With lynn olson on cspan2. Now, a Committee Hearing on how to improve Forest Management to better prevent wildfires. This is one hour, 45 minutes. [gavel pound] good morning. We call this hearing to order. So far in 2017, as all the guests of the panel know in 2017, fires have burned oregon 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to communities and wildlife. Today the committee is going to hear testimony on three bills related to catastrophic wildfires burning across the west. Introducedes has senate 605 relief for Forest Management projects which would address conflict in Circuit Court decisions and prevent close the ways in the Forest Management as a result of duplicative consultation requirements. The committee will hear testimony on the bill as 1417 the Habitat Conservation restoration act of 2017 in the opinion in juniper trees that are Invasive Species that we do need to wildfires had compromised habitat across the west. We also have
The statistic is every day, on average, seven children and teens in america shot dead. I wanted to pick a day, a random day and find that who these kids were, what they wanted to be and in what circumstances did they die and that was a random day id chose. Host he basically picked it out of a hat or did you have a system . Guest will come in order for the book to work, there had to be seven fatalities that day. So with more likely to be a weekend day so that was about. Beyond that it was, if i wanted a higher number i wouldve gone into some of your summer is little more children die because they are out. Is when more chile because they are out. This was the weekend before thanksgiving and the first day i could do. Host in your book you write firearms are the leading source of death among black children under the age of is 19. The second leading cause of death for all children in the same age group after Car Accidents. Is this a book about gun control . Guest no, it is definitely not. T
Starving. Reporter to off cite agencies. The city says it will try to partner one permitted groups to finding outside alternatives. Yes, the residents are tired of seeing the homeless. Written me hate mail. Stop feeding the homeless. Reporter Saint James Park is overwhelmed by the feeding. It is becoming a commune for the homeless instead of a place for everyone. I was frugal with my food stamps and it is gone in a week and a half. Reporter councilman inconjunction with public agency, will issue a statement later this week. Advocates say they have been told there will be no public hearings on this issues because this is not a new law just an old one that hasnt been enforce. A wife waits to learn if the body parts found in a warehouse are her husband. Reporter it all started this weekend when someone here noticed a foul smell coming from the warehouse and when police went in, they discovered human remains inside bags. Now as the coroner uses dna to try to identify those remains we recol
People were forced to evacuate this weekend. Crews are out this morning surveying the damage. So look at these shots as they examine washedout roads by the dam trying to get a handle on what to do next. We want to show you where this is all happening. On the far right is the actual dam. Now move to the left and you see the original spillway damaged last week. And here is the emergency spillway that is in question now. It is quickly eroding, all of the water floating downstream toward the communities below. Jenna norman has the latest. Reporter it is a race against time in Northern California as water gushes from the oroville dam. Im scared. Ive never been in anything like this before. It holds water from Lake Oroville and last week millions of gallons of water poured from the dam each second creating a massive 300foot wide hole. This is a big deal. Were concerned that we manage this properly to protect the public down below. Reporter over the weekend they were forced to use the emergen
Many of these shops, but certainly nobody home here. It appears most people have heeded the Evacuation Order. But we did find some who decided to stay. Dana lamb and her family decided to stand their ground in downtown oroville. So no thoughts of evacuating . No. We have family that lives outside of town, so if anything hand, we would just go that direction. Reporter are you satisfied with the way its been handled . I feel like the priority is being taken care of. Reporter both work at a local grocery store. It was chaos down there. All of us as employees, we have to stay calm and think probably nothing is going to happen. It seemed like everything was okay. Reporter in the meantime, in the older part of town, a lowlying section of downtown, the streets are empty. And tens of thousands of evacuees are doing their best to ride out the emergency. Whats going on at the dam . Its pretty crazy. Al the traffic we saw. Some came better equipped than others. We have our cats right now. We have