i just wanted so the places that it's obvious skin and for love of the price that's been really humbling experience i guess living here

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he chatted with workers, but the searing revelations from that interview with oprah the other night weretioned. buckingham palace releasing this statement saying the royal family is concerned about prince harry and meghan's race comments, adding while some recollections may vary, they are taken seriously and will be addressed by the family private limit harry, meghan and archie will always be much-loved family members. >>> the rock is reopening. alcatraz will reopen visitors on monday, that's because it's in the red tier. indoor tours at the landmark have been closed since march of last year. masks, of course, will be required. we'll be right pack >>> tonight at 6:00, it's the latest example of a problem with the vaccine rollout, thousands of appointments canceled in the bay area, but a local professor says there's plenty of reason to be optimistic. >>> and next on nightly news, getting passengers back in the sky. the big change airlines are pushing for to make this happen, perhaps even you're thinking of booking some flights in the next couple months. lester holt joins us next. >> and w

los setos para el control y prevención de enfermedades también conocido como los cdc después de ver searsletamente vacunado es entonces que sin el uso de mascarilla puede visitar a personas no vacunadas que vivan dentro del mismo hogar a menos, que hace una persona en esta residencia con mayor riesgo de enfermarse gravemente a causa del covid-19 los cdc le recuerda que si se ha concreto su vacunación y si llegara estar cerca de alguien que dÉ positivo el virus no es necesario realizarse pruebas de covid-19 o cumplir con una cuarentenaa menos que presente síntomas de la enfermedad. comparte que su temor por el coronavirus es tan grande que a pesar de contar con la inmunización ha preferido seguir aislada junto con su esposo >>>no me siento segura >>> si usted ha sido inmunizado contra el coronavirus funcionario de la salud le recomiendan seguir los siguiente protocolos tal como el uso de cubrebocas y practicar el distanciamiento social al estar en pública además, de no reunirse con personas no vacunadas de más de un hogar evitar congregaciones medianas y grandes y posponer viajes nacionale

. >> sign of the times this is a mall this parking lot is relatively empty, and inside this old sears is a covid-19 vaccination site we saw some people getting the covid-19 vaccine from johnson & johnson today. some say they know the efficacy is around 75%, but they're glad it was 100% when it comes to preventing death and preventing severe hospitalizations from what we've seen so far they've appreciated it was one vaccine instead of two most that we've seen vaccinated here today are teachers and essential workers like bus drivers, people that work in transportations, the transportation sector, restaurants. this tier system has been opening up slowly but surely, but right now the limiting factor is still supply. >> we see it in other communities as well. gadi, thank you. >>> another vaccine option is showing promising results. novavax says late stage trials found its two-dose vaccine to be more than 96% effective effective against covid-19 and 86% against the variant found in the novavax is expected to wrap up its clinic by the spring. >>> if you need even more motivation, a vaccine c

the searing eunice could only hope for good weather and calm seas life is tough and getting tougher on the commodious. the call the 900 pandemic has been devastating for people and industries only over the world in india it's created a dire situation for farmers who've seen a decrease in demand and in some cases have been unable to access their land but in made a big stick a community organizer established to share information and solidarity with the changing involvement has become a lifeline. standing dawn in a few weeks going to start harvesting for the crops to remain healthy she needs to ensure the weeds are removed frequently 4 years ago she took on a lease for nearly 5 years for thailand thanks to help from a local initiative. and you know by the end i got rid of the money to when i was growing 15 to 25 about us i felt gordon decided to stick to agriculture so my children could go to school my daughter did the job training and my son studied till he was 15 so i'm taking care of my kids it would be lending money in and out of it. unlike many across the world she has remained unfaz

they can't prepare for the next meal they can't we get their animals once they're out moving in the searing month small stream people get sick and so they need medicine military activities aimed at dominating the qur'an state started in 2017 they were scaled up dramatically in recent months as to groups on army tried to fight back. the qur'an belong to more than a dozen other ethnic groups across myanmar that have sought greater autonomy for more than 6 decades at times the groups and gauged in armed conflicts with the military regime and later the civilian government. many eventually reached ceasefire deals with the government including the qur'an rebels in 2012 but before they came up with the compressed hands of political resolution the government was deposed by fabrice military coup. oh no no no no he's not. spying. well there. are. no despite the challenges the village is attempting as well as they can. shelter and organizing school classes in the open and with no prospect of a quick return keeping the spirit up is more crucial than that. across asia. democracy continues in taiwan many

they can't prepare for the next meal they get we get their animals once they're out moving into the searing month small stream people get sick and so they need medicine military activities aimed at dominating the qur'an state started in 2017 they were scaled up dramatically in recent months as to groups own army trying to fight back. the qur'an belong to more than a dozen other ethnic groups across myanmar that have sought great autonomy for more than 6 decades at times the groups and gauged in armed conflicts with the military regime and later the civilian government. many eventually reached ceasefire deals with the government including the qur'an in 2012. but before they came up with the compressed hands of political resolution the government was deposed by fabrice military coup. was no no no. no. no despite the challenges the village is attempting as well as they can build an ambush eltis and organizing school classes in the open and with no prospect of a quick return keeping their spirit up as more crucial than that. across asia outre defense of. democracy continues in taiwan many peopl

