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In our Friday newsletter, the first steps of a rescue operation are being taken at the site of the bridge collapse in Baltimore, an indicator tracked by the Federal Reserve shows signs that inflation is gradually easing, former senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has been buried. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he is in a position to resume mediation talks with Hamas.
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William Branham:
The first steps of a rescue operation are underway tonight in Baltimore’s Bridge Cave. A giant crane and a smaller crane arrived today, and more will come. They will clean the mutilated concrete and metal, as well as the freighter. that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
But they have warned that this is a colossal task.
Governor Wes Moore (D-MD):
It probably won’t take days, weeks, or months. It will take time. In each and every phase, we want to focus on protecting the other people doing the work. We want to make sure that we do this in cooperation and collaboration with all parties involved in this work.
We want to make sure that we do it in an environmentally friendly way and we want to make sure that we are focused on its completion.
William Branham:
Also today, the White House announced that President Biden will travel to Baltimore next week to witness the operation.
There are many signs that inflation is gradually slowing. An indicator tracked by the Federal Reserve shows that prices rose by three-tenths of a percentage point in February. This is a slight reduction from January’s increase. The year-over-year increase is still 2. 5%, still above the Fed’s target of just 2%.
Former senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman was laid to rest today in Stamford, Connecticut. The politicians and their families, the former Democrats turned independents because of their bipartisanship. Among them is Al Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee, who chose Lieberman as his vice presidential nominee.
AL GORE, former vice president of the United States: I’ve seen him able to recover friendships torn apart by disagreements, able to seek tactics to overcome divisions, able to seek reconciliation, able to defend his principles.
William Branham:
Lieberman died Wednesday after falling. He was 82.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now says he is in a position to resume mediation talks with Hamas. His workplace issued a statement today saying that he (and I quote) “has approved the next negotiating circular in the coming days in Doha and Cairo. “Negotiations appear to have stalled after a series of shutdowns and restarts.
Meanwhile, Israel is pounding Syria with the deadliest airstrikes in years. An independent organization monitoring the war in Syria reports that another 44 people have been killed, most of them Syrian soldiers. The attacks took place mainly on the outskirts of Aleppo, targeting missile depots. Israel has intensified its movements in Syria since the start of the war in Gaza.
This war has now put the brakes on Good Friday celebrations in Jerusalem. Fewer people than used to carry crosses in the streets of the old city. Elsewhere, Pope Francis celebrated a classic at the Vatican.
And in the Philippines, several villages have re-enacted the crucifixion of Christ, as they have done for decades. A man, now 63, nailed to a cross for the 35th time.
Ruben Enaje, resident of the Philippines (through interpreter):
I can’t say now how much time I’ll have to do this, because my body is aging too. So I can’t say if it will be the last time or if I will do it again next year. Everyone will have my frame.
William Branham:
Church leaders in the Philippines oppose such crucifixions, but the culture lives on.
In Ukraine, Russia introduced a new wave of airstrikes overnight. Nearly 100 missiles and drones hit the force’s plants in Kaniv and Dnister in a wide-ranging attack across central and western Ukraine. This is the latest in a wave of intensified Russian attacks on the Ukrainian force. system.
And a passage to keep in mind. Louis Gossett Jr. , the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, died today in Santa Monica, California. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 and gained national fame and an Emmy as Fiddler in the 1977 television miniseries “Roots. “. ” His Oscar-winning role as a Marine Corps instructor in “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1982.
Louis Gossett Jr. , actor:
Where have you been all your life? During a? Listening to Mick Jagger and belittling your country, I bet.
You’d better keep it from me, boy. You are not worthy enough to look your superiors in the eye. Use your peripheral vision, you know?
Actor:
Yes, sir.
Luis Gossett Jr. :
Now I say understand, I need the whole organization to say, “Yes, sir. “
Understand?
Actors:
Yes, sir!
Luis Gossett Jr. :
Understand?
Actors:
Yes, sir!
William Branham:
Later, Gossett also made the impression in the remake of “The Color Purple”. Louis Gossett Jr. 87.
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