And that is the involvement of Security Experts in development of the Design Excellence program. I know there were some who were on the commission to develop it. But ms. Munaz and mr. Green, if you could address the actual input of the Security Experts into the program and setting standards in the program, and whether theres an ongoing effort to keep the Security Experts involved. Beyond what the state department comes up with on its own. One of the criticisms that has happened has been that the state department has underestimated the security needs and the security threats. And i want to make sure as we move forward and build these embassies that security considerations are part of that ongoing process of assessment. So if you could sort of address that, starting from who was on the initial commission and whether that involvement and security continues and mr. Green, if you could gives your assessment as a security expert yourself. Im not really a security expert. You led the committe
Good evening, im ken wayne and im heather holmes. Fires across the area, damaging businesses kristina updates on the investigation. Reporter a string of fires lit up the sky in alameda early sunday, sending bay area firefighters racing from one scene to the next on the trail of a couple of fire bugs. This man watched his dry cleaning business of 30 years go up in flames. Its one of eight sites set ablaze in the city in a matter of hours. I always think of alameda at being real request safe and quiet, last night, apparently, it wasnt, eight fires within a few hours and its startling. Reporter an Arson Task Force is assessing the damage among it, melted garbage cans in burnt homes. I never thought it would happen to me. Reporter francisco, thankful to have his family by him after a scary night. I looked around for my kids. They are all okay. Reporter alamedas fire chief credits newual aid for their help and said its no doubt the fires were suspicious. There were so many fires, relatively
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[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming this morning. My name is kenneth feinberg, and ive been assigned the task of designing and administering the gm ignition compensation claims resolution protocol, the gm ignition switch compensation program. I want to spend a few minutes this morning, a, an overview of the program, how we got where we are. Secondly, i want to summarize the Eligibility Criteria for claimants who can file a claim. There are and third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the ram. Under the program. We started drafting this protocol about two months ago at, initially, gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this ram. In this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program. Theyre funding it, and theyre funding it without any cap on
President trump if he had any big plans for his last thanksgiving in the white house President Trump responded by saying that this may not be his last thanksgiving in the white house and then another reporter asked the president when he will concede or if he would concede after the Electoral College voted for joe biden and President Trump said that if the Electoral College does vote for joe biden, that it would be a mistake, but he did say that he would leave the white house on january 20th if that does indeed happen but President Trump also noted that he has a lot to do between now and then. One day after pardoning two turkeys. I hereby grant you a full pardon. President trump ardents former National Security advisor michael flynn. The retired Lieutenant General said this thanksgiving hes grateful for President Trumps full pardon. In a Statement Released thursday afternoon, he wrote never again should any family or individual be so viciously targeted, aligned, smeared, and threaten th