Once upon a time there was a country the largest in the world in fact it was an empire it was called the soviet union shortly before its seventieth birthday it vanished from the map. It. Should be a shape shifter shave with a good shape your relationship to the state over your. We are everywhere all over the world a star shines goes an old pioneer socialist Youth Organisation song by the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. That star was no longer shining almost a decade after the collapse of the soviet empire the old republics of the u. S. S. R. Had gone their separate ways. The Baltic States of estonia latvia and lithuania and decisively turned their backs on moscow and were on their way to becoming members of the e. U. And nato. The other successor states are often referred to by moscow as the near abroad reflecting an ardent desire for them to somehow still belong to russia but many of them were also now looking to the west. In most of the newly independent states the hoped for ec
Now we turn to the house energy and Commerce Committee. Who last week heard from the administrator of the fda. And the director of the National Institute of health. About a year after they updated members on some of the medical developments and innovations spurred by the 21st century cure act. Chfts approved by congress a year ago this month. This runs about two and a half hours. Order. Chair recognize himself. A monumental achievement. Cures was the product of a by partisan multiyear effort by the energy and Commerce Committee. To brought the laws into a modern era of medicine. It has been one year since cures was signed into law. I remember remarking at that press conference a year ago to imagine a world in which government was not an obstacle but an ally in helping us deliver drugs and devices to patients cures to patients. Todays hearing marks the Health Subcommittee first look into the implementation of the what many in the Healthcare Community called it transformation bill. That
Chfts approved by congress a year ago this month. This runs about two and a half hours. Order. Chair recognize himself. A monumental achievement. Cures was the product of a by partisan multiyear effort by the energy and Commerce Committee. To brought the laws into a modern era of medicine. It has been one year since cures was signed into law. I remember remarking at that press conference a year ago to imagine a world in which government was not an obstacle but an ally in helping us deliver drugs and devices to patients cures to patients. Todays hearing marks the Health Subcommittee first look into the implementation of the what many in the Healthcare Community called it transformation bill. That would positively impact not only the researchers and the scientists who are developing the latest breakthrough therapy. But physicians seeking treatment for their patients. Giving home to them, their loved ones and advocates. This morning we will hear from two leader responsible for implementin
Outraged over this oxford a valley mall santa. Its sunday december 10th, 2017. Mike in for scott this was a stipulation to get me that in this early shes not looking mike want to know if eastbounding gi can get that tshirt i believe it was like pet smart i was going to say, theres a huge market for animal sweaters and stuff. Dont do that. The fcc will not like that one. I have a video of her running around that i show later in the show i thought she hated snow because shes a florida dog, yesterday she seemed to have a different opinion. Well show that video. Yesterday, as we said, brought a snow what was start to the weekend. The winter storm swept the area all day long. Luckily didnt seem to stop people from scrimmaging saturday night. However, the weather did have working long hours into the night clearing major streets and highways, penndot did great job preparing, salting for the roads leaf time, be extremely careful if youre headed this morning. Jenny joyce is live in south jersey
Cold in the upper 20s and lower 30s. 29, good morning fairfield. 37 in concord. More mild there, 49 in san francisco. 41 in san jose. Clear lake, that is not a mistake, it is 62 degrees there. The reason why we have wind in our hills thats keeping us on the mild side so to speak. 12hour planner, we have that chilly start. By midday look how quickly the temperatures rise, mild today going back into the 60s. Were taking a look at our traffic maps right now. Green is great. Here are a couple of problem spots, though. Lets go over to oakland where we have an accident eastbound 580 near fruitvale. The accident is facing the wrong way the vehicle is facing the wrong way. Bumper and debris in lanes in the eastbound direction, which is the reverse commute. San jose southbound 280 near 10th. Again, a big rig is pulled over to the right shoulder and a vehicle is facing the wrong way here. Right now its early enough im not seeing a lot of slow traffic in the area. Well be monitoring these when we