For a criminal wrongdoing kicking the habit. A claim about ecigarettes claim. There may be longterm rivals critics say serious risks are being overlooked. And game changer. The fundracing stunt that went viral is paying off. As scientists credit it about a funding break for research into a. L. S. Good evening. Im antonio mora. This is al jazeera america. We begin with the wildfires raging across washington state. Tonight, three firefighters have been killed battling the flames. Death comes as thousands of residence are evacuated. We are joined from washington. How much do we know about the firefighters that were killed . We dont know much at this point. We can tell you its been a tough evening around here. We have been talking to firefighters. They are learning the news. We can confirm that three were killed today and three to four injured fighting fires. That is about an hour from here. We dont know if winds played a role, if at all in the deaths and injuries. Firefighting crews have
This is alJazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall ping stop. Tensions high in st. Louis after another Deadly Police shooting and a night of demonstrations. Angry protestors confronted officers shortly after Police Killed a man who pulled a gun on them. Demonstrators had been out in force to mark the one Year Anniversary of another fatal shooting. Police are still looking for another suspect in that confrontation . Thats right, randall. That suspect was with the dead 18yearold when police confronted them. Police want to talk with that suspect about what happened. The protestors were already in the streets when word of this latest shooting raced through the crowd. St. Louis Police Released this dramatic video of an angry crowd, over 100 strong confronting them in the streets. Protests and looting erupted in st. Louis after police shot and killed an 18yearold they say pointed a gun at them as he ran after they tried to serve a warrant at a home in the citys nort
Im in the kenyan forest which is a hideout for al shabab. Ill investigate how they are affecting local communities. Lets start with the developments in the korean peninsula. South korea fired artillery shells in response to an apparent rocket attack by pyongyang. We are in the south korean capital of seoul. This kind of exchange is not unprecedented, but always very, very dangerous, isnt it . Thats absolutely right. Last october, there was an exchange of fire when north Korean Forces tried to shoot down propaganda balloons launched by south korean activists. This does appear to be more serious in nature. This has been talked about by north korea for sometime as a threat that they would try and attack the south korean propaganda speakers that have been blaring out messages across the border for about 11 days now. They seem to have made good on that threat with this attack. It seems to have been according to the south Korean Military first a rocket, and then a few minutes later, a second
Anyone else want to give us a killer idea, maybe something that has already been mentioned once or twice . Maybe not . I think the improper payment act do not pay hold agencies accountable. When you are measuring that its going to hold them accountable to make it a priority. I also think electronic verification at the state level i think it has proven that those death reports are highly accurate and moving in that direction. I would agree with mr. Brune thats prudent and it would allow them to look at other verification processes that perhaps moves resources to those other areas and i go again to verification of family members and funeral homes. We look at some data of 82 corrections in 2012 and 13 and we pulled a small case sample 46 cases. 35 of those cases, those folks were in fact alive but what . 35 of the 45 pieces we looked at. They were erroneously placed in the file. When you look to the source of those reports it was family members and those are typically regarded as being hi
Inaccurate information, even though you were going into the office. Correct. Thank you. Miss rivers, thank you for your testimony. I think every member of this committee offers an apology and certainly our commitment well work with the people in the agencies to try and create law create legislation that will prevent this from happening to another american. So, thank you again for your testimony. Youre dismissed. Thank you. Our next witness will be sean bruin. He joins us today from the Social Security administration where he serves as a Senior Adviser for audit in the office of budget finance quality. Mr. Bruin. Thank you chairman johnson, members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me to discuss steps to strengthen the integrity of federal payments. I am senior advicer to the Deputy Commissioner for budget finance quality and management at the Social Security administration. My remarks will focus on our collection of death informationits accuracy, and how we share it with other a