Superior court of the district of columbia. Madam president , i yield the floor. ■o. The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Lujan madam president , 78 years ago, 4yearold anastacio was living in telarosa, new mexico, a city 40 miles away from the trinity testn site. Now, little anastacio didnt know it at the time, none of the families there did, but the world they were living in was conta contaminated, andicles from ther test. Anastacio grew to be a big family man, hunting and growing on the land enriched by a ditch system, an system that provided ample water and nourishment. Greatgrandparents, grandparents, moms, eating and drinking contaminated food. Water sources. Later in life, Anastacio Cordova developed Prostate Cancer and tongue cancer. The cancer metastasized to his neck and throat before becoming inoperable and c body. His daughter, tina, recalls him being only 125 pounds at the time of death in 2013. Today, march 7, 11 years ago on this day, anastacio left u
In the field. This is live coverage on cspan2. For being here. I also thank you, we have the administration here today, especially our ambassador at large, cindy dire, thank you for being here as well. You know, more than 20 years ago, Congress Approved and president signed historic legislation that i authored known as Trafficking Victims protection act of 2000. This bipartisan landmark law created a comprehensive whole of Government Initiative that combat sex and labor trafficking in the United States and around the world. It also established dozens and dozens of new programs to protect victims, prosecute traffickers and prevent Human Trafficking in the first place, the three ps. Looking at the progress made over the years, its hard to believe the Trafficking Victims protection act was met with a serious opposition, a wall of opposition, for those in such of a problem including the media, many exaggerating, that we were talking about the prevalence of this crime not only around the wo
Morning. Were off to a wet start this morning. Lets get to the weather with meteorologist krystal klei and the most accurate forecast in town. Good morning, dray. This is a very different picture than yesterday when we saw the sun. Today, its a rainy forecast. All that green. A big front thats passing the area. Its going to be slow to pass. Which means as rain lingers through a good part of our day. Lets look a little closer here. Youll see pretty much everyone is getting some type of rain. Some of us are getting heavier rain than others. The best is more of a steady rain. You see this and another line of heavier to steadier rain passing through. This is mostly a light to steady rain falling. Its going to continue like that as we go throughout your Morning Hours and into your afternoon hours for some of our neighborhoods. Take a look at the temperatures. Theyre very mild. Yesterday, we saw the air flowing in from the southwest. Once this front pass, you can see that colder air filterin
The board shows here. Whats happening, theres a frontal system thats passing through. Once the cold front passes, well dry out and get colder. Until then, it will take a while. Well get the rainy conditions. A tighter view shows us that for the most part, this is a light to steady rain. Not a lot of us seeing anything heavy. Weve got this pocket of heavier rain falling over the bay in between parts of kent and cumberland counties. This is going to roll on through, bridgeton, millville may get action with a brief period of heavier rain. Nothing much to write home about. This is going to be a light, steady rain throughout the day. Use the windshield wipers and youll be good to go. Temperaturewise, 50 in philadelphia. 49 in wilmington and 51 in mt. Holly. The numbers far warmer than average even for a high temperature, but especially for a morning start time. Theyre not going to move much through the day. Were going to stick where we are pretty much. Rain will continue throughout the morn
The scene has now been cleared. The investigation still ongoing. Were live here in radnor, im dann cuellar channel6 action news. Back to you guys. All right, dann, thank you. In other news tonight its been the target of intense scrutiny protests and vandalism over the past few months. After much debate and public outcry its been announced that the frank rizzo statue is moving from the place it has stood for more than three decades. And now to the citys decision to relocate that statue from its current spot in front of the Municipal Services building. For some philadelphians the statue of the mayor represents a mayor of division and discrimination and those beliefs led to many protests demanding the statue be removed. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman live in center city tonight. Trish, you have reaction to the news. Reporter thats right, rick. After asking for the publics input the city says it received almost 4,000 submissions and announced today that the rizzo statue will be moved f