The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning all. Dr. Collins, welcome back to the labor hhs education appropriations subcommittee. Let me also welcome all of you, the five institute and Center Directors who are joining in this morning. Dr. Bianki, director of the u. S. Kenne kenne Kennedy Shriver National Institute and committee. Dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Gary gibbons, director of the national heart, lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Ned sharpless, director of the National Cancer institute, and director of the National Institute on drug abuse. Again, welcome, welcome, welcome to all of you. This is leader hoyer asked me this morning, he said do you have the nih coming . I said, yes, indeed. And he said, are you ultimately going to be able to get all the Institute Directors to come up. This is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have, and we thank you for the great work that you do and what a difference you ma
Hundreds of demonstrators are outside the us embassy in baghdad for a second day today, theyre protesting the us strikes against militia targets in iraq and the Embassy Security forces they were firing tear gas and rubber bullets some protesters tried to climb the compounds exterior walls, others were throwing rocks and trying to set fires. Reid binion reports. At some of the great warriors come. As job and they were there instantaneously President Trump responding to the tuesday attack on the us embassy in baghdad that attack following us air strikes on iran backed Militia Group in iraq, trump blaming iran for the Embassy Attack issuing a threat against a country tweeting in part quote iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost or damage incurred any of our facilities. They will pay a very big price. This is not a warning she is a threat the us military response to tuesdays attack was swift. Apache helicopters flying over the embassy in a show of force defense officials sendin
Your travel plans. If youre headed up there, especially on saturday. Outside right now weve got numbers mainly in the 50s a lot of clouds out there right now those clouds are going to start to clear out tonight as a kind of roll over the top of this ridge of High Pressure that not last long though, and overnight i will start to clear things out tomorrow and weve got a gorgeous day coming our way members up in the 50s in San Francisco 60s in oakland about 62 for a high and mostly sunny in san jose. Lauren forecast though were talking about that storm here we go over the next couple days that ridge kind of builds in that is going to send the most the energy up in the Pacific Northwest looking good through friday morning. But we start to pick up a few more clouds on friday things begin to change on saturday and there comes doesnt look like a huge storm also cited begins to fall apart moving in the bay area but a chance of showers on saturday morning with skies for sunday, another weak sys
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