Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri
Floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. At this time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. We are here and white house turned out to be an absolute gorgeous day in washington, d. C. , but we are here to talk about a very ugly subject, and that is online sex trafficking, or as the name of ms. Smiths organization describes it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings and the headlines continue to proliferate, those who thought that slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america, have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, it is on the rise. And it is on the rise in large part because the internet, the technological masterpiece of our time, has made it much, much easier to do. In both the house and the senate this year, we are facing up to the challenge with a long overdue conversation driving toward effective action. With this hearing, it i
Left more than 20 people dead. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and katherine downes. These are the headlines tonight will griggs on fire once again for wigan blasting west ham out of the fa cup 4th round. But only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup league 2 Newport County are going to wembley, but only for a replay as kane keeps spurs in the cup there was always going to be a new champion at the Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki has her first grand slam title after a thriller in melbourne. Also coming up in the programme, find out how rory mcilroy and the rest of the british contingent are getting on at the dubai desert classic. Good evening, lots coming up over the next half an hour, but its been a very busy day in the fa cup. One tie still to be played, weve had a couple of upsets
Rocked the Afghan Capital of couple. It comes after a Major Taliban attack on a high profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. Three teenage boys have been killed when they broke it by a car in west london. A man has been arrested. Police are investigating links between the incident as an altercation which took place after the collision. Paris is on high alert forflooding. Record rainfall has caused the river sent to banks in one of the wettest january is in paris in more than a century. The release of serial sex attackerjohn worboys has been put on hold. It comes worboys has been put on hold. It co m es after worboys has been put on hold. It comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. It is time now to cross to the bbc sports centre. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and katherine downes. Will griggs on fire once again for wigan blasting west ham out of the fa cup 11th round. While notts county earn themselves a replay against anot