committee is holding a hearing on the implications of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. this is live coverage, here on c-span three. if you like to submit materials, please send them to the email addresses previously distributed to your offices. we will circulate the material to members and staff as quickly as we can. before we start, i would like to warn the members that because we have full 12:30, i will have a tight gavel, five minutes on the dye. i will now recognize myself in an opening statement. what is the meaning of freedom in america in 2022? this is the question that we as a society must confront today in the wake of the supreme court is appalling decision in dobbs versus jackson women s health organization, which eviscerated the constitutional right to abortion, and laid the groundwork for a radical reshaping of our fundamental liberties. as we reckon with the consequences of this decision for women s health and individual liberty, we must also consider w
Plans to dissolve the marriage. Oscar pistorius will not be getting out of prison at least not yet. The track stars release has been put on hold today because the south Africa Justice Department Says a parole board must give its approval first. Due to be released on friday after serving 10 months of a fiveyear sentence of manslaughter for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. It could be a stormy evening in some parts of our region. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is here, hes got the latest on our yellow weather alert. Top. Here west of town, kind of rocking and rolling right now especially west of i95, north of fredsburg up fredericksburg up towards warrenton. No lightning or heavy rain or wind. Good rain south of warrenton right now and down from 17. Everything pushing off essentially to the north, so this storm is actually headed toward middleburg on our stormtracker about 6 48 and i think it will hold together and maybe toward howardsville at about 7 03 as it moves
Philippines where he could come face to face with north koreas representative. Were there live and talk about the sanctions and more with chuck todd. Later, a sunday sit down with an icon, bette midler, fresh off her Award Winning role in hello dolly. She reflects on a 50 year career thats brought her around to being the hottest ticket on broadway. I dont know whether to call you an actress, singer, musician. How do you describe yourself . I call myself an entertainer. Ive never called myself an artist. A sunday silt dot down with one and only bette midler later in the show. Lets begin with secretary of state Rex Tillerson and his meetings with the chinese and russians after they announced tough new sanctions against north korea. The north Korean Foreign minister is at the conference in manilla as well. Bill neely is in the philippines for us with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. It is 26 countries against one at this summit with north korea, over its repeated Rex Til
Tell us whats being learned in the investigation. I know all of this has been very fluid and a developing situation, but darcy, what can you tell us tonight . Eric a imagine youre riding a metro train on a sunday afternoon and all of a sudden there is gun fire. That is exactly what happened. We are live here on the platform at the tacoma station. That shooting happened, as you said, on a train. It was headed this way. That train has since moved and just a few minutes ago metro has restored service. A quick update on the victim. We know that the victim is a teenage male. We dont know if hes an adult or a child, but we do know he was shot in the stomach. I think its insane. I think its insane. A Police Investigation taking place on this metro train at that time the tacoma station in d. C. , at 3 00 in the afternoon it happened as the red line train was pulling into the station. Riders are shaken up. Does it make you feel ea a little bit. It makes me feel unsafe because that could have be
Red line train going from maryland to d. C. Tonight i talked to a metro rider who says she didnt hear the gunshots. But over the phone a younger rider said they heard the aftermath. They went over the loudspeaker and they called out for the metro police and said some code and a minute or two later they told everyone we needed to get off the train. Reporter the caller asked not to be identified. She lives in Silver Spring and was on the red line headed downtown when someone opened fire before 3 00 this afternoon. A teenage male was shot on the train as it was headed to the takoma station platform. He was about 30 yards away. People were crowding. Reporter for police this quickly turned into a search for these three men, persons of interest that Metro Transit Police say after the shooting got off at the takoma station, hopped on a train the opposite direction and got off at the Silver Spring metro station. 40 years. Reporter thats how long this woman and never has heard anything like thi