Discuss the future of television technology. A Government Accountability Office Report has found that construction of a new u. S. Embassy in kabul afghanistan, has gone 27 overbudget. Gao and state Department Officials testified about the project at a House Oversight committee hearing. Republican Jason Chaffetz chairs this three and a half hour hearing. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. I appreciate you being here as we have a hearing today regarding the Construction Costs and delays of the United States embassy in kabul, afghanistan. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I appreciate you being here. This is an important topic. We have so Many Americans who have given their lives in afghanistan, who have sacrificed away from their families to serve the United States of america and our interests there. We have a duty and a obligation to make sure that they are well housed, that they are safe, that they are secure, that theyre able to do
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be
Everyone. This morning the sad reality sinking in for a family from nebraska. Their little boy snatched by an alligator while on vacation at disney world. We now know his name is lane graves, and his body was found underwater nearly 18 hours after he was dragged away. And earlier this month guests at a wedding spotted this gator in that same lagoon though its not clear whether its the same one that attacked the toddler. Abcs gio benitez has the latest from orlando. Reporter officials making the heartbreaking announcement after more than 16 hours of searching by dive teams and choppers flying overhead, crews finally finding the body of 2yearold lane graves. Theres likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator. Reporter the little boys body found intact not far from where he had been dragged into the water by that alligator. Just across from disneys magic kingdom, the Graves Family of four from nebraska, three days into their vacation enjoying the sandy beach,
Neighbor. That is midmorning to evening. You can see our best chance around noon, through 4 00, and a chance is fading by 7 00. Not is breezy today. Sue . In saratoga, southbound 85, we have an overturned vehicle. Three lanes are blocked. We have fire blocking a couple of lanes. The car crash is in the middle lane. The last lanes are blocked. It looks like one or two lanes are getting by. It is early enough i do not see slow traffic southbound out of cupertino toward Cambrian Park and we will follow this for you emergency crews are on the scene the judge in the stanford Sexual Assault case is leaving early on mapped wrecks. The efforts to get the judge persky recalled continues while the victims letter was read in Congress Last night. Matt keller is in palo alto. Matt . Judge persky was supposed to be working today but is taking an early vacation which is not a surprise considering all of the attention he has received recently because of the sentencing in the brock turn are case. A spo
Take the early vacation. It should not be a vice consideration all of the attention because of the court case with brock turner. Judge persky started the vacation they days ahead of schedule but with not say why. Demonstrators delivered an internet petition with 1. 3 million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance demanding perskys removal because of [ town are situation which has in legal clout but increases the political pressure. Santa clara d. A. Rosen supported persky after the sentencing but now is changing course saying that we lack confidence in judge persky fairly participating in an upcoming hearing where a male nurse sexually assaulted an anesthetized statement. This type of request fairly happens. The ron it does not happen is because reports are repeat customers of the judges. You are in front them day in and day out. The message from this d. A. Is very clear he wants the judge off the bench. He wants to be done with this judge. And this judge now i