Ah, i am rebecca richard. Welcome to the program. The Death Cold from a Building Collapse in miami on thursday has risen 258100 60 others are still missing with hopes of finding them alive. Now, fading rescue workers have been facing setbacks, including a fire that broke out in the rubble. Meanwhile, new questions being raised about why the Building Hadnt been evacuated earlier in an Engineering Report relates to 3 years ago, revealed that the Ocean Front Building had severe structural damage. W carolyn jim is following that story for us from washington. A little earlier, she gave us some more details about that report, parents me 3 years before this happened to a consultant, found alarming evidence of major structural damage in that same building. The building is 40 Year Result and the engineers report a show plans for a very expensive multi 1000000. 00 repair a project that was set to get it underway soon. But this did not happen obviously. And the report detailed significant cracks
again why it is so hard for survivors of sexual assault to come forward. for far too long, women who bravely shared their stories of sexual assault have been attacked, diminished and marginalized. and i m sad to say, that includes by some of my fellow senators. in some respects we have seen remarkable progress since the me too movement began roughly one year ago. more women have felt empowered and supported to speak out and our society has begun to grapple with the horrific and widespread preva lance of sexual assault, especially in the workplace. but, sadly, these past weeks have been a remainder that in many ways reminder that in many ways we re still stuck in 1991. 1991, of course, was when anita hill courageously testified before the senate, sharing allegations of sexual harassment by then-nominee to the supreme court clarence thomas. women and men across the country watched in horror as dr. hill was attacked and disrespected by the men of the senate judiciary committee
congressman steve cohen of tennessee and david rant of virginia. curtis hillals talks to us about top issues facing his state. at 10:00 this morning, most in washington, around the country, perhaps even the world will be focused on the u.s. capital. particularly on the senate side. that is where members of the judiciary committee and an outside interrogator will question brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford. our three hours today will be largely focused on your comments about today s hearing. what do you expect to hear? what questions do you think should be asked? and do you think it will affect brett kavanaugh s chances of receiving a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. here is how you can let us know. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. and independent, 202-748-8002. if you want to tweet your thoughts and comments, you can do so @cspanwj and on our facebook page. you can post at facebook.com/c-span. today s hearing will be different for some of
again. this is aljazeera live. an american held more than five minutes by north korea is free. the state department said jeffery foal is on his way home to ohio. this picture was taken earlier today showing a u.s. government jet at pyongyang international airport. mike viqueira has more. six months later and he is free. jeffery foal, a 56-year-old ohio native was detained since may when he was accused by north korean authorities of leaving a bible on a table in a nightclub. american officials tried time and time again to get these individuals free. there are two others, there were three. as of this morning, americans detained in north korea, now there are two. sweden played an important role. the united states has no formal diplomatic relations, operating through the swedish diplomatic mission there. this was welcomed at positive news. here s the state department spokeswoman. he has been evaluated by a doctor and appears to be in good health. he has been in detention in
issues. america votes 2014. tonight, an american citizen held prisoner in north korea for nearly six months is on his way home. jeffrey fou was arrested in may after leaving a bible behind as he tried to leave the country. he was suspected of proselytizing. and he was flown to guan. it gives hope to others held in north korea. mike viqueira at the white house. reporter: this is a great deal of mystery around this, and eve the united states government has been very tight-lipped throughout the day. we learned that mr. jeffrey fowle, from ohio, has been released by the regime. he was held after leaving a bible on a table in a hotel. they are not saying how this came to pass, but we know that the defense of defense plane was sent there, and there was something of a rush to pick him up at the airport where mr. fowle boarded the plane on his way to freedom. the united states has no formal diplomatic relations with the north korea regime, john. we have to go through sweden, and th