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Hackers started getting jobs doing security. Next well hear from federal and local officials on some of the technologies that can be used to reduce and prevent wildfires across the country. They testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing this month. This is just under two hours. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Were here today to take a look at wildfire, to examine our wildFire Management program, the collaboration that is required to reduce risks firefig...

This episode traces the evolution of spacesuits beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage , carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange and airless world. To survive he must carry with , him a bit of his familiar environment. Buyer engin...

Context for todays Public Affairs issues. 1976,rs ago, on july 1, president gerald ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonians National air and space museum in washington dc. Leading up to the anniversary, reel america is showcasing a series of nasa films. Up next, science reporter suited for space. Half hour nasa tv program, one of 13 produced with m. I. T. And wgbh boston. This episode traces the development of spacesuits, beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support syst...

Can this get any more bizarre . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a place on the sand. Reporter there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. Its kind of a Little Paradise here. It is paradise. And it just gets better and better, we think. Reporter Anna Maria Island, where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of them. When you come across the bridge, its ...

Later this year. Two giant Chemical Companies dow and dupont are expected to merge. Combined, the new Dowdupont Company will be worth 130 billion. The Massive Company will spin off into three Smaller Companies one focused entirely on agriculture. Iowa leaders had hoped that company would be headquartered in johnston. Home of pioneer. Channel 13s Reid Chandler has been following this story and joins us now. Reid, today we learned johnston will not get the headquarters for this new ag company, but...

Layoffs. State leaders say once the dow dupont merger is complete, the company will still have a presence in iowa. 51 21 iowa was successful in all the company as to why iowa should be the location for this Global Business center for seed and biotechnology they hoped dowdupont would locate its Company Headquarters in johnston. Instead. They selected wilmington, delaware. Johnston will become home to the Companys Research and Development Branch thanks to millions of dollars in state and local tax...

In terms of favorable and unfavorable opinions same thing well see here in terms of the opinions of most hispanics tend to favor the democratic party, and you would think well game over. We dont need to discuss this any further. Well, not exactly. Because weve seen how different candidates have done very well in different races, and i have given just three, three hispanic republicans that have done well in their respective states. Actually Governor Martinez and sandoval are extremely popular in ...

To make it easier for young people like the ymca to move through the current permit process and open the doors to hundreds of young people and organizations. So despite the good points, there are gaps in the budget request. We should work to address these so we can do more to Work Together on recreational access, Small Businesses in my state that rely on recreation in our economy are confused about some of the priorities in the budget. For example, the Forest Service is proposing to cut road mai...

With us on this xxx morning. 3 3 once again highs will be in the mid 40s today, but we may see a slight chance for drizzle after noon that will get the ball rolling for what looks like a messy thanksgiving day. A wintry mix is the best way to describe thursday morning switching to all snow by mid day. Expect 12 of wintry precipitation. Look for temperatures to hang very near freezing through the end of the weekend, with another chance of a wintry mix sunday into monday. 3 3 3 theres a lot of ten...

Yesterdays massacre met their end in this neighborhood and that gun battle with police. What was revealed today seems to make it much more likely that attack was an act of terrorism. In great and stunning detail, Police Describe a picture of a heavily armed group of attackers, two of them backed up by an arsenal of pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammo, fully capable of launching a followon attack. Yet authorities, without more evidence, are still pointedly refusing to label it a terrorist ...