Highlights russias influence in syria. The humanitarian crisis and the hold on power. The Senate Foreign relations subcommittee held a hearing to examine the report and discuss the findings with the cochair of the study group. It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for thei
It was on but didnt get picked up. This hearing on the subcommittee on the near East South Asia central asia and counter to those on welcome to order. Today we are holding a hearing on the findings of the bipartisan syria study group. The study group was established by congress with a purpose of examining and making recommendations on u. S. Military and diplomatic strategy with respect to the conflict in this area. I want to recognize my colleagues particularly senator shaheen and my friend the late senator john mccain for their efforts to establish this working group. We also wish to honor the american men and women who have died as a part of Operation Inherent resolve the campaign against isis in syria and iraq. I want to thank the witnesses here today for their willingness to take up the task of examining an extremely accomplished problem with no easy solutions as the report states Optimal Outcomes are left behind long ago. Its never easy to devote time and resources to the task who
Guard was accused of recording a teenage boy in the bathroom and posting that video online. Plus, new video of the man accused of preying on and attacking elderly women in our area. And good morning, im lori stokes. Like the saying goes, march is going out like a lamb, and rather warm. Were starting out rather warm for the last day of march. 50 degrees. 50 degrees. 45. Newark is around 47. All these numbers way warm for this hour of the day and it only gets warmer today. Were looking at sunshine, a few clouds for afternoon, well hit 70 degrees. 15 degrees warmer than normal on this last day of march. April fools day is tomorrow day, maybe a thunderstorm. Well talk about that next. Its weather with heather every seven minutes. I have this problem, if you normally go to jfk airport, eastbound nassau expressway, we have an accident being cleared away. One train fast track. No trains, that will last until 5 00 a. M. New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad, metro north, they are all runnin
Well, good thursday morning. We begin with breaking news. A powerful weather system putting millions of people in danger overnight. The severe storms spawning numerous tornadoes in oklahoma. A terrifying scene. Twisters forming over neighborhoods causing damage and knocking out power to thousands of homes. Also reports this morning of a tornado in arkansas near the mississippi border. You can see the size of this system on radar quickly heading east right now. Its bringing heavy rain and flooding from new orleans to detroit. Overnight severe storms on the move. Its forming, oh, man, look at that. Reporter the large twister touching down in tulsa, oklahoma. Oh, my gosh. Reporter just one of several tornadoes spotted in the state. We got a tornado on the ground in stone canyon and theres going to be damage. Were watching debris fly into the cloud right now. Reporter this morning the Damage Assessment under way. Pictures from inside this church the roof of another church ripped right off.
Temperature, remember yesterday we were in the 20s and 30s, so much milder this morning. 45 in allentown. 48 in trenton. 50 in wilmington, 51 in cappy may. Mild and not all that windy just yet. On the bus stop this morning not too bad. Maybe a light jacket for the kids. Mainly clear, not as cool, 50 by 6 00. Once the sun gets up over the horizon the winds will start kicking around a little bit more. This afternoon, increasing clouds and gusting wind up to 30 Miles Per Hour. 1 00 p. M. , 70. 3 00 p. M. , 73. Were going for a high of 74 degrees. You see that thats around 30 00 p. M. Or 4 00 p. M. Still close to 70 by 6 00 p. M. A little windy, clouds increasing, but not bad overall. Today we have high pollen counts thats a negative in the forecast, but as i suspected with the rain coming in tomorrow well lower it back to the medium levels friday and saturday before it jumps up again on sunday. Matt pellman were looking at rain tomorrow. Its not going to be all the time, but every now and