School of Public Policy at 8 00 p. M. On cspan2. Activists discuss the role men can play in the metoo movement. New event was organized by america, and vital voices partnership. It is about an hour and 20 minutes. Ms. Nelson good morning, everyone. Im elise nelson. Im president and ceo here. If i can just say here on behalf of everyone at vital voices, how absolutely proud we are to join with pro mundo and new america to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to
Foundation to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to lead, but the one thing we do know is that were going to make sure more womens voices are heard and more womens rights are protected, absolutely. You know, when vital voices was started 21 years ago, we didnt have the allies or the awareness that we have today. Today we have stronger laws and louder advocates. But violence against women still persists. In fact, many people would believe looking at the number
President hes not going anywhere and insists hes a victim of unfair treatment meanwhile police in johannesburg arrest the members of the influential family well examine what this all means for south africas future. The group the family is the talk of social media in south africa with many people wondering why the raids are taking place now. All in the reaction to that story. Also on the grid thirty billion dollars over ten years the amount of money pledged in donations and loans by International Donors to rebuild iraq but that falls away sort of the hundred billion dollars that the Prime Minister says his country needs to rebuild after years of conflict including the most recent against i so well break down the numbers for you thats coming up painting the real picture artists tell stories of trauma faced by refugees trying to get to australia. My. You with the news grid were live on air were streaming online through you tube facebook life and aljazeera dot com as well thanks for joinin
Grge, everyone, ill carolyn tyler. Thank you for joining us on sunday, february 18th. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. Our cold front has yet to arrive, but were already feeling the effects ahead of it. Live doppler 7 showing the scattered clouds. You can see the cloud cover in walnut creek. 50 in Mountain View, 50 in half moon bay. It looks blustery and wintry from mt. Tam. The winds are blowing and temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. So this is probably not going to get much warmer, the scene today, because with the winds gusti gusting to 23 miles an hour, the cool air mass is on the way. Starting out rather typical. But by the afternoon, the winds are gusty, the temperatures are 20 degrees cooler, and we have some precip along the shoreline that could fall as a rain snow mix, and thats not our only chance. Perhaps thursday and saturday we get measurable rain. Details coming up. Thank you, lisa. Developing news out of contra costa county. Firefighters say
The hearing today. Senator casey for serving as Ranking Member. They have both been leaders on the subject. Senator burr was the author of the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act. Ill collect all hazards preparedness act. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats from National Disasters to terror attacks. In 2013, senators burn casey by the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards act. Many contributed including senators and sam bennett. Warren, hatch, roberts, and others. Now its to be reauthorized for a second time. Todays hearing is the second for this year. Last week we heard from the administration including from the assistant secretary, the fda and the centers for disease control. In the middle of the flu season is critical we reauthorized the act before many of the provisions expire in september. I hope will do that in a bipartisan way. People are not as aware of the devastation of the flu, and i mentioned. The figures are betwee