A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las
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Well introduce you to the 6yearold artist. The news at 11 00 starts right now. And we begin with breaking news in Orange County. John wayne airport is in the dark. You can see the video here. This is the primary arpirport t get to disneyland. All flights in and out of the airport were cancelled or diverted. Sfo and oakland all reporting cancellations. Nbc bay areas cheryl herd from Oakland International with more. Cheryl. Reporter well, raj, five flights cancelled alone. Two at sjc and one at sfo. Flights that didnt get airborne have been grounded since 7 00. Thats when the power outage happened because off a transporter going out. Leaving passengers inside stranded. All flights to John Wayne Airport were held at the gate or diverts to other airports. Guests are advised to call the airline for information. That applies to the bay area. All flights to and from john wayne have been cancelled tonight and the airport will a not reope. En until 7 00 tomorrow morning. Workers are working to