Good morning, the subcommittee on communications and technology will come to order. And the chair recognizes himself five its with the statement. I begin thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today to examine the importance of a. M. Radio receivers in vehicles. A. Im radio has been an integral part of our society for well over a century, and at the americans local news serving is the backbone to our nations Emergency Communications infrastructure. Over 45 million americans tune into a am radio each month, they rely on it for local news Weather Sports and Emergency Alerts its unique frequency characteristics allow for signatures grabbed foreign wide overcoming geographical barriers and reach in both urban and remote areas. This makes a am radio and a valuable tool during times of crisis. When hurricanes, tornadoes, and other Natural Disasters strike, and am radio remains steadfast providing Vital Information to those in affected areas when other Communication Channels fail
Disbelief at the imagine museum, where art has been destroyed. In sport, rory mcilroy looking god in his efforts to finish the year top of the european standings, keeping rivals in his sights with shots like this at the world tour championship in dubai frances Prime Minister warns his country could be under threat from people linked to the attacks on paris. Forensic examiners identify remains of Abdelhamid Abbaaoud, the alleged masterminder of the attack. Authorities are hunting another suspect. Salah abdeslam. The french Prime Minister says its unclear whether hes in france or belgium, and ruled out the possibility that there are others out there connected with the attacks that could be active. Andrew simmonds reports from paris. In the aftermath of an assault by special forces of this building come the positive identification of the man french agencies describe as the ringleader of the attacks last friday. Fingerprints from two bodies recovered from the rubble prove that its Abdelham
Imagine that, what would you do if Stevie Wonder walked into your recording session. C en newsroom starts right now. Good morning, everyone, from washington, im don lemon. Carol is off today. We begin this hour with spiraling concerns over syria and a desperate regime trying to hold on to power. This morning, washington announces its deploying two Patriot Missile batteries and 400 troops to our nato ally turkey. It will bolster defenses to syria against its scud missiles and possible chemical weapons. Its a challenging time. Its a challenging time. Its a critical time. We Just Announced, Just Announced this morning that we are deploying two patriot batteries here to turkey, along with the troops that are necessary to man those batteries so that we can help turkey have the kind of Missile Defense it may very well need in dealing with threats that come out of syria. To cnns Nick Paton Walsh in beirut following the latest developments. Nick is on the phone, what can you tell us . We dont
Deliberately mischaracterized what happened. She was reading from unclassified talking points and nonetheless this has been caught up in a back and forth and, wolf, if i may, im going to read from part of her statement, her letter to the president and what she wrote in part, i am now convinced that the confirmation process will be lengthy, disruptive, and costly to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities. That tradeoff is simply not worth it to our country. The secretary of state may never be politicized. She says, i look forward to building on progress in your second term which seems to leave the door open to the possibility she could serve in the administration in the second term and according to my sources there has been some talk of ambassador rice serving in the white house in the capacity as a president s director of National Security. Now, thats a position that does not require Senate Confirmation and so she can possibly enter that role without the kin
In syria, with news that the u. N. s hi records and a for disarmament is there high representative for disarmament is there. She is attempting to gain access to supposed alleged chemical chemicald sites of attacks. The u. S. Has begun to move forces into place in the region. A father mourns the death of his children. He cannot understand how something so awful could happen to his family. The opposition blames the assad regime, saying it killed hundreds during nerve gas attacks. Doctors without borders has confirmed 3600 patients in syrian hospitals displayed neurotoxic symptoms. Assad regime continues to reject accusations that it was responsible for the attacks. State television showed footage of chemical materials in panels allegedly used by rebels. The u. N. Disarmament chief has arrived in damascus to assist the team of 20 u. N. Inspectors looking into the chemical weapons allegations. The Syrian Opposition hopes the group will confirm that the assad regime has launched out chemica