sub committee on environment and climate change will now come to order. the chair recognizes themselvesst himself for five minutes for the purposes of an opening statement. good morning, again. today the committees convene for a joint sub committee hearing to conduct oversight of an issue ravaging communities and plaguing the environment. fires often occur within the u.s. an average of 73,000 wildfires burn seven million acres of u.s. land each and every year. though these fires are in some cases part of the healthy ecosystem, their destruction has defr sta devastated communities here at home and around the world. wi your representatives from each of these areas that have been recently hard hit by wildfires. among you including my colleagues from california, oregon, washington and colorado. we are also joined by a member of my staff here from australia whose community still feeling the impact of recent wildfires in his nation. the annual area burned in our nation s western
According to Concord Police yesterday afternoon. Now the name of that student is 17yearold lawrence janson, a student here at olympic continuation high school. Youre looking at video here, guys, and he attended the school and according to Concord Police, witnesses are saying a gunman wearing a clown shoot targeted janson while he was with a group of students. We saw a noticeable Police Presence near school grounds. A very emotional day for students, for Family Members showing up at that growing memorial. We got a chance to speak to the parents. Here is the stepfather and what he had to say a little bit earlier this morning. Sorry for your loss. Thank you. He didnt deserve this. He was a good boy. My son is gone. Someone took his life. Reporter a lot of raw emotion as you can see in that interview. I want to take you guys back out here live to this memorial, a growing memorial. Id say a few dozen candles out here. Weve seen people in and out of the high school here standing there honori
Votes will be taken in the following order. Adopting an amendment to h. R. 1039, passing h. R. 1039, if ordered. And agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote refment maining votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on the Unfinished Business is the question on adopting amendment to h. R. 1039 offered by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in house report 115127 offered by ms. Jackson lee of texas. The speaker pro tempore the question is on agreeing to the amendment. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage o
Votes will be taken in the following order. Adopting an amendment to h. R. 1039, passing h. R. 1039, if ordered. And agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote refment maining votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on the Unfinished Business is the question on adopting amendment to h. R. 1039 offered by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in house report 115127 offered by ms. Jackson lee of texas. The speaker pro tempore the question is on agreeing to the amendment. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage o
It doesnt feel like anyone is really in the wrong here, so i dont want to mislead anybody. It doesnt appear that way, and again, just thankfully, no one was seriously injured. The reporter again, the four firefighters in that fire truck, and the driver of that red vehicle had minor injuries. They were all taken to hospital. Coming back here, live, i do want to show you this Traffic Camera here at the intersection. Right now, investigators are hoping it gives them clues into exactly what happened, and coming up at 5 00 p. M. , youll hear from witnesses and what they had to say about this terrifying crash. In boston, Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. Michaela blair now, when this story broke, fox 25 sent out an alert on the fox 25 news app. You can download it today for free. We will continue to update you on this crash ahead at 4 30 p. M. Elizabeth also developing this afternoon, a teen seriously hurt at a party over of the weekend has died from his injuries. Concrete floor on friday n