Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
2016. I assure you. It wasnt a bad year, b though. It wasnt. The heat index possibly will soar to 100 degrees or higherr today. Toda thats going to be thehe feelslike temperature. Sra weather and traffic coming upffn on the 5s at 7 05. 7 good thursday. Rsy. Im allison seymour. Son smour. And im steve chenevey. Ve welcome to fox5 news morning. Nig want to get to a developing story out of northwest d. C. C one person dead after a a bizarre and tragic accidentt there happened earlier thisneari morning. Bob barnard live on therd li scene now. Bob, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning, guys. B,morn were onin kansas avenue northwest; the 4400 block. Bck d. C. Fire rescue squad two sad o just left. Just lef it appears they were able to wee get the car up and off the man m who was killed here thisd here t morning. You see the row house here. Er family and friends in front. Ront theyve been just besideust bese themselves this morning. This happened a little after 5 oclock this morning in th
Heres live look right now at the popes mass in washington, d. C. Underway right now. Pope franciscan nonniesing father Junipera Serra a spanish born francis cant can friar known for starting nine Spanish Missions in california in the 1700s. Just a joyful seen moments ago as pope francis road through our Nations Capital waving to the adoring on lookers. Good evening, thank you so much for joining us, im lucy noland. Im iain page. If the crowds in washington, d. C. Today are any indication of what to expect this weekend its going to be an exciting time. Fox 29s bruce gordon is live in our nations cap to capitol tonight. Bruce youve been there since the pope touched down on unfortunately s soil yesterday. Reporter yeah, it has been an exhilarating and i must say up lifting day in washington and we can only hope this is but a prelude to the excitement that lies ahead for philadelphians. Francis showed why hes call the peoples pope mere seconds after making his first appearance of the day.
13 people are dead allegedly because they drove gm cars that had a problem. Now the head of General Motors is on capitol hill to answer why. She is set to testify soon concerning the ignition switch recall. Libby casey is in washington. Give us a break down of what we might expect to see and hear today. Well hear from gms ceo, mary barra. She is a Second Generation gm employee, and her written testimony was released yesterday. She plans to. A ol guise for what happens, and also the fact that it took gm a decade to recall the vehicles with the ignition switches. They have hired a prosecutor to independently look into when things were known and why it wasnt revealed. They also have created a Global Vehicle safety supervisor to oversee safety. And work with customers to give them replacement vehicles while they get their cars fixed. These ignition switches fixed. Shell get tough questions today, del, and tomorrow shell go before members of the senate is. Some of them are pushing for real