Can i alert my colleagues that are here to introduce individuals normally we would turn to you and let you do that. But this meeting is has some more controversy than most hearings have so this is the way were going to handle it. Im going to make an Opening Statement, a little longer than usual. Senator feinstein will make a statement thats longer than usual. Then because of the two states that are involved, and for different reasons, but coming to the same conclusion, normally we dont have members speak, but i felt i ought to give the courtesy to both senator kennedy and senator said he wanted to speak about the controversy and his nominee. Then im going to turn to senator franken and senator franken will have up to five minutes s that okay . Youre going to introduce people, but i would like to get the controversial statements out of the way first. That makes sense. Okay. Congratulations to all the nominees and to your families and everybodys welcome at the committee. Two weeks ago, i
Thank you, holly. The Drinking Water in wilmington, North Carolina is tested for a toxic substance called genx used in nonstick products. It turned up recently in the Cape Fear River, which supplies 250,000 people. Jericka duncan is in wilmington. Reporter this fayetteville plant 80 miles upstreet from wilmington where genx is manufactured by dupont, and Company Officials revealed the chemical has been released into the river for nearly four decades. They caught us offguard. Wilmington mayor bill safo. We dont know what will this do to us drinking it for long period of time. Three year study by North Carolina State University and the epa out this past fall, showed an elevated presence of genx in wilmingtons tap water. But the findings werent publicly disclosed until this month. So i ask all of you to keep this going until our walter is clean reporter last Week City Council meeting was standing room only. Why has this been allowed to go on for so long . I have been drinking this water m
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We could smell that very distinct odor of natural gas throughout this area. Psnc Energy Workers got the line turned off 11 15, ems responders rolled in to check on the crews and firefighters. We saw people in the neighborhood on that side of the street starting to leave but there werent any evacuations at the Business Park on the opposite side of the street. Police closed the road, and side streets. They are closeed and we are working to find what caused the leak and let you know when the road reopens. Robert richardson. One soldier is dead and another injured after a road side bomb explosion in afghanistan. Nato coalition Authorities Say the soldier was part of the existing 500 troops in southern afghanistan working on counterterrorism training for the army. Fayetteville police say an earlier this morning is okay. Police were call ed to a housing complex on enterprise avenue just before 2 00 a. M. Police say the child is with his father, and is well. Today president obama heads to sou