Transparency and equity. Hearing of the judiciary hearing is called to order. Please take your seats and welcome to all of our witnesses. I am very grateful to my colleague senator durbin for giving me the opportunity to chair the hearing and we wish him a very, very speedy recovery. He evidently had knee surgery. I believe it may have been because of a College Sports injury and i dont know exactly all the details. Ive seen him in the senate gym but all of you know our colleague senator booker who is truly a College Athlete star and very knowledgeable on this topic and a partner with me in longstanding efforts to reform the system, i want to thank our Ranking Member senator graham who has been very interested and involved in this issue and i am going to put in the record a statement of chairman durbin before i begin my remarks. We all know today that the system of College Athletes is in need of reform. Thats why youre here. Its in need of reform now which is why we are here. The system
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Over racism. And an ageold problem. Weapon report from china where the Elderly Population has outgrown care facilities. We begin with the war in syria which is going in to its fifth 21 leading aid organizes include the u. N. Security council of failing to help the syrian people. The group say resolution to his protect civilians havent been enforced. The latest pictures from aleppo are said to show the aftermath after a barrel bombing. The Syrian Government is accused of continuing to use the illegal weapon on his civilians. I u. N. Backed report says the war has cost syria 200 billion plunged post of its people in to poverty. The u. N. Estimates more than 220,000 people have been killed so far. 7 1 2 million are displaced inside syria. A fourther 4 1 2 mill an are said to be trapped in besieged or hard to reach areas. Almost 4 million peel are registered as refugees. The battle is split to nba to government and rebelcontrolled areas. As part of our special coverage to mark the fifth ye
Sudans crisis and a fall in Global Oil Prices is affecting the economy here. Hello. The world is failing syria. Thats the damming assessment by a coalition of aid organizations as the conflict enters its fifth year. They say the underSecurity Council has proven its of being incapable of ending a crisis. At least 76,000 people were killed in 2013. Over 230,000 have died since the conflict began in 2011. The number of children in need of raid those to 8. 6 million. 7. 6 million are displaced in syria, and almost 4 million more have fled the country. Zana hoda reports on aleppo a city that has been torn part. Reporter it is one of the oldest cities in the world. Its Historic Center is now in ruins. Aleppo has been an urban battleground since the summer of 2012. Syrias largest city has been divided by many front lines, and on many of them sheets and drapes are used as cover from snipers. The government controls territory in the west and the opposition controls the east. And the only crossi
Including chelsea crashes out. Beaten a dramatic night at Stamford Bridge four years of killing, four years of destruction. Four years of civil war in syria. And the United Nations has failed to act. Failed to protect civilians from the consequences of war, say 21 leading aid agencies. While the International Community looks on barrel bombs are falling on communities like this in aleppo. Crude weapons killed indiscriminately. A u. N. Backed report says the war cost syria 200 million, and plunged most of its people into poverty. The u. S. Estimates 220,000 have been killed so far. 7. 5 million are displaced inside syria. 4. 5 million are said to be trapped in besieged and hard to reach areas. 4 Million People are registered as refugees. A battle for aleppo split the city. As part of the special coverage to mark the syrian conflict. They report on how the fighting devastated what was syrias commercial center. Reporter it is one of the oldest cities in the world. Its Historic Center now i