Subject to the subpoena, so another hear beiing may well be necessary. I want to thank dr. Paul brown for his tireless efforts on this subject as well as so many other subjects that have come before this Sub Committee. We appreciate his Public Service and his dedication over the years to his constituents, to congress and to our country. So chairman brown, thank you, again, for all youve done. We appreciate all your great work, and i look forward to todays hearing. Thank you, mr. Smith. As i announced earlier, mr. Swaulwell will be joining us in a bit. And he will give his Opening Statement at that time. And then ask his questions in due order. If there are members who wish to submit additional Opening Statements, your statements will be added to the record at this point. At this time, id like to introduce todays witness, mr. Todd park, the former chief Technology Officer of the united states. An assistant to the president. Prior to this role, mr. Park served as chief Technology Officer
With people fleeing cuba began taking on water in the midst of a storm. As the boat sinks, a young mother places a 9yearold son in an inner tube. For two days the small boy drifts until the child is found by a fisherman. The small boy finds himself in the center of a political hurricane. Reporter doctors at a hollywood Florida Hospital say 5yearold Elian Gonzalez is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal. Terrified they say but fine. You know this boy . Reporter the boy was rescued yesterday by two men fishing for dolphin off the Fort Lauderdale coast. He was in the inner tube with one hand just hanging on like this. Like his fingers were just hanging on to it. We thought it was a joke. Like someone tied a kid to a draft. It looked like a dummy to a raft thats what it looked like. Reporter the boy told paramedics his parents drowned. I tried to talk to him in spanish a little bit. I speak very little. He didnt really reply. He just grabbed on to my arms like he was relieved. H
Inspectors again and to assess the damage also hearing the plan is to demolish the building dont know when exactly that will happen San Francisco Fire Department says the damage was too extreme to save the building airline when the mergers get up to over a thousand agrees that it will affect steel beams inside the building will cause damage to it and cause and the twist when you lose the potential strain it can no longer support the weight of the walls or the roof has already collapsed this makes the stability of these buildings compromised and again as to the intense heat of fuel inside the building the jobs it temperatures upward as starts before see steel beams a couple filed thing is we dont know how long mission will be closed well and to weaken the fort closes maybe early next week also appears that is up to Business Owners to clean up the pile of debris in the roadway at mission test will know what will happen the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation by a retail
About the conditions. Residents getting the green light to return home. Hundreds lining up, eager to survey the demonstration. He is 1 of thousands who was forced to leave. The surge came up to at least hear which means im going to be flooded inside. Oh, my god. Others say they dont plan to relocate anytime soon. Ive never been through anything like this my entire life. I never want to go through it again, but we love it here in the keys so well be back soon. Somewhere allowed in, others were turned away. As they tried to make it further south to the lower keys. Fema estimates 25 of the homes have been destroyed, even more damaged. Basically every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. After any major storm there is this reassuring site. Utility trucks streaming in. About 15 million remain without electricity across the state. The u. S. Military is also ready to shuttle in relief supplies. The navy has positioned the uss Abraham Lincoln south of miami with the uss iwo j
Delivers. I cant tell you what was going through my mind. I just know she had to come out. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im anthony mason. Hurricane irma may be gone, but it is still taking lives. At least eight elderly residents of a nursing home in hollywood, florida, have died. The storm knocked out the electricity, leaving them to swelter without air conditioning. Now, a criminal investigation is under way. Heres Jonathan Vigliotti. Reporter by midmorning the elderly men and women were carried out of the nursing home on stretchers and in wheelchairs. Many looked dazed. They had apparently been inside the hot building since the power went out three days ago, some dying, others in obvious physical distress. Family members arrived on the scene frantically looking for their loved ones. I just want to know if, god forbid, hes one of the ones that passed away. I have no idea where hes at. Reporter ellie pena found her 96yearold mother