Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri
We will now come to order. Im sorry that we are a few minutes late, but we have this thing that we have to do around here called votes. We had a vote on the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. We are here on what has turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous dc. In washington we are here to talk about a very , sordid subject, and that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of, as the organization describes it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological masterpiece of our time, has made it much easier to do. In both the house and the senate this year we are facing up to the challenge with a long overdue conversation driving towards effective action. With this hearing, its my
Homeowners are scared, police are frustrated and the bad guys keep getting away. But tonight one of those bad guys is caught on video. Mary mcguire, this is good video. Reporter they say the best defense is a good offense. That rings true in this case. The homeowner was able to catch the face and the boy of the bad guy. They say the best defense is a good offense. I dont have a big enough house. I dont ve exterior. But it doesnt matter. Derek cunard is glad he took the saying to heart after he caught this bad guy in the living room monday. I feel like reaching through and grabbing his face and saying get out. Reporter this guy got away with thousands of dollars in vintage watches, expensive sunglasses, cash, and other south tampa burglaries. Over the past six months. The crooks face and voice captured Crystal Clear thanks to cunards at Home Security camera. A new tool that could help authorities. Without the video, you have no clue what could have happened. You have to imagine what the
Half inches of rain with southwesterly winds with showers continueing to come on shore. So fairly heavy precipitation has been occurring the last 24 hours. If you have not seen any at your home, we have seen some in some portions of the bay area. The showers are still possible across the region. We saw a line coming ashore, doing that now. Definitely losing its intensity as it moves off to the east. Very strong thunderstorms across the east coast and also you can see county. Heavier activity. Mostly light stuff. Northern counties. Those showers look more impressive than they actually are. They are weakening as they get a little close tore the coastline. You can see rain in and around the area. As we look at some of the totals here, over eight inches of rain has fallen at weeki wachee, spring hill, palm harbor, all the way down to macdill. You can see impressive totals here. Very high amounts. Estimates from Doppler Radar have said the same thing over three, four, five inches of rain in