Day. Thank you. Preventing a fire by starting one. You can see smoke from the controlled burn. They warned residents they could see and smell smoke but asked them not to call 911. They are planning to burn nine and a half acres in the preserve. Thousands of people affected by california wild fires have until 5 tomorrow evening to file a claim with pg e. To cover losses. Up to twothirds of the estimated 100,000 eligible people have yet to fill out the three page claim form. They are crucial to release billions of dollars they have been ordered to set aside for fire victims as part of the bankruptcy plan. We put a link on our web site. A follow up to a story we brought last night. A driver hit a hydrant. That next to student dorms. The housing was evacuated and most students have been allowed back but need new housing in some cases. Crews spent the morning cleaning up dirt, rocks and run off from the accident. Students on the ground floor packed up and moved out. Last night an alleged dr
Morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here to examine the deferred maintenance needs of the public Land Management agencies. This is a topic i care about. I know each of you certainly, the folks on this committee, have expressed concern. Not just coming into this hearing today, but, really, over the years. When we consider deferred maintenance, we most commonly think of the 12 billion maintenance backlog accrued by the National Park service. We consider that here in the committee at great length and it rightfully continues to attract a great deal of national attention. But somehow and sometimes overlooked in this conversation are the deferred maintenance needs of the other federal Land Management agencies, including the Forest Service, the bureau of Land Management and fish and Wildlife Service. Combined with the park service, these four agencies face a deferred maintenance backlog totalling 19. 4 billion. Thats worthy of repeating. Within these four agencies that g
Good afternoon from washington washington it is 12, noon eastern on cspan2 book tv. And once a month, we spent three hours in depth with an within author and this month our guest was scheduled to be steve forbes who this morning you might have heard was on a train en route from new york to savanna georgia when a derailment took place just south of philadelphia. He is safe and now en route back to new york city and joining us live on the phone. Thank you for being with us. Good to be with you. What a morning you have had. Explain what happened. Outside of philadelphia the train was moving along and then it made a sudden jerk like it was going to make an abrupt stop. It wasnt a normal slowdown you have when you come around the curve. Then it moved a little bit and another stop. Then it came to a complete stop and there was smoke and it felt like the brakes were smoldering so we just sat there wondering what had happened. The electricity was knocked out so there was no system. So the rumo
Report 113271 offered by ms. Hanabusa of hawaii. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 419, the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. Hanabusa, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from hawaii. Ms. Hanabusa i yield myself such time as i may consume. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Hanabusa this amendment is similar to one i offered last congress which was agreed to by voice vote this amendment simply adds to title 2 the planning for America Energy act of 2013, subsection 8 which mirrors the language found in a prior subsection addressing native American Tribal land. It requires the inclusion of Hawaiian Homes Commission Act land. As you know, hawaii is a unique situation in that in 1920, this congress created the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Theres a special body of 2 23,000 acres of land in hawaii under the control of congress. Congress approves whether or not things can be amended in the act, even upon statehood that right w
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - The rural communities of Marchmont and Retrieve in Eastern Westmorland have received a major infrastructure upgrade, according to a statement from the National Works Agency (NW.