12step program carefully, we never quite finish anything. We get tight at all the wrong times. I used to do that. I was born in massachusetts, not far from here, in the central part of massachusetts, a little town called charlton. I went to the hospital when i was five. When i came out of the hospital, im having a hard time today. Most of my family was gone. Our store was gone, our home was gone, we got wiped out in a flood. Luckily, my mother had taken my siblings out, but i lost my dad and my grandparents and my uncle. We didnt have a home anymore. The Grocery Store was gone, and we were behind the dam that broke. That was 1955. I think stuff like that i have come to realize, ive been able to get myself away from crack cocaine for about nine years now. [applause] and i had a hard struggle with that. For about 25 years of my life. Was anf these things, i irregular but constant user, and i would mess up my life and never finish anything, as the book said. I dont know how my mother did
Jerusalem. Theres no political will there in ramallah. For the last 5. 5 years, president abbas has refused to sit down and talk with me even for a minute. But that doesnt mean hes been silent. He has helped inculcate a new generation of young palestinians with murderous hatred for israel. And my friends, this incitement has deadly consequences. Palestinian children are taught to stab jews. They are taught that the goal of the Palestinian People is not to establish a state on the west bank, but in all of israel in akko, haifa, nazareth, jaffa. Now, what im about to show you is deeply disturbing. I think you have to see for yourselves what the palestinians are teaching their children. I want you to see the daily pledge of allegiance of palestinian children. Take a look. I am a palestinian child. Many more cities. The 48 lands are all ours. They preach to kill israelis just because they are jews and children emulate the murderous videos online. This comes directly from the palestinian le
Additional comments or statements. Without objection, so ordered. And when we complete the Opening Statements we will turn to our panel of witnesses. We have five distinguished Witnesses Today, three at the federal level, one at the state and one of the local level for our hearing. We will swear those witnesses in and then we will hear their testimony, and then we will proceed with questions. So that will be the order of business that we will follow. So again, welcomecome and i will start with my opening statement. Unfortunately, the United States is experiencing a historic epidemic of Drug Overdose deaths. Today, Drug Overdose, overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. In 2014, i dont have the 2015 figures yet, but in 2014, listen to this, 47,055 deaths caused by Drug Overdose. That means that this hearing lasts for two hours. 10 people will die in the next two hours in the United States from Drug Overdose death. More americans this is a little chart sh
And right now, back to work with metro back on track. The metrorail system is up and running again today after that complete shutdown for emergency safety inspections. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live at the shady grove metro station, talking to riders out there. I guess theyre pretty happy its open again. Reporter well, yeah, weve talked to a lot of riders this morning during rush hour, and they say that, yeah, no question about it, yesterdays shutdown was certainly an inconvenience, but they all pretty much agreed that it needed to happen in the interest of safety. A return to normal service for metro this morning. Emergency inspections and repairs were finished overnight, all in time for a 5 00 a. M. Opening. How do you feel about coming back today . Oh, im very confident that it worked. Im glad they did what they did. I wished they would have done it on a saturday or a sunday, but i think it was worth it. Reporter smoke at the mcpherson station uncovered a larger problem with fraying e
Intervieouw abt her boyfriend. Could he be the one . E. T. s looking back with this touching moment with her father. I want to be just like my daddy. I havent seen that before. Plus the backstreet boy and his broadway star son. We flashback when he was this adorable wedding singer. Plus, only e. T. Is behind the scenes of the new captain america movie. Are you the bad guy . Im not the bad guy. What our cameras caught on the set. And new dolly parton. Hear her take on break and gwen hooking up, and why shes stressing about her legendary curves. You think oh, my belly looks big, everybodys looking at my belly. This is entertainment tonight. And this weekend america is remembering one of the most influential first ladies in the nation. Nancy reagan diedas of congestive Heart Failure at the age of 94. 1,000 people were invited to her funeral friday. And after days of public viewing, the former first lady has finally been laid to rest next to her husband president ronald reagan. Today we ho