Not calm the situation in the capital of pas which is expecting more violence. And tear gas has been fired this morning in hong kong where prodemocracy demonstrators far back on the streets after some of the worst clashes in 5 months. And if you are anxious about flying well this pig is here to help meet lulu with the pig making air travel a bit less stressful or nervous for us. Brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning at this hour in New South Wales which includes the city of sydney residents of some 100000 homes near sydney are being urged to leave their homes. Well one local fire chief said conditions are so bad that when a fire takes hold quote were not going to stop it. I. Protect life. Protect property. And sure everybody is a safe as possible. These are the principles guiding austerities on australias east coast bracing themselves for the worst bushfires in the nations hi
Libyas former president a former almost takes a plane to mexico to go into exile but that has not calm the situation in the libyas capital of pas it is expecting more on rust. And sirens wailing in israel as towns come under rocket attack this follows israeli airstrike that killed the commander of a Palestinian Militant Group. And if you are anxious about flying well this pig is here to help lou the therapy paying making air travel less stressful for those nervous flops. Im brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters. Are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning in the states of queensland and New South Wales especially this stretch some 1000 kilometers along the east coast from president britain to sydney residents of about 100000 homes near sydney are doing their best at this hour to take shelter after authorities warned that it was too late for them to leave their homes. While a fire that erupted in sydneys northern suburb
Important challenge we have got in our lifetimes. It is always going to be the most important challenge. If we do not get this right, we have got nothing. It is education and it is climate. I have [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] we will break away at this pointer for live coverage of the u. S. House. Lawmakers are considering a handful of bills today, including one that doubles u. S. Customs area of operation in coastal waters. Live coverage of the u. S. House is here on cspan. The clerk h. R. 53433, a bill to amend the Small Business investment act of 1958, to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in Smaller Enterprises located in rural or lowincome areas and Small Businesses and Critical Technology areas and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr
Each of these massive movements of the earth there are lessons. Earthquakes in haiti and chile of nearly the same magnitude have caused massive differences in deaths and damages. Much of the differences are the direct results of efforts to establish standards and mitigation of earthquake hazards. In japan the Early Warning system allowed the japanese Transit System to shut down every train so not a single derailment occurred as a hult of the han shu quake. Today were here to remember those that lost their lives in the great alaskan quake. We have to remind ourselves we capital be complacent protecting against hazards and remind ourselves the advancement of science depends on vigilence. I would like to thank our witnesses for being here today. I like to hear their thoughts and what we know about advances in earthquake science over the last 50 years. Over the last 50 years. I would now like to recognize the Ranking Member. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to thank our distinguished
Thank you, secretary kerry. And, of course, our gracious hosts today and over the next couple of days. I wish to acknowledge your contribution this morning. Thank you very much for that very inspiring statement. Excellencies, friends of the ocean, ladies and gentlemen, let me begin by greeting you, bringing the greetings from the people of my country young, old and on whose behalf im very honored to be here to address this conference. In my country we usually begin by conferring blessings on each other, so let me do so to each and every one of you this morning. [speaking in native tongue] it is an honor, indeed, and a great pleasure for me to be a part of this summit. Let me begin at the outset by expressing my deep gratitude and appreciation and, of course, our congratulations to our host, secretary of state john kerry, and through you, to the government and the people of the United States, for this timely initiative and for the invitation to attend the summit. On an urgent issue focu