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The security implications of extending the Nuclear Agreement with china. Federal investigators say that the amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia on tuesday night killing at least seven people was traveling at 106 Miles Per Hour before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 miles an hour. More than 200 people aboard the washingtontonew york train were injured in the wreck. Lawmakers gave their reaction during hearings and on the house and senate floors. Wer...

What im going to do is flip that question and ask each of you to give us an idea or two about some things that dont work. And that we really shouldnt do that. What are some things you think that dont work . Especially in the day and age we had all the money in the world. We dont. We have a lot of debt and were going to get in more. What are some things we ought not do, you dont think they work. Theyre not worth the money . Mr. Hollis . Good question, sir. Im full of them. Thats my best one today...

Of the future. Weve adopted that as a way forward. We interact quite a bit with leadership and Law Enforcement, and the stone Garden Program that Congress Gave us several years back after the department was created is a very useful tool for us and is very well thought of by state and local. Could you give me your assessment of Border Security in the indian reservation, for example. I dont want to single those out. With the reservation compared to others, areas on the northern border, would you s...

In, i believe, five in between 2005 and 2008 and that certainly assisted Border Patrol in expeditiously constructioning hundreds of miles of fence along the southwest border. There were legal challenges brought to halt certain border projects. But when dhs would show Waiver Authority, the courts would dismiss those challenges. I will note it is not absolute. Besides the constitutional limitations, you cannot waive the constitution. Another thing is that it refers specifically to the construction...

Accidental hazard material and chemical terrorist attack is the necessity of working with federal, state and local Law Enforcement agencies to preserve evidence and maintain seen security for the criminal investigation. A little bit more complex situation might involve an Infectious Disease such as smallpox and in that event, the Public Health community would play a larger role in working with us to manage that incident. It would be important to track down who was exposed to the disease and who ...

He flew some 100 miles through some of the nations most highly restricted airspace all the way to the United States capitol. But how . Take a look. That is 61yearold doug hughes, a mailman from florida, flying right past the white house before his gyrocopter ultimately landed. His plans were no secret. He posted them on his website and emailed those to several news organizations including us. It. Reporter montgomery says he got his first call from hughes a year ago. The 61yearold mail carrier to...

Celebration down on the mall. Huge for the big concert down there. Great weather for us today. Well still have a nice day, but it will just be a big drop in temperatures. Closer to where we should be this time of year and cooler than average in most of the area. Lets get it started with the weather cam. Were waking up to temperatures that are very similar to what we had yesterday at this time, but were not going to see that dramatic rise in temperatures that we had yesterday. Filtered sunshine, ...

Captioning performed by vitac forward to hearing first from sloan gibson. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairman isakson Ranking Member blumenthal and the committee, were committed to making the Choice Program work and to providing veterans timely and geographically accessible care, using care in the community whenever necessary. Ill talk shortly about what were doing and the help that we need from congress to make all of that happen. First, i want to talk very briefly about access to care. Most morn...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome. Thank you for coming. Todays briefing is about the Internet Committee titled Circuit Court decision on fcc open internet roles is it random or is it a law. Such short notice the decision came on tuesday. Weve been awaiting it and wanted to do a briefing as close to the decision as possible. This is the congressional internet caucus advisory committee. We take no position on legislatio...

Health and Human Services released its first land for Tobacco Control. This plan provides a framework to rejuvenate efforts to end the epidemic. Now todays Surgeon Generals report underscores the essential commitment initially outlined in that plan, and include high impact pass media campaigns and increased efforts to prevent kids from being embargoed by images of smoking in the movies, fully funded, comprehensives statewide Tobacco Control programs at cdc recommended levels, higher prices on ci...