Were honored to have the full Committee Chairman with us this morning and i expect senator blumenthal the Ranking Member to join us momentarily. As chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing, it is entitled name, image, likeness of athletic compensation. The expectation or hope that we might limit ourselves to the type of conversation but have no control over my colleagues or necessarily what the witnesses will say that may take us broader in scope. I absolutely look forward to hearing from her witnesses and im appreciative of all l of thm in the university of kansas, the president of Athletic Association and the big 12 and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Enter College Athletics, university of kansas one in the womens soccer team one the 12to title last in my hometown of manhattan, phil snyder revolutionized College Football at Kansas State University and the legacy continu
The street and a car nearly under ground. Crews at this hour still working to make repairs. Janelle burrell has more from hoboken for us this morning. Reporter chris, certainly a rough morning for the owners of that car. You can see, actually, see them here behind us, on first street, talking with some of the crew members, here, from suez water, as they wait to make repairs to the water main break, this is just the latest in what has become routine for many residents here. There is no way phil snyder and his girlfriend could ever have imagined starting off their workweek like this. It took several reinforced straps and a backhoe to finally pluck their car above ground. Look outside, and saw the street was flooded and only took a few seconds to figure was going off. Reporter the monday went from bad to horrible, this is the car a half hour later. Almost half of it underneath first street, outside of their hoboken apartment. Is what it is. Reporter the aging infrastructure, some of it ne
Guilty thats the verdict boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev heard in court after two days of deliberating jurors believed the the 21yearold and his brother carried out the attack that killed 4 and injured more than 2060 people. Our very own john terret is here on todays verdict. Whats next . Morgan a whole new trial is next. Effectively, thats whats going to happen because today was thend of the guilty phase. Next comes the sentencing phase. The jury must decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his crimes hors doeuvre life in prison. Guilty of all charges against him, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev listened but didnt react. One by one the 30 counts were read out, 1 through 17 that carry the death penalty. Among those counts use after weapon of mass destruction, bombing of a place of public use, malicious destruction of property resulting in death. The jury weigh the aggravating circumstances, such as the killing of a young boy, the use of these devices causing massive injury. And those are agg
As lawmakers take up her confirmation in a hearing that brings obamacare and the controversy surrounding it back very much into the spotlight. Good morning to you. Im jon scott. A big spotlight. It is still there. Jon they have to focus it somewhere. Jenna it comes in and out. Hi, im jenna lee. Hope you are off to a good day so far. Silvia Matthews Burwell is on cap coal hill. She is the replacement for outgoinghhs secretary kathleen sebelius, support of key democrats will place a key role. They are interested how burwell will assume responsibility for obamacare and implement the Health Care Law further. Well bring you any back and forth anything particularly relevant to the big stories. Jon she has been through the process once at another agency. Well see how this goes. For some background on sylvia Matthews Burwell, the hhs secretary nominee, she is 48 years old. Was born in hinton, west virginia. She is Second Generation greekamerican and a rhodes scholar. She got married in 2007 to
States for treatment within the next few days. John roberts is live outside of Emory University hospital with more than. John . Reporter jon, decisions are made by the minute on ground in liberia, who comes back and how they come back will depend on how ill they are. Dr. Kent brantley and nurse mary writebol are medical missionaries for is a tear mans purse. They samaritans purse. They are said to be in serious condition, according to samaritans first, which means is a good thing because they did not get worse overnight. An air ambulance from phoenix air out of cartersville, georgia, filled with the centers for Disease Control bio containment unit landed in liberia. We dont know which patient will come back first. We know the plane will have to take make two trips because it can only take one trip at a time. Earliest one patient would be here at Emory University would be tomorrow morning. They will be housed in a special bio containment unit here at emory designed by the centers for Di