Floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. At this time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. We are here and white house turned out to be an absolute gorgeous day in washington, d. C. , but we are here to talk about a very ugly subject, and that is online sex trafficking, or as the name of ms. Smiths organization describes it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings and the headlines continue to proliferate, those who thought that slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america, have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, it is on the rise. And it is on the rise in large part because the internet, the technological masterpiece of our time, has made it much, much easier to do. In both the house and the senate this year, we are facing up to the challenge with a long overdue conversation driving toward effective action. With this hearing, it i
Impact scale. Let me give you an overview of what to expect out of this light storm. May cause a little bit of ponding. That would be the exception. And the breezes, theyre going to stay below thing that would cause any damage. Some of our better radar returns out in eastern contra costa county, antioch, discovery bay, san ramon valley, coming out through hayward across the san mateo bridge and more developing down to our south and west. So thats why we are going to be dealing with this rain all throughout the afternoon and into the early evening hours. In fact, ill take a look at your accuweather 12hour day planner and hourbyhour look at the rain that will last through tomorrow morning in the south bay. Mike, thank you. Keep track of the rain where you live with the abc 7 accuweather app. This is free to download. This is really cool. Based on your location, it will tell you by the minute when the next bout of rain will start. Great way to monitor your forecast on the go today. We tur
Finally well see the beginning of what should be a try and sunny day. New details about the e. Coli outbreak linked to romaine let us. One person has died. Consumer reports says to avoid it all get. There is no particular brand or sell by date to look for. But as david louie found out, the bay area is likely not at the heart of the problem. Romaine is fast overtaking head lettuce in the american diet. Theyre still trying to figure out how romaine lettuce has made 58 people sick across the country. The quasi Government Agency in sacramento that administers safe practices for the leafy green industry says no grower or processor in california has been contacted as part of any investigation. The last person to get sick was a month ago. Although romaine has not been fingered, the danger has probably passed. . It is an important piece of information. With no recall in place and plenty of role aint in the margaret place, that creates a quandary for consumers. What are they supposed to do . We
Is a really important aspect in life like if you dont have a college degree, you really cant do anything. Reporter here at California State University east bay in hayward they do have a higher acceptance rate and i might add that a number of the students that we interviewed today were from southern california. Latest budget in hayward, juliette goodrich, kpix5. Cal state faculty says governor browns latest budget doesnt help the situation much. Heres how it breaks down. Funding to the uc and cal state systems will go up by 3 which faculty claims should be higher. 570million will go to community colleges. 100million will also be used to create the states first Online Community college. 3billion will go to elementary and high schools. Overall the governors budget proposes nearly 132 billion in spending. That includes a surplus of over 6 billion. Much of that is set to go into the states rainy day fund. Governor brown believes a recession could be right around the corner. Whats out there
A decision of the merchant the need for reform. In no the interlude structural failure because a lot was thought sparks reported out of original cast rolling which effectively upheld the principle of innocent until Proven Guilty saying that there was insufficient evidence that those russian athletes had been doping this was the original cast in twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish thats an antidoping rule violation was committed concerned its been such an emotional rollercoaster of ours and for these athletes the real saw grafter months weeks years of preparation they had this glimmer of hope last week with the cast the big could go to the games represent their flag their country their of them etc now though thats been overturned there are still legal routes appeals they could go. But of course the Opening Ceremony has now just finished the games are about to begin whatever Legal Options are available they simply wont have time now to hear