being effected by a growing water shortage and what conditioning can do it address the issue. this from a senate agriculture committee runs one hour and 45 minutes. good morning, i m pleased it call this subcommittee competing on conservation climate forestry and natural resources and grateful the ranking member marshall for his partnership in organizing the hearing on with respect water reulgts. i know he shares my concern about the unprecedented drought the west faces as it is relates it declining water levels in the aquifer. spourp simple. to sound the locker room about the water crisis in the american west. it has not been there dry in 1200 years. if we don t get our act together here it will not only put our with respect agriculture at risk but the american west. my state is at the head waters of the colorado river which starts as snow melt before cutting across 1400 miles to the sea offer tez the river basin is the life blood and provides the drinking water for 40 mil
ukraine in its conflict of russia. a vote on passage of that bill is expected on thursday. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, our strong tower, continue to be our defender and guide. lead our lawmakers in their work so that they will make your priorities their priorities. provide them with the patience, integrity, and compassion to become instruments of your providence. strengthen and protect them and keep them safe from evil. give them such courage that they will passionately embrace your precepts. lord, infuse them with the spirit of wisdom, sympathy, and godliness as they grow in grace and in a deeper knowledge of your providential love. and, god, continue to sustain ukraine. we pray in your powerful name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge
Suspect and new video emerging of an east bay Police Shooting that contradicts officers testimony as to why they say they opened fire on the victim. And the California Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended crews from operating its driverless taxis in San Francisco. How the company is now responding. News station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im Justine Waldman and joseph emerson. A Pleasant Hill faces 167 charges, including attempted murder. Hes accused of trying to shut down the engines of a commercial plane that was filled with passengers on its way to San Francisco. He was off duty at the time. Were learning a lot this afternoon as to what unfolded kron. 4 Charles Clifford joins us now live from Pleasant Hill with details from what the Court Documents are saying. Its involving him possibly taking mushrooms. Well, so this the issued a criminal complaint against the suspect in this case accusing him of interfering with the operation of a
Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. We are joined by mary dickson. Shes a downwinder and Victim Advocate for talking about the radiation exposure compensation act. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you. A pleasure to be here. Host first explain what is a downwinder, and your personal connection to this. Guest i would love to. A downwinder is someone who lives downwind of the Nevada Nuclear test site. You still th . We having trouble with your signal . Mary . We will work on that. And try to get that back for you here as soon as possible. Take a look at this is from the department of justice website. This is talking about the radiation exposure act, exposure compensation act is called reca and here is a map that i wanted to show you. If you see here the states that are in yellow, these yellow areas are for uranium worker states. So states where there are uranium workers. Those cover colorado, new mexico, arizona, wyoming, south dakota, washington,h,
Host you can also send us a text at 2027488003. Be sure to send your first name and city, state. We are also on facebook and on x. Before we take calls look at this. This is from yesterday during debate over the defense funding on the house floor. Rules Committee Ranking member jim mcgovern sharply criticized republicans over risking a potential Government Shutdown and your response from rules Committee Chair tom cole. Heres a portion. What the hell is going on in your conference. Truth is under speaker mccarthys weak leadership this republican majority is a total failure. An unmitigated disaster. Those arent even my words, thats what one of your own members said on tv a you few nights ago about the process playing out in this chamber right now. First we have this absurd nonbinding resolution condemning the governor of new mexico we are trying to keep our constituents safe from gun violence. Just to explain to folks who may be watching, this resolution does nothing. Not a thing. Its a