Reporter she said it is a very complicated process involving people who may not necessarily want to be moved into hotels, while homeless advocates say it is absolutely time to end the congregate shelter settings and get people a safe place to sleep. Tonight every homes resident of mcs south has been moved out. This after an outbreak of more than 70 cases of the covid19 disease there. Many have been moved front shelters into hotel rooms. Something homeless advocates say should have happened sooner and not month into the shelter inplace order purpose thats an environment that people shouldnt have been in. Reporter every city worker is technically a disaster surfaces worker, but san franciscos mayor points out that not everyone has the training to staff a hotel for the homeless 24 7. They, as Disaster Service workers, are the ones working at these hotels with a population they not totally familiar with, doing jobs they have never done before, which requires tragedying. Reporter dr. Grant
Have the very latest on what has been happening overseas as the siege in gaza and in israel continues at this hour. I want to share just a bit of the news that weve been able to get israel pounding gaza city this morning. The barrage of airstrikes coming as Hundreds Of Thousands of israeli troops amass at the border for the Israeli Military says they havent exactly decided on a Ground Incursion into gaza yet. However, they are preparing for it. Meantime the Us Government maintaining it will stand with israel as it strikes back against hamas, who infiltrated israel over the weekend. And more than 1200 israelis are confirmed dead at this hour. 22 american citizens also confirmed dead and 17 others remain missing. The us has sent munitions to israel as well as moved ships from the navys uss Gerald R Ford Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean sea. President biden and congress grappling now with how best to help israel as the conflict in the middle east grows. Meantime, a Bipart
In the high atlas mountains. The area of with gun where aid is slow to come and villagers are taking matters in their own hands. These latest pictures from the epi sent up moroccos credit quake revealed the extent of the devastation as a starts to rise from the beginning in Eastern Libya, with thousands have died in devastating floods, and more than 10000 are still missing. On sunday more rain fell in one day, then over the past 40 years, it burst to dams up stream, channeling a wave of destruction. Tor support to the of dana, michael apple. Because a how that was a witness to the does all the points 2 way the flooding that would devastate den was im least, 2 dams holding huge amounts of water burst, sending a wave towards the city. Satellite imagery shows them before the floods. The 1st them was 12 kilometers upstream. The 2nd damn was on the citys outskirts. When the dam was crumbled, almost like a reversed tsunami. The water cut through done is neighborhoods destroying bridges, road
Not we need to revisit the concept of u. S. Enterprise funds. U. S. Enterprise funds were launched in early 1990s by george h. W. Bush. U. S. Government dollars funded investments in developing countries. It was an idea that was ahead of its time. And there were several dozen of these Enterprise Funds that were launched. Many of them were very successful. Some that had some hiccups. But most were broadly very successful, but you would ask yourself, why hasnt there is any number of Different Countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. Thankfully, in the Obama Administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool, and i think its a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the United States. And so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that were going to talk about, as well. So were going to talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past. How are some of
Mr. Nelson mr. President , i ask for a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting in florida. The presiding officer without objection. The senate will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Florida School shooting. Mr. Nelson mr. President . The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Mr. Nelson mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from florida. Mr. Nelson mr. President , those were all our children. Thoalings of us who those of us who are parents, you can imagine the parents of those children wondering what else can be done. Because yesterday a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in northern broward county, parkland, florida, walked on to the campus with a gas mask, smoke grenades, and carrying an ar15 assault rifle. He pulled the fire alarm. He waited for the students to come out into the hallway and he opened fire. And as a result, 14 families are grieving. Their worst fears have become reality, and more than a dozen other