Lead. A journalist weighed in on the challenges that arab and middle eastern female journalists face while reporting on stories in their countries. Watch tonight at 8 30 eastern on cspan2 and enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. Next, a hearing on School Safety and gun violence. A house subcommittee and security officials. The parent of a skunt stild in the parkland, Florida High School student and lauren hogg cofounder of march for our lives. This is an hour and 50 minutes. The subcommittee is engaging the communitys respective on School Security. Good morning and thank you to everyone who is here today. The Sub Committee is meeting to discuss perspectives on School Safety and how the federal government can better support local stake holders in making our children safer. I want to thank the witnesses for participating in todays hearing. First we have miss lauren hogg and mr. Max schacter testimonies are ones the marine public needs to hear and ones that members of cong
Center. Live were here at Uc Medical Center because thats where one of the victims is now recovering this morning. 41 year old emily frank is at last check listed in serious condition here. Emily and her dad Stephen Frank were hit by a metro bus while crossing in a crosswalk in hyde park last night around 7 30. It happened right at the intersectin of erie and edwards road. Her dad died at the scene. He was 73 years old the driver of the cincinnati metro bus was 57 year old tyrone patrick. No passengers were on the bus on at the time. And no one else got hurt. Cincnnati police say this is an ongoing investigation. Live metro says patrick has been a driver for 10 years. He was briefly taken tot he hospital after the crash for shock. Police say speed and impairment do not appear to be factors in the crash. A boone county a boone county highway is open this morning, after a fiery, wrongway crash sent several people to the hospital and closed the road for hours. Officials say 65 yearold mic
Something is not sick from ebola. And i am not at risk, and no one else is at risk who followed those doctors protocols in dealing with this family. Reporter he delivered a quarantine notice to the family members who were staying with duncan. Those people are part of a group of 48 being checked daily for signs of ebola. Theyre being watched for 21 days. The incubation period for the fatal disease. And no one has gotten sick yet. Wednesday night, the community paused to remember duncan, who died eight days after testing positive for ebola. He was originally sent home from the hospital, despite telling a nurse he had been in liberia. The Texas Health Department says it is considering investigating texas presbyterian hospital, and its handling of duncans care. And its raised fears that patients elsewhere might slip through the cracks. The issue that happened in dallas when mr. Duncan wasnt first recognized, that almost is for sure not going to happen again, because everybody is headsup ab
Punishment. A hawaiian innovation. Stopping trouble in its tracks. We have Research Showing that people in hope are getting arrested for new crimes half as often than people on probation as usual. And good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. We begin with a Disturbing Development in West Virginias Drinking Water crisis. It has been four weeks since a Chemical Spill tainted the water there more than 300,000 West Virginiaans were affected. Today we learned however that five schools had to abruptly close after complaints of foul licorice odor had returned to the Drinking Water. That is three weeks after state officials started to give the water the all clear. Residents are assured that the Drinking Water is safe. But the level of distrust is growing now. We are joined by ashton she joins us via kuip. Tell us the latest incident started at the schools . They started flushing the schools themselves and then what we know is that a high school at an Elementary School yesterday as th
Longterm effects of californias drought. Farmers worrying about a long recovery if the rain doesnt start falling soon. Hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Good to have you with us. Im thomas drayton. Its more than a onetwo punch. Winter weather is impacting coast to coast. A rare storm hammered the pacific northwest, dumping a foot of snow in oregon and washington. A second storm on friday could bring up to another foot of snow in the area. Hundreds of thousands cross the mid west have no power after a serious snow and ice storm knocked down industries. State officials are struggling to cope with the winter. Id like to pack up and move somewhere. Everywhere will snow. Even a warm state. Across the country its hard to get a break from the bad weather. In pennsylvania, preparedness for a winter wallop means shelters are stocked up with supplies. A storm positions people at shelters where they may be needed. With the Power Company reporting 6,000 people without power at one time, the