Have andy barr, maxine waters, matt gaines, ted and karen. Thank you, we are glad that youre here we will allow each of you to give testimony without objecting anything, if you make an order will be ended into the record. I miss waters, well have you first and the gentleman knows the green light is on. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. I would like to commend you and the rules Committee Members for allowing all of us to come before you to share with you our concerns and help shine a light on where we think we should be paying more attention. So, the testimony of have today will combine a number of the areas you talked about. Thank you. If you could do us a favor and tell us that section and the amendment number, it will enable us to follow you perhaps a bit more closely and that would be of help to the committee. Okay. Let me try and do that now. I think that you did venture transportation. Is that right . Yes. That we are doing today. Transportation and agriculture. Say that again . T
Police, ordered to the ground and restrained with such force he says he had trouble breathing. He writes all i could think was im going to die for no reason other than im black and my skin color is somehow a threat. When police realized who he was, they let him go. Its a tough situation for me. Do i think every Police Officer is bad . No. Do i believe theres some people that judge people on the color of their skin . I do believe that. Bennett hired oakland base attorney and is considering filing a first of all civil rights lawsuit. I hope he thinks this becomes a lesson for other young people and this happens to them that they do have rights and also means, we hope, that other Police Officers will not be so quick to snatch someone off the street. What happened with michael is a classic illustration of the reality of inequalities that are demonstrated daily. Seahawks coach said hes glad bennett is safe. They hope this incident brings about awareness and change. Bennett refuses to stand
Of lanes blocked and were starting to see some slowdowns. Speeds below 30 Miles Per Hour. Past that, you are in the green as you head over towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Speeds is at the limit and we do have some roadwork on the upper deck. Two lanes closed until 5 a. M. But no delays. Hurricane irma is blamed for at least 10 deaths in the caribbean. Its hit several islands including barbuda, st. Martin and the British Virgin islands. Its the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic. Kpix 5s betty yu says florida and other states are all bracing for potentially devastating hits. Reporter puerto rico took a beating wednesday from Hurricane Irma. Home to more than 3 million people, wind gusts whipped over knocking out power and toppling trees flooding and battering the French West Indies with st. Martin taking a direct hit. Rain and high winds so strong, they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of floridians are in irmas path. It will likely hit somewhere in
Traditional life safety. Already in the state of florida as well. 34,000 troops. One hundred helicopters and crews are ready to support our state. Be ready today. Do not sit and wait. Prepare right now. The strongest hurricane ever reported. Monster Hurricane Irma killing ten people in the caribbean. She is now barreling towards florida. Starting on saturday from the safe lentic coast. And then present trumpet declaring the state of emergency for South Carolina allowing that state to access federal funding. Welcome to risk and reward. Category five Hurricane Irma is racing towards the eastern seaboard she is expected to hit florida on sunday. I mandatory evacuation is in effect for the florida keys and the mayor of miami is calling everyone to evacuate as well. People are looking to get out of the way. There was already a path of wide spread destruction. Nearby the small island of barbuda left basically uninhabitable. They suffered damage in about half of that residence there are now h
Prosecution against some offenders should be dropped. In the last few hours pilots working for Thomas Cook Airlines have gone on strike. Its the First Industrial action by uk pilots in a0 years. Ill be asking the airlines boss and the pilots union whats gone wrong. In sport, big ben is still striking, at lords at least. Ben stokes takes six wickets on a crazy day at lords, with both the west indies and then england suffering batting collapses, in the 3rd and deciding test. Hello from marvellous morecambe. Once the daylight arrives, you will see that the breakfast chair is here for its final hurrah after the tour around it ands coasts. We will be looking back, Peter Thomson forward, to the future of our seaside towns. And sarah has the weather. And sarah has the weather. And unsettled day today with lots of lost three showers around. I will bring you all the details of the forecast here in the uk, as well as Hurricane Irma and where it is heading next, in about 15 minutes. Good morning.