Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Todays hearing is the first of two on Emergency Alert systems. The near future will ho
Alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Today
And australian actress rebel wilson is awarded more than £2. 5 million in damages after winning a Defamation Case against a celebrity magazine. Good morning. Its wednesday 13th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Londons fire commissioner has said that the Grenfell Tower fire must be a turning point in fire regulation calling for sprinklers in all High Rise Council flats. A bbc breakfast investigation which focused on half the uks council and Housing Association owned tower blocks found thatjust 2 have full Sprinkler Systems. Tomorrow a Public Inquiry into what happened at grenfell begins. It will look at how the fire started, why it spread so quickly and the actions of public authorities before and after the fire. Graham satchell reports. The fire at the cell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council run tower blocks and what is needed to make them serve. Safe. In a foia request we found that only 2 of council one tower blocks have Sp
Wednesday in parliament. The news from westminster the labour leader accuses the government of neglecting ordinary people. A conservative Prime Minister once told britain, youve never had it so good. Now tory mps tell each other, weve never had it so good. But the Prime Minister says voters cant trust labour. He promised voters he would deliver on brexit. And hes let them down. What people know is that its only the conservatives that deliver a better britain. Also in the programme, mps back a labour motion calling for an end to the pay cap for nhs workers. Myself and my colleagues are minded to support the motion that he has put before the house this evening. But it would be appropriate if true sincerity was shown by all members of this house and they stop attacking the government for giving Northern Ireland that £1 billion so they can allow others to alleviate the costs which could narrow the pay gap. But first, Prime Ministers questions began with theresa may announcing extra money
And with all of those affected with the hurricane especially the territoriesaffecd may also our secretary travel to those overseas territoriterritori es to see what is needed. As i told the house last week we have a navy ship repositioned in the region and experts on the ground coordinatcoordinat ing the u. K. Response. And to have the military aid with an additional 25 Million Pounds for Recovery Efforts and 2 Million Pounds of assistance just last week. With additional 200 is to arrive in the next couple days. Over 40 tons of aid has arrived i am sure the members id like to join meit to pay tribute to as people were doing an incredible job mr. Speaker. And those children the half ineffective mr. Speakerallt to have a vibrant local economy but the economy is sure to shrink if we leave. Is a the time that the Prime Minister that we finally know the cost . I have to say to the honorable lady that is not the right one. If she tells her constituents that she needs to think again. We are l