[inaudible conversations] im calling this hearing to order. It is exciting for me that i get to be here with Senator Cotton in their first hearing on the subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. I want to welcome ranking Member Cotton and all the subcommittee members and thank the witnesses that are here today both in person and a virtual witnesses that we will have as well. Im going to acknowledge in a moment after finish my opening remarks should Senator Grassley show up we will make time for them to give remarks after Senator Cotton gets some. I was asked by one of our Members Senator Klobuchar who really wanted to be here today but she is unfortunately at home attending funeral services of Dante Wright who was shot and killed during a Traffic Stop and she wanted me to express that she would be submitting questions for the record. Right now across the country we are having a review and absolute critical conversation about leasing in america. Im very grateful over the l
Our live coverage begins online at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. Next, a look at Police Reform and mental health. A House Subcommittee heard from Law Enforcement officials and advocates. [inaudible conversations] im calling this hearing to order. It is exciting for me that i get to be here with Senator Cotton in their first hearing on the subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. I want to welcome ranking Member Cotton and all the subcommittee members and thank the witnesses that are here today both in person and a virtual witnesses that we will have as well. Im going to acknowledge in a moment after finish my opening remarks should Senator Grassley show up we will make time for them to give remarks after Senator Cotton gets some. I was asked by one of our Members Senator Klobuchar who really wanted to be here today but she is unfortunately at home attending funeral services of Dante Wright who was shot and killed during a Traffic Stop and she wanted me
just over two weeks ago, christina found her grandmother, who lives in cheltenham spa, slumped in a chair, having a stroke. it was a blue light emergency. the ambulance should have arrived in 18 minutes. but instead, it took nearly six hours. it then queued outside hospital for an another three. it was then that an ambulance lady, i asked her how long it was going to take for my nan to get a ct, because ijust needed to know whether or not it was a stroke. and she told me, well, your nan s event happened last night. so we would only administer the medication that would reverse any permanent damage within that three hour window. how did you feel? ijust broke down in tears on the floor. whistle blowers from inside the ambulance services have told the bbc the system is at breaking point. this 999 call handler said even patients whose hearts have stopped are facing delays. there was a call for a cardiac arrest, and there was an eta in excess of 50 minutes. the nearest available cr
freezing temperatures. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. elon musk s spacex carries out a key test on what s set to become the most powerful rocket system ever built. and a new video game set in the world of harry potter is released amid controversy surrounding the character s creatorjk rowling s views on transgender people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. four days after two deadly earthquakes struck turkey, devastating a large swathe of the south east of the country as well as northern syria, some survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. this is the scene live from gazantiep in southern turkey. in freezing cold temperatures, and with hunger se
the last hamas stronghold in rafah. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the date is set for his long-promised offensive. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. interesting morning so far. the israeli leader forging ahead despite president biden s pressure to hold off against invading rafah to take out the iranian-backed terror group. critics say biden s criticism is tying the hands of our closest ally in the middle east which only encourages hamas to dig in its heels and rejecting a cease-fire deal. dana: the biden state department is not buying it. we have made clear to israel we think a full scale military invasion of rafah would have an enormously harmful effect on civilians and ultimately hurt israel s security. dana: let s get to trey yengst live in tel aviv. a lot of news is swirling as netanyahu says there is a date. yeah, he says his troops will enter gaza s southern most city of rafah. you can hear in t