A tale harrowing stories of arbitrary arrests torture and killings by the Syrian Secret Police 2 officials believed to be part of president assads regime are currently on trial in germany these are some of the victims families in front of a court in corbins a visual to remember those who were disappeared or killed in syria its the 1st time suspected perpetrators are standing trial to face charges of crimes against humanity the principle of going to wrestle jurisdiction allows prosecution to take place in germany even though the crimes against humanity were committed in syria. And is one of those who are closely following the Court Proceedings she is one of the countless syrians will families have fallen victim to the civil war thats why she left her home country and fled to germany and now she has hope for long awaited justice. Mahmud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile this is she this is my husband. Says 201
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Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
President ial election and listening to Campaign Songs in support of the republican candidate, james g. Blaine. We are live from the blaine house. This is home of james blain, and since 1920, the house for the governor. This house is filled with blaine memorabilia. Do you have a sense of the man while you are here . Absolutely. Welcome to the house. Mr. Blaine is here every day and we see his spirit every evening. And we always say goodnight to him. The house was built many years ago. And what have you come to learn about the man by living in his house . He not only was a very strong supporter and founder of the Republican Party in maine, but also a National Leader and he started maine on its course to where we are now. He was very influential in the State Government and federal government. He was a powerhouse. A big time powerhouse on a massive scale. I am very honored to be a steward of the house. You probably have the best commute in america because this is right across the street f
Really pleasant weather 70s and 80s for high temperatures for most of the day which well talk more about still ahead over to you robin. All right, thank you john traffic us improving heading into San Francisco looks a little bit better now compared to the last hour its starting to thin out. I cant guarantee that its going to stay this light and quiet, but its really not bad into San Francisco are averaging 12 minutes from the bottom of the maze to fremont street with no big trouble spot. So far so we are looking pretty good. All right were checking in on highway 4 because we had a crash in bay point we also have one on the concord side and traffic is still slow on west for backed up all the way through pittsburgh. So youre averaging 34 minutes for highway for western antioch to concord because of those 2 accidents when you make it over to 2 42 6. 80 both look good no problems for the nimitz and one oh one averaging 32 minutes from san jose to menlo park james. All right robin, thank yo