As we lay has just come out he will be speaking shortly but for now what we know is that he becomes the youngest director general of unesco he is only forty five years old as you mentioned there she is a former a culture of advisors of also a long time then made her his culture minister and then she went on to run for this post now she started as the favorite of the beginning of the week its been a week long session of voting very intense indeed the executive board a picking its winner but at the end she came out on top beating her nearest rival the cattery former culture minister a model cory and also a candidate from egypt now there are some here that say that they are disappointed that it wasnt the turn over candidate from the arab world it was expected at the outset of this race because the agency has been dominated for so many decades by europeans and the north americans now the country candidate was the favorite from the outset along but in the end along with the egyptian fall ou
Weve had in decades. Live at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org. Listen live on the free cspan radio app. The director of the Congressional Budget Office testified before a House Committee on the economic and budget forecast. Keith hall was question on wide range of issues relating to Economic Growth and the government. The hearing rant about two hours. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the Congressional Budget Office is budget and outlook. I want to thank everyone for being here this morning. We are holding the to discuss the Congressional Budget Offices budget and economic outlook, which gives us a 10 year projection of our spending, National Debt, and how the economy is going to perform over the next decade. The report forms the cornerstone of the work we do here at the house Budget Committee, and i want to thank everyone at cbo for all their hard work in producing this report. Id also like to welcome cbo director keith hall. Dire
Explosion that took place at malbik the next metro station down where we felt from where we are. That is a pretty busy station particularly this time of the morning. Yeah, this time of the morning, the metro i was on was packed and we actually had to wait in the metro station for a while before it left. Morning . That was a very busy time were looking at a picture which i believe is coming from near there. We can see snow rising. Very heavy traffic, people on the streets. I should imagine it must have been fret frightening. Pretty frightening. The security lifted to the highest level yet. Has there been fear, considering what has been happening in the country and the links to those living there to the attacks in paris . Its hard to say. Everybody has their own individual experience. I have to admit i havent really felt the fear, i havent been living in fear despite going through numerous different scenarios and different situations here from 4 november, in fact, but everybody has their
Are telling everyone to be cautious and aware everywhere throughout the city. This all happened just a couple hours ago, and we continue to learn more. We will continue to update you throughout the morning. And developing now. Just hours before this attack. French and Belgian Police announced they are intensifying their newly identfied suspect, linked to the paris terror attacks. Police say 24 year old najim najeem laachraoui laycharaoee helped hide other terrorists in the past few months paris attacks. Believe he could be attacks, and are attempting to find him, quickly. Happening today happening today. Two men will following a police chase and crash in glendale. And police say theyve found something inside the suspects car. That has them in even more trouble. Dan dblbx our Robert Guaderrama joins us live downtown with the new information. Live vo live happening today there will be some extra activity downtown today. As vicePresident Joe Biden visits the queen city. To speak at a fund
Meteorologist Frank Marzullo joins us with a snapshot of your forecast. As temperatures warm into the low 60s this afternoon we can expect a gusty southern flow with winds gusting upwards of 30 35 mph. Skies will remain sunny as temperatures will reach 63 degrees. Look for a sun and cloud mix on wednesday with a high of 65 degrees. The next chance for rain will arrive after midnight into thursday morning with rain and isolated thunderstorms thursday afternoon. This will be a cold front that will bring in dry and cool air on friday with highs near 50 degrees. Easter weekend looks a bit warmer with a dry saturday and highs of 60 degrees. We do have rain chances Easter Sunday but as of now they look late day into the evening as Early Morning church and egg hunts as of now look dry. I will not rule out moving that rain up earlier but not indications are later in the day. Out highs will be around 64 degrees were getting our first look at 2 men charged with leading police on a chase. That en