One notable city more vulnerable this is equal india and on some of that today we dig deeper into how coastal cities around the world are getting ready to battle the rising sea. 8 of the 10 worlds biggest cities are located on the coursed but none of them have the natural protective barrier against the rising sea like the city of mumbai its a vast coverage of mangroves occupying less than 0 point one percent of the planets surface mangroves are one of the most valuable ecosystems but theyre threatened. The clock seems to be ticking for indias most populous city mumbai. Climate scientists predict the rising levels of the arabian sea the city in just a few 100 years. Members 1st inhabitants but the. Traditional fishermen who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today they are on the front line facing the threat of the under lending arabian sea which surrounds the city on 3 sides. In just dont use some fishing villages in mumbai have lost a monumental 18 meters of land thr
Provisions including wiretap authority, Business Records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. This is about two hours, 10 minutes. Committee on the judiciary will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework under which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that
Provisions including wiretap authority, Business Records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. This is about two hours, 10 minutes. Committee on the judiciary will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework under which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that
Short period of time. But we cant allow people to get sick and we cant have our youth be so affected. The human toll of Hurricane Dorian. After the devastation across the bahamas, 2,500 people are now registered as missing. So near, yet so far. Have astronomers really discovered a planet in another solar system with the ingredients to sustain life . Mps here in the uk have demanded the immediate recall of parliament after the highest civil court in scotland ruled its suspension was unlawful. Thejudges also said Prime Minister borisjohnson had effectively misled the queen in advising her to suspend parliament. The case will go to the Uk Supreme Court next week. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has this report. Judgment day. In scotlands court of session, a clear verdict on borisjohnson. Each opinion expresses the view that the advice given by the government to her majesty the queen to Prorogue Parliament from 9th september to 14th october was unlawful and that, therefore, the proro
Opening statement. Todays hearing of on current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution, civil rights and Civil Liberties over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the requirement of section 5 of the Voting Rights act. To consider other ways to strengthen that civil rights statue. Im not sure why we say reinvigoration. That seems to be one of the words we tossed around. Section 4 was cut out so we need to have a section 4 to activate section 5. Section 5 has been made dormant by the Supreme Court saying section 4 wasnt adequate so we need to find a new test to awaken the dormant power of section 5. Voting rights act of 65 is widely considered the most effective civil rights statute ever enacted by congress to protect the fundamental right to vote. One of its central enforcement provisions was section 5. The provision required certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination against