Man Sues After Being Accidentally Locked in Jail for 31 Hours

Farad Polk was mistakenly locked up during visit with his imprisoned son.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/chicago-man-visiting-imprisoned-son-trapped-jail-31-24563926?tab=9482931&section=1206833

The strange story of a man visiting his son in jail, only to become a prisoner himself. A door locked behind him trapping him for more than a day. Now, he’s suing the prison. ABC's Alex Perez has this story. // Reporter: This morning a visitor who says he inadvertently became a prisoner inside this jail for nearly 32 hours is speaking out. // Farad Polk was visiting his son, an inmate at the Cook County Jail in Chicago July 5^th, when according to Polk, guards told him to have a seat in a waiting area down the hall. // When he entered the room, the heavy steel doors slammed behind him. //

prisoner: 죄수 trap: 가두어 두다 sue: 고소하다, 소송을 제기하다 visitor: 방문객 inadvertently: 무심코, 우연히, 부주의로 =unintentionally ex> We had inadvertently left without paying the bill. speak out: to say what you think clearly and publicly //speak out against something: (~에 반대하는 뜻을) 공개적으로 말하다 ex> People are no longer afraid to speak out. inmate: 수감자 (prison) guard: 간수 have a seat: 자리에 앉다 waiting area: 대합실 steel door: 철문 slam: 쾅 닫다

Polk’s attorney: “He was locked in an 8x8 room for over 30 hours and made to sit in that room without any food, any water, no toiletries, no bedding.” // Reporter: For nearly a day and a half he says he desperately tried anything to get someone’s attention, screaming, even pounding on the room's two-feet-thick concrete walls, but no luck. // He says it wasn't until he broke the head off one of the sprinklers flooding the room that the fire department arrived and found him. // This morning, Polk is filing a lawsuit against Cook County, alleging negligence. Polk says the experience was so traumatizing he hasn't been able to visit his son.

toiletries: 세면도구 ex> A bag to carry my makeup and toiletries when I travel bedding: 침구 desperately: 필사적으로  ex> I desperately need some cash but I can’t find an ATM attention: 주의; 주목 pound: 마구 치다 ex> The waves pounded the boat to pieces. no luck: 운이 없다 //out of luck: 재수가 나쁘다 sprinkler: 살수 장치 flood: 침수시키다 allege: (증거 없이) 혐의를 제기하다 negligence: 부주의 ex> The accident was caused by negligence on the part of the driver. traumatizing: 정신적 외상을 초래하다

New Ad Campaign Hopes to Deter Illegal Immigrants

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ad-campaign-hopes-deter-illegal-immigrants-24409030?tab=9482931&section=1206828

This morning, the first look at new TV commercials designed to discourage the overwhelming tide of Central American children and their mothers crossing the Texas border illegally.// Dramatic stories made in telenovela fashion to be played here in the United States and in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, showing a young teen saying good-bye to his mother and father, and heading to America, only to be found a victim of a dangerous journey.// At a press conference in the Rio Grande Valley, the Border Patrol Commissioner personally warned Central American parents that the trip north has become more treacherous.//

commercial 광고

discourage 막다, 의욕을 꺽다, 좌절시키다

overwhelming 압도적인, 대응하기 힘든

 ex> The evidence against him was overwhelming.

 ex> She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.

tide 흐름, 물결, 조수

telenovela 텔레노벨라(스페인, 포르투칼, 중남미의 일일 연속극)

treacherous [^|tretʃərəs] 위험한, 기만하는, 믿을 수 없는

 ex> The ice on the roads made driving conditions treacherous.

 ex> He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.

