Coming elections that we are diverting o our attention away from the many other reissues that are causing violence in congot and we are wasting the opportunity to tackle these other issues. Based on 18 years of research, including several years living and working in congo, i believe and i will show you in my statement that there is effective ways to help the conflict. The approach to the congolese crisis by realizing that there are many other causes of violence beyond the political issues and the democracy and peace do not always go together. The two most important measures congress can take are to increase the United States support to local peacebuilding and to put vocal actors in the driver seat. The delay in Holding Elections is only one among the many issues that fuel the ongoing violence in congo and importantly local conflicts at the village or district level also feel fuel expense of violence. To be clear, national and International Leaders regularly manipulate vocal arm groups,
I remember sitting with steve jobs and i asked him why did you do what you do . And he said, life is like a river. You get to pick things out of the river, really cool things people have done, they put before you in the river, great devices or great ideas, but after a while you r great devices or great ideas but after a while you realize it is not how much you take out of the river but how much you put into the river, what you leave behind so your spirit is so manifest after you have been gone. Whether it is Robert Einstein or Benjamin Franklin or anybody else they did have a connection to something supernatural, something larger than themselves. Host from 2011 to your book and steve jobs, the opening sentence in your the 2004 got a phone call from steve jobs. Why did he call you . I had written a biography of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein and his it why do you do me next . My first reaction was okay, Benjamin Franklin Albert Einstein, you . Then i realized he had been sick fig
The wind is making it feel like its in the teens and even colder air is coming. Its 4 30. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im chris cato. We have live First Alert Team coverage this morning to prepare you for this cold blast and the potential dangers that come with it. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley in his first alert forecast. Bill its going to get colder throughout the day, or at least feel colder right . The wind is going to kick in. The wind is pretty light right now. Where we are seeing a little bit of a breeze, it makes it feel like its 15 degrees. For example, in center city the windchill 15. The wind is stronger above building level, but its going to work its way down to the surface, making for a very cold day. Temperatures well below freezing. Were at 19 degrees here at nbc 10 and that has led to some icing after the snowfall yesterday. Its just a light snowfall. Those icy spots with us this morning. Bitter winds through the day and ne
Came out side and by the time i came out the police and fire were on the scene doing their thing. The occupants of the other vehicle were not injured but this is tragic this man was operating his vehicle on his way home and the tree fell without warning. Strong winds likely toppled the tree and firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get him out of the car and he was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. His thoughts are with his family. I feel lucky for us it was just a shed and a little bit of cleanup. The tree also brought down some power lines to to immediate area and the area was without power for several hours and it has since been restored. We reached out to the family but they were too distraught to talk. Erica good win is now out of the hospital she was seriously injured when temple student, rebecca kim fell to her death from her Center City High right hitting her. Kim fell from the eighth floor department, goodwin suffered injuries to her spine an
Were very seriously damaged. And im wondering what the plans are to ensure that these women, especially the final three months of pregnant heat, get close to birth of their children, will there be an effort to ensure they are safe blood and be skilled birth attendant to the can save her life if she needs a csection or some other help to help mother and baby. I would not parenthetically that my daughterinlaw. My wife and i are grandparents have three grandchildren. Just in july, and a Princeton Hospital had an emergency csection, lost two liters plus a load and they had to send out for some of it because they didnt have her blood type. They had some, but not enough. In a ravaged area we visited them youve visited as well as the Health Clinics that are working, that could mean death to a woman were availability of safe blood could mean life. So if you could address that. Finally, the issue of best practices learned from the earthquake in haiti and the synonymy in the indian ocean. I was