Hearing on reopening schools during the pandemic. Tennessees Education Department commissioner and the Dallas School superintendent testified about plans in their jurisdictions. Well also hear from a pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and the president of the national parentteacher association. The subcommittee on Early Childhood secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is presentm and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney of connecticut, mrs. Bonamici of oregon, mr. Nor quist of new jersey and ms. Wild of pennsylvania, mrs. Mcbath of evm georgia, miss underwood of illinois, mr. Levin of michigan, ms. Stevens of michigan, mr. D leah panhattia, mr. Wahlberg of michigan, mrs. Stefanik of new york, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johns of south dakota and dr. Murphy of South Carolina are re permitted to participate in todays hearing with the ry and understanding that their questions will sbcommi come onl all members of Early Childhood elementa
I talked to them about their american influences. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. This morning were learning isis militants kidnapped at least 90 people from predominantly christian villages inside syria. Activists on the ground are reporting the terror group struck a string of towns in Northern Syria on monday and the militants reportedly bragged over walkietalkies they had captured quote, crusaders. Becky anderson live in abu dhabi with more on this. Hi becky. Yeah hello. Good morning. This is what we know at this point. Isis militants abducting, as you rightly point out, at least 90 a syrian christians from two villages in northeastern syria. This information coming from a variety of organizations, not least the londonbased syrian observatory for human rights who said and i quote, reliable sources overheard isis militants talking on wireless devices about having detained some 56 as they described them crusade
Baracking overnight, investigators say treacherous icy conditions may have caused this plane to skid off the taxiway, all 68 passengers and crew forced to evacuate from the emergency exit at the back of the plane. More than 1,000 flights cancelled from dallass International Airport where up to two inches of sleet an freezing rain fell on monday. Drivers losing control. Paralyzed by ice blanketing roadways. Theres a path that the cars have made. And i just kind of followed those paths. Officials closing all Dallas Independent School districts. As the Police Department says theyve responded to hundreds of ice accidents. I know that once you know your car gets out of control, you cannot control. Take a look at this big rig. Hanging precariously off of a bridge on a busy dallas interstate after hitting an icy patch, the driver making did out alive. But police say theyll have to use a crane to remove the 18wheeler. Meanwhile, the deadly roadways actually bring the communities together. Doze
Yesterday, mexicos president officially canceled his trip to washington that was scheduled next week and a gathering of republican lawmakers in philadelphia, mr. Trump said he did not have any problem with that, if mexico was not willing to discuss paying the wall, the meeting would have been fruitless anyway. The president went to double down for his plan for a wall. The wall is necessary. Its not just politics and yet it is good for the heart of the nation because people want protections. The wall protects and all you have to do is ask israel. Republicans claim to help pay for the wall by issuing a 20 tax on imports for countries we have a trade deficit with such as mexico. Right now our countrys policy is to let import flows freely in which is ridiculous, we can do 10 billion a year and easily play for the wall just with that mechanism alone. First official visit from foreign leader as theresa may visit it is wall yesterday in philadelphia, told republican lawmakers, now is a crucia
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