"If you cross illegally into the United States, you are putting yourself and your children in grave danger."// The border patrol is also launching radio spots and billboards designed to counter the notion that the immigrants are getting a free pass in the U. S. because they are minors or traveling with minors.// A tough sell since the overwhelming number of moms and kids coming across illegally are allowed within days to take buses to be with family already in the United States.// And right now of course these kids and moms are released to go anywhere in the U.S they want, hopping on buses with just a promise to appear in court.//

put someone in danger 누군가를 위험에 처하게 하다

border patrol 국경 순찰

launch 시작하다, 출시하다

radio spots 라디오 광고

billboard 옥외 광고판

counter 막다

 ex> I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished.

 ex> Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.

get a free pass 무임승차하다, 무료로 이용하다

a tough sell 힘든 설득 작업

 ex> But that argument is a tough sell without some sort of scientific back-up.

appear in court 법정에 출두하다

 ex> He was ordered to appear in court.

International Pressure Builds For Israeli-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/international-pressure-builds-israeli-hamas-ceasefire-agreement-24548338?tab=9482931&section=1206828

On this now from ABC’s chief global affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz, she is in Jerusalem. Martha, international pressure building for a ceasefire. // And, Secretary of State John Kerry has stepped up his contact with both sides. Reporter: He has. Secretary Kerry has spent so much time here, George, as you know, over the last couple of years, trying to broker a peace agreement. // There’s really nothing to show for that this morning. But there really are so many crises he's dealing with right now. You’ve got Afghanistan, you’ve got Iraq. // It’s hard to believe, I was just there two weeks ago, in Baghdad, covering that conflict there and it's only getting worse there, and now we're here today. //

international pressure: 국제사회의 압력

cease-fire: 휴전; 정전 (명령)

//cease fire! 사격 중지 

 ex> a call for an immediate ceacefire

 ex> Observers have reported serious violations of the ceacefire.

step up: ~을 증가시키다(강화하다); 단계적으로 증대하는

broker: (특히 국가 간의 협상을) 중개하다

 ex> a peace plan brokered by the UN

peace agreement: 평화 협정

deal with: ~을 다루다

cover: 특히 뉴스에서 ~을 다루다

conflict: (사람이나 국가들 사이의 이해관계로 인한) 갈등

getting worse: 악화되다

 The diplomats really only have so much bandwidth when they're dealing with things. They have to prioritize, but it’s very, very difficult right now with what’s going in the world. // Yeah, Martha. You look at the world right now, Pierre Thomas was talking to (the) Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday on this, and he says he's never seen a more dangerous time. // And, I think that’s right. And it’s exactly what I was talking about. You really can’t prioritize. There’s so much going on. // There’s so much potential for terrorists building up safe havens in various areas of the world. They really have to keep their eye on these things.

diplomat: 외교관

bandwidth: 임무 수행을 위해 필요한 시간/자금

//bandwidth: 주파수의 대역폭, 띠폭 (컴퓨터 네트워크나 인터넷이 특정 시간 내에 보낼 수 있는 정보량. 흔히 초당 비트로 측정됨)

 ex> I don’t have the bandwidth to take on another project.

 ex> Have the bandwidth to kick a ball if you want to be a soccer player.

prioritize [praɪ^|ɔ:rətaɪz;-^|ɑ:r-]: 우선순위를 매기다

 ex> You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and prioritize them.

Attorney General: 법무장관

dangerous time: 위험한 시기

go on: (일이) 일어나고 있는; (행사 따위가) 계속되고 있는

potential: 가능성; 잠재력

safe haven: 안전한 곳; 피난처

 ex> Time to begin your exit and find a safe haven.

keep an eye on: ~을 계속 지켜보다

 ex> We’ve asked the neighbours to keep an eye on the house for us while we are away.

