We are meeting to hear testimony on examining the challenges and puerto ricos recovery. We welcome you all here today. I ask for consent for the gentleman from california. The gentleman from new york. And, the gentleman from illinois and the gentleman from new york, with the committee to participate in the hearing. If you notice, these three are already here. If there are no objections, that is so ordered. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral statements i ask for consent that any member who wishes to make an Opening Statement be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Without objection, that will be so ordered. So, first, i appreciate the witnesses being on the panel. Lets start with the Opening Statements. I recognize myself for the original Opening Statement. We are here today to look at the hurricaneimpacted territories of puerto rico in the Virgin Islands. Next week the governors will be here with us also to testify. Before we start i wa
It leaves a woman partially blind. Yeah. That happened. And it didnt have to. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. A routine visit to the dentist turned into a life altering event for one woman. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. She was blinded after that visit and obviously it should have never happened. Fofox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us in stewed eighty seven you talk with her tonight. I did lucy. Anyone who sits in dentist chair needs to listen to this story. An accident that had devastating results a new jersey mom is trying to make certain it never happens again from her south Jersey Office jenn maroney sees things a lot differently these days. I front of thed my dentist and i loved my dentist, and i had no idea that this was even a danger. In july of 2013, the belmar mother of two went to her dentist for a root canal. It was a visit that changed her live forever. The dentist dropped a needle in my eye leaving me permanently blind in my right eye. Marini documented what hap
Wisconsin book festival, i wantk you for coming to see dave levitan for his book, not a scientist. This is the 15th anniversary of the wisconsin book festival. So many authors, so many attendees and so much time has gone into giving us 16 book festivals, and i just really want to say thank you to all of you for coming out today and having come out for 15 years. I also want to say thank you to Madison Public Library for taking this event on when it was unsure whether someone would and for giving us this beautiful space to keep putting on events for the public in madison and from anywhere you came from today. I also want to thank the Madison Public Library foundation. They do all of the private fundraising that keeps these events free and open to the public. This is our fifth festival here at Madison Public Library, and all of our events have been free. We care deeply about that, and we hope you do too. I want to say a huge thank you to all the sponsors. I also would ask you right now to
So many others and so many attendees and so much time has gone into giving us 16 book festivals and i really want to say thank you to all of you for coming out today and having come out for 15 years. I also want to think to medicine Public Library taking his event on when heas was unsure whetherr not someone would and for getting us this evil space to keep p putting on events for the public in medicine and from anywhere you can from today. I also want to think the madison Public Library foundation they do the private fundraising and keep these events free and open to the public. We have been doing this is our 25th festival here the mass Public Library and all of our events have been free and we care deeply about that and hope you do too. I want to say a huge thank you to them and to all the sponsors have helped put on the specimen from the year. I also would ask you right now to please silence your cell phones. That goes for dave, as well. [laughter] and probably me but the architect.
And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and eight in the morning in manila where President Trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit thats due to get under way shortly. Hes set to meet the controverisal leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. Earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. Joining us from manila is the bbcs howard johnson. He has been watching proceedings. It is one of the last days of President Trumps visit to asia. What are you expecting today . It has been a mass on talk for donald trump last night. He attended the gala dinner, treated toa he attended the gala dinner, treated to a provider surprise karaoke performance from Rodrigo Duterte. He will meet him again this morning for a bilateral meeting. Later on in the day he will also attend the Opening Ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the as