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[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming this morning. My name is kenneth feinberg, and ive been assigned the task of designing and administering the gm ignition compensation claims resolution protocol, the gm ignition switch compensation program. I want to spend a few minutes this morning, a, an overview of the program, how we got where we are. Secondly, i want to summarize the Eligibility Criteria for claimants who can file a claim. There are and third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the ram. Under the program. We started drafting this protocol about two months ago at, initially, gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this ram. In this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program. Theyre funding it, and theyre funding it without any cap on
And both sides blaming the other. Overnight the u. N. Security Council Called for an immediate end to the hostilities. What are the prospects for a new ceasefire today . Martin savidge is joining us from jerusalem with the latest developments. What are you hearing from the ground . Reporter good morning, kate. I wish i had better news. Over the weekend our hopes were raised with the temporary pause in the fighting. Maybe it could be extended. Today the fighting goes on. Early this morning the United Nations Security Council convening an emergency meeting calling for a renewed ceasefire to allow the delivery of urgently needed assistance into gaza, but neither side accepted, both agreeing to only a few hours of peace andry jekting previous deals for a truce. We had a ceasefire, they violated it. Now theyre violating their own ceasefire. Obviously well take whatever action necessary to protect our people. Reporter the Israeli Military detonating explosives in two tunnels they say hamas u
Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced 44-year-old Michael A. Crider of Jacksonville to 2 and-a-half years in federal prison for escaping from custody.