Floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. At this time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. We are here and white house turned out to be an absolute gorgeous day in washington, d. C. , but we are here to talk about a very ugly subject, and that is online sex trafficking, or as the name of ms. Smiths organization describes it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings and the headlines continue to proliferate, those who thought that slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america, have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, it is on the rise. And it is on the rise in large part because the internet, the technological masterpiece of our time, has made it much, much easier to do. In both the house and the senate this year, we are facing up to the challenge with a long overdue conversation driving toward effective action. With this hearing, it i
Pictures of the scene right now. Were told that is where the man got out of the car and ran. Police say a confrontation somehow started which ended with Police Shooting and killing the man. A young woman whos family owns an ice cream shop nearby says they heard the gunshots. A lot more cops here and it was very all the traffic was closed. I mean a bunch of traffic all the lanes were closed down. There was passing through getting hard. So, you know, i parked over at the shop and i came over and everyone just standing around and no one knows knew what was going on. Reporter back here at the scene, it appears that officers are at least attempting to clear this intersection here. Again at philadelphia pike and washington street. Blocked off traffic being diverted again right now still a lot of Unanswered Questions again we know that Police Confirmed they did shoot and kill a man. Were told that officers were taken to the hospital for medical treatment. We do not know what their injuries ar
That caught fire trying to find the cause of this fire which center two people to the hospital with some small inhalation and minor burns from what we understand. Firefighters still on the scene here but when they went and side here at around 7 46 tonight, to fight this fire, after they knock it down they made a discovery of, yes, an alligator, 18 to 24inches long, a pet alligator, inside a fish tank inside the fire scene. Now, they called animal care and control team to the scene here. They arrived about an hour ago. Went inside with the fire marshal and removed the alligator to take it to safekeeping. It was unharmed from what we were told by the acct that was here investigators are still looking into this fire at this hour. They hope to question the two people who were taken to the hospital about how this fire started. And the circumstances surrounding that fire freights were here battling this fire for a little over an hour. They are still on the scene here while the fire marshal c
That caught fire trying to find the cause of this fire which center two people to the hospital with some small inhalation and minor burns from what we understand. Firefighters still on the scene here but when they went and side here at around 7 46 tonight, to fight this fire, after they knock it down they made a discovery of, yes, an alligator, 18 to 24inches long, a pet alligator, inside a fish tank inside the fire scene. Now, they called animal care and control team to the scene here. They arrived about an hour ago. Went inside with the fire marshal and removed the alligator to take it to safekeeping. It was unharmed from what we were told by the acct that was here investigators are still looking into this fire at this hour. They hope to question the two people who were taken to the hospital about how this fire started. And the circumstances surrounding that fire freights were here battling this fire for a little over an hour. They are still on the scene here while the fire marshal c
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