Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
The Las Vegas Strip in the last few weeks. Metro police are calling it an influx in crime. We sent fox5s Miguel Martinez valle out with Police Friday night to see how what theyre doing to combat it. I spent friday night with metros Convention Center area command as they patroled the Las Vegas Strip, during the 6 hours i was with them, they made 3 arrests. They tell me some of arrested could have led to Violent Crime if they went unchecked. We heard an alert go out, we jumped in our car and responded. We got there in under 2 minutes officer Calvin Wandick was patroling the las shot and killed near caesers palace. The suspect was still armed with a gun, it was malfunction but he had a gun the shooting happened about a month ago, wandicks squad arrested Charles Smith for the crime. < boop boop nat the case is under investigation, but wandick says hes pretty sure he knows what sparked the violence. That shooting was in referce narcotics deal that possibly went bad street level drugs one of
Marshall. Making the childs grandfather the former undersheriff rick marshall. We called judge kent person. To ask for his side of the story. But we have not heard back. A man has died. After being hit by a semitruck on u. S. 95. It happened yesterday afternoon. Near flamingo on the 95. According to police. The man was a suspect in a shooting from last week. The victim in that shooting survived. Police say the man hit by the semi was trying to run from officers when he was hit. U95 down in both directions for several hours authorities have identified 48 yearold Thomas Gallagher as the engineer in the fatal new jersey train crash. They say he is cooperating with police. ross bauer passenger we got jolted out of our seats. There was a very loud crash and explosion outside. According to investigators. The train failed to slow down while approaching the terminal. It jumped over the bumper block. Killing a woman waiting on the platform. Nearly 100 others injured. Authorities are now examini
They wrapped up cleaning efforts yesterday afternoon. Mainly in the gym where they say most of the mercury was. This after the district says a quarter of a cup of mercury was recovered last wednesday. Leading to that 14 hour lockdown which lasted well into thursday morning. Thousands of students, their bags and shoes were screened for mercury. This investigation continued out of the classrooms as well. At last count. 7 buses were tested and cleared. More than 75 homes were investigated at least one of them had mercury levels so high, elsewhere at least temporarily. Though school is scheduled to start at 830. Many families are skeptical to send their kids back. martzi kallao, grandparent i said im telling you right now i dont want them back. If theres mercury on them, can you guarantee me that theyre going to be fine if they put it back on . nia wong the district says students will have to make up three missed days of school. No official dates have been put aside. But they are looking a
Loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. Students at Walter Johnson junior high will return to school this morning, after school was canceled for three days, due to mercury exposure. brian loftus epa agents checked the school thoroughly to make sure there was no danger to students or staff. Kirsten Joyce investigators are still working to determine who brought the chemical to school. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live outside the school with the very latest. Nia . nia wong good morning brian and kirsten. An epa Spokesman Says this campus is now clear to enter. They wrapped up cleaning efforts yesterday afternoon. Mainly t say most of the mercury was. This after the district says a quarter of a cup of mercury was recovered last wednesday. Leading to that 14 hour lockdown which lasted well into thursday morning. Thousands of students, their bags and shoes were screened for mercury. This investigation continued out of the classrooms as well. At last count. 7 buses were tested a