Recommendations for the next pandemic. Several members also pay tribute to representative john lewis who sat on the house ways and Means Committee. Appreciate everybody joining us today. This is a terrific turnout, considering all of the activity and turmoil going on around us. Many of us are back in washington today. We are holding this committee virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This authority allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families, and the Broader Community safe. We have all started to become familiar with navigating this technology, i do want to remind members of a few procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members and witnesses must have thei
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coast with severe weather and disrupting early holiday travel. this system traveling north with heavy rain, severe wind and flash flooding. over 60 million americans are under flood watch s tonight. welcome to a new hour of fox news live i am arthel neville. eric: hello everyone thank you for joining us i m eric shawn. the storm is dumping several inches of rain in florida. right now it is marching north along the i-95 corridor. a live look look at myrtle beach, south carolina and that is where some power outages have already been reported. christmas travel begins this week and this a monster snowstorm is threatening plans, thousands of flights to and from the east coast they have been delayed it. those headaches could linger over the next two days but fox weather meteorologist tracking it all for us. eric hey eric it is an inconvenient time for such an impactful storm. it affected florida yesterday but see low pressure system worked over the peninsula now bringing a good
A couple of games to tell you about this evening. Sheffield united top of the championship table after beating Burton Albion 3 1. They are now one point ahead of wilts in second place. Preston drew zero 00 with second place. Preston drew zero 0 0 with bolton. 0n the cricket now and englands women have lost their series against australia with the hosts having an unassailable lead in the multiformat series and have regained the famous trekking with two games to the despair. England knew it was win or bust for the ashes hopes, not the moment for one of the most chaotic start you will see. Second ball, Heather Knight was caught behind or was she . The catch seemingly taken in front of the stumps. She was then out again. Confused . England were as they disintegrated, 16 11 and the ashes surely as good as over. But then a recovery thanks to australian butterfingers and a battling half ce ntu ry butterfingers and a battling half century from danni wyatt. 132 at least gave them a chance but it
But the Hurricane Force winds have been battering the eastern seaboard for hours. Those winds extend out 175 miles from the center of the storm. Those winds are pushing the Atlantic Ocean up and over many coastlines. From rhode island, south to the jersey shore. Coastal flooding is a significant risk thanks to the storm surge, potentially reaching 11 feet in new york harbor. Battery park on the tip of manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation, as waves already have topped the sea wall. Low lying areas are at substantial risk of flood waters, including the wall street area, especially if the worst of the surge hits during high tide tonight, at 9pm eastern time. That threat of flooding was one reason u. S. Stock markets were closed today, the first un scheduled shutdown since the september 11 attacks 11 years ago. And there will be no stock trading tomorrow either. Susie gharib has more on the historic market closure from new york. Susie it was supposed to be a busy monday on wall street