From the snow there may be some icy spots. Generally a quiet day and a warm one. Go have clouds to start off the morning but look where were headed to thank. A little bit of sunshine, its dry, 58 for d. C. Near 60 as you head farther south. Its going to be beautiful. Well talk about the rain with howard coming up but first g morning, larry. Good morning. I want to let you know things so far so good on the beltway. A lot of earlier accidents have wrapped up. We are talking about one on the bw parkway. Thats where we find sky 9 right now at riverdale road giving us a look at an accident closing the shoulder this morning. Ill try to get more information about this accident per say but we understand it could cause some delays so be mindful if youre going to be heading out in that area. Traveling from 66 toward the beltway, youre looking at looks like east compton road. No problems this morning eastbound lanes free and clear of any problems. Westbound lanes also free and clear as well. As w
Despite the fact that americans are more and more conscious about their weight, despite the fact that we have more and more socalled low fat foods and sugar substitutes, obesity is increasing constantly in the united states. I think its fair to say we have an epidemic of obesity in the united states. Today there are more than 100 million americans who are either overweight or obese. This is a disease and a condition which causes a whole host of important medical complications, so i think we have a very Serious Public Health problem on our hands that we need to address as a nation. Narrator poor food choices, combined with increasingly sedentary lifestyles, are blamed for the dramatic increase in obesity over the last several decades. Close to 35 of women and 31 of men over the age of 20 are now considered obese. Ralph cygan obesity is defined by excess body fat. A normal body fat for a male is somewhere in the 20 range. For a woman its 25 to 30 range. Unfortately its not easy to measur
Despite the fact that americans are more and more conscious about their weight, despite the fact that we have more and more socalled low fat foods and sugar substitutes, obesity is increasing constantly in the united states. I think its fair to say we have an epidemic of obesity in the united states. Today there are more than 100 million americans who are either overweight or obese. This is a disease and a condition which causes a whole host of important medical complications, so i think we have a very Serious Public Health problem on our hands that we need to address as a nation. Narrator poor food choices, combined with increasingly sedentary lifestyles, are blamed for the dramatic increase in obesity over the last several decades. Close to 35 of women and 31 of men over the age of 20 are now considered obese. Ralph cygan obesity is defined by excess body fat. A normal body fat for a male is somewhere in the 20 range. For a woman its 25 to 30 range. Unfortunately its not easy to meas
Prevent outbursts or clapping or demonstrations of any kind during these hearings. There was so much interest in todays hearings that we had to expand opportunity for the audience in an adjoining room. The overflow room is 226 of the dirksen building. I will make opening remarks and give Ranking Member cruz the same opportunity and then welcome our first witness. We are here to discuss a critically important issue, maybe a very basic question. We venerate in this country are committed to the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of those who live in america. We also guaranteed under our bill of rights the right to bear arms. Can we make these two consistent . Can we protect a persons right to own a firearm and still say to the rest of america we also need to protect your light youre right to life, peace, freedom from violence from those same firearms . According to the centers for disease control, more than 11,000 americans 11,000 are murdered by guns each year. That is more each
Do you agree that there may be mothers who need more than six . We need to be respectful of peoples right to defend themselves the point is that i can envision a situation where, like in atlanta, someone broke into her home and she shot the guy 5 or 6 times and he was still able to get up and out the door. I dont think criminals will be limited by any capacity magazine size law, and if you start restricting the amount of the tenshot limit in some circumstances, that may disadvantage lawabiding citizens and not do much to the criminal. On the number of people are prosecuted, how many people a year failed a background check . I believe in 2012 it was 80,000. How many were false positives . A small percentage. I am not certain. When you say false positives, what do you mean . You are entitled to a gun but the system kicks you out. Do you know the percentages . It is a small, but i cannot give you a specific figure. Do you believe that the best way to discourage criminal conduct is to make