Understanding that we are doing our kids and grandchildren a great disservice if we dont own up to the infrastructure problems we have right now and we work with the governors around the country to move forward on this issue. So mr. Chairman thank you very much. Snack thank you senator. Let me make this comment. We are very proud to have all of you here. We had some al masai think so the full panel was not here but i appreciate very much your coming. Its important i believe when i look at this politically is going to be necessary to have a lot of pressure a lot of pressure from the states in order to get the support necessary to get this through. Its going to be heavy lifting. We know you guys are available and are able to do that. Lets start with opening statements. Thank you sir and good morning everyone. Its a pleasure for me to be with you senator inhofe and senator boxer and i appreciate senator sessions great introduction of may a good friend of my appreciate all the members of t
And local governments have the tools they need. This is a very important topic. We learn a lot when we got involved with Hurricane Center recovery and we are taking the larynx that we derive from that and trying to build into more of our programs routine resilient construction. For instance we found that stoplights needed to be waged in the ground deeper to be more resilient. And when that local leaders in my state are working hard to address whether its new york city or projects to improve sidewalks and crosswalks in upstate new york. Yielding pedestrian infrastructure and how we design our streets safe slice. As this Committee Works to revise map21 we should invest in critical safety programs that protect the safety of pedestrians including the children and the elderly and people with disabilities. What would be the implications of failing to adequately address the safety at the federal level . Its an incredibly important question senator. Between 2009 and 2013 and actually saw an up
Numbers say two things about what is contrary to what some people thought were the conventional wisdom. One was that the need for and the demand for spectrum was not as great and we hear that often. We hear people say that there is no spectrum crisis and i think the value of what is being given suggested there is a tremendous need for this spectrum and then the other piece of conventional wisdom that i think is interesting to at least think about as we heard a lot about how certain spectrum is more valuable than others and it has to do with lower frequency spectrums and higher frequency spectrum is an honestly there are circumstances where that is true. But in terms of the value of the spectrum, at least superficially it suggests that this higher frequency spectrum is yielding much higher dividends than the last time the fcc auction off their spectrums. And so that does show that we shouldnt write off frequency and frequently higher broadband. Host is there any competition in the mobil
70 years. The body count is rising as desperate typhoon survivors cling to hope of aid and rescue. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. The death toll is above 2300 the the union warns it will spike. The red cross is preparing to send 1500 body bags to the region. The first mass burial took place outside tacloban without ceremony. 40,000 people in tacloban got water, rice, canned goods and victims. Each ration is enough to feed a family for 23 days. Another shipment is expected today. The u. S. S. George washington is arriving today, carrying 5,000 sailors to aid in the rescue and relief efforts of the the arriving of the Aircraft Carrier will trip the the number of helicopters. Theyll help to deliver hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. In a town in northern cebu one person was killed in the storm. It suffered significant damage. Officials say requests for aid have gone unanswered. Al jazeeras correspondent is on the island in northern cebu with this report. Many peop
Us, help cant come quick enough for those still struggling to survive. Reporter the filipino military struggled to keep order at taclobans airport. 800,000 people were evacuated in advance of the typhoon. And many of those who remane are now trying to get out. Everything is gone. Our houses. Everything theres nothing to eat. Theres nothing to drink. The typhoon damaged or destraited an estimated 223,000 homes displacing 600,000 people. Many of the dead remane unburied remain unburied. This woman says rescuers have not come back in days and asks why havent they returned to recover bodies . Severe food and water shortages are adding to the crisis. Aide organizations like the aid organizes like the red cross are again organizations like the red cross are beginning to arrive. And more u. S. Military help is coming. Were going to go as fast as we possibly can and get there as soon as we can to help people in need. Reporter the George Washington strike group is on its way from hong kong. And