A deepening humanitarian crisis with a prolonged drought expected to continue well into this year an estimated six Million People are in need of humanitarian assistance its the story now stay with us. You. Today. Catching up with al jazeera correspondents on the stories that reporting. You choose if you have questions put them in the comments section. And. Justice has been trending on social media for several days now and there have been protests on the streets well heres the latest on the investigation in pakistan will also get reaction from ramallah to the more than one thousand settlement homes recently approved by the Israeli Government. That we havent covered much on the street in costa rica where the homicide rate has risen greatly over the past few years in the capital city. And even less with. The level in more than one boy is full. Of these. People but little feel it. If im going to. Get better. And go into. A new if i read the. Building of the us. Big. Hole in the moon we as
Through the karl rove front group. What does the chamber do with all this money . It lobbies, it litigates, and it runs political attack ads on television, radio, and the internet. Lets start with the lobbying. The chamber exendz far more than anyone else lobbying the federal government. It spent more than 80 million last year aloan, far more than any individual company. Over the last 20 years, the chamber has spent more than 1. 4 billion, 1. 4 billion. Thats billion with a b, and the nine zeros after it, lobbying the federal government. That is three times more than the next largest lobbying spender. A swamp monster indeed. Much of this lobbying is against environmental policies, with the chamber lobbying congress, the white house, e. P. A. , the department of energy, and the department of the interior on behalf of yes, you guessed i. The Chamber Champions the fossil fuel agenda, opposing limits on Carbon Emissions and supporting drilling and mining on public lands and in offshore wat
He has multiple fractures in his face. And nasal cavity. His throat and his voice box are crushed. He was kicked so hard in the stomach that it sent his spleen into his spine and sliced it in two. So it was painful. The medical examiner said it was torture. This body has significant skin loss on his buttocks, abdomen, penis, hands and his face. He has one stick of gum and a tardy slip in his pocket. This was our family costs 9 11 terrorist attack by foreign invader whether you want to recognize it or whether you do not. This government continues to fail or even recognize that we have an issue. Americans are dying daily at the hands of criminals that we dont even know are here. You are officially notified today there is a problem when this happens. You cant deny it any longer. You cant ignore our families, our american families. You are elected by americans not any other country. You should be for americans. If you want to sit quietly on the sidelines, you have thrown your hat into the
But i do not encourage us to force states and localities to pursue a one size fits all policy. As we continue to mourn and pray for these families, lets Work Together to find Real Solutions that promotes peace and security, not fear and not collective punishment. I pray for an end to senseless acts of violence. I pray for every policy maker here and beyond to make rational and deliberate decisions. I pray for reform that promotes thoughtful Community Safety policies immigration integration and common sense comprehensive Immigration Reform. I pray for the comfort of each of the families speaking here today and those who are not here. And i thank you again for inviting me here today. Reverend salgaro. Now mr. Steinle. First of all on behalf of my family, i would like to thank the members of this committee for the honor to speak to you about our daughter kate. All children are special in their own way and kate was special in the way she connected with people. We called it the kate effect.
Employment are the findings of an audit on Racial Disparity. And over the volcano a new Scientific Mission in iceland to try to forecast the next major eruption. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. I assume the mandate of the people for catalonia to become an independent republic the words of catalan president Carles Puigdemont to the Regions Parliament as he announced his intention to declare independence from spain. But he went on to say said that the declaration would not take immediate effect instead it would be suspended for some weeks to try to negotiate a settlement with madrid. Lets go over live now to barcelona and my colleague tim willcox. You join me live outside of the cata la n you join me live outside of the Catalan Parliament. The speech was delayed by more than an hour. And in the end Carles Puigdemont, the cata la n the end Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , marched his supporters almost up to the top of the hill but not quite. And then he marched them back a li