The storm caused horrific damage in upended peoples lives but through perseverance hard work and unyielding oversight of the federal Disaster Response apparatus we built back at her. As a resident of the community affected by hurricane laura assessing damage to their homes they can rest assured that the community will hold a federal Emergency Management agency and its federal partners accountable by making sure they provide to help communities need to get back on their feet. A key lesson from Hurricane Katrina is that the initial response was hampered by the inept leadership of an inexperienced unqualified president ial Campaign Donor who had been appointed to head fema, the nations emergency manager. The hurricanes served as an important reminder that federal agencies should be led to experience people committed to the mission especially in times of crisis. Today the country is in crisis again and leadership for stalling the nations response. A Global Pandemic has crippled the nation.
The decision and the policies Going Forward that can affect how the platforms are held accountable and how they behave. Lets start with a short video. To illustrate the damaging impact of disinformation on Health Care Professionals, on consumers who turned to social media for information about covid19 generally and about how to protect themselves. [video clip] emotions that healthcare care workers are feeling of fear and excited. It is the first time i have ever been scared. As a nurse. We are fighting viruses. We are fighting the virus of covid19 and fighting the virus of misinformation. Im not even sure which one is harder at this point. I had colleagues that shared with me of intentional bleach in gestion aimed at preventing or curing covid19, misled by social media. That is how the bleach misinformation has spread in our communities. All the disinformation is putting patients at risk. People comment that have had symptoms. They decided the virus is not real. They were told it is ju
Subcommittee on Border Operations will come to order. It is meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the jurors authorized an endpoint. It has unanimous consent there would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asked with unanimous consent dissent as the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline hall mccain. Seven years old. In the big gomez angel. Darlene valley, ten years old. One areas, 15 years old. Will mayor two years old. Carlos hernandez frescoes, 16 years old. They used to six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. They used to children were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of they used to children since the spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, their suffering, their terrible losses
Once they arrive in customs and Border Protection custody. [inaudible conversations] s with this subcommittee on border facility operations todayod people will receive testimony how to prevent child death and custody. We can declare recess at any point. Chair asking them as consent we can sit and question the witnesses. Without objection so ordered. Jacqueline mckeen, seven years old. Felipe gomez alonso, eight years old. Darlene cordova, ten years old. Juan gutierrez 15 years old. Willll mayor one wilmer ramirez, two years old. Carlos fernandez, 15 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government in the past 18 month months. They were migrants from Central Americaa who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. The last hours of their lives were in detention facilities on the southern border we must never forget their names or suffering or the losses their family has had to endure. We are here thiss morning to examine the conditions that led t
Of a partisan crusade. That began before president troubled youve been nominated let alone for it. The constitution. And. I dont think they suspect that that would ever go president. In the senate at the same. Also coming up today Queen Elizabeth revealed the new u. K. Governments to do list for 2020 the top priority will be no surprise miss the. Mountains on time. So i can come up. With my governments priority is to deliver the United Kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of january and. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with donald j. Trump the impeached president of the United States last night the u. S. House of representatives took a rare solemn and very partisan step approving 2 articles of impeachment which accuse president drum of abusing his power with ukraine and of obstructing congresss duty to investigate that abuse almost every democrats and not a single republican voted to impeach the speaker