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Per hour. New crash westbound 4 at hillcrest avenue. One is walked in that area and speeds slowing to 20 Miles Per Hour to keep it in mind if youre going in that area and south bay the crash southbound a 80s capital expressway. Will nina vogt but not expecting speed too much. Developing news on the peninsula. Police are trying to find the person behind the shooting that shut down massive Shopping Mall last night it happened at the shops and 10 karen. Jackie ward is live at the mall. The Police Department with the latest. Reporter we are actually in front of the san bruno Police Department. We are waiting for an update in the latest research on the shooter or shooters are still vet there tnesteus that they first heard gunfire shots just before 4 p. M. Yesterday the shots shops. The suspension video captured by a shopper ran for safety inside of jcpenney. Two young male victims rushed to services go general. One is in critical condition. The other is in serious, but stable condition. To
We are already tracking a crash. This one in the north bay southbound 101 at petaluma boulevard. Lane is blocked. Not affecting speeds right now, but it is early and hopefully they can get that cleaned up before the morning commute. Taking a look at the super commuters coming in on the altamont pass. Speeds are really slowing down to 17 Miles Per Hour, and we are going to take a look at the Richmond San Rafael bridge where there is emergency construction being done. Usually every morning we have seen this. The lanes will be closed. Some lanes closed on the bridge, until 5 a. M. Taking a live look out at the san mateo bridge. Traffic is moving along nicely, but it is still early. And they bay bridge toll plaza we can see traffic is moving along the cars are moving in pretty fast. A shooting sense the san bruno mall into chaos and to victims to the hospital and the search is on for two shooters. Attention jcpenney customers. Please send the building we find out what is going on outside.
At any time. This hearing is entitled evaluating the effectiveness of u. S. Sanctions programs. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Im pleased to welcome our colleagues and our witnesses to the subcommittees hearing on u. S. Sanctions from iran to north korea to russia and venezuela, sanctions are increasingly used as an instrument in our Foreign Policy tool kit and Congress Must ensure that they be held accountable for results. This hearing will examine major sanctions programs as we seek to evaluate their effectiveness. Let me highlight three points that may provide context for this discussion. First, sanctions are key to bringing about behavioral change abroad and this committee has stressed that they should be designed accordingly. That means calibrating sanctions and sanctions relief based on specific and achievable actions we wish to see from a foreign actor. Tailoring sanctions in this way is important for secondary sanctions, given how banking
Please be brief in your questions so that we can take as many questions as possible. We have a press conference in russian, but you will have some translations into other languages, and in the broadcast is available on our website and social media. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Hope you had a good holiday season. A good new year and we are very grateful to you for taking part in our annual press conference. I dont think i should spend a lot of time on my introductory remarks. Just recently, the president gave an end of the year press conference. A few days ago, president putin met with the editors in chief of Russian Media news agencies. I think you have been following these major events and you are familiar with the president s comments on those issues, including foreign policy. I will say briefly that once again, we have to say that this year was not easy. We see various hard spots around the world, and the middle east, northern africa, and the ukraine, our neighboring country.