Also hear from an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council and head of nuclear institute. Hearing expected to start in just a moment. Chairman is about to sit down. We should see the gavel come down here in a moment. Live coverage on c span3. Good morning and welcome to our hearing legislative proposal to advanced the use of Nuclear Energy. I want to thank all of our witnesses that advance and ill be introducing each of you before your fiveminute opening statement, but we want to thank marvin fratel for the great job he did at the Nuclear Energy institute and i think its plan to go on and look at other challenges at the end of this year, so were delighted hes here. He served as neis president chief executive order since 2009 and has long and distinguished year advocating for the Nuclear Industry. Nuclear energy is an integral part of our industry policy. The Current Fleet roughly 100 operating Nuclear Power plants safely and reliably generates about 20 of our nations electri
Change this country. After 12 years in a Runoff Election ague argentines have cn a conservative. Its no shame. A team of women cyclists race through afghanistan hoping to make their mark in international competition. Good evening, im antonio mora. This is al jazeera america. We begin tonight in brussels, a city that has extended its lock down for a week, amid fears of another terror attack. Belgian police have rounded up nearly 2 dozen people suspected of having ties to the perpetrators of the paris massacre. Four of them are now facing charges, the rest were released. France began launching air strikes today from the Charles De Gaulle Aircraft Carrier. And french president Francois Hollande is trying to build a grand coalition to fight i. S. I. L. Today he complete with british Prime Minister david cameron. Tomorrow hell be in United States to speak with president obama. Neave barker has the story. Another late night security briefing. After three days on high alert a decision to keep
Grew while Global Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels stayed flat. What this means cant be overstated. We have broken the old arguments for inaction. We have proved that strong Economic Growth and a safer environment no longer has to conflict with one another. They can work in concert with one another. And that should give us hope. One of the enemies that well be fighting at this conference is cynicism. The notion we cant do anything about Climate Change. Our progress should give us hope during these two weeks. Hope that is rooted in collective action. Earlier this month in dubai, after years of delay, the world agreed to Work Together to cut the super pollutants known as hfcs. At that progress. Already prior to paris more than 180 countries representing nearly 95 of global emissions have put forward their own climate targets. That is progress. For our part americas on track to reach the emissions targets that i set six years ago copenhagen. We will reduce our Carbon Emissions i
Them a choice. We say lower costs for everybody by giving them a choice. Instead of forcing you to buy insurance, we should force Insurance Companies to compete for your business. Why dont we just let people find a plan that works best for them and their families. And yes, help people pay for health insurance. I have long believed we should offer a tax credit to help people pay for premiums, giving more to the sick, giving more to the old. There are a lot of other ideas out there. But what all conservatives can agree upon is this. We think government should encourage personal responsibility, not replace it. We think prices are going up because people have too few choices, not because they have too many. And we think this problem is so urgent that next year we will unveil a plan to replace every single word of obamacare. Thank you. Then there are millions of people in this country who are just stuck in neutral. 6 Million People have no choice but to work part time. 45 million of our fel
Senator schumer i dont see that they have reporter c. R. s. Senator schumer well, look, the bottom line here is, the n. R. A. Is a powerful opponent. The gun lobby is a powerful all opponent and the best weapon we have on our side is the outrage from the American People. It is growing. If we keep at it. We will win. We dont control the house. We dont control the senate, but we have the people of america on our side and if we continue to have votes and force people to vote, we will win. Let me tell you something today. There are a good number, not all, but a good number of our republican colleagues dreading these two votes. Next. Reporter if you are serious doing something about guns, why are you trying to attach this to a bill that the president has said he is going to veto . Senator schumer our proposals rescind the underlying bill and just have this so the president will sign them should they pass. Reporter will you fight this in the omnibus . Senator schumer in every place where we