Failed in Congress Even as cdc warns its running out of money to fight the spread of virus. Senate democrats blocked 1. 1 billion measure last night because they objected to conditions tacked on by republicans. That included offset doubts pay for bill. And a ban on money to planned parenthood clinics in puerto rico reporting more than 13,000 locally acquired cases of zika. Zika now touched every state in the u. S. Including 11 cases in d. C. , 85 in maryland and 75 in virginia all travel related and florida is dealing with dozens of cases not track related theres concern the virus will spread further. The white house is pushing for action. Each day that goes by, until then is a missed opportunity for the u. S. Government to be doing Everything Possible to protect the person people from the zika virus now Public Health Officials Say the money is needed to develop a quick test, vaccine and Rapid Response team he rat rad indicate zika clusters where they emerge. It causes micro cephaly in
You can jump on Beatties Ford or i77 but something to look out for. Drive Time Technology showing both interstates rolling along. 85 from the University Area. Near 70 miles an hour heading the interchange. 77 southbound. If youre coming from north lake towards uptown charlotte. 63 miles an hour and about a nineminute commute. John . Breaking news right now, duke energy restored power to more than 1,000 customers overnight. But still about 800 without power right now after wednesdays storm. It will be tonight before everyone you see on this map here gets their power back on. You can see most of those outages, theyre centralized in south charlotte. That is where were seeing the bulk of it. Duke energy says yesterdays strong wind delayed the crews because they werent able to safely go up in the bucket trucks to make the repairs because the wind was whipping so hard. They made it a priority to restore power to several schools that closed yesterday because of power outages. Governor pat mcc
Alerted us to countries and countries all over the world to stop the faulty batteries, stop the use of these faulty batteries that had been used in the hoverboards and really to make sure that they were our challenge is a to lead in our environment and create a regulatory atmosphere where it can flourish and protect the peoples safety. Our regulated industries have experienced a series of accidents and incidents that have resulted in heightened attention scrutiny and skepticism about the safety of these modes of transportation. Public opinion is clear, there should not be any trade of yfeds we move products. And everyone has a part in protecting the communities and the environment living along these transportation routes while effectively advancing safety of the products and services that we all rely on. The national gas well leak in california last fall was the largest methane leak in u. S. History. This failure at this facility, one of the most critical for Energy Supply in the area
Its diverse, and critical to the way that americans live. In response, those of us at phmsa are addressing the issues at hand, but just important, were going beyond the issues at hand. We have challenged ourselves to invest in and plan for the future of our agency. Today, i would like to share some of our challenges and some of our opportunities. How were responding to our ever growing mission, and our longterm Strategic Vision for advancing safety through our phmsa 2021 framework. Growing up, my dad used to say he could fix anything with a pair of pliers, some duct tape, and wd40. And of course, he was absolutely right. He could fix anything. But what he likely didnt think about was the process involved in getting his tools of choice to him safely. Wd40 is a hazardous liquid transported in an aerosol can, and it has to be regulated during shipment. And it also cant be permitted on any kind of passenger aircraft and it has to follow very specific Hazardous Material labeling and packagi
As you said, hundreds of people attended that funeral for akiel denkins at bible way temple. That is not far from where he was killed on bragg street on monday. This capped an emotional week actually lot of demonstrations an individual ilsz. The pastor said he hoped the service would help the Community Heal but still the new developments in the investigation were not far from anyones mind. There has been a full, unbiased, impartial investigation, while he with may akiels body to rest, we cannot lay this issue to rest. Reporter as you can imagine, there are so many other people in the community that believe the information that came out yesterday provided a lot of clarity, that the officer actually acted in selfdefense in this situation. And coming up at 5 00, you will hear from the organization that represents that officer and they believe this raleigh the preliminary autopsy are on target. Back to you. Thank you. A machine appealing his murder convict is set to get another hearing in