This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. Floridas governor declared a state of emergency as erika heads towards the sunshine state. And the white house says president obama has been briefed on storm preparations. The Tropical Storm has plowed a path of death and destruction through the caribbean. [ screaming ] a church in dominica collapsed under the fury of the wind and rain. The island nation so far the hardest hit. Erika dumped 15 inches of rain on dominica. Landslides blocked roads, power and Water Supplies were knocked out. The storm is right now delivering another punch to puerto rico. As much as eight inches of rain are expected before erika moves over the Dominican Republic towards florida by monday morning. George w. Bush has been in new orleans today visiting a school hard hit by Hurricane Katrina ten years ago. The slogan that guided the school when we first visited is true today. We believe in success. And because of that success, that school
Way, let alone a paying customer. As i mentioned, members of congress fly a lot so many of our constituents and those watching online, weve all been in a situation where we all just want to get to our seat, get in the air and get home as quickly as possible. But imagine almost seven hours into a long flight and you get physically ripped out of a seat you paid for and thrown off the plane and get your teeth knocked out or getting your infant child on the site and yanks a stroller out of the way and nearly hits your baby. These are recent examples of serious disturbing Customer Service breakdowns. I expect well hear more examples when the members of this committee get their opportunities to question the witnesses. There will be tough questions today and make no mistake about it you owe the public and this committee answers. Hundreds of millions of people fly in this country every year and 2 Million People will fly today or something close to 2 million and theyre tired of being treated in
Way, let alone a paying customer. As i mentioned, members of congress fly a lot so many of our constituents and those watching online, weve all been in a situation where we all just want to get to our seat, get in the air and get home as quickly as possible. But imagine almost seven hours into a long flight and you get physically ripped out of a seat you paid for and thrown off the plane and get your teeth knocked out or getting your infant child on the site and yanks a stroller out of the way and nearly hits your baby. These are recent examples of serious disturbing Customer Service breakdowns. I expect well hear more examples when the members of this committee get their opportunities to question the witnesses. There will be tough questions today and make no mistake about it you owe the public and this committee answers. Hundreds of millions of people fly in this country every year and 2 Million People will fly today or something close to 2 million and theyre tired of being treated in
Way, let alone a paying customer. As i mentioned, members of congress fly a lot so many of our constituents and those watching online, weve all been in a situation where we all just want to get to our seat, get in the air and get home as quickly as possible. But imagine almost seven hours into a long flight and you get physically ripped out of a seat you paid for and thrown off the plane and get your teeth knocked out or getting your infant child on the site and yanks a stroller out of the way and nearly hits your baby. These are recent examples of serious disturbing Customer Service breakdowns. I expect well hear more examples when the members of this committee get their opportunities to question the witnesses. There will be tough questions today and make no mistake about it you owe the public and this committee answers. Hundreds of millions of people fly in this country every year and 2 Million People will fly today or something close to 2 million and theyre tired of being treated in
Discussion about a shutdown again. Why would we have a shutdown in september . If the appropriations process is still not working by september, that is a bad thing for the country. One of the things that we like as members of the government is that the proper functioning of the appropriations process is critical to the constitutional function of the government. The house and senate are supposed to use the power of the purse. When they dont do appropriations bills, our constituents voices are not heard. We hope that comes back as part of the process. We are pleased with the deal today. Thank you very much. Thank you for letting me have a shout out to my wife. Can we identify the location of that wall exactly . Sean sean. Really . No one leave. [chatter] they are not coming back . [chatter] announcer cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. This morning, republican congressman Chris Stewart of utah discusses tensions with north korea to then