Tokyo electric Power Company executives havent officially ruled out using reactors 5 and 6 to generate electricity in the future. Now they say theyll decide what to do with the units after they speak with authorities in Fukushima Prefecture and in the towns that host the plant. Their official decision could come next month. Prime minister shinzo abe has urged them to scrap the reactors. He says they should concentrate on dealing with a series of problems including leaks of radioactive water. Tepco officials plan to use the two reactors to train workers involved in decommissioning the four damaged units. The utility is already organizing funding for decommissioning reactors 5 and 6. But its expected to fall short by more than 250 million. If the decision is made during the current fiscal year next march. Tepco is allowed to raise power rates to make up the difference. Workers at Fukushima Daiichi are on day three of an operation thats essential to decommissioning the plant. Theyre remov
Good morning, i would like to welcome everyone. To subcommittee is called to order. This is one of the key subcommittees of the House Oversight Reform Committee. The title of todays hearing is mixed signals the administrations policy on marijuana. This is the third in a series of hearings that we have been c condu conducting in the subcommittee to look at the changes in the law and also some of the practices that we are seeing across the country in regards to the use and enforcement of law relating to marijuana. The order of business will start with Opening Statements. Myself and other members that wish to be recognized. When we finish with that we have to panelist this morning. We have the delegate from the district ms. Norton who we will hear from first and then we have a panel of 14 witnesses that will we will hear from in the second panel. We gather today and i will start out by saying with an Opening Statement. In fulfilling an important responsibility of the congress and that is
Want you to know that i stand in solidarity with you and thank you to the groups. I envy you and all the other groups that are pushing this. We should have been a lot further and caster at this point. But let me say this is a representative that represents one of the largest palestinian american urban american Muslim American communities in this nation. I am going to take a very close eye to them and will continue to work with you and thank you for your bravery and we will get this done. Thank you all for coming today. Thank you. And representative ill hand ahmad from minnesota. First i want to thank all of you for being here with us justice and accountability. Those are the bit rocks of the american legal system and the International Legal system we helped found. Starting with the nuremberg trials, americans have supported accountability and justice for international crimes, especially crimes that take the life of american citizens. And when the country believed to be responsible for
Broadcast on a wednesday night. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Were in the midst of live, ongoing coverage of the house judiciariry committee markup. The two articles ever impeachment against the president of the United States that of course congressman jim jordan of ohio speaking right now. This is a standard part of legislative process, the markup. It happens all time. But tonight obviously its quite difference in the import because it is the most serious constitutional activity the Judiciary Committee can pursue. Tonight the committee will be hearing different amendments and debating the two articles before
them. We expect them to be voted on by the full committee tomorrow. Weve already heard Opening Statements from House Judiciary Chair jerry nadler and Ranking Member doug collins. Heres how the chair presented tonights meeting. Taken together, the two Articles Ch
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