And where are we going from here. Last august 2014, i traveled from damascus to washington, d. C. , with a fortune of maps and photos. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you ten out of them today. This is the first one. This reflects the situation in syria in summer 2013. We are talking about july august, 2013. The red color refers to the areas controlled by the regime, and his militia supporting him, like hezbollah in syria, and so on and so forth. The green area referred to the areas controlled by the rebels. And then the black spots refers to the areas controlled by isis at that time. So this map tells us two things actually. First of all, that the balance of power on the ground 15 months ago was almost 50 50. This is not the situation right now. This is an important thing to come back to. Second, that at that time isis was very weak. Very scattered. Not controlling a lot of areas. The areas are not geographically connected, which is very important from a Military Point
Action . Thank you. And i understand your involvement in the establishment of the act more than ten years ago, and i can understand the disappointment you feel by the shortcomings that have been evidenced by our company, and i want to explain to you what happened. The problem that we had with underreporting in the act is a systematic problem that began at the the outset. As you know, it went into effect in 2003. They did not properly Program Computers and set up systems that would at accurately let data flow and feed into treasury reports. It is difficult for me to say, sir, but that setup continued unchecked until 2011, 2012. You are right that an internal honda associate did mention a concern, as well as a discussion with nhtsa. They asked about the omission of certain incidents in our tread report. We did look into that, sir, in early 2012. We did not look at that effectively. We took action to address that one problem, but sir it did not complete our compliance requirements. Can i
The life, it creates an immense amount of insecurity among the driving public and obviously my view the burden has to be on the manufacturer and our governmental agencies to take the appropriate steps to revive and restore public confidence. Thank you. Thank you. Now, its the appropriate time to introduce the panel. Ill introduce the panel as a whole, and then well start with takata as the first speaking witness. So today our first panel representing takata, Hiroshi Shimizu. Shimizu, sorry. Yes. From honda, Rick Schostek. From bmw, chris westbrook. From toyota, abbas saadat. Appreciate all of you being here. We will go from right on my left, your right, and start with mr. Shimizu. But before i ask you to start, i want to recognize that youre appearing with a translator, because english is not mr. Shimizus first language, and while the committee will allow mr. Shimizu to confer with the translator for the purpose of clarification, he will be required to answer the committees question in
But the unions were put on hold pending Supreme Court action on whether or not to take the cases. So now those circuits where federal courts ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, they will also start recognizing gay marriage. Its going to take some time but it will happen eventually. Six additional states including west virginia. So this has a wide reaching effect. In virginia, saying within a few hours they will be issuing a manda mandate, so they will explain exactly when the unions will start take place. Its going to take a while for the courts to catch up with the action taken today by the high court. This is going to mean that 30 states and d. C. Will be recognizing same sex marriage. However, it does not set a legal press debit here. You could still see more cases going to the Supreme Court regarding same sex marriage. Were going to stay on top of it. As soon as that announcement comes down from the Fourth Circuit Supreme Court, well bring it to you. In about an hour, well get
Investigation of freddie gray. Alison the crowds tonight were peaceful, chanting and carrying signs, but they do not incite violence. Some stayed on the streets pass the curfew, but did not clash with the police. Leon tom roussey is a live in baltimore with the message coming from the crowds. Tom . Tom thats right, and as far as the scene in west baltimore yesterday was much better than monday and today has been much better than yesterday. The police, some of them still with their riot gear at this hour. To the right of them, we have vehicles from the National Guard, armored vehicles, so thats the scene. Let me show you whats different from last night. Pennsylvania avenue, there are no cars, but its open. Its another sign that things are improving, and also improving because there was a giant and completely peaceful rally that happened tonight. Tonight, thousands marched. Sending a message to the police and also politicians. They are facilitating the murders of black individuals are we