And iceland on high alert. The country closes part of its air space after an eruption under a large glassier. Well take you underground to mexicos latest attraction. Israel has destroyed an Apartment Building in gaza it says was used by hamas fighters. Israeli air strikes killed 11 on saturday as calls grow for palestinian and israel factions to resume talks. The most recent ceasefire occurred on tuesday. This is the aftermath of another israeli air strike that destroyed a block of shops in gaza. Gaza Health Officials say six were injured in that bombing. We are looking at live pictures out of gaza, a city. At the moment everything seems quiet this sunday morning, but this report now from gaza. Reporter after more than six weeks of fighting, in is perhaps the largest act of property disuction by israeli destruction by Israeli Forces in a single strike. Residents fled with little more than the clothes on their back. Several people were injured. Including many children. We were informed
Evening. Howard, what can we expect . Looking at scattered showers. No thunderstorms yet but with temperatures in spots especially south well into the 80s this afternoon, the thunderstorm threat exists. Heres doppler 9000. Everything is moving east, maybe slightly south of east. From d. C. South were seeing clouds and just a couple of showers trying to get into the district. You see one here near the split in bethesda and southern montgomery county. Some lighter showers from olney headed toward Silver Spring and up into howard county. You get back in toward southern frederick county, light showers there. Some heavier ones coming out of charles town north of purcelville in northwestern loudoun. Everything is moving east, northeast. Right now nothing terrible. For the afternoon if youre thinking about maybe the kids are at camp, they may have to watch a few showers and isolated rumble of thunder. Here we are at 4 00 p. M. Northwest of us a scearting of showers. Maybe scattering of shower
Evaluating all of that information would be to issue an initial determination, initial decision of a defect to takata and the automakers. After that, we would hold a public hearing. How soon can you initiate that . As soon as humanly possible. The key, because we want to protect the American Public, we need to make sure we build the strongest case possible because at the end of the day, if takata and the automakers continue to refuse to act, we are going to have to take them to court. We want to make sure that we have a case prepared that will win in that circumstance. You can build a court case over time. Can you estimate for the committee and through the committee to the American People when your next step will be taken . We have begun our next step of diving into the data. That doesnt answer my question. The next legal step. Not just diving into the data. When will you next do something officially regarding takata and the automakers . I apologize. But at this point, because theres v
The National Freight Advisory Committee had 81 recommendations that they gave to us. A lot of those we can act upon with an existing authority, including thinking about freight multimodally. Our National Freight Strategic Plan really takes that tack. Some of the other things is that theyve recommended to us is figuring out where our data gaps are. Thats where youll see in our conditions and performance report thats upcoming a real emphasis on where our data gaps are. Also theyve aggressed theyve asked us to look at the work force issues. We have a partnership weve been working with the department of ed and department of labor to figure out what the work force needs are in the freight industry and how we can address them. But there is a lot of things we cant do with an existing authorities. Thats why the grow america act proposes a 10 billion Freight Program to find where those national choke points are and encourage multistate planning. Again, thank you for your advocacy. Well, i certa
Diplomatic corps alive today. He said, i do. We could have gotten that agreement if we had been a little more persistent, flexible and creative. But what really cost us was the political withdrawal. We cut off highlevel Political Engagement with iraq when we withdrew our troops. There were no senior visits. Very few phone calls. Secretary of state john kerry made one visit prior to this Current Crisis mainly to lecture the iraqis on how bad they were being for facilitating iranian Weapons Systems to syrian Bashar Assad Bashar Assad and we left them to their own devices, knowing if left to their own devices it would not work out well. You have mr. Blinkens comments and juks to pose them with juxtapose them with crocker. Heres what leon panetta said, secretary of defense quote it was clear to me and many others that withdrawing our forces would endanger the fragile stability then barely holding iraq together. Thats from secretary leon panettas book. Then he went on to say my fear is i vo