Obama Requests Over $2B in Emergency Funds

Obama Requests Over $2B in Emergency Funds (Part 1)

The request is to help deal with the flood of children crossing the border from Central America.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/border-crisis-obama-requests-billion-emergency-funds-24463026?tab=9482931§ion=1206833

President Obama and that growing humanitarian crisis on our southern border. // (The) President heading to Texas this week and sending Congress a request for more than $2 billion in emergency funding to deal with the flood of children from Central America crossing into the United States. // ABC's Jon Karl covering that from the White House. And Jon, the President is taking heat from all sides on this issue. // Reporter: Oh, he sure is, George. And he’s just announced, the White House has just announced that the President is offering to meet with Governor Perry while he’s in Texas, because one of the strongest lines of criticism here is that President is going to Texas for political fund-raisers but is not going to be visiting the border. //

humanitarian: 인도주의적인, 인도주의의 emergency fund: 긴급 예산 deal with: (문제·과제 등을) 처리하다 (a) flood of: 물밀듯 밀려오는  ex> The book generated a flood of mail from alarmed readers. Central America: 중앙 아메리카 take heat from: (…에 대해) 비난[질책, 처벌]을 받다[for, about] ex> I’ll take the heat about that. all sides: 전면에서 political fund-raiser: (자선 단체・조직 등을 위한) 기금 모금 행사

Obama Requests Over $2B in Emergency Funds (Part 2)

(In the) Meantime, the President is holding off on asking Congress for new power to send those kids back more quickly. // Reporter: That’s right. That, the White House says that request will come, but this is going to be about money. And, George, I am told that this is going to be a request for well over $2 billion. // The White House saying it will be to beef up security and also to increase those legal proceedings to deport many of these children. // Yesterday the White House said most of the people that go through -- most of the kids that go through these proceedings will be deported back to their home countries. //

hold off on: =President Obama will wait before asking for a request (delay) ex> Can you hold off on making the official complaint? power: 권력, 권한 request: 요청 well over ~ : ~이 훨씬 넘는 beef up: =strengthen, 강화하다, 보강하다 ex> Security has been beefed up. Ex> They decided to beef up the war on crime. legal proceedings: =legal action 소송 절차 deport: (보통 범법자・불법 체류자를 국외로) 강제 추방하다

Catastrophic Flooding Hits the Midwest

Catastrophic Flooding Hits the Midwest (Part 1)

And we have a lot of breaking news to get to this morning and I know you’ll be talking about the massive flooding from the Midwest, all the way down to Texas.// It's a big story of the day. You know it is and I wanted to start because it is a serious one. Stationary front, and come with me because I'll show you what's happening here, has set up over the Northern Plains, parts of the Great Lakes.// And that's where we see training thunderstorms, we call it, they just ride along there. Rain after rain after rain. Minneapolis itself has had in 24 hours what you would get in six weeks of rain.// But this is also happening in Texas and that's where the stunning pictures begin this morning.//

the Midwest 미국 중서부

flooding 홍수

stationary front 정체 전선

 ex> A front extending east and west is stationary over the country.

 cf> seasonal rain front: 장마전선

set up 세우다, 자리 잡다 

the Great Lakes 오대호[the ~] 미국과 캐나다 국경의 5대호

ride (물, 공중에) 뜨다, (파도를) 타다

stunning 놀라운

 ex> He suffered a stunning defeat in the election.

// stun 기절, 실신시키다

Catastrophic Flooding Hits the Midwest (Part 2)

Rain, falling at three inches per hour in Texas, whipped by nearly seventy mile-per-hour winds. Floods, inducing mudslides in Minnesota.// A-hundred-yard chunk of hill, giving way at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, before crashing into the Mississippi River, forcing evacuations and prompting roads to close.// “Just a big mudslide coming down.” Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. This morning it's got a few more.// A state of emergency in 35 counties after four inches of rain fell just in Minneapolis on Thursday, the most ever recorded on a single day in June.//

whip 채찍질하다 

 ex> The waves were being whipped by 50 mile an hour winds.

 ex> Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.

induce 초래하다, 유도하다, 설득하다, 유도하다

mudslide 토사 유출, 산사태 때 걷잡을 수 없이 흘러내리는 진흙더미

chunk of hill 산등성이 일부 

give way 부러지다, 무너지다, 항복하다

 ex> The pillars gave way and a section of the roof collapsed.

prompt 촉발하다, 유도하다

state of emergency 비상 사태, 긴급 사태