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it was a soul searing experience because we met with families who had lost members, and we found victimspublished a satirical account of these ladies walking around with their notebooks, describing the buckets of blood, and so forth. we were able to produce a report and report to the united nations human rights commission on that, and to congressional leaders, and we felt that we were helpful in getting congressional legislation to stop trade and weapons sales to chile. six of us from north, central, and south america went to costa rica and nicaragua, el salvador, and guatemala. we have to focus on the individual countries that are victimized by u.s. intervention the luke perry policy. -- military policy. when we realized there had been 215 such interventions, that is interventions by the u.s. in third world countries since 1948, that has been going on for generations now. we have to tackle the overall problem, and that is going to take longer. we are working on it. i did not say much about the human contact, but this is of course perhaps the most important aspect of these visits. we do

wash your hands and watch their you know, we've got some good actor sear noelle bellow kron 4 news.received this statement from state senator bill dodd who represents napa county. he wrote, quote. >> it's disappointing that napa county isn't moving out of the or is it moving to the orange tier. but if people continue to take precautions and get vaccinated. it should be long before it does. our public health workers are get the virus under control and the community is doing its part by wearing masks. practicing social distancing and signing up for vaccinations and other county officials expect its supply of vaccines to drastically decrease over the next 3 weeks. >> county supervisors are asking the state for more doses up until last week. sonoma county has been vaccinating about 15,000 people per week. but due to the low supply. the county expects to only vaccinate about 12,000 people this week and they project that number will go even lower next week. supervisors say they have the capacity to vaccinate more than 40,000 people per week. >> one side covid-19 could soon be in the rearv

>>about 9 and a half million doses have gone into or sears a closer look at how each bay area county is doing with vaccine distribution. the numbers vary based on location number of people and the number of vaccines that have been administered in to each county you can track these details always on our website kron 4 dot com. we also have links there on how to sign up for vaccines. in the county where you live or work as california continues to try to ramp up vaccine. distribution state leaders say they're preparing to use. >>vaccination rates to help counties reopen their economies sooner a reward system kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains the governor's update. we will turn the proverbial page governor gavin newsome says his administration is likely going to add vaccination rates into the equation that allows counties to move through the state's blueprint to reopen the economy and that will illow people to move more quickly through the tears. >>but we're not resetting the tears and recalibrating in eliminating the purple tier, the governor said as of wednesda

inside sears have also been flocking to another farm or ravel eruption in iceland lava has been flowing since the mountain 1st started spewing 5 few weeks ago but because trying for the perfect selfie are being warned do not get too close. to love a bubble spits and paws out of the credo of this. it began erupting here on iceland's rake has been into our last friday the 1st time in around 900 years. so perhaps it's no surprise that thousands of people have been flocking here to witness this rare event. trying to get as close as they dare. for that perfect picture. i mean this love us we just so close to right you. haven't seen anything like. the hikers getting hungry some of us the lava as a giant grill but this does come with a warning. 2 days ago this guy that tried to cook eggs and bacon on it and love ate. to stay away from it. there have also been warnings over comic gas pollution. before the eruption there were more than 50000 francs here in just 3 weeks. they were caused by a large body of molten rock known as magma which has pushed its way to the surface . it's unclear for how m

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rendition and at her funeral 2 years later the televised images of prince harry by the coffins were seared into memory banks why why we staying with a convicted sex offender in 2019 the b.b.c. grilled prince andrew over his american paedophile friend geoffrey epstein and that picture of him with a 16 year old girl who would later accuse him of rape the prince has yet to face justice his d.v.c. interview was big news in the u.k. but not on the same scale nowhere near the feeding frenzy that this one has become . his end was a disaster because prince andrew is a disaster he could not contemplate the mistakes of his ways which is in should never have had it could kill as a friend. but the lack of major backlash it comes down to this to violence relationship at a royal family has with the british media that is why however many in situation is used to use at scapegoats they are you know. the characters that are they. ever that are is emerging. this new story. populated with celebrities is far more revealing than it might appear. and it's about class race access and aspiration discourse and its

