Calls the growing partisan nature of the u. S. Senate. Cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up wednesday morning, Oklahoma Republican congressman steve russel will join us to discuss the latest on the deal to avoid a Government Shutdown and the governments waste watch report. Were live from jackson, mississippi, for the next stop on the cspan bus 50 capitals tour. Joining us will be Mississippi Attorney general jim hood to talk about key policy issues his state. Then new York Democratic congresswoman Carolyn Maloney on efforts to avoid a Government Shutdown this week and volatility in u. S. Financial markets. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern wednesday morning. Join the discussion. Following last months false alarm missile alert in hawaii, a house panel looked at the reliability and accuracy of Emergency Alerts. Well hear from representatives from fema and the new york and rhode island Emergency Manag
Out of the system. Which is why weve been encouraged by the fccs latest rules and working with industry to improve geotargeting. The citywide message that went out the following monday looking for the suspect ultimately led to his capture. That was ultimately successful. It would have been more successful, however, if we were able to embed an image in that message as opposed to indicating the public should go to the media to see the picture. And, you know, as you know i live in new york city as well. Were unique compared to some other geographic areas of our country because we have subways. Define difficulties of the alerts effective in the subways . I forget how many millions of riders we have every day. And because of our subway system, that is also a target for potential terrorist attacks. Do you find that the alert system is adequate in the uniqueness of trying to push those messages out to people who might be riding on our subways . If youre able to get Wireless Service in your de
Attorney general jim hood to talk about key policy issues his state. Then new York Democratic congresswoman Carolyn Maloney on efforts to avoid a Government Shutdown this week and volatility in u. S. Financial markets. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern wednesday morning. Join the discussion. Following last months false alarm missile alert in hawaii, a house panel looked at the reliability and accuracy of Emergency Alerts. Well hear from representatives from fema and the new york and rhode island Emergency Management agencies as well as Wireless Technology industry officials. Congressman Daniel Donovan of new york chairs this Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. The subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to review our ability to timely and effectively alert and warn the public in the case of an emergency. I want to welcome our witnesses here this morning on an issue that i
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Financial markets battled all day to recoup its losses, then, collapsed under the pressure. At one point, the Dow Jones Industrials were up more than 440 points, helped by an Interest Rate cut in china. But the gains evaporated in the final minutes of trading, making it the sixth losing day in a row. In the end, the dow dumped another 200 points to close below 15,670. The nasdaq fell nearly 20 points, and the s p 500 slid 25. Ifill there was no letup in the stock selloff in shanghai, amid gathering gloom over chinas economy. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports from hong kong. Report
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Financial markets battled all day to recoup its losses, then, collapsed under the pressure. At one point, the Dow Jones Industrials were up more than 440 points, helped by an Interest Rate cut in china. But the gains evaporated in the final minutes of trading, making it the sixth losing day in a row. In the end, the dow dumped another 200 points to close below 15,670. The nasdaq fell nearly 20 points, and the s p 500 slid 25. Ifill there was no letup in the stock selloff in shanghai, amid gathering gloom over chinas economy. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports from hong kong. Reporter red numbers are bad. Th