That was not able to stand. The team from the hospital that i was with and the other hospitals really looked at what were their hands on capabilities and some of the things that stood out the most is a portable oxygen generator that sits in the corner of the shock trauma platoon unit and doesnt have to be hooked up to our large liquid oxygen tanks and all that piping that might get disrupted during a major seismic event. Having something just that simple could make a huge difference. Maybe we were thinking small but just really direct hablds on patient care, there was a portable iv pump and fluid warmer that literally would fit in your hand and is Battery Powered. Anything thats portable and is Battery Powered will make a huge difference in the type of disasters were facing. We can leave it with the patient, move it with the patient, i know they have a whole list of other things they want and we have to take a lack at that and see what we can actually do. I do have one question and it
I found absolutely fascinating as a way to bring a real Life Experience to that individual. For me that was a fantastic tool that you have and i thought that was wonderful. Were going to be little advertisement were going to be demonstrating that capability at our display at the marina green so if youd like to come see that, thats available. Any final questions . Id like to thank our panelists very much. As rob mentioned earlier, the exercise series we have put on and started 3 years ago has really become, for the department of Emergency Management and we hope for the military, this foundational piece of the fleet week humanitarian exchange. Its been a wonderful way for us to Work Together on some of these common issues and figure out how our agencies are all going to integrate. I think the time and effort that has been expended by both the military planners and also the civilian planners is definitely going to be bearing fruit in years to come when something happens. I know we are qui
And this week on the communicatorsa look at some of the telecommunications and the tech issues that the congress and the fcc may face in 2014. Joining us are three working reporters on telecommunications, Matthew Schwartz is with communications daily, Kate Tummarello is with the hill, and Paul Barbagallo is the managing editor of bloomberg bna, mr. Barbagallo, lets start with you. What do you think on the fcc and the congressional agenda this year . Guest well, i think to start off spectrum. The fcc in 2014 and beyond will be intently focused on spectrum. Congress as well. We will have this month the first spectrum auction at the fcc in nearly half a decade, and well have another spectrum auction later this year, and the biggest spectrum auction, which everybody has been eagerly anticipating, the incentive auction of spectrum in 2015 as new fcc chairman tom wheeler has stated. So that is, as i see it, one of the bigger issues in congress and fcc on the tech front. The wireless carriers
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Over a decade after the American Invasion after the blood and treasure spent on the battle field, the billions of dollars spent on training and armorments, tonight a heavily armed extremist fighting force in some cases using american arms and vehicles is making lightning speed from city to city across the iraqi countryside and a big part of that country has fallen to their control. They are known as isis which happens to be their goal. After capturing a number of big cities in iraq, they are threatening baghdad while the region scrambles along with much of the rest of the world. Just to review here, 4,477 americans were killed in iraq with over 32,000 wounded. Over a million americans were deployed, most of them more than once and yet, its a grave situation there tonight. Our veteran of combat coverage in the iraq war, Richard Engel is back in iraq tonight to start us off here. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. T
President. And so much for science fiction, a real star ship enterprise at the very planning stages at na nasa. Hello im antonio mora. Welcome to consider this. More on whats ahead. The americans may have left iraq but the war goes on. Thousands of shiite civilians are pledging to fight back against sunni militants. We will not be sending u. S. Troops back into combat in iraq. Tight security is in place across afghanistan ahead of sat run off election. Could affect voter turnout. Abdalla abdalla and nashraf gani. Bowe bergdahl is in a Texas Military facility for further evaluation. Might give you a menu and say choose what you want to eat. United nations raising extreme alarm over summary executions, rapes, beheadings of civilians in iraq as islamic insurgents show no sign of pulling back. President obama says no u. S. Troops will be sent. The United States is not simply going to involve itself in a military action in the absence of a political plan 50 iraqis, that gives us some assura