Watch out, a massive cement truck flies into a van. The terrifying driver who somehow managed to survive. From nbc news, this is today with matt lawyer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. More news from the southern indian ocean. Buoys they have dropped in the area where they heard pings in the past have detected another ping sound. They are saying they think this comes from a manmade object. They are looking into it, of course, we will get a live look in kuala lumpur in just a moment. We will start with that tragic story at Franklin Regional Hospital t. 15yearold suspect appeared in court while the Community Held a vigil for those injured. Peteral sand alexander. Good morning to you. Reporter doctors are hopeful all of the victims here will survive. We just spoke to the hospital. They say there are still three students in Critical Condition, including one student in what they describe as extrem
Tv industry and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. Nearly one out of every two acres in the west is owned and controlled by the federal government. Up next on c span 3, a conversation on federal land policy in Western States. Then a hearing on Border Patrol agent pay, and defense undersecretary Michael Vickers discusses u. S. Intelligence challenges and National Security. Later a look at student loan debt. Defense secretary chuck hagel will be on capitol hill to testify about the transfer of five taliban guantanamo detans for the release of Army Sergeant bowe bergdahl. A reminder you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. In Western States, the federal government owns millions of acres of land. Coming up, a discussion on control of these lands in Western States. Well hear from congressman rob bishop of utah who chairs a sme on public lands. From the Heritage Foundation, this is an hour. Good morning and welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our lewis lairma
Me. Appreciate it. Captioning performed by vitac we have some more thank yous. I want to thank our planner, Ivan Goldberg who made all this happen, also the great allison jafy of the great d. C. Improv. Those of you who heard the reception band, thats is madam organs band. You may have noticed on your tables mip cards. Those cards get you free into adams morgan. I want to thank cnn, my capitol hill colleagues who dealt with me dealing with this dinner and who could not be better friends and colleagues. Im so honored to work with you. Its such a privilege. Thank you to my friends, megan, megan and kristen and to my husband jason, you make everything better. Now to all of you, i have probably the deepest thanks, it has been an incredible honor. I would never have imagined reporting at the capital much less standing here with some of the greatest reporters in the world and we will continue fighting for access at the u. S. Capitol because we sure could use it. Finally, thank you of course
Director cordray, the cfpb has now been up and running for almost three years. What do you consider to be the most significant accomplishment of the bureau since 2011 and looking forward, what actions can we expect either the bureau out of the bureau over the next three months co thank you, mr. Chairman. Its a broad question. First of all, the challenge of building a federal agency from scratch has been significant. Weve had some growing pains and weve been working through those. But at the same time, weve gone from zero employees to now close to 1400 employees. People who are very dedicated to protecting consumers and seeing that they are treated fairly. They are doing marvelous work. The mortgage rules we put in place that congress put such a high priority on, had been very significant. Thats a single biggest Consumer Financial market. The enforcement activity that weve had to ensure that institutions understand that people need to be treated fairly and money will go back to peoples
Couple of bedtime stories. And theyre watching right now. If you will forgive me, i want to read two bedtime stories to my girls. But theres a point to this also and the point is very simple. The urgency we have and should feel is because of our kids. Its because of the future that theyre facing. Its because of the limited limited opportunities they have. So i want to read first of all to caroline and katherine a book, a bible bible stories from the old and new testaments which we often read similar stories at home. This one is entitled King Solomons wise words its from proverbs. King solomon had good advice for how people could live a good life and be happy. Here are some of his wise saying. Children with good sense make their parents happy. But foolish children make them sad. Swede hearts, you make your mommy and me very happy. You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much so be sensible and watch what you say. Ill have to confess to my colleagues that is not an encouraging prove