That counts. Esn if yo want to vote yes by proxy, that doesnt count. So i had to be there in person. And we can now get started. Maria, are you ready . To orde all right, thank you so much, and this hearing will come to order. Uss the today, the committee convenes te discuss the issue of compensating student athletes for the use of their name, image, and likeness, nil. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and thank f n them fores appearing. Today, we will hear from keith carter, viece chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics for mississippi, my alma mater, where i lettered in zero sports. Ohio state university. Ms. Deion collar, professor of law and director of the center for sport and the law at the university of Baltimore School n of law. Mr. Greg sanke, commissioner of the southeastern conference, and mr. Eric winston, chief partnerships officer for one nl Team Partners, former president. Of the nflfl players associatioo and former nfl player and College Athlete. College s
Wisconsin, pennsylvania, and arizona. Ncaa officials, university leaders, and armor student athletes testified to a senate panel about the benefits and challenges of allowing College Athletic programs and athletes to profit from the use of their name, image, or likeness. They also talked about the impact of the coronavirus on College Sports. I had to participate in the environment and public works committee. We have a quirky rule in the if in our committees you want to vote no by proxy, that counts. If you want to vote yes by proxy, that doesnt count, so i had to be there in person. We cannot get started. Are you ready . Thank you so much. This hearing will come to order. Convenes toommittee discuss the issue of compensating student athletes for the use of their name, image, and likeness and il nil. I welcome our panel of witnesses and thank them for. We will hear from the vice chancellor Intercollegiate Athletics from university of mississippi, my alma mater, where a letter in zero sp
Either live worldwide from moscow this is r. T. International with me Colum Braille world update this hour 1st for you german Medical Clinic says its found traces of a substance that affects the bodys nervous system and alexina valmy the russian opposition activist who felt seriously ill on a flight to moscow last week. The clinical findings indicate intoxication by substance from the group of active substances called to raise inhibitors the outcome of the disease remains uncertain and long term effects especially in the area of the nervous system cannot be ruled out at this point in time while the statement was put out by shouting hospital here and said that they have found a toxic substance in alexy system that this substance is being verified by several different laboratories they couldnt identify exactly what it was but if the long to a family of toxins that could attack the nervous system now this is very different to the news we had coming out of the russian city of homs where le
Tonight at ten the unequivocal evidence of Climate Change revealed by International Scientists led by the uk met office. They say a prolonged heatwave in the Siberian Arctic this year would be impossible without man made global warming. Here in the uk and the rest of europe, the findings are of serious concern, because the arctic drives much of the weather we experience. Six main weather systems around the uk, and four of those six comes from the polar regions, all from the arctic directly, so whilst a lot of this is uncertain, if something happens in the arctic, its going to be reasonable to assume that somethings going to happen in the uk too. Well be exploring what the change could mean for life in western europe. Also tonight. China expresses anger and warns of repercussions after the uk decides to exclude huawei from its 56 mobile network on security grounds. South africas pandemic crisis, as chronic failures in the Health Care System are exposed by coronavirus. In scotland, the m
Stop at 11 00 am this morning, weve got a series of votes, ant we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock. Its the first time in senate history, but thats the goal this morning. So we want to be able to hear from everyone this morning, ande have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here today to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase grid resiliency. In recent years, devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the challenge of maintaining grid resiliency in the face of extreme conditions. Tragically, we remember last years camp fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire inou california history, which incinerated the town of paradise, killed 85 people. Ve state investigators determined that the fire was caused by degraded, 97year old power lines during socalled fire weather, strong wind