We see there is tremendous interest in this hearing. We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn for your respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And we very much appreciate that you want to listen to the witness, but we also ask you to respect the witness ability to express himself. I would also remind all members to avoid dage engaging in adverse personal references. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening state
Youth. Good afternoon. Sorry for the delay. Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. This hearing is titled examining juuls role in the youth epidemic part two. I want to address the spectators. We see there is tremendous interest in this hearing. We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn for your respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And
Respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And we very much appreciate that you want to listen to the witness, but we also ask you to respect the witness ability to express himself. I would also remind all members to avoid dage engaging in adverse personal references. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Big tobacco preyed upon generations of americas youth. Eventually we stood up as a country and stayed enough. State attorneys
billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
salmond. the continuing cost of the pandemic government borrowing hit more than £19 billion pounds last month the highest february figure since records began. and could rachael blackmore become the first female jockey to win the cheltenham gold cup? and coming up on bbc news. uefa are investigating after rangers claim their player was racially abused by a slavia prague player during their europa league defeat. they deny the allegation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again, after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister, who s