And fairly widespread destruction. From the category four hurricane this slammed into the Gulf Coast two days ago. Wherever you live, Episodics Power outages are effective life. You get through the, move on, with more less discomfort and inconvenience. But this is an order of magnitude greater. We are talking well over 1 Million people, not only power, but no prospects of power anytime soon. In many cases, also no Running Water, new working sewage system, no working emergency response, system in some cases no passable roads, because of the storm damage. Louisianas Governor Today told residents of his state, if you have already evacuated, do not return. Until the office of Emergency Preparedness tells you it is ready to receive you. The Parish President from one Hardhit County in louisiana, John The Baptist parish, told residents today, the parishes without power, and we are without water. So where you currently are now, if youre in a safe place with water and power, thats probably the
Responsible for their own microphones. Also keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, if members have documents they wish to submit for the record please email them to the Committee Clerk whose Email Address was circulated prior to the hearing. Good Morning And Welcome to Todays Environment Subommittee hearing. Defining a national oceanshot accelerating ocean and great Lakes Science and technology. It is World Ocean Month and we are holding this hearing a day before World Ocean Day and Capitol Hill Ocean week. With the largest Ocean Property in the world, the United States is undoubtedly an ocean nation. My Home State of New Jersey is a microcosm, with 80 of New Jerseyans living in coastal areas. The coastal new Jersey Economy employs almost 3 million people annually, earning over 188 billion. The oceans are not just important to our coastal communities they are important , to our inland communities as well, as they sustain all life on our planet. The oceans regulat
Capitol hill. At the first hearing of The House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the capitol, four Police Officers who were on the frontlines that day testified to the brutality of the attack, so the horror of what they endured, and to how close they and so many of their colleagues came to being killed that day. The hearing the gang with harrowing video of the attack, some of it never seen before by the public. Some of it by the body cameras of the officers who were testifying today. The officers watched the video from the witness table, with d. C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael fanone at one point getting up to comfort his fellow witness, Sergeant Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police. And then it was time for the officers to tell their stories. At some point during the fighting, i was dragged from the line of officers and into the crowd. I heard someone scream, i got one as i was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripp
Democracy have failed using the pretext of a political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start in Western Europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as Record Rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel described The Floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the arr have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses have been submerged and a landslide has demolished parts of the town. 0ur Correspondent, jenny hill, spent the day there. The ground just fell away. This is the town of erftstadt, where overnight houses collapsed as the water gushed in. An
Using the pretext of a political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. Reaching under water depths of 74 reaching under water depths of 7a metres with no fins and without taking a breath. We are joined alive by a new Diving World Record holder. Welcome to the programme. We start in Western Europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as Record Rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel described the floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, The Netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the arr, have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses have been submerged and a landslide has demolished parts of the town. Our correspondent, jenny h