We can and hold these families in our prayers. Thank you. Back live now on capitol hill where the House Appropriations committee is returning from its lunch break. They continue work on 2021 a spending bill. Live coverage here on cspan2. Mistaken at the best of times. They are unconscionable in the midst of a pandemic. I want to remind my colleagues that foodstamp spending is a powerful anti recession tool and has previously been estimated that for each dollar spent from benefits a dollar 70 is generated in economic activity. Let me say thank you again to chairman bishop, Ranking Member and their leadership and other areas of the bill. Their strong investments to ensure the continued availability and safety of the nation food supply as well as language designed to protect the health and safety of workers in our meatpacking plants and our poultry plants as well as the farmworkers who are out in the field every single day. I thank you very, very much that all of the attention youve paid
Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at talks on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics south koreas leader is invited to visit the north. And Northern Syria turkish Helicopter Shot down as anchor his offensive against Kurdish Forces continues and breaking barriers in sri lanka a Record Number of Women Campaign to be elected. And the downing of an israeli fighter jet by Syrian Forces has raised tensions across the region the israeli f. Sixteen was on a mission inside syria targeting what israel says are iranian bases there the planes wreckage in the pilots land it in israeli territory so this all began when israel says it spotted an iranian drone flying into its airspace and perceptive it israel says the drone the originator that it is from syria it responded with a major air raid in syrian territory with its air force targeting alleged iranian bases israeli jets then came under syrian antiaircraft fire and thats when that f. Sixteen was hit. Israel then launched a seco
Investigating a possible ring of package thieves targeting homes on the east side. As Christina Palladino reports, one homeowner is frustrated with the recent spike in crime. Home Surveillance Video shows a man with a hoodie hiding his face, pick up a package on the front porch, shake it a few times and then put it back , before taking off. Homeowner Michael Mccoy says hes frustrated with how often this keeps happening. I think we should have the right to send packages and occasionally leave our cars unlocked. Mccoy was getting the package picked up by usps today. A neighbor also had a package stolen the other day. With the holidays coming up, more neighbors here ar cone packages stolen. Thats why many have their home Surveillance Systems rolling. But mccoy says crime in his east side neighborhood near uwm has been worst lately. His car was recently ransacked and several homes have been broken into. Mccoy is not happy with the response from city leaders. We have a neighborhood watch, i
Reporter just weeks into the fall football season, mattheus is now the sixth player to die. Although its not yet confirmed his death is football related. Since 2005, the deaths of 36 High School Football players have been attributed to on field injuries. Two weeks ago, 17yearold kenny bui died days after sustaining a head injury in a game in seattle. An autopsy concluded he died of blunt force trauma. Catastrophic head injuries occur much more frequently at the high school level. One theory why few high schools have the sideline medical staff that college and pro teams do. Theyre still not getting the same medical care that the average College Player is getting. Reporter with two more months of High School Football, to play, the concern the likelihood there will only be more injured. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. Sad trend continuing there. Oscar pistorius set to be released o parole from a prison the track star will have served one year of what was a fiveyear sentence for killing
Up to cold temperatures. Some along the great lakesing are still shoveling out from as much as 9 inches of snow. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october from abc news, this is world news now. We say hello to you. Were going to get started with the latest wave of violence creating more instability in the middle east. Palestinian and Israeli Forces clashed in the west bank yesterday. Troops responding to stone throwing protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. And the violence took a deadly turn in southern israel. Abcs Alex Marquardt has the latest. Reporter gunfire at a bus station in southern israel. An armed palestinian killing one israeli soldier and wounding almost a dozen others before being shot and killed. A foreign bystander was shot, brutally beaten and reportedly died of his wounds. Its the latest in two weeks of lone wolf attacks and growing clashes which israel accuses palestinian leaders of inciting. This has become a daily theme, almost, in the west b