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at the beginning of the searing chairman durbin asked you about abolishing the police and you said i do not support defunding the police which is clearly the right political answer seeking to get confirmed. i would note that just a few months ago last year and written correspondence with the senate of the united states you encouraged congress to quote, we examine federal spending priorities and shrink the footprint of the police and criminal legal system in this country. you also encouraged reallocating resources and stated quote, some people call it defunding the police, other people call it divest invest but whatever you call it, if you care about mass incarceration you have to care about skewed funding priorities. these were not college writings. this was eight months ago that you wrote this to the senate. by any measure that's advocating defunding the police and yet today you are telling this committee the don't support that. >> senator, with respectfully i disagree with how you are characterizing that spirit i don't support defunding the police. i've been very clear about that.

it was ten months ago, memorial day last year, and those searing, awful images seen by the nation and the world. it brought an almost immediate reckoning on race, justice, and policing. and a long-overdue conversation. now, the first trial begins. opening statements delivered today. we've now heard from a 911 dispatcher for the first time. what she was watching play out on a city camera. she said she knew something was not right. the prosecution telling jurors chauvin betrayed the badge. saying this is not about all police or all policing. saying officers have awful jobs, they need to make split second decisions. but that this was not one of them. then he played most of that video, former officer derek chauvin kneeling on floyd's neck. nine minutes, and 29 seconds, as floyd said he could not breathe 27 times. the prosecution showing the bystanders demanding the officer stop. demanding they check his pulse when he was motionless. the defense not addressing the video that had just been played. urging jurors to use common sense, saying there is more to this case than the nine minutes owi

wash your hands and watch their you know, we've got some good actor sear noelle bellow kron 4 news. well, we received this statement from state senator bill dodd who represents napa county. he wrote, quote, it is disappointing that napa. >> is it moving out of the red tier. but if people continue to take precautions to get vaccinated. it shouldn't be long before it does or public health workers are making a concerted effort to get the virus under control in the community is doing its part by wearing masks. pressed practicing social distancing and signing up for vaccinations. >> covid could soon be in the rearview mirror is news that the first convention of the year has been booked. francisco's most going to set a good the meeting is slated to take place at the end of september. and it's not just anyone attending >> but doctors and surgeons to be exact kerman live for us moscow knee with more on this stand. >> that's right. the change of of acts. i back into a convention center. it's quite a novel thought. you know, they've lost about 70 large conventions and hundreds of smaller ones

will be no change in due to being union did to me nation to defend human rights and to respond to sears for your relations and abuses as they said your respective where they are quit the european union has also announced sanctions on 11 officials in me and more including the leader of the military jointer it's in response to last month's crew in the violent crackdown on protesters saudi arabia has offered a plan for peace in yemen which has been devastated by 6 years of war that includes a nationwide cease fire the resumption of talks to end the fighting but who the rebels say the plan doesn't go far enough. at least 10 people have been killed in a shooting in a supermarket in colorado police in boulder city say and injured suspect is now in custody one officer was among those killed. we were. very. very hurt. when. they were. there was. every. several people are feared to have died in a major fire at a rocking the refugee camp in bangladesh that tore through book camp in cox's bazar and raised hundreds of tents leaving thousands of people without shelter and hundreds of people have bee

they wanted some area submit to their to is there is it possible to have a moment that say you is a searing moment for the last decade as i am going to move on to the co-pilot's because we're at the end of the show do you have a moment or is it the overall role this is a manmade places that you want to leave us with there's so many moments so many moments i mean like there are so many more people coming out this year until today people coming out and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the revolution to me when i see all of these videos when i see children and women and young man and everybody you know holding the flags of the revolution coming out that all of the feed that i'm getting on my facebook all the fuel getting on that i'm getting from friends it's amazing that we share when we share the conversation with go ahead pick one moment. well i'm going to pick a bit of a downer moment for me and i was inside syria at this time and this is sort of it was a turning point for me it was the the matter hamza harpy be young boy who were gonna test with this family his 32 year old all was detai

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perceptions of chinese aggression you know let's let's be clear about it you know the chinese are plush it seared in terms of the way they handle many of these territorial aspects sources is an extension off diplomacy and politics but force within certain limits this is not force which is going to be used on the other side of the world and phobia says it cetera et cetera it's something very limited use of force and those that don't use of force has done more for political reasons think about it in time from 979 to 2021 china has had little bit of all that so should we see any movements on its territorial fronts it had less than 150 casualties those last 40 years it's not think about it with regard to the e.u. legal wars it go home any zeroes you have to add to that in terms of casualties but let me get to a larger point don't you let's regard to china again china is very territoriality oriented and therefore all china is not a military threat to the wooden floor seats but in terms within those sorts i. an inch and a 2nd island chain in the western pacific china has very serious territorial claims