Finishing up here at the National Press club. You can see this on our website cspan. Org. Going to a conversation with World Bank President jim yong kim. Hell be talking about preventing the next pandemic. This is happening at center for strategic and International Studies here in washington. Should start in just a moment. Good morning and welcome to csis. Welcome to those who are joining us online and those who are coming in via cspan and else where. Its an honor to be here today to welcome dr. Jim yong kim president of the world bank to speak on how to better prepare ourselves for future out breaks in this era of the new normal of recurrent out bakreaks weve se. Im the Senior Vice President here at csis. Just a few minutes of opening remarks. Dr. Kim has been president of the bank since 2012. And in that time has used his leadership quite strategically to bring about many changes internally and externally. Hes positioned the bank to be a lead player, a key player in pandemics, in sup
To Bay Area College football star Darrell Blackman november, 2014. His Chrysler Sebring hit a sign post and flipped upside down. He should not have been taken away. If he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. But those, that equipment should have saved him. It should have stopped that car. Reporter the report finds states have been slow and questions integrity of the process, where lab employees tested devices within their parent organization. It recommends a process for Third Party Verification resulting from crash test labs and the gao urges real world crash data. That part of the report, i think, is particularly appalling that we dont respond quickly enough. Those m the state senate is both the usdot and californiadot was not responsive enough. Reporter caltrans placed a moratorium on units but there are still 3,000 on highways. Theyre waiting for crashes or maintenance issues. Today, i stopped by the spot where Darrell Blackman died. A car hit the end unit again but it wasnt a et plus. W
To fix it nationally. A report blasts federal highway regulators for failing to protect the public to a guardrail system that has been linked to injuries and deaths across california and the country. This report is three years after the abc7 news i team first investigated. Dan and ama, you can see them every day. The end pieces that are supposed to protect you in a crash but this report finds a lot of work must be done to keep you safe on the road. The report from the General Accounting Office urges more robust department of transportation oversight on guardrails. Why did you push for this study . Started with your investigative reporting. I brought the issue to him three years ago, complaints about an end unit. Its supposed to slow a car down by letting the guardrail peel away. But losses allege it can lock up, causing the guardrail to pierce the car or kick off to the side, allowing the car to continue on. That appears to be what happened to Bay Area College football star Darrell Bla
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Syrian refugees. And more more on a busy thursday. Early today starts right now. No and good morning everybody. We start with the latest isis threat. The terror group has released a newa propaganda video showing scenes from around new york city and implying the city is a target. Reporter theta latest isis video calls for suicide bombers and at theom end, a chilling montage of times square. The footage is from april and isis has threatened new york city before but this new video has been top would fresh images since the paris bombing. Now youve seen what we do, now understand we say this is the most effective technique. You dont have to be with us and if you live in these countries, heres a suggestive target. Congratulates the Islamic State for the deadly terror attacks, using images of fighter jets bombing. Theres no doubt theres a message aimed at the United States and france as well. The fact that no place is safe. Sa reporter in the days following the paris attacks, u. S. Cities hav