Van. A reminder that you can watch ashton carters confirmation hearing on cspan. Org and its also airing in its entirety in just a few minutes on cspan. Florida governor jeb bush spoke about Economic Opportunity in the United States. Mr. Bush who recently said hes thinking about a president ial run spoke at the detroit economic club. This is 45 minutes. Thank you. Leadership makes a difference. Right here in michigan we are witnessing the power of old new and creative leadership in our companies and in our cities and in our states. The alignment of these Leadership Qualities over multiple sectors has resulted in a paradigm shift of what we as michiganders believe is possible. Our nation has seen the paradigm shifts before and in 1980 our nation ushered in an era with the election of Ronald Reagan and george h. W. Bush. The power of clear and strong principled leadership infused with good well and a sense of humor that changed our nation. And across the country other states have experie
Diagnosed with enterovirus we are told Health Officials there that that patience is essential for mile in the child was not hospitalized. When all needing County School district wasting no time in taking action kron 4 trees so reports the oakland unified School District is putting into place a plan to make sure kids stay as healthy as possible. Now with children now back in full swing of school this fall oakland unified School District says one of its Top Priorities is to make sure kids learn in the healthiest and firemans as possible. Here is how they are tackling the issue. number one thing we stress to our students and families and particularly during the school during flu season as during the rest of the year we emphasize making sure that all of bathrooms in schools sides are constantly stop with soap. At reinforced with the need to a thoroughly washed and dried hands to get good so far covered. Especially in london to give lectures given the new rules from all need a colony of off
This forum on u. S. Customs and Border Protection. And this event is being broadcast live by cspan. And as many of you may know customs and Border Protection is the largest federal Law Enforcement agency and also it provides the second largest revenue collecting source for the federal government. On a typical day, cbp seizes over 10,000 pounds of drugs, 650,000 dollars in undeclared or illicit currency, and 3. 4 million of products with intellectual property right violations. So needless to say this agency is working very hard to safeguard americas borders while also enhancing legitimate trade and commerce. Our feature speaker today is commissioner gil kerlikowske. Hes going to discuss his insights from his first year of leading this agency. Hes also going to look at some of the highlights in terms of his vision for moving forward. The agency has put out a new vision and strategy 2020 document that lays out what the agency would like to do in the future. The commissioner was nominated
The fallout doesnt end there. Nbcs reporter joins us in San Francisco with the new details. Reporter five months after jack frazier was hit by a fire truck in this intersection, he is still recovering. Officials say that firefighter was drunk. Now the department is holding five other firefighters accountable. Issuing suspension notices. A San Francisco fire truck roared into the intersection of fifth and howard and slam into a motorcycle. Throwing jack frazier into a fire hydrant. This is frazier in the hospital in june. His attorney said his client is still recovering from extensive injuries. He sustained massive leg injuries. He had a collapsed lung, fractured ribs, he sustained a left tibia fracture, the left knee fracture. Reporter they say the firefighter passed the drug and alcohol test buzz the driver left the scene. Fire officials said he went into the bar where a camera recorded the veteran firefighter chugging water. When quinn did show up at the station hours later, his bloo
When another two, three, four or five honor flights are expected to arrive. On the national mall, tom sherwood, news 4. Federal workers across the region left work early today because of the shutdown. Tonight, many are starting to consider what it will mean for them and their households. Tracee wilkins is in New Carrollton where she caught up with the frustrated employees. Reporter i want to show you how serious this is. The th is the irs and the walkway that leads to metro. Its 5 00 p. M. You can count on one hand the number of folks leaving. These are the essential employees brought in today. Some people left after four hours of work. All of this has folks taking a look at what the shutdown will mean. Its not good. Alexander of New Carrollton is not looking forward to his walk home today and the news for his wife. I was hoping this wouldnt happen. It did. Reporter hes one of the thousands of federal workers sent home today due to the shut down. If they know something, theyll call us.