Discuss the future of television technology. A Government Accountability Office Report has found that construction of a new u. S. Embassy in kabul afghanistan, has gone 27 overbudget. Gao and state Department Officials testified about the project at a House Oversight committee hearing. Republican Jason Chaffetz chairs this three and a half hour hearing. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. I appreciate you being here as we have a hearing today regarding the Construction Costs and delays of the United States embassy in kabul, afghanistan. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I appreciate you being here. This is an important topic. We have so Many Americans who have given their lives in afghanistan, who have sacrificed away from their families to serve the United States of america and our interests there. We have a duty and a obligation to make sure that they are well housed, that they are safe, that they are secure, that theyre able to do
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be
Leaders in a jamestown gravesite more than 400 years old. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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. Ifill a white Police Officer was indicted today for killing a black motorist during a traffic stop in cincinnati. Ray tensing is accused of murdering the driver, samuel dubose, when he was pulled over near the university of cincinnati campus on july 19th, for not having a front license plate. Tensing said he was dragged by the car and forced to shoot dubose. But footage from the body camera he was wearing re
More than 400 years old. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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. Ifill a white Police Officer was indicted today for killing a black motorist during a traffic stop in cincinnati. Ray tensing is accused of murdering the driver, samuel dubose, when he was pulled over near the university of cincinnati campus on july 19th, for not having a front license plate. Tensing said he was dragged by the car and forced to shoot dubose. But footage from the body camera he was wearing revealed a different sequence of ev
Allegations they contain top secret material. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop as to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. We will visit sites along the river. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility after an e. P. A. Crew triggered the leak. We are taking responsibility to make sure it is cleaned up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700gallons a minute. Today, the contaminated water is expected to reach lake powell, a popular tourist it ain utah. Local Scientists Say there is no immediate threat. The fact that this guy is still alive is encouraging, but without the full analysis of this community, we cant really say a whole lot more. We at least can say after 100 hours, theyre surviving. Well be sampling again in a few days to see how the community is do