Weve made it to monday. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Were going to begin with the deadly easter Suicide Attack in pakistan in a park in the city of lahore. It was crowded with christians celebrating the holidays. A pakistani faction of the taliban has claimed responsibility. This morning at least 65 people are dead in this attack, many of them were told children. More than 300 others were injured. Schools and businesses in the city are closed today as investigators begin their work. We are very, very sad and feeling so upset because its a day of our worship. As the a day of our believe festival and they have attacked on the innocent people. Officials have no knowledge of a specific threat against the park before the attack. Many of the wounded are in Critical Condition. So citizens there are being asked to donate blood. Now to brussels where the structure of the airport that was damaged in last weeks bombing has been declared stable. The airport isnt expected to reopen before
The reasons . Pageant Officials Say her college work is getting in the way of her performing her duties. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 28th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good monday morning, everyone. Were going to start this half hour with some ugly scenes that played out over the weekend in the aftermath of the terror attacks in brussels. The peaceful square where last weeks victims were being honored, the scene of a loud demonstration by far right extremists. They blame muslims for the attack. Abcs Aaron Katersky has the latest. The chaos broke out early in brussels when nationalist protests descended on the square where belgians have been pledging solidarity and mourning victims of the attacks. Demonstrators tried to change the tone chanting against immigrants and muslims and giving nazi i salutes. Police fired Water Cannons to clear them from th the serenity of easter a respite from what the archbishop called the use less suffering cau
Senate special aging committee. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to call to order the very first hearing of the Senate Special committee on aging. In the 114th congress i have had the honor of being a member of this committee since my very first days in the United States senate and i am delighted to now assume the chairmanship. This is the first time that a maine senator has chaired the committee since the mid1990s when my predecessor and good friend senator bill cohen for whom i worked for 12 years served as the committees chair. Im also pleased to welcome new and returning members to this committee and onto about delighted that my good friend and colleague senator Claire Mccaskill of missouri will service the committees Ranking Member. Senator bill nelson, the former committee chairman, has also chosen to remain a member of this committee and he will continue to share his expertise with us. Throughout its history, the aging committee has spurred con
Brightest of cuba are found and apprehended and thrown into prison. Theres no open internet there. There arent any dictators in the world. China has written a book on how a dictatorship can control the internet with the great firewall of china and we have the situation that will replicate itself bigtime. Finally he would say this testimony from these unbelievably brave women and men who have suffered at the hands of castro helped steer off the veil of secrecy and an open secret if you will. Its been out there but thankfully its through cspan and maybe thats here and congressmen and women who will see this record you are bearing truth and bearing witness to a very ugly reality that is pervasive. Again i do believe the legitimacy that castro craves and i believe just got a helping hand thats not just might be. The Washington Post and others have aligned on that in their editorials. This was not the time to take that view. They shouldve been an effort to say human rights first. As you sai
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