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On Sept. 24, the Bridge initiative for Science and Technology Policy, Leadership, and Communications hosted a virtual kick-off meeting for their new science and technology policy study on carbon dioxide removal. President Gee welcomed the group of more than two dozen faculty and staff members with expertise in CDR and related areas from Chambers, Davis, Eberly, and Statler Colleges, the Law School, the Energy Institute and the Extension Services.

New WVU Bridge Initiative aims to address most pressing water issues In 2014, around 10,000 gallons of a coal-washing chemical called MCHM spilled into the Elk River near Charleston, affecting 30,000 residents in nine counties. Two years later, floods ravaged central and southeastern West Virginia, claiming 23 lives. These incidents and others, including human-caused disasters, flooding, deteriorating infrastructure and climate change, are all tied to one essence of life: water. Now a coalition...

And i think the consequences are going to be literally in the hundreds of millions of dollars. >> wow. all right. >> absolutely -- fred thats wrong. its not. its going to be -- >> thats not wrong. >> you sign a release, and its over fred. its over. once you sign that release. >> german law does not trump an international treaty richard. >> all right. we shall see. >> i disagree. >> well surprise there. all right. richard, avery, thank you so much. mahalo. appreciate it. enjoy honolulu. and cleve...

Being held just north of geneva. lets go live to cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott who is at the talks in switzerland. its crunch time but what are the hangups? >> reporter: well, fred there was a lot of optimism coming into these talks when they started on thursday but its getting down to the wire ahead of that tuesday deadline for a political framework and im being told by diplomats here at the talks that iran is really playing hardball particularly on some key issues such as the p...

Well in that house with his brother, as well. people who knew him. people at this airline. theyre trying to piece together exactly what might have been missed also in the many medical evaluations that he had to go through to be a pilot, and to remain a pilot, fredricka. >> all right, fred pleitgen thank you so much. appreciate that. lets take a closer look now at some of the latest information that were hearing. mitchell garber is a former ntsb medical officer, and senior managing consultant for...

Lives lost. cnns karl penhaul -- actually fred pleitgen first on the latest of what is being reported. we know fred -- sorry about that. we know that in a german newspaper there are reports about a conversation with a former girl friend as it relates to the co pilot. and then of course we know prosecutor have said there have been doctors notes located that said he was unfit to work. so to you now, fred. what is the latest on the investigation of what investigators are trying to piece together? a...

While this deal is in effect. again, the international community is saying you need to comply with your international obligations and then well talk about that research fred. >> and is tuesday still the deadline or is there some wiggle room here? >> reporter: i think theres a little bit of wiggle room, there could be a day or two but the march 31st deadline is important really to the united states and iran. for iran the iranian foreign minister wants to go back to the iranian people and say ther...

Fred pleitgen thank you so much. giving us more to chat with our panel now. so lets bring them back. david souzy and les abend, havent had a chance to get back to you. i wonder dave just listening to what fred was saying, if the airline is saying look we didnt know anything about his condition, we hadnt received any notes as of recent. what is the obligation of the medical community in which to report this kind of information, particularly -- we know in the u.s. youve got hppa laws and that prev...

In iran are put in their box a little bit, fred. >> elise labott thank you so much. appreciate it. amanda knox says shes glad to have her life back now now that her eight-year legal battle is over. italys supreme court overturned her murder conviction clearing her in the death of her college roommate. in 2007 knox was studying abroad in italy when police found her roommate meredith kercher slashed at the throat. knox and her boyfriend, rafael sollecito initially spent four years in italian pri...

Treaty that will assign liability to lufthansa, a base amount of money, and because lubitz was an employee the sky is going to be the limit when it comes to the obligation of the carrier to these 149 families. >> gosh. but richard, clearly, lufthansa you know germanwings, will try to lay the case out that they are not negligent. what would they have to say or do to remove themselves from responsibility here? >> how about this fred. even if they are found to be negligent, under german law, cases ...