I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and also serves as a director for the center for Science Technology and engineering. Thank you for being with us today and we look forward to your comments. Also would like to welcome from ththe centers of Disease Control and prevention with 30 years of Public Health and science and Emergency Response in medical Training Experience she now serves as the Deputy Director for the office of Public Health preparedness response thank you for being here. Next steve munro for the laboratory of science and Safety Centers for Di
Bridge with police on marshlands road searching the bushes and rocks for clues. Sources say the original 911 call came on sunday night for a body in a suitcase. Police say it is missing a head, arms and legs. Developing news, a man from union city is under arrest after the car he was test driving crashed. It killed the car max employee riding with him. Tiffany, what happened . It was simply a test drive gone wrong and car max say 43yearold was fun loving and a trend to all. He worked at the car max for the past five years and yesterday 278yearold man from union city came in to check out a red core set. He wrote along for the test drive and he was speeding when he lost control and slammed into a tree around 12 45 in the afternoon. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died. We the driver suffered minor injuries and arrested for vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of drugs. The coworkers gathered to grief and remember. An amazing person like a father to all of u
June 000s marsh in support of malaysias foreign minister. This is a unique hurricane simulator. Well show you how it hopes to save lives. We start in sri lanka where the government promises to deliver justice after a damning u. N. Report into its 26 year conflict with tamil tiger rebels. They are accused of using them in crimes against humanity. 40,000 were killed in the final Army Offensive to crush the rebel movement. The report details horrific abuses on both sides, including torture, executions, Sexual Assault and the recruitment of child soldiers by rebels. It calls on the government to remove any military or security personnel thought to be involved in such crimes. It also urges a special court be set up with International Judges and lawyers to prosecute those accused of such crimes. Other correspondent sent us this from the capitol, colome bow. The report talks about the need to set up a special hype before i had court that will look at these allegations of violations of human r
Rise in croatia as they are forced to search for new routes through europe. A powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of the chile forcing a Million People from their homes. We begin the newshour with a developing story out of burkina faso. An officer from the elite president ial guard said he carried out a coup and dissolved the temporary parliament but has faced a challenge from the head of parliament who assumed the leadership, urging the military to stand down. Soldiers from the president ial guard entered a Cabinet Meeting and detained the interim president and Prime Minister. President ial elections are due to be held on october 11th. The interim president and Prime Minister came to power nast year. That was after a Popular Uprising forced the former leader to resign and go into exile in the ivory coast. Hed been president for 27 years. Supporters are not allowed to stand for elections under a controversial that that was passed in april. Anyone that supported unconstitutional c
To impose harsher penalties against stone throwers after days of clashes at the al aqsa crackdown. And marine life has dropped 50 in the last 40 years. Hello, tensions have boiled over on serbias border with hungary, days after it closed its crossing to stop an influx of refugees. The police fired tear gas and refugees responded by sho throwing stones and projectiles. The government has described those at the border as criminals. Now that theyve been denied access to hungary, many refugees have been forced to find a new route to europe. Many are choosing a crossing through croatia. That could pose a new and dangerous problem. There are areas with mind field danger. This is how far theyre coming to resolve the refugee cross. Many are desperate to cross into serbia and hungary. Hungarian Police Responded with tear gas and water canons. Special antiterrorist units were sent in to push back the crowds. Some refugees responded with missiles aimed at the police. Families, women and children