On cspan2 if it becomes available. Yesterday, former georgia governor sonny perdue was on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing to be the next agricultural secretary. This is about two and half hours. Good morning members of the committee. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Administration and for street to order. This morning we welcome governor sonny perdue. The president s nominee for u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Members of this committee have great appreciation for the Farmers Ranchers and consumers and other stakeholders that are directly affected by the decisions made by the secretary. The department of agriculture is made up of 29 agencies and offices. It employs nearly 100,000 men and women that work in all 50 states around the globe. The department provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, World Development, nutrition, Scientific Research and related issues that impact americans every day. Throughout our nations history, our far
Nuclear ought to be in the mix. Cspan. Org. On our home page and by searching the video library. President trumps nominee for agriculture secretary, former georgia governor, sonny purdue, testified at his confirmati confirmation hearing. He was questioned about proposed white house budget cuts to farm programs, Crop Insurance, Forest Management, immigrant labor and farm bill reauthorization. Good morning, members of the committee. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. This morning we welcome governor sonny perdue, the president s nominee for u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Members of this committee have great appreciation for the farmers, ranchers and consumers and other stakeholders that are directly affected by decisions made by the secretary. The department of agriculture is made up of 29 agencies and offices. It employs nearly 100,000 men and women that work in all 50 states and all around the globe. The department provides lea
Edge towards florida. Hurricane matthew passed through the bahamas and it is expected to be near florida tomorrow evening. This is new video into the news room of the bahamas as it pounds it with wind, rain and powerful surf. Tonight, people in South Carolina are listening to the warning to get out of town. Residents filled up their cars with gas before joining other drivers. Now, tonight, all lanes head west mandatory e vac waeugz of charleston and boford counties. How it is impacting the state already. The County Schools will be there. The storm passing farther east than further thought. North carolina is not Hurricane Center with the latest possible pass that matthew can take. We are not out of the woods just yet. Even making landfall directly. There will be impacts. Seeing the latest stats from 8 00. Now, the aircraft was flying near this evening. A weaker storm. 115 miles an hour now. Temporary weakening. Now, there is so much warm water still the wind sheer is light. So, no reaso
This morning. Im renee chou. Im Brian Shrader and Elizabeth Gardner is in for herself this morning. We have some rain that were dealing with. Not so much right around the triangle area right at the moment. But we do have showers up and down the i95 corridor, and then the Northern County has showers. Were still seeing rain all the way back toward the mountains and were going to have to see all this work through before we can call it done i think certainly by lunchtime were finished with the rain. In some places it may be over a little earlier than that. Heres our rdu skycam. Thats a lot of cloud cover. Just some beautiful contours there with the clouds. A little wet at the airport. You can see some showers coming through. Its a lot warmer than it was this time yesterday. 46 in wake forest, 50 in holy springs. 51 in fayetteville. You need a jacket but not the if we had temperatures like yesterday with the precipitation, you know what would be happening. 8 a. M. , about 50 degrees but clo
Disowning their own racial identity. Maultsby was suspended without pay for five days. The body of a fort bragg soldier found dead in his barracks was flown home to alabama monday. Private first class David Winchester worked at bragg as a biomedical repair technician. Army investigators are trying to figure out how the 21yearold died. Mom i didnt get a call. I saw the army man come to my door. My heart sank because i knew. I knew what they were going to tell me. 00 05 33. 46 Funeral Services for winchester were held in his hometown of adamsville. Duke energy is contributing 1 Million Dollars to protect a river, lake and wetlands near wilmington. Its a settlement in a lawsuit over coal ash stored at a closed power plant. The Southern Environmental law center says the utility has settled lawsuits with the group over eight of dukes coal powered plants. Six remain unresolved. The company says the money will restoration and preservation fund. Raleigh Police Worked two death investigations t