Iranians. And somalias banana exporters are thriving two decades after civil war destroyed the industry. Hello, its decision day in greece as Parliament Debates whether to pass the reforms dispanded by european creditors for another bailput. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras will need opposition support, because members of his own coalitions they will not back the deal. One of the two deputy finance minister resigned ahead of the vote. Alexis tsipras is facing a strike by Public Sector workers. The deal may have been undermined already. The International Monetary fund is threatening to withdraw its support unless european leaders agree to writeoff billions of greeces debt. Whatever happens, greece needs money now, and the European Commission backed a controversial proposal to use an e. U. Wide fund to cover athens shortmaterial cash need. Britain did a uturn and said a solution can be found to allow it to contribute to a bridging loan to keep greece afloat. John psaropoulos is live in athe
Before being the president s special envoy many of you know he took on the small challenge of trying to help lead the middle east Peace Process for two years working back and forth between the israelis and palestinians in helping with what was a pure like efforts to move forward towards the two state solution in hes been the commander of centcom and is somebody that applies a great deal of thought and reflection to help America Needs to handle its most ethical challenges. And most importantly and i have seen in in this capacity wearing the uniform and out of the uniform, he understands the challenges we face are never strictly military, they are always political and always complex. We could have no better person to bring to this task to try to figure out what are all the pieces of the puzzle countering the threat posed to the country that it is correctly decimating in the racing borders to the region in how we can get a solution that isnt going to rely just on a military force by us an
The second session will begin and we will introduce the second panel. As alpas chief executive and administrati officer, the captain presides over the body and oversees daily operations. The chair recognizes the captain to testify. Good morning, mr. Chairman and congressman payne. I am president of the Airline Pilots association international, and we represent more than 52,000 pilots that fly for 31 passenger and all cargo flights in the United States and canada. Thank you for inviting me here today. For several decades pilots have had a strong relationship with the federal air Marshal Service. We meet on a regular basis to make sure we have a current and most accurate understanding of the rules and responsibilities and training and methods. We focus on how they act. Alpha members have been deeply impressed by the professionalism of the air marshals and the leaders, including the assistant administrator alison. Every day they put their lives at risk to safeguard the crew and passengers
The wake of Tropical Storm isabel. In 2003 isabel caused widespread flooding and equipment damage throughout the yard. The total cost of that for repair was 120 million. Weve taken several measures to ensure a similar event will not have the same detrimental impact. Weve raised the ground floor elevations of new construction. For example, wesley brownfieldhouse was built above the flood level and acts as a flood wall. We reelected the chiller plant and moved the hvac equipment to rooftops where feasible. We have raised electrical outlet on ground floors and installed check valves on ubd ground tunnels and storm lines. Where suitable weve identified opportunities for quote wet, flood proofing unquote where we designated billings and fields that will be allowed to flood once in a 100 years. They can handle flooding with minimal damage and using costs to keep them dry would not be Cost Effective. And we have protocol for equipment relocation in classrooms and labs in the event of a major
Bring you the latest of president obamas first visit of kenya. A skyscraper once full of squatters. We take a look after the infamous power faded hello there. First, turkeys government says its launched air strikes against Islamic State of iraq and levant. Four i. S. I. L. Fighters hit. U. S. Defense say turkey allowed coalition to use a major air base on its soil to launch air strikes against i. S. I. L. Turkey has been reluctant to let washington use the airways in the past. Its about 160km from the Syrian Border making it easier to reach the crucial i. S. I. L. Targets. Thursday the Turkish Military and i. S. I. L. Fighters exchanged crossborder fire to the southeast. One turkish soldiers and one i. S. I. L. Fighter was killed. Turkey responded by moving tanks into the area, we have more from the turkish town near the border with syria. Reporter tensions on the rise of turkishs border with syria. I. S. I. L. s fighters fired into turkey hitting a convoy. One noncommissioned officer