[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses, several of whom have traveled the considerable distances to be here today for this important hearing on paid family and medical leave. Before we move to our scheduled committee business, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela moomau, a valued member staff of the staff of the joint committee on taxation for over 28 years. A reminder, again, of the considerable talent that exists sometimes outside of the glare of publicity. Pamela began her career at the joint committee on taxation in may of 1991, and over the years applied her skill on many legislative issues, both large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee on taxation have said that pam was tireless in her dedication to the work of the joint committee, and that she readily accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often data deficient. She was in her office cheerfully worki
Just. For themselves. But with they say. Again well new research is telling us why women in the United States are more likely to develop alzheimers 2 thirds of those with the disease a female and understanding why is key to improving the treatment christine salumi reports from new york market alexander didnt fully realize what she was up against when her mother 1st began to exhibit symptoms of alzheimers disease even though she had seen similar symptoms in her aunts they had the same kind of symptoms they were forget they would get confused disoriented and repeat just like mom now a member of the family is always with the 96 year old the one time that cause us the greatest concern is when she walked out of the apartment at my in her nightgown. It was a rapid decline for a woman who had raised 2 children been active in her church and worked outside the home a factor now known to help stave off memory loss one new study shows the average memory performance for nonworking women between 60
Says it needs are made here theyve arrived through an underground tunnel from the main reactor by the radioisotopes are produced here in these cells when theyre sent back from the reactor it is cuts in seoul number one and sent to the other cells according to the type of radioisotopes and the process continues that in some cases we have to extract the main material from the original material the isotopes then come here for further purification they are all then packed in special containers and sent to medical facilities in iran and to other countries. These radioactive isotopes can be used to detect blood clots and to treat and kill cancer cells and officials here say theyre used to treat more than a 1000000 patients in iran each year the International Atomic Energy Organization regularly visits the site and says iran has been complying with the 2015 nuclear deal agreed with 6 world powers until now it stopped after the United States withdrew from the group last year and impose additio
A 22 percent of the government admits it is not done enough to get large numbers of graduates employed charles traffic reports from the iraqi capital. Roanoke and her fellow engineering graduates have been tempted opposite Iraqs Oil Ministry for almost 2 months theres just a few of the thousands of young iraqis with University Degrees protesting outside government buildings in baghdad and they are demanding jobs on the other but i feel a volcano of anger inside me and im sad because its my country and all im asking for is my rights iraq has so much oil its like water from a tent and im sitting on the pavement up to 16 years of study. Every year 150000 iraqis graduate from university and they are eager to work in their chosen fields but unemployment among 15 to 39 year olds is around 22 percent much says its in the governments interest to act but we see. None healthy message to the community here because we make them know that education is not the solution for this country the governmen
Nuclear deal aside its that that may determine what steps iran takes next door such a pari aljazeera at the Tehran Nuclear research reactor. All right heres whats coming up for you on this news hour Hurrican Dorian strengthens again as it threatens the u. S. East coast this time also more military deaths in afghanistan a u. S. Service member and a romanian soldier and kills sport a former world player of the year watches and since team takes their 1st steps on the road to the cup the world cup. Along a little bit later. Now south africa has temporarily shut down its embassy in nigeria after a series of reprisal attacks on South African businesses there protesters gathered in several areas to voice their anger at foreign businesses being attacked in johannesburg and for toria south africa has a large number of economic interests and businesses in nigeria many of which are now under Police Protection more than 100 people have been arrested for looting in lagos or south africas high commi