And this month with congress on the summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Today we tour the literary life of waco, texas, with the book about gospel music from the civil war to the civil rights movement. The story of the 1917 lynching of a black 17yearold and the history of the first africanamericans in the space program. Today at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. A hearing now on new technologies to improper the safety and efficiency of the nations Transportation Systems. Officials from volvo group north america, zahn, bnsf railway and the port of long beach testify before the Senate Commerce committee. Good afternoon, everyone. I am pleased to convene the Senate Subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine infrastructure safety and security for the sixth hearing which is titled technologies, transforming transportation, is the government keeping up. Mr. Booker and i are excited to bring together a range of issues we have worked on together here in the
Good morning. Before we begin, i certainly want to express our support for and thoughts and prayers for all the victims of the recent hurricanes and most recently, of course, in the state of florida and our colleague in the Ranking Member on this committee, senator nel. He and senator rubio are there today as they should be. And looking out for the needs of their constituents. So again, we certainly want to express our support, prayers for them and the people of florida as they deal with a horrific storm and its aftermath. This committee has been working for some time in a bipartisan fashion to address the advancement of Autonomous Vehicles. I especially want to thank senator peters for partnering with me in this effort. I also appreciate the contributions of Ranking Member nelson, who as i said is unfortunately unable to join us today. We put a lot of work into this effort to date. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to introduce and pass bipartisan legislation. Gi
Its a bill that provides very certainty and funding so our nonfederal artners can make smart long investments. Implemented by the u. S. Department of transportation. We look forward to building a infrastructure with our state and local partners and their oing to welcome today. I am grateful for this subcommittee hearing. I think it indicates that our subcommittee wants to get behind all of the interest that weve heard on infrastructure and see what we can really do. We know that a large infrastructure package idea, the idea of a large infrastructure package, which is on the minds of many in the administration and on our minds is not going to magically appear. We did a lot of and ill say, deservedly so, a lot of selfcongratulation when we passed the First Service transportation bill in 10 years, and i must say im very grateful, mr. Chairman, that it was a good bipartisan effort and i know you share with me the disappointment in order to get any increase whatsoever after 10 years, we had
Really can bite you. Lets take a look at the radar. I want to show you what were dealing with, because we had some snow showers early this morning, particularly out in lake county and we even had spotty snow flying around cuyahoga county. Right now most of the snow is long gone but it is cold out here. Our temperatures are in the Single Digits and teens, with the wind factored in, of course, as i mentioned on your bare skin, it feels like below zero. And that wind is blowing out here. Nothing is melting because theres not a lot of sun and, of course, weve had the subfreezing temperatures. So, you know, you may run into lunchtime commute. Id hate for you to slip and fall, so ladies, if youre at work right now, wearing the high heels and about to grab a bite to eat, throw on some sensible shoes and big coat, because you will need it out here with these icy patches and this cold, cold weather. Hey, we have more snow on the way for tonight. Ill tell you when it comes in and how much were e
Pulling out of ferguson, missouri as the calm seems to be taking hold, there are new calls for justice. It started with the weekend and the Biggest Bands in the world, hee mormon and he Just Announced hes gay. Well hear from tyler glen of neotrees. Neon trees. After two years of saying the United States military would not get drawn into the civil war in syria the white house indicated today the calculus may be changing. This afternoon president obamas Deputy National security advisor addressed a growing threat from the Islamic State group and said the United States will not be restricted by borders. That comment came just a day after the highest ranking u. S. Military officer the chairman of the joint chiefs said the only way to defeat Islamic State is to fight the group inside syria. The Islamic State is responsible for the gruesome beheading of u. S. Journalist james foley which the white house calls a terrorist attack. More air strikes against the i. S. In iraq, threats the Islamic