Turn of the defense now we have a chance to present all the evidence so all the charges are baseless that we prove that the charges of illicit Financial Guys against the former president. Bashir was ousted by military leaders in early april after months of antigovernment protests there were sparks by rises in the price of bread and the poor state of the economy days after his overthrow millions of dollars were allegedly found in bashir is home in its worst of fates most of the laws that backed the charges against the former president were drafted during his 30 years in rule and they were passed by the former head of parliament after me they brought him up to her who is now head of the defense team the most recent laws were included in a state of emergency bashir declared in february when he banned anyone from possessing more than the equivalent of 3000. 00. She was the only serving president to be indicted by the International Criminal court for work crimes and genocide in the Western
Reporter this has been devastating for this family. They have been told by the government they must leave but a young womans life is on the line. This is a treatment i have every single week. Once a week for the rest of my life. Reporter thisyearold isabel relies on a weekly u infusion of enzymes that have stunted her growth, narrowed her airways and weakened her heart. She came when she was just seven as part of a Clinical Trial thats helped doctors develop the life saving treatment. If i stop at any moment, im going the die. Reporter shes been ordered by the department of Homeland Security to return home. She and her family received a letter giving them just 33 days to leave or face deportation. The government has ended a medical Deferred Action Program that allows patients receiving critical treatment to stay in the u. S. It would really be the same decision as if you were pulling the plug on a respirator. Reporter with the enzyme treatment her health would rapidly decline. She may
Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
Much of puerto ricos medicaid funding expires at the end of september. Puerto rico and other u. S. Territories are on a separate medicaid system than the rest of the United States. Congress funds the him to block grants which can be depleted early if theres a hurricane or other Natural Disaster. A hearing on why states get continues medicaid coverage while the territories do not. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on the impact of the end of medicaid funding for the areas under the Affordable Care act, also known as the use learning areas medicaid cliff. Under Committee Rules, any oral Opening Statements at parents are limited to the chairman and the ranking minority member. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent all of the members statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. I ask anatomist consent the gentlewoman from the u. S. Virgin islands be allowed to sit on the dice and question the witnesses. Hearing no objections
There are going to go ahead and resume. Once introduced quickly our panel of speakers. This represents more of an institutional leadership and Innovation Panel where pariente have Anne Schuchat from the center for Disease Control and dr. Daniel salmon director of the institute for vaccination safety at Johns Hopkins university. We are very hard to have that there Maurizio Barbeschi health and security interface from the World Health Organization join us and hes gone above and beyond the call of duty as he came to los angeles and took the red eye to be here this afternoon so he has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Our final panelists is that your irene koek the administrator for Global Health United States agency for international development. We are going to have a similar format for a last panel and i would also encourage the panelists if they feel the urge to ask one of their copanelists a question just interrupt me and do it and if i asked the wrong question as david said on