Media this morning that the Hospital Systems are inundated right now with burn patients. Those suffering from smoke inhalation. She says theres no 911, service cell service is down phone service is down as well. The coast guard has confirmed that theyve had to pull 12 people from the water so far that ran into the ocean to escape the heat and the flames. La hina has been devastated. One resident says all boat owners have been asked to rescue people from the water. And here you can see in this video from a viewer there to our sister station on maui. That. Traffic is backed up. A lot of the roads in some cases blocked by downed power lines and by fallen trees, all courtesy of the extremely strong winds that were generated from hurricane well to the south of the island chain will get more from john in a minute on the weather and all of this. But look at this devastation that you see on the screen. The latest video coming to us from maui state of emergency has been declared, as you can ima
Learn, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in the history of the u. S. Constitution. You that we can engage in this meaningful work. On behalf of jeff rosen and the team at the Constitution Center, fornt to thank all of you everything that you do to bring the United States constitution to life. There are friends of the Constitution Center whos dedicated support helped make a night like tonight possible. I would like to invite them to join us on stage. Please help me welcome cynthia mcleod, superintendent. [applause] chairman. [applause] dan fitzpatrick. [applause] chairman ronan. Devos. [applause] howard schultz. [applause] dr. Amy gutman, president of the university of pennsylvania. Wanture that many of you to share tonights program on social media. When you do, it we invite you to use the Liberty Medal. Please silence your electronic devices. I will give you a moment to do so now. A few of our special guest support. Messages of please turn your attention to the
Its great to have you here ralph, on cspan. Guest thank you. Host im very hardded to be able to interview on this new book return to sender. Is that an homage to elvis presley. Host thats the point these days. Guest its a message that 103 lettered sent to president bush and president obama from 2001 to 2015, were with very few exceptions not acknowledged and not answered. And so i thought id embarrass myself by putting them all in a book and raise a bigger issue which is the most Democratic Media is when a person writes a letter to an elected official, like a mayor governor, senator president , cant be censor order not distorted and not to respect it and to try to answer it or even to acknowledge it so that people know its not going to some dark hole, is major issue, i think and most young people dont realmize that a written letter to pool particular has far more impact than an email. They get lots of letters. I income a half million a week. Guest yes. Host certainly you dont expect th
President bushs experience after katrina. Was that racial . I dont think president bush was being racist with his handling of katrina. This was the hurricane that of course affected so many of minorities and lower income people who were hurt by the storm in louisiana mississippi. Particularly in the ninth ward of new orleans. We saw people people on rooftops waiting for help. I think, and even president bill clinton in this book, he says i dont think it was an issue of racism, his policies just did not help elevate people in poverty. Now we talk about katrina. President bush got in a lot of trouble for the fact that he was caught up in the state right issue. The state had to deal with it and that was what bogged him down. Because people felt disenfranchised from their government, they felt left alone. Because people died, people died, he did get in trouble. Barack obama is the first, probably not the last africanamerican president that you will cover but his grade isnt as high as bill
The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a risk a recess at any time. Entitledng is examining the Equifax Breach. September 7, equifax announced what it called a Cyber Security incident. 145 million u. S. Consumers, nearly half of all americans. If you are hearing my voice your either the victim of the breach or know someone who is. Thats how massive this was. Criminals got everything they need to steal your identity, open credit card accounts in thise and cause you may be the most harmful the world has ever seen. The companys response has left much to be desired. Equifax failed to disclose the breach to shareholders for weeks. Senior executives sold their equifax shares after the company knew of the breach but before they disclosed the breach. The federal trade commission will get to the the Justice Department will get to the bottom of this. By the federal trade commission is required. Congress must insure federal regulators do their jobs so justice can be