Healthy aging. The Senate Special committee is chaired by Susan Collins of maine. The morning. Thgood morning. The committee wio order. For the next 12 years, 10,000 americans will turn 65 each day. Last month i officially joined that club. By the median age, maine is the oldest stage in the nation. They save 65 or older accounted for 19. 4 of the population of the state in 2016. That is an increase from 2010. No matter where in the country you live, when americans think of turning 65, we think of medicare and Social Security as well as we should. Theres also an opportunity to plan for a brandnew chapter as more start living longer. More than one out of four who lived tlive to age 65 can expeco live into their 90s. Americans to 85 or older are the fastestgrowing segment of the population. For many the long jeopardy means an additional three decades following what was once considered the time to retire. We need to plan to aid successfully and achieve the new chapter of continued growth
In his sight. Columbia authorities are about to start of what could be the countrys largest mass grave. But first a son of libyas former leader Moammar Gadhafi sentenced to death for his alleged role in suppressing the 2011 uprising and he wasnt in court in tripoli to hear his sentence as barker now reports. Reporter he is the man many believe would succeed his father colonel Moammar Gadhafi of leader of libya but after a guilty verdict islam faces death by firing squad. He was arrested in 2011 trying to flee the country and has been kept in prison by a former rebel group in the mountain town. The rebel Group Opposes the legally installed government in tripoli but allowed islam to participate by a video link. Translator 36 others were also given sentences on tuesday including former intelligence chief abdul la and Prime Minister also sentenced to death by firing squad. Libyas chief Prosecutor Says the sentences of those tried in tripoli will be carried out. Translator they were asked t
Union. The son of libyas dictator Moammar Gadhafi among nine people sentenced to death on what the u. N. Describes as disturbing. Im in london where the computer programmers of the future are taking part in a hackathon. Not the end for the United States olympic bit and could be the beginning and will announce about the presidency. Well, starting this program with the news that turkish f16 fighter jets targeting in a place of a Mountain Area in the southeast and this is after the turkey president erdiwan who discussed this as impossible and we report in the south of turkey. Turkish f16 fighter jets dont have too far to fly to hit targets of the new enemy aisle just over the border in syria this was last week and dont have much further to go to target an old enemy, the separatist p. K. K. In Northern Iraq. Many kurds are angry and frustrated the turkish government seems to be equating the them from i. S. I. L. With the threat from the p. K. K. And mainly kurdish city in southeast turkey
Committee meets to receive the testimony of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chief of staffs on the administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee and we welcome chairman dunford back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing, is how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring in both the external threats and the current state of our military. This committee has repeatedly heard testimony over the past two years that our country faces more serious complex security challenges now than we have faced before. The hearings and briefings we have held on the current state of our military have been disturbing. The administrations budget request of 603 billion for base requirements is 6 above the 17 enacted level and 3 above the last Obama Administration Budget Proposal. Its 37 billion below what this committee assessed last fall was needed and 58 bi
Older competition that used to be held for Young Athletes between ages 6 for 15 to show their skills in nfl. It was called the punt, pass and kick competition. It appears that thats actually being discontinued. The announcement came in may after more than 55, 56 years of it. But it looks like the senate is up to the task in terms of punting, passing, and the more throw to the side sense or kicking approach. Well see how much more of that competition renews when the senate is back next week and perhaps for the balance of the month as well. Had to be careful with this because the nfl is rather agressive on its trade name protection so this is a news shot as opposed to violating any nfl ordinances or pass, punt and kick in fact theyre leave it behind and want to give everybody a certificate for being on the field like soccers. Were starting a today a different series of Health Policy events. Everybody has been caught up in the politics and i thought id try something different, which is fl