Were just getting right now. 270 southbound after shady grove road. In the main lanes we have a new crash with two lanes blocked. Westbound university boulevard left lane gets by that water main break and beltway looking pretty good. Back here with more on that crash on 270. 501 now. Were watch Dg Investments out of houston where both former president george h. W. Bush and his wife, barbara are in the hospital. Hes in stable condition and resting comfortably. The 92yearold went into the icu yesterday for a problem stemming from pneumonia. Barbara bush is also in the hospital. She hasnt been feeling well and was admitted as a precaution. There is no time table on their release. We are away from the inauguration of donald trump. Preparations are underway for todays preinauguration event. This is set up for make America Great again celebration. Live for us on Freedom Plaza with more on whats on tap for the day. Justin. Reporter good morning. Mr. Trump was in town for a few stops and back
Old. There are computers that are 15 years old and they use zip drives and they are all on the verge of breaking. And 43 states, the voting machines, electronic computerized voter machines, our 10 years old or older. There will be a need for massive investment for Voting Technology around the country or youll have these lines. But even that creates opportunities to integrate that with electronic registration and other sorts of things can make a so that everybody was eligible to vote can vote. Its going to be one more way in which the fight to put will continue, to which its not only the formal rules but everything around it thats going to be contested but that ultimately hopefully can lead to continued progress. Thank you all so much for coming. You can get the books in the back or at brennancenter. Org. [applause] [inaudible conversations] heres a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. For more information, booktv will be coming to watch previous
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Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo
Drizmal. It works. Grab an umbrella, your raincoat, you will need it. Tom kierein looking at when the showers will be over in your neighborhood. Another word that comes to mind is unimaginable on this sunday morning. We have patchy fog around and a little bit of scattered drizzle and always light rain. There is there is the capitol under the gray sky. Getting a few sprinkles of light rain along the blue ridge and near the pennsylvania border. All this tracking southeast. Right now patches of green are just little scattered areas of drizzle across northern virginia, suburbs of maryland and eastern shore. Its a low to mid50s and well stay this way throughout the day. We have a Traffic Alert to tell you about this morning. You will run into road closures as 8,000 cyclists hit the streets for the inaugural d. C. Bike ride. Take a look at the route. The 17 mile ride will take riders past the washington monday uhe chlt, the washington, over the 14th street bridge, as well. Closures start in