Q welcome to our team. For joining us on the program. A School Classes remain suspended nationwide in ecuador. Continue to rage earlier the government was forced to suspend parliament and relocate to the countrys 2nd city demonstrators have been burning tires throwing stones and clashing with police as they vent their fury at the decision to end fuel subsidies Nicholas Odonovan reports now from quito. Im. Not i am i was was ecuador remains under state of emergency off the days of protests following president lenin merinos decision to scrap fuel subsidies on monday those protests turned into riots as students and other groups finally clashed with Police Forces afterwards thousands of Indigenous People came here to quito and violence continued throughout the night as protesters surrounded the president ial palace the tension was so high that the president decided to move the edmonton minister to capital from here from quito to why a kill those 2nd largest city thats not done as much inno
[background sounds] cabell. [background sounds] the subcommittee his meeting today to receive testimony on engaging the communities respective of School Security. Good morning and thank you everyone. The subcommittee is meeting to discuss Community Perspectives on School Safety and how the federal government can better support local stakeholders in making our children safer. On the think the witnesses work to participating in todays hearing. First we have, ms. Lauren hogg, and mr. Max schaffner, testimonies are once the American Public needs to hear and once that members of congress should take to heart as we go about our work. A special thank you to both for sharing your experience with us. Jen would also to acknowledge congressman deutsche, who does not set on this committee but he represents florida has been a champion for measures to improve School Safety. I asked the consent to allow to question the witnesses at todays hearing. That went out objection, it is so ordered. Im both of
Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students, to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. We have figure showing 264 students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what congress can do to stop violations by drivers who illegally Pass School Buses loading or unloading pa
And so today it is important to us. We thank you for the invite. And inviting us out. So, as elaine just mentioned, we come from a background known as the National Protection and programs director. Say that ten times fast. Bonus points if you even knew what that meant. But today with a name like the u. S. Cyber security infrastructure security agency, we have that Value Proposition. We understand before we even walk in the door what the value is that were going to bring to the table. So, the name like that, while we still pass around business cards, while we still create relationships, theres still a recognition today with a name like cisa were here to help both in the Cyber Security mission and also protecting Critical Infrastructure. And that mission has changed over time as well. Today, as we move further and further away from 9 11, and that antiterrorism, post9 11 mission is gravitating towards domestic terrorism. Its gravitating towards nation state actors looking to cause damage
Welcome back to the Virginia Museum of history and culture we are here talking about the struggle for black equality, this explores the period from the end of the civil war, which ended slavery in the United States , through 1950. This was a. That witnessed both progress and backlash. For black americans. After the civil war, black virginians and americans embrace the new opportunities. In the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth. On one hand black lives of flourished under the new promises afforded , black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishments that wanted to reassert power and supremacy over people of color. At the same time that we see amazing strides, we also see regress in the form of distant friend and American Society. We will look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull , the session starts with that reconstruction and key legislative amendments t