Didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable. We are not leaving if you go to them or us in this country and you know what the people always pick and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge i
The plan, but others say that they question its feasibility. At San Jose City hall, mayor sam liccardo shares his vision for a customer takeover of pg e, the proposal now endorse bad coalition of elected oefficials from 58 cities and ten counties across california. I think the reality we all have to accept is that as rate payers, as customers were all on the hook for this. And if were going to be on the hook, we better own it. Pg e filed for bankruptcy in january as it faced billions of dollars in liability claims for fires started by its equipment. Next year, a federal judge is expected to consider two competing reorganization plans. One put forth by shareholders, the other from bondholders. But the California Public Utilities Commission has final say, which is why liccardo has been pushing his proposal as an alternative. We need to let good of the delusion that someone else is going to pay for the neglect of pg e. While many agree that pg es infrastructure and governance needs a chan
plan to spend the rest of the hectic holiday weekend promoting it. it prevents the worst possible crisis. this is going to be transformational. in ukraine, russian forces have launched some of the heaviest air attacks on the capital and other major cities since the war began. this is and always will be, the greatest spectacle in ra racing! finally wins the indian indianapolis 500! in this nebraska lab, america fulfills our nation s progress to never leave service members behind. it doesn t matter 80 years or yesterday we make that promise to you. on this memorial day, we meet a group of young musicians following in the footsteps of the past. people are doubting you at first. once we start playing, they are amazed. good evening and thank you for joining us on this memorial day, i m jericka duncan in for nora. we begin tonight with the partial collapse of a six story 84 unit apartment building in davenport, iowa, first responders are being hailed as
This is an hour. We are going to go ahead and get started. I really want to thank you folks are coming. This is terrific. Welcome to the 2017 state of the states. I am scott patterson, director of the National Governors association. I have a couple of things to mention, and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel, which we are thrilled to hear from. The first thing is i want to introduce our new nga logo. We are excited about it here on the podium. The other thing, i think it is really critical to know that right after the election as everyone knows, we have been in a fairly multiyear period of significant partisanship. So the National Governors association went out and polled 1000 american voters. We used frank muntz of muntz global partners. He is here for anyone who would like to talk to him after this event. We found some significantly interesting things in this poll. The first was in an era of distrust of many politicians, Americans Trust their governor more than any ot
We are going to go ahead and get started. I really want to thank you folks are coming. For coming. This is terrific. Welcome to the 2017 state of the states. I am scott patterson, director of the National Governors association. Have a few things to mention and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel. The first thing, i want to introduce our new nga logo. We are very excited about it. The other thing i want to tell folks about, because i think it is really critical to know, right after the election and as everybody knows, we have been in a fairly multiyear period partisanship. The Governors Association went olled 1000 american voters. We used frank muntz of muntz global partners. We found some interesting things in this poll. In an era of distrust of many politicians, Americans Trust their governor more than any other elected official. On most issues, Americans Trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. Voters were more optimistic about their states