Hearing in ways to improve the National Antidoping system. Ton heels of the summer games in rio and less than a year away from pyeongchang. Fitting we are holding this hearing on february 28, a champion thats won gold medals and wasnt referring to you mr. Referring to Michael Phelps. Squl it ultimately i hope this hearing hopes to highlight ways which we can strengthen confidence in International Sport. Within the antidoping community there are concerns regarding organizational structure and how the Current System creates an environment where they are both policing and promoting the sport. Wada currently exists, they simultaneously hold policy making decision, they can have real and perceived affects on rigorous possible violations as well as enforcement of antidoping measures, several have stated that wada lacks support itself, recent proposals suggested removing it from governance structures to improve independence and operation today we want to evaluate those concerns and discuss th
Sponsored corruption. The first results from subpoenaeds election in mir and march has given a big majority to the opposition party. Our coverage begins with the woman seeking to lead the country towards democracy. There were scenes outside the headquarters. The supporters celebrating what is likely to be a landslide victory in mir and march. Earlier, a large crowd greeted the 70yearold opposition leader. Her party had been expected to win. Addressing her supporters, she called for unity. I want to remind everyone even candidates who didnt win have to accept the winners. Its also important not to provoke those who didnt win to make them feel bad. International observers say although there were problems, the election was fair. Election officials said the vote was successful. The 2015 general election was peaceful. It was conducted peacefully and it was a success. But despite the victory, the winner is banned from serving as president. The military government changed the constitution yea
Good afternoon, and welcome, myron. E is the National Press club is a leading professional organisation for journalists committed to our professional events such as this. For more information about the National Press club please our website at press. Org. On the halfhour members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker. Our head table includes guests of ours speaker as well as who are Journalists Club members. I would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences, you can follow the action on twitter. After our guest speech concludes we will have a period and d answer will ask as many questions as time permits. I would each of you like to stand briefly as your name is announced. Quinn woodward, christel cant a Athletic Director at texas university. Laurence denzil, of the amrick, chairman committee. Amy morris, 99. 1 fm. Anna miller, health and use report. A year ago scott received a fouryear contract extension as ceo of the Us Olympic Committee since he had from 2010.
A question about is this ebola arus the proof we need national one Payer Health Care system . We just saw what happened in texas with this capitalistic Health Care System. Us its going to cost millions and millions to clean that mess up. Andt regarding ebola hospitals not being ready, you had a guest on 89 years ago. I forget the authors name. She wrote a book called pandemic. How areto our hospitals were unprepared. We had a shortage of doctors and nurses. All. Ook said it we were not ready then and we are not ready now. You should have her back on again. Continue to let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Or send us ail us tweet. The cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. An article today in the national journal. Charlie cook reporting on how kansas and georgia could change the equation in the u. S. Senate with computer models that show republicans with a big advantage in georgia, except in the senate race which is looking like a tossup
British airways, virgin and easyjet all say they are grounding the vast majority of their flights, as customer demand plummets. Bell dings. Another volatile day on Global Markets. In new york, trading was halted temporarily after the opening bell. The dowjones fell by almost io . Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. Or lack thereof. Cancellations and postponements. Still to be decided, a couple of big ones. The euro 2020 and the olympics. We hope to have some more answers in the next 2a hours. Thanks holly. And susan powell has the weather. Good afternoon. In the midst of this challenging time, we turn to Mother Nature to find some brightness and oui nature to find some brightness and our weather watchers have been sending in energies so we will take a look at what things are like where you are, whether you have been out and about or just looking you are, whether you have been out and about orjust looking out the window. There have been some lovely scenes. Tha