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Welcome to newsroom international. Were taking you around the world in 60 minutes. Were beginning with breaking news. An explosion on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico just set off a major fire. Two workers are now missing. Want to bring in chad myers with the latest on what we know about this. Any details . Literally things just coming in here. It was a production platform. It was not a drilling rig. It was in shallow water. It was not deep water. They were not drilling. There was not a blo...

Welcome this week in defense news. Im vago muradian. Imagine an infrared camera on your smart phone that allows you to see in the dark. We will get a sneak peek from the company that is developing the technology. A program that honors veterans at the twilight of their lives. But first, a special treat as we approach black friday and the start of the Holiday Shopping season. Military times scout editor rob curtis joins us in the studio to share his top picks for your holiday trooper this season. ...

The presiding officer the majority leader is recognized. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Reid mr. President , this morning i came to the senate floor and talked about its groundhog year. Not groundhog day. What is going on here today is an example of what has been going on with the republicandriven direction of this congress for several years. What are we doing here today . Nothing. Nothing. Under the...

Contributing to this nation. I ask my colleagues to consider h. R. 592 and how we can make it better. So that it can go forward and help the places of worship, i thank you and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. I wish to yield four minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Smith. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Smith i thank the gentleman for yielding, i thank the gentlelady for her strong and passionate remar...

No problem with that. We think those are a lot of good uses for drones in those areas. There might be particular rules that need to be worked out around if a drone is being used to search for somebody and it happens to fly over private peoples houses and the backyard we think there should be rules that govern how those are handled and the sharing of them so people whose houses happened to be flown over the privacy that is dated but were focused on that surveillance, watching everybody all the ti...

Committee, i appreciate the opportunity to discuss Va Mental Health care, and i certainly want to acknowledge the loss and the courage of these family membe members, ensuring that this wasnt in vain, and i struggle with the severity of the stories. As an infantryman who lost so many in the iraq war and injured and struggled with the loss of suicide from chronic pain and other injuries, i just thank you all for being here. My experience with the Va Health Care system began in 2008. Sorry. Its oka...

Part of what i do through the ministry im in is providing support groups through the chaplains channels. So ideal with this very closely on both sides. Medication is no longer being used as a tool to subdue the symptoms while we work on the deeper issues. No. What does the va do . The va specifically utilizes medication to control it and keep them, suppress the symptoms without working on the deeper issues. Thank you. Please. Brian was never put on any medication. Only for his back when he had t...

The second person, john tylers second wife, but at least during the time, even though she did not come to the white house, she did use her influence to get appointments for her nephews and sons and grandsons, so she would have been political in that way but not the way he would think the second person, john tylers second wife, but at least during the time, even though she did not come to the white house, she did use her influence to get appointments for her nephews and sons and grandsons, so she...

Hope we can all do. Not only improving that helped but also educating the country to know that there is treatment for that and they can be great contributors to society and the workplace. We thank you very much for those thoughts. We leave it up to you to connect those dots and help others as well. [applause] friday he attends ceremonies in normandy, marking the 70th anniversary of the dday invasion of world war ii. Russian president Vladimir Putin is also scheduled to be at the ceremonies. Hous...

Focused on the cost, societal cost to our country and to the population. These extraordinary young men and the promise that they held going to haiti and making a difference right here. I want to focus in because i think from your experience you can really help the va and the dod to understand what could make a difference. I want to commend you all with the specificity of your recommendations. In particular, ive been trying to understand best practices, and whether there is any effort or known gr...