Good morning, the subcommittee on communications and technology will come to order. And the chair recognizes himself five its with the statement. I begin thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today to examine the importance of a. M. Radio receivers in vehicles. A. Im radio has been an integral part of our society for well over a century, and at the americans local news serving is the backbone to our nations Emergency Communications infrastructure. Over 45 million americans tune into a am radio each month, they rely on it for local news Weather Sports and Emergency Alerts its unique frequency characteristics allow for signatures grabbed foreign wide overcoming geographical barriers and reach in both urban and remote areas. This makes a am radio and a valuable tool during times of crisis. When hurricanes, tornadoes, and other Natural Disasters strike, and am radio remains steadfast providing Vital Information to those in affected areas when other Communication Channels fail
Him or not, or believe that he could fulfill that were not, they were prepared to take a chance. Sunday eastern on q a. Now to hearing on the nations Emergency Alert system. Fcc officials and communication Industry Leaders testified before the Senate Conference irons and transportation committee. They discussed the false alarms statewide Emergency Alert in hawaii earlier this month. This hearing is almost 2 hours. Good morning and welcome to these hearings on our countrys Emergency Alert system. I hope to hear from our panel about whats working , whats not and what we can do to better prevent alerts like we saw with the hallway Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Sharing state and local governments the safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is critical. Alerts not only create an unnecessary panic but undermine the integrity of the alert system learning to distrust and confusion. What happened in hawaii must be addressed to ensure an incident like th
Better prevent alerts like we saw with the hallway Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Sharing state and local governments the safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is critical. Alerts not only create an unnecessary panic but undermine the integrity of the alert system learning to distrust and confusion. What happened in hawaii must be addressed to ensure an incident like that never happens again. It is essential americans have an alert system they can trust by and large, i believe they do. Theres much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system, its arguably a model of publicprivate programs operating as envisioned by this committee through the war in. Industry partners including those represented have been investing to improve the system and are working with government and Public Safety to carry out the mission. We serve certainly do not want to overlook the success but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be address
Washingt washington. Today we are learning that 100 people may have come in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan or his family including School Children. They are monitoring those individuals. Dung an remains at Texas Health Presbyterian report in serious condition. The hospital did not initially handle the situation well and he alerted the cdc himself about his uncle. One day when he first went there with the symptom coming from liberia, they should have done something immediately. They sent him back home only to get sick and come back by ambulance. Joining me now is nbcs kate snow and from cleveland, an Infectious Disease expert at case medical center. Kate, you have the breaking news, the exclusive interview with the nephew. The nephew called the cdc. From dallas, im not sure how you can figure out how to call the cdc. He lives in North Carolina and he called the main 1800number and he called them. This he said was on monday of this week. After feeling frustrated and feeling like nothing
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