That theyre going to continue protesting until they see what theyre demanding for be effected by very difficult to see how their demand for the u. N. Force to be pulled out of the very very difficult to see how that demand is going to be effected because the u. N. Body is still a very important figure when it comes up and. Very volatile indeed here in goma there were also protests this morning. Saying that they are protesting supporting whats going on. They tried to get to you when. They were appalled by police here and also. In the air in beni as you mentioned there is a profession that is going on a burial is going to happen one of the protestant who was killed on saturday this was a very popular young man an activist one of the people who organized the porter who was shot on saturday by a Police Officer that Police Officer in thought was killed on the same day by an angry mob. On the western d. L. C. At least 45 people have died in severe flooding in the capital kinshasa there was t
Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We meet this morning to consider opening a very small portion of alaskas 1002 area to responsible Energy Development to meet the 1 billion budget reconciliation instruction that our Committee Received last week. The 1002 area covers 1. 57 million acres of land in northeast alaska within the nonwilderness portion. You can bring it over here sean. I think its important to put this in context in terms of the areas that we are talking about. Anwr itself is 19 million acres. This is approximately the size of south carolina. The nonwilderness area is 1002 area, is 1. 5 million acres, approximately the size of delaware. The area here is designated as wilderness, federal wilderness, 8 million acres there. When we are talking about anwr itself, its important to recognize there are parts of anwr that are designated as wilderness and parts within the refuge and parts of anwr, the 1002 area specifically designated for consideration for oil
Good morning everyone. Committee will come to order. We meet this morning to consider opening a very small portion of alaskas 1002 area to responsible Energy Development to meet the 1 billion budget reconciliation instruction that our Committee Received last week. The 1002 area covers 1. 57 million acres of land in northeast alaska within the nonwilderness portion. You bring it over here, sean. Within the nonwilderness portion of an war. And i think its important to put this in context in terms of the areas we are talking about. Anwar itself is 19 million acres. Approximately the size of south carolina. The nonwilderness area, is approximately the size of delaware. The area here is designated as federal wilderness. So when were talking about anwr itself, i think its importedant to recognize there are parts that are designated as wilderness, parts within the refuge and parts, the 1002 area specifically been designated for consideration for oil and Gas Exploration. So again i want to be
Good morning everyone. Committee will come to order. We meet this morning to consider opening a very small portion of alaskas 1002 area to responsible Energy Development to meet the 1 billion budget reconciliation instruction that our Committee Received last week. The 1002 area covers 1. 57 million acres of land in northeast alaska within the nonwilderness portion. You bring it over here, sean. Within the nonwilderness portion of an war. And i think its important to put this in context in terms of the areas we are talking about. Anwar itself is 19 million acres. Approximately the size of south carolina. The nonwilderness area, is approximately the size of delaware. The area here is designated as federal wilderness. So when were talking about anwr itself, i think its importedant to recognize there are parts that are designated as wilderness, parts within the refuge and parts, the 1002 area specifically been designated for consideration for oil and Gas Exploration. So again i want to be
Point remains finding something that can make it through the house with enough support from republicans. It seems like the 250 threshold that the president proposed previously is unlikely to pass the house in its current form, and so without some sort of additional compromise there, it seems unlikely that were going to get something done before the end of the year. Susie you know thanks for that report. I am just wondering from all of the reporting you have done, do you think we are better off with a bad deal than no deal at all . You know susie when peopletal they are talking about a bad deal in political terms. Frankly its republicans that are most worried about the bad deal they have most leverage. The president has the most leverage. They are worried about a bad deal. Any deal that gets us past the fiscal cliff is going to be seen as a good deal. Susie it seems like we are further apart than last week when president obama gave the last minute pep talk to get the talks going. Do we