No more. No more than 18 months. U. N. Led to a preliminary role for libya aimed at ending a decade of violence. Also this hour as Coronavirus Infection soar last year of the World Organization warns against lifting receptions quickly and a controversial plan to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction. Forces golds mosque is finally gets underway for a 7 month delay. All eyes are on big number who is aiming to win back to back mages out driving his opposition. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where the Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern teague, a region where the federal government is battling local forces. But the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the opium Prime Minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. And the reg
Same way they have in the past decade. And will talk more about why this is. Make sure we discuss what our response is going to be to this evolving problem. Weekrchers just last published a major scientific report. The report made it clear if we are ever going to get ahead of the problem the Forest Service needs to respond to wildfires in a fundamentally different way. A self reinforcing cycle of counter effective actions. The same keep using tired approaches we have for the last 100 years. We need to make sure we are focused on getting different results. Common sense tells us our response these to be modified now that the problem is different. The Service Report does a great job tell great job summing up what the report needs to do. Altering the current trajectory will require a total system transformation. States thebluntly status quo increases losses we suffer from wildfires and significantly affects the ability to meet the core mission. We need new solutions. My chairg to work with
The collaboration that is what iron to reduce risk to firefighters, communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We are now well into the 2017 fire season. It is certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning. I think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the men and women who fight these fires throughout the season. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. I will talk about it in my remarks but we lost a firefighter last night in montana. It is our second fatality in two weeks. Know that our hearts and our prayers are with the families but again, this speaks to the realities that we face with our wildfires and are fires around the country, that this is dangerous and unpredictable work. Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving. As of august 1, nearly
Hackers started getting jobs doing security. Next well hear from federal and local officials on some of the technologies that can be used to reduce and prevent wildfires across the country. They testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing this month. This is just under two hours. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Were here today to take a look at wildfire, to examine our wildFire Management program, the collaboration that is required to reduce risks firefighters, to communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We now well into the 2017 fire season. Certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning, and i think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the man and women who fight these fires throughout the season, and to recognize the loss of the firefighter in montana. Senator . Madam chair
And the statement has done, that giving lewis clark project 22 million last year which was almost ten times the amount of funding that you included in last years budget. Yet this year you still came back and only requested 2. 7 million for the project. Congress has already demonstrated that we can fund these projects at a higher level, routinely increasing funding in appropriation bills beyond your budget request. These local communities and the state have done everything that has been asked of them and more. Putting more funding than they were supposed to. What will it take to get interior to prioritize these projects . Im going to may i, madam chair . Okay. Ill make my part very brief and turn to mike for the specifics here. Indian water rights settlements have taken priority for us and making sure that communities that do not have access to water are prioritized. And i know you appreciate that. Weve talked about that before. Theres some money in the budget for lewis clark to continu