Contributors to the books from democracy to freedom and no wall they can build. Watch coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival saturday starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. Wildfires in the west where the focus of an environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the senate yesterday. Members served on Forest Management experts on the impacts wildfires have had on the environment and the economy. From capitol hill, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, i called his hearing to order. So far in 2017 as all the guests on our panel know, in 2017, fires have burned more than 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to our communities and wildlife. Today the committee will hear testimony and three bills related to catastrophic wildfires across the west. Senator daines introduce the litigation relief for Forest Management projects acts which w
Numbers from the manual recount that started thursday. It looks as though bill nelson gained about 2,000 votes in the process, but its not nearly enough. It seems pretty sure that rick scott will be the next u. S. Senator from florida. There is still a process in place. The Election Canvassing Committee will meet on tuesday to certify the results. Thats just a formality. It seems pretty clear that scott as won. What we are waiting for is a statement from bill nelson. He is expected to release a video statement in about an hour. 3 00 eastern in which we expect he will concede. We dont know that definitively, but it seems to be the most logical conclusion about the statement that bill nelson will make in the next hour. What we learned today is really not that much of a surprise as we saw this process play out over the past five days. We had people in different spots around florida. It didnt appear that there were enough votes available for nelson to make up that gap that scott had built
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