Mitigation efforts to stave off the impacts of severe weather events for the ocher. This is two hours. The subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response, and recovery will come to order. The subcommittee meeting today to receive testimony on examining climate change, a threat to the homeland. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I would like to say good afternoon to all of you and thank you so much for joining us today to our witnesses as well as our amazing members. We are here today to discuss climate change and our nation s response. Climate change is a major threat to our country. The u. S. Department of homeland security s mission is to, and i quote, secure the nation from the many threats we face, unquote. Therefore, the department s mission includes taking actions to address the effects of climate change. Already, the impacts of climate change on communities across the country extract devastating human and financial cos
(grant) about 300-people gathered on the u-c berekely campus to recognize international women s day. participants listened to several speakers address subjects.. from wage equality.. to the black lives matter movement. some people at the rally told us.there is now a greater need to advocate for women.because republicans are in control in washington. laura hayes/women s day supporter: this is for us to come together and feel more empowered and understand that we can make a difference if we can come together melanie feakins/uc berkeley professor : i m also resisting the possibility of cuts to planned parenthood. this is one of the things that ensures women s access to medical care pamela williams/international women s williams/internatipamela pamela williams/international women s want to be able to tell my children that i girls, so they will be able to stand because we got a family (grant) the women s day rally lasted about 3-hours on the cal campus. u-c police were there, but
one of them is dead. and the investigation is late into the evening even causing traffic backups. it is monday night. jim s off. i m rick williams. and the big story on action news is a deadly explosion of gunfire on the highway. and new jersey state police trying to piece the whole thing together. it appears to have started on the expressway this afternoon right near the garden state parkway. one of the vehicles involved drove to a wawa with the victims screaming for help. action news reporter dann cuellar joins us live now from the state police barracks on in hamilton township with more. dann? reporter: police continue their investigation tonight into what has appears to have been a very violent shooting on the atlantic city expressway between the occupants of two vehicles. a third vehicle is also being sought tonight in the intense investigation of the expressway shooting that has left many here stunned. from the looks of the bullet-riddled s.u.v., it s amazing anyon