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[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. N, this morning we will be considering the nomination of dr. Monica bertagnolli to serve as director of the u. S. National institutes of health. And let me begin by welcoming dr. Bertagnolli to our committee. Committee. We look forward to hearing t frm you, and we thank you for being here today and i see you brought along a fellow wyoming or i hate. We welco...

[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as we...

[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as we...

[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as we...

This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. A live picture of the u. S. Capitol where the hughes of representative where the house of representatives remains in recess with efforts to find a new speaker. The latest is jim jordan is planning what would be a third shot to take the gavel plans to go to the house floor to get the votes and win the race and in particular he wants to speak with the 20 people who voted against him. House republican has been gathered behind closed doors ...

[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as we...

Announcer washington journal continues. President mike pence on your screen and now, a live shot of him making his way off the helicopter for the vice president. He will be traveling to the hurricane area with his wife to view the damage from the Tropical Storm down in that area. Members of met by the president s cabinet including the energy secretary, rick perry, who was also there at the airport. Transportation secretary also as well as others. He is making his way down to the area impacted by...

Ourl then, more of conversation on this mornings washington journal with Michael Brown. It is because officials have asked him for that. In the Disaster Relief chain of governors, police chiefs, and other local authorities have run the show in recent years. Fema and the military standby to provide every single disaster, whether it is 9 11, whether it was the alfred p morrow bombing whether it wasy, the hurricanes in 2004, or Hurricane Katrina or Tropical Storm harvey, every action begins and end...

Puerto rico dont even have power. Irma has winds at 100 85a185 Miles Per Hour. It will continue to be that fast as it heads towards florida. One concern throughout the morning are the winds. The storm surge will go to the lower levels. We know homes and streets will be flooded. People think about the high rises and you are safe. When you have 185 mile winds, your windows crack. Right. I have friends that are just leaving. They live there and they are evacuating. They just self evacuated. There w...

Where it points it right now. This is the big concern. Very andrewesque. This whole tip of florida, its lowlying stuff. Its extremely lowlying. And well inland, too. Were looking at storm surges over 10 feet. It would be a bigger storm surge except the storm is moving rapidly and that right front quadrant is out of the strike zone or looks like it will be. If you look at all the various model solutions, everybody is saying, yes, something similar to this. Im hoping and most forecasters are hopin...