A very different macys thanksgiving parade. This years plans revealed. And from a bear waking up this guy by the pool to a feline finish at this track and field event to the potential signs of life on a planet other than mars, all the trending stories for your Tuesday Morning. And good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with that state of emergency on the gulf coast, Hurricane Sally gaining strength. The slowmoving storm is packing winds around 100 miles per hour. Its expected to drop nearly two feet of rain. For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in the atlantic at the same time. Were running out of letters to name them, so soon well be using the greek alphabet for storm names. This morning, Hurricane Sally intensifying as it heads towards the gulf coast. A new look from above showing an explosion of lightning inside the hurricane as the sun set last night. The storm expected to make landfall late tonight along the mississippi alabama border
Thanksgiving parade. This years plans revealed. And from a bear waking up this guy by the pool to a feline finish at this track and field event to the potential signs of life on a planet other than mars, all the trending stories for your Tuesday Morning. And good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with that state of emergency on the gulf coast, Hurricane Sally gaining strength. The slowmoving storm is packing winds around 100 miles per hour. Its expected to drop nearly two feet of rain. For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in the atlantic at the same time. Were running out of letters to name them, so soon well be using the greek alphabet for storm names. This morning, Hurricane Sally intensifying as it heads towards the gulf coast. Nit. Lightninse eurrine as s se the ak landfall late tonight along the mississippi alabama border as a category 2 hurricane. Forecasters expect the hurricane to then stall dropping more than 20 inches of rain wit
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff immediately. Second, we have a timer that should be visible on your screen when youre in the active speaker with him know. Members who wish to pen the timer to the screen should Contact Committee staff for assistance. Third, thousand rules require that w
Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl