Sun rising, will ceasefire happen? A scene by the strait of Hormuz this morning

national guard and CBP all just put on their gas masks- in response to a few protestors lobbing plastic bottles at them. First time today I’ve seen the rubber bullets fired

1:30PM in LA. A Small core group of protestors facing off against about 50 National Guard and about 30 CBP.

Flash bangs and smoke here in LA - 3 lines of law enforcement ready with rubber bullets -

The minute Cardinal Timothy Dolan “knew Bob Provost would be Pope”.

A Pope’s bowling alley?? Yes. The secrets inside the walls of Vatican Rome are …plentiful.

As the first smoke window approaches this Thursday morning, people are flooding steadily into St. Peter’s Square. Many groups singing prayer and carrying large crosses. #conclave

Our set at the Vatican. We watch the seagull watch the smoke.

Here with thousands - all facing the Sistene Chapel chimney waiting for the first vote, expected within this hour. #conclave

The eve of the #conclave … just after midnight here in Rome.

Friendship.

The story behind the bright blue dot - vimeo.com/1047322977/e...

I checked - gold melts at 1948F. Team says - then it’s here. They say, fires are about 1200F. They’d know. Still no one expected to find it. And then !!

Firefighter Chien Yu went through his own house today for the first time. Towards the end he mentioned he’d left his wedding ring there when he ran to work a 16 hour shift as the fires started. His crew was with us - they said hey, let’s GO. Shovel out …

LAFD posted this pic of their morning map briefing. Look at them all there at the crack of dawn: “This is your team. The team working to keep you safe and protect your home”.

The fires we see right now from palisades

Celebrations in Damascus after claims Assad has fled -