Care and Distribution Systems and imposing a deadly toll on seniors, in particular. It has hit close to home for many on this committee and im sure that all of our members want to join me in expressing our condolences to senator elizabeth warren, who lost her 86yearold brother to the coronavirus. Elizabeth, were very sorry for your loss. Restrictions on visitors to Nursing Homes have affected even those families whose relatives do not have the virus. I know two brothers from maine whose father is in a nursing home and has dementia. They have not been able to see him for some time now and his health is failing. They are worried that he may not still be alive by the time that they are allowed to visit him. Something that used to happen regularly. This virus has already claimed the lives of more than 90,000 americans, the vast majority of whom were older adults. Adults aged 65 and older are more likely to suffer severe complications from covid19 and to have more difficult recoveries. They
The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent. The commission heard compelling testimony from pro democracy advocates including martin lee who expressed concerns about the extradition bill moving towards becoming law at that it time. That would have put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all waux waus of life in hong kong have taken to the streets from an unprecedented and sustained show of unity. The protesters have inspired the world and risks their lives, health, jobs and education to fight for the future of hoc congress. Thank you for your courage and bravery. We stand with yo stand with you. They used unnecessary force to target those using dem Trump Administrations. The commissioner has called for an investigation. The uk has suspended export licenses for the sale of tear gas gas and crowd control equipment. And the
Look at the protests taking place in hong kong. The unrest began as a movement against a law allowing hong kongers to be deported to china. Since june millions of protesters have marched through the streets demanding greater democracy. Set to start in just a moment here. Live coverage on cspan 3. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent and u. S. Policy responses. This is the second China Commission hearing this year on the situation in hong kong. During our may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from Hong Kong Pro Democracy advocates, including martin lee and nathan law who expressed concerns about the extradition bill that was quickly moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation would have put anyone in hong kong, including u. S. Citizens, at risk of extradition to Mainland China. A lack of due process and custodial abuse have been welldocumented. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all walk
And also including a tourist industry is starts people from around the world do not think hong kong is a safe city when they hear that Property Rights that personal safety cannot be protracted and if the extradition be was passed it its what happened so what were doing now is trying to save home calm in order to. Keep this safety. Still to come here at aljazeera the lengths some in indian administered kashmir will go to try to keep out the Security Forces. And fleeing abuse in detention desperate migrants jump into the mediterranean hoping to be rescued. Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast this hour want to take you to europe because we are dealing with some Severe Weather that has turned deadly here in the southern parts of poland here in the toucher mountains lightning on the top of mountains killed 5 people and injured 100. 00 people and they think that the lightly hit a cross which conducted the electricity across the area it started off as a clear day b
But the good news is the severe storms have continued to ease as weve gone through the last few hours so some if you but hopefully nothing more than that big sway the crowd heading across said the northwest pushing through the u. K. But in between all this cloud some very nice areas of weather this is a view in the english countryside heading down tools of. Sunshine within the clouds now as we continue into friday there is more rain and some thunderstorms quite scattered but along the line of the alps and that rain and just pushing further tools east rather murky day across into west and central ukraine kiev weve got. And then the next system really is waiting in the wings across northern sections of the u. K. This is where as hes in pretty strong winds and also the chance of more rain but not just that what we have got between the systems is some very warm as a look at these how much is 32 celsius in paris 28 in london 30 in these how much is are actually as much as 8 degrees above th