Today, we are asking you is there a role for congress in the gymnastics of use scandal . In the easternes or central times on, you can call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific regions, you can call 202 7488001. And if you or a Family Member or an amateur or collegiate athlete, there is a special line for you, 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media come on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At theake a look headline from you today about those efforts in congress. Imposes is going to regulation that requires new requirements on amateur sports organizations, something that would coincide with increased public pressure to address a scandal within the olympic community. Enduredese women have too much, which is why we must do more to protect our amateur athletes so that this never happens again. Joining us on the phone today is the author of that story, niel. Sl good morning. About what congress is doing in the wake of the Sexual Abuse Scandal.
Government declares a state of emergency. Israeli forces kill a palestinian man wanted for the shooting death of a. Tree. A council that can agree to take action. An escalating war of words between the u. S. And russia over suspected Chemical Attacks in syria. And our stock markets around the world have been plunging this tuesday asian markets have crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street the dow jones dropped more than a thousand points on monday or more than four and a half percent that was the biggest fall in percentage terms since august twenty seventh in response japans benchmark nikkei closed down four point seven three percent fall into its lowest number since october last year while hong kongs benchmark hang seng index lost almost five percent in its morning session putting it on track for the biggest drop since twenty fifteen or china correspondent adrian brown has more now from beijing. Well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wa
What was the city waiting for to decide whether or not to call for mandatory evacuations . The mayor had not received the water districts letter when he spoke to me and other reporters at 12 45 today. City spokesman said our understanding of the situation at the time was based on the districts information and its hydrological model and that the peak flows in the creek would not be as high as originally anticipated that and the creek channel was adequate for those kind of flows. The reservoirspilled when last months storm exceeded its capacity. So far neither side is showing any willingness to concede. We need to collaborate and figure out anything that went wrong so we can reduce this ever happening in the same way again. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. 35 million, thats the historic price of freedom for a h hillsboro woman accused of killing her childrens father. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee broke this story tonight at 5 00, that is a lot of money. Reporter dan, i did chec
Hundreds of homes swamped, thousands evacuated. Millions in losses. Water officials tonight are pointing the finger saying it was a failure to act. Good evening. San jose water officials broke their silence just a few hours ago in a letter saying the flood warnings were there, apparently ignored. The Water District says it wants answers, accusing the city of failing to act on warnings that the coyote creek would flood. David, the citys response . Reporter the city of san jose has questions as well, which it posed to the Water District several weeks ago. The two sides exchanged duelling letters pointing the finger today. Were waiting to see whether or not two entrenched a very airs can Work Together to prevent another disaster. Well see the two sides face a off again in public. San jose blaming flawed data and the Water District blaming the city for not heeding a potential for flooding. Something more could have been done and were not saying what the trigger was. What was the city waiti