Indicted in 2007 on similar charges that could potentially have led to him spending life in prison if he served only 13 months in a private wing of a county jail in florida following a plea agreement under the terms of the deal investigations into his activities were ended and the extent of his crimes and who else was involved concealed the federal prosecutor who negotiated that deal with Alexander Acosta who subsequently became doldrums labor secretary he resigned following renewed scrutiny of that plea deal it would be selfish for me to say in this day and in you talking about it all heres all that in about 8 to me right now even off to epsteins release as a registered sex offender he mixed in elite circles but in july federal prosecutors ordered his arrest again his house was searched and loads troves of evidence seized its expected that civil proceedings will continue against epsteins state and perhaps the truth of who epstein was will be settled. And she happened joins us live now
Operates the compound under the of jordan to pray in and around other local mosques were ordered closed to maximize numbers the muslim officials aware that right wing jewish nationalists had been demanding access to the site known to jews as the temple mount on t. Shirt but of the day jews mourn tragedies in their history including the destruction of the 1st and 2nd temples perhaps the key question about todays events is why the Israeli Security forces decided to change their minds in the early part of the day i decided to ban on was thems entry to the al aqsa mosque compound for fear of friction they changed that position and friction ensued anyway a Police Spokesman said the situation changed after they dispersed muslim worshippers using stun grenades tear gas and rubber bullets he denied that was a tactic to clear the way for jewish groups saying Security Forces responded after chairs and stones were thrown at them there has been an increasingly vociferous movement on the religious
Protestors bride joins us live from hong kong so rob how would you sum up the Police Authorities attitude towards this so far it seems to be a case of gently gently. I think so peter if they have learned the tactics theyve adopted this tactics since to the very much the early days of this whole movement rather than trying to inflame the situation they tend to keep a low profile they tend to keep in the background as long as theres not too much misbehaving going on the police have not given permission for this march but theres no way they were going to stop the numbers that have turned out for this south thousands have turned out many of them are Wearing Masks because technically they could face i suppose some sort of action for what they are doing where in the high street of typo market as its called is one of fairly medium sized town up near the border with china in whats known as the New Territories here and its a medium towns like this that you do see that kind of the numbers they d
The hearing of subcommittee on general farm commodities and Risk Management entitled reviewing the state of the farm economy will come to order. Good morning and thank you for joining us, as we look into this critical aspect of our economy. Every one of us seated up here has heard from farmers in our districts about the bad farm economy. Commodity prices are low, input costs are rising and financial pressure is mounting on farmers across this country. While we hear so much about the booming state of the overall economy, our rural and farm economy continues to struggle. You cannot have a successful National Economy when such a vital component hurts the way our farmers are currently. The numbers paint a rough picture. Usda forecasts net farming level for 2019 to be only 77 of the annual average for 2000 through 2017. Its down 50 from 2013 alone. Inflationadjusted farm debt is the highest it has been since 1980 and the debt to asset ratio for farmers is rising steadily. This hearing offer
Interagency working group. Im alexandra dunn, administrator for chemicals and pesticides that epa. We are pleased to have this group continue the good work that began early in the administration and thank you for joining us today. We know how busy your schedules are and how difficult it is to get a group of this caliber together at the same time. Your attendance today demonstrates a clear commitment across the administration to implement a strategy to improve the endangered species act consultation process for pesticides. The farm bill passed this esteemed group, with various stakeholders, nongovernment organizations and others in a transparent manner and we are committed to maintaining that type of process. I now am privileged to introduce the honorable epa administrator andrew wheeler. Administrator wheeler has provided strong leadership to all of us here at the agency and is deeply committed to the issues the working group will assess. Administrator wheeler. Good morning and thank y