8 minutes to get across the span and sfo is l good on 101. Breaking news in oakland. A live picture from 40th street and macarthur boulevard. Flames broke out at this warehouse around 2 00 this morning. Firefighters are still working to get it under control. That warehouse was red tagged last month and it was supposed to be empty. Six people were inside when firefighters got there. One person was taken to the hospital with minor burns. Well have more updates on the fire throughout abc7 mornings and on our website, abc7news. Com. A young girl died last night after suffering a medical emergency on a flight. The girl was on a delta flight from l. A. X. To seattle when she suffered a medical emergency, possibly cardiac arrest. The plane turned around while still over Southern California and landed back at l. A. X. Paramedics were unable to revive the girl. Officials say there are no immediate indications of anything suspicious. The girls exact age was not rod diately available but it was y
Testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on funding and research efforts. This is about two and a half hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very much and we apologize for being late. They his take on a life of their own. I wanted to say good morning and welcome back to labor the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on the behalf of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for this site visit. Thats the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn about nih is outwork. We met with a who are working to cure Sickle Cell Disease and develop treatment for major depressions and shrink cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials it wasnt informative moving experience as well. And we welcome our witnesses including the five institute senator actors returns today. And in addition and always a great addition doctor Francis Collins who has joined us many
Testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on funding and research efforts. This is about two and a half hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very much and we apologize for being late. They his take on a life of their own. I wanted to say good morning and welcome back to labor the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on the behalf of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for this site visit. Thats the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn about nih is outwork. We met with a who are working to cure Sickle Cell Disease and develop treatment for major depressions and shrink cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials it wasnt informative moving experience as well. And we welcome our witnesses including the five institute senator actors returns today. And in addition and always a great addition doctor Francis Collins who has joined us many
Does. As he is a twotime ironman try although on finisher. [applause] [cheering] 2012 ironman North Carolina and the 2016 ironman arizona which raised over 20,000 for the nonprofits along the way. So, that is amazing. [applause] the first book she will be discussing tonight is called america is better than this which tells the inside story of how one senator with no background as an activist became a leading advocate for reform of the brutal policies that have created a humanitarian crisis on the southern u. S. Border. It represents the heartfelt voice of a concerned american who believes his country stands for something bigger and better. Tonight senator merkley will be joined in conversation with ross reynolds, currently the executive producer of Community Engagement and the public radio where hes worked since 1987 having served as the news director and Program Director and also serving as the host of the record and awardwinning news program the conversation among many other programs
Last year he was barred from entering a migrant child jail inside an old walmart in brownsville, texas, where over 1000 children were being held. He is out with a new book americas better than this trumps war against migrant families. There is nothing darker than the deliberate mistreatment of Migrant Children as a strategy to determine immigration. Literally mistreating children is not acceptable under any moral code or religious tradition. We have to stop his new plan of indefinite incarceration of these children. Amy are houses is on fire. As the french president declares the devastating fires in the amazon to be a an International Crisis at of the g7 summit, we will looook at how the policiesf brazils far r right president Jair Bolsonaro are destroying the amazon. Bolsonaro needs to face stop the b burning, that we will not tolerate deforestatation. We will fight the crimes that deststroyed thee forest. He attacks inspectors and scientists in the indigenous. He criticizes them all,