Debate indicating she is not the front runner to take on donald trump. And anger in south korea after its football world cup qualifier in pyongyang is played to empty stands without live coverage. Thank you very much for joining as hong kongs chief executive carrier has been forced to delay her annual policy speech in the legislature. Pay the. Politicians shouted her down twice as she left the chamber some even threw objects at her lamb is struggling to restore public order after months of on Thai Government protests in a post poll monks. Hong kong people have had a very difficult time very very tough time how rather our chief executive mrs kerry. To respond to resole of the problem. Our 5 months of very clear not one less and i really urge if she wants hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong and she has no ability and even incapable in a ministry to Hong Kong Police that down and carrying them eventually delivered her speech through video link she said the Internati
And, heather, you were wonderful and provided a lot of information. I, unfortunately, didnt know about your office over the past four years. When i was faced with having to deal with a decision that my sister was being removed from a transplant wait list because she could not speak and could not move half her body, i felt trapped and there was nobody i could talk to. The hospital made the decision. It was only one hospital in this city that performs lung transplants. And we had no choice to take her to another hospital. And i just dont want what happened to my sister to happen to another resident of San Francisco. And i have some ideas as to what we can do to perhaps give a voice to this very vulnerable patient population. And i certainly have more time to do that since im no longer a caregiver. But i just wanted to raise this issue to your attention. It is shocking that it could happen in this city. And i remember feeling so trapped in that situation and i hope there is a way that we
I think that alex and myself and a number of other people here are really primarily concerned about how were being informed. And i my personal opinion about pg es efforts to get information out is i havent known them to be particularly robust and so im wondering who is monitoring pg es approach to this . Is that your responsibility . How do we make sure theyre going to accomplish what they claim theyre going to accomplish in a comprehensive way . Our responsibility and ill speak for the larger Emergency Management Community Working with all of our partners. Working with nicole. So when the California Public Utilities Commission is doing their rulemaking process, we have made explicit requests that theyre going to be notifying individuals on their data bases, although as jan mentioned there are limitations to that. Theyre notifying public safety, which is including Emergency Management, fire, law, health and this is something throughout the bay area, we are asking pg e to do. Where we s
Her to continue her medical treatment. And she passed away because of that denial of treatment. And im here to raise your attention to how discrimination can impact the disabled community when theyre dealing with an organ transplant. And i dont know if your office has ever had to deal with a situation like this. I only recently learned of your council over the summer. And i spoke with heather in your office. And, heather, you were wonderful and provided a lot of information. I, unfortunately, didnt know about your office over the past four years. When i was faced with having to deal with a decision that my sister was being removed from a transplant wait list because she could not speak and could not move half her body, i felt trapped and there was nobody i could talk to. The hospital made the decision. It was only one hospital in this city that performs lung transplants. And we had no choice to take her to another hospital. And i just dont want what happened to my sister to happen to a
Next, the hearing on the house energy and commerce subcommittee on the potential Health Effects of e. Cigarettes. It also includes Public Officials from North Carolina, massachusetts, michigan and kansas testifying how the states are responding to the rise in vaping related illnesses. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts the regulatory authorities related to key cigarette manufacturing sales and use. The chair now recognizes for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic one that is causing severe harm. It will examine the cost of the epidemic and the uncontrolled rising use of e. Cigarettes lifethreatening illnesses and the use of products we must work to protect the American People from the misunderstanding about these products. The data