Weve got a yellow alert on our hands tonight and another on the way. Im derek mcginty. Luckily the os didnt get rained out, but your weekend plans could be a little damp. Light showers in parts of the metro, but another band of showers entering West Virginia and extreme western virginia. That will roll through overnight into tomorrow morning. We had to ex 10 the extend the yellow alert at least through saturday morning. All this is light activity. Showers out 97 and on the west side of 270 in western Montgomery County not far from poolesville. See the yellows along gaithersburg and i7 at 8 00 in the morning tomorrow. Some of the soccer games could be in jeopardy, temps in the 50s across the board. By 10 00 light showers, but the heavy activity is gone, not a bright day. By 11 00 we still have showers from gaithersburg to d. C. Back to manassas, leesburg down to treadburg. Well come back, take forecast through to fredericksburg. Well come back, take futurecast through to sunday afternoo
I the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman wished to recognized. Mr. Moonyie when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 2 30 p. M. Tomorrow. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Under the speakers announced policy of january 6, 2015, the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Buyer, for 30 minutes. Mr. Buyer thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Beyer i recognize the accomplishments of mr. Albert miller who passed away on sunday, may 10. He was a wellknown political and Community Leader in the city of Alexandria One of his crowning achievements was his work with the alexander redevelopment and Housing Authority protecting and expanding Affordable Housing across the city. He was a civil rights advocate, mentor, and beloved father. He was also a character, kind interested, ever present, honest hardworking, inspirational, and above all witty. Mel was the person you wanted to spend time with. He grew up in new jersey but his heart belonged to raleigh,
Also coming up this hour, in the competitive world of South African wine, one vineyard is hoping to give its grapes the edge by the having them listen to classical music. It is backtoschool for millions around the world. There is still no date for the start of classes for palestinian children caught in the fighting in gaza. In france, there has been a major shakeup in the government. The president has asked his Prime Minister to present a new cabinet as of tomorrow. This comes after a very open feud within the cabinet over the countrys stagnant economy. Financey had a french minister so openly criticized his governments economic policies. Here are the words that sparked the anger of the president and french Prime Minister sunday. There it is obstinacy in pursuing policies to reduce the deficit. It is urgent to be intelligent enough to stop this. His statement showed provisions in the ruling party with dozens of selfproclaimed rebellious members of part thank you parliament are pushing
Attorney, im not talking as a politician. Im talking about being a human being whos been on the front lines. Ive been to sinjar mountain. Ive met the girls that have been kidnapped and raped by isis. And im telling you that we need to give them seeds of hope. Seeds of hope to know that they can live and thrive in their home. Im here because i promised these people, my friends across the world, that i would be their voices today. Hear their narratives. Im here today because of a woman i met. She was in mosul in home at night and out of nowhere, isis came in and said you have two choices. You either convert to islam, or you pay the gizziah. She gave them the money and said give me one minute because my daughter is in the bathroom taking a shower, im just going to get her out. They said, you dont have one second. They took a torch, they lit the house, starting from the bathroom where she was taking a shower. She picked up her daughter rita, and she thought she could take her to the hospit
Failing at that time and they were two of the major architects. And i know they give credit to many others, but two of the major architects of the surge which turned out to be a great sacrifice of american blood and treasure, a success. The black flags of isil are now flying over yet another major iraqi city, ramadi, the capital of iraqs Anbar Province. And reports overnight suggest that isil controls the syrian city of palmyra as well. This hearing does not is not about the fall of any one city as important as those losses are, but rather what its revealed about the limitations of an overly constrained american air campaign. The weaknesses of iraqi forces the growing maligned role of iran, and the ineffectiveness and inadequacy of u. S. Military support for iraqi and syrian partners. But most concerning it highlights the shortcomings of the administrations indecisive policy, inadequate commitment, and incoherent strategy. This misguided approach has failed to stop if not foster the ex