Lead. A journalist weighed in on the challenges that arab and middle eastern female journalists face while reporting on stories in their countries. Watch tonight at 8 30 eastern on cspan2 and enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. Next, a hearing on School Safety and gun violence. A house subcommittee and security officials. The parent of a skunt stild in the parkland, Florida High School student and lauren hogg cofounder of march for our lives. This is an hour and 50 minutes. The subcommittee is engaging the communitys respective on School Security. Good morning and thank you to everyone who is here today. The Sub Committee is meeting to discuss perspectives on School Safety and how the federal government can better support local stake holders in making our children safer. I want to thank the witnesses for participating in todays hearing. First we have miss lauren hogg and mr. Max schacter testimonies are ones the marine public needs to hear and ones that members of cong
Today who are not members of the committee that they be recognized for three minutes to ask questions after Committee Members have asked theirs and note only Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. First of all, thank you, everyone, for being here this morning. Its an honor for those of us that are not from chicago to be here here. Im anna eschew and this is the midwestern part of my family and its an honor to be here with my colleagues on a very serious issue and this is the first energy and Commerce Committee hearing of the gun violence epidemic in our country as a Public Health issue. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to recognize first the members of the committee who represent the parts of chicago and the region starting with congressman bobby rush whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for
Being done to hold still accountable as the victims of war crimes still await justice. Hello we begin with a developing story out of the u. S. State of texas at least 20 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a Shopping Center in El Paso Police have arrested a 21 year old white male lets go straight to alan fischer whos been more ensuring the developments on this for us from washington d. C. So alan they just gave a News Conference in texas there with the governor in which they updated with more information well what did we hear. Well confirmation in the last few minutes from Texas Governor greg abbott 20 people were killed in this incident and there are 26 people who have been wounded 9 of them are in a Critical Condition a number undergoing emergency surgery at the moment and they also face further surgery in the days ahead it was a normal saturday morning in the border town of el paso people were out shopping its the time when families start thinking of sending their
U. C. D. Refugee camp and ill tell you whats being done to hold isolate countable as the victims of war crimes still of a justice. Welcome to the Program Police in the u. S. State of texas have arrested a 21 year old white man suspected of killing at least 20 people the gunman opened fire at a Shopping Complex in the city of el paso a town on the border with mexico person donald trump has called the shooting an act of cowardice is the deadliest mass shooting in the u. S. This year and as alan fischer reports. Heavily armed Police Moving through a Shopping Center in texas after reports of an active shooter in other parts of the mall in el paso shoppers were held in place while people try to work out what was going on. You know where you are they cant give you the. Right you dont have. You there are not there then there was what has become common in america lines of people being led from the scene of another mass shooting on on a day that would have been a normal day for someone to leisu
Russia as hundreds of detained during demonstrations against the removal of opposition candidates in moscows local elections and. Were on the road with argentinas delivery workers whove got plenty of jobs but no security. Welcome to the Program Police in the u. S. State of texas have arrested a 21 year old white man suspected of killing at least 20 people the gunman opened fire at a Shopping Complex in the city of el paso on the border with mexico President Donald Trump as call the shooting an act of cowardice its the deadliest mass shooting in the u. S. This year and is the 13th this week as alan fischer reports. Heavily armed Police Moving through a Shopping Center in texas after reports of an active shooter in other parts of the mall in el paso. Shoppers were held in place while people tried to walk out what was going on. You know for your holiday in their own heart you know i wouldnt have you there but it got there then there was what has become common in america lines of people be