And child safety advocate Krystal Ellis who lost her twoyearold son to a furniture tip over. The hearing examines several Consumer Protection bills introduced by committee members. This is just over an hour. We will be called to the floor before too long for a long series of votes and i want to hear from our witnesses. The American People are skeptical of what does government do for them. Proud and i feel so on this subcommittee because the kinds of things we are talking about today are about saving lives. We are actually going to make a difference in the lives of everyday americans. Ourpreciate so much witnesses for being here today. We are going to consider seven bills aimed at protecting consumers, and saving lives. Vice chair,ittees Tony Cardenas introduced the safe sleep act of 2019, which would ban inclined sleep products. The chairman of the sumer, chairman burgled in i wrote to the chairman asking to remove the rock and play. There are other inclined sleep products that are a r
Orange. Carmen is leading the rally, they represent more 2456en,000 mbta transit workers. The mbta is looking into outsourcing the jobs for quite some time now, they recently approved privatizing the money room. Marty walsh and a dozen other city state and lawmakers are expected to join the group in support. Developing at 4 00, the feds in Attorney Generals Office will take over the investigation of the former Gloucester Police chief. Earlier this month, fox 25 reported lenar accused of destroying evidence have been do with his relationship with two women. The attorney said they turned the case over to the u. S. Attorney general maw rah healy. City officials required the chief and reversed course and let him retire. A local soldier who served three tours in iraq and a. F. C. Died on a hunting trip in maine. And today there was a very special goodbye for the hero, in weymouth with todays touching tribute. Robert . Vanessa, this Staff Sergeant served three tours in the middle east, two i
In the low to mid 40s. The rain tapers off before 10pm with patchy fog, and lows in the 30s. Taking a live look at Mitchell Airport this morning. triple a reports nearly 49 Million People will head out of town this thanksgiving weekend. The most since 2007 experts say people have more money to spend this year. Thanks to a relatively strong economy. Another big contributor cheap gas. Triplea projects the average traveling, roughly 90 percent will be hitting the roads. If you plan on flying. The tsa warns to plan for tougher screening measures and long lines at check points. More local news a 69yearold milwaukee man is in icu this morning after a fatherson hunting trip turned deadly. Family asked the Dodge County Sheriffs Office to check on their loved ones monday, after the man and his son didnt return home from their hunting trip in reeseville. Deputies found the son cabin the father was nearby, barely breathing. Authorities suspect Carbon Monoxide poinsoning. We sent deputies down the
Gonzalez at the live desk. Weve got some breaking news. The president has Just Announced the United States will keep 8400 troops in afghanistan into the next year. It was thought that he might draw down that number, but with the resurgence of the taliban and the situation in essence deteriorating there, president obama has chosen otherwise. Today he sent this message to the taliban. We hayou have now been wagin against the Afghan People for many years. Aftghan Security Forces continu to grow stronger and the commitment of the United States to afghanistan and its people will endure. In the last year and a half, 38 americans have died in afghanistan. President obama says that while the missions are narrow, the security situation s remains, 7 uryou. Thank you, erika. Police reopeqkpl c first, lauren, it is a sizzler out there. It is. I tell youm. [r what, we have g2 a mix of sun and clouds out there. Weve got the heat building, weve got the humidity rising, oh, boy, it is just a warm on
Older houses still do have lead water lines leading inside. Cincinnati water works is about to launch a website and hot line to figure out what to do. Jeff hirsh has a preview on what they are going to say. Cincinnati has some of the safest water in the nation. That water leaves the filtration plant, specially treated to prevent any lead were going along with it. Depending on the house or business, you may be able to do something else. There are three types of water lines. First, the main. It takes the water from the filtration plant into your neighborhood. Then theres the service line that goes from the main, to the property. And then theres your line that your house. The big names in the service lanes are not built of lead. But if your house is built before 1927, the first part of the house may be that could be easy to spot. There could be galvanized steel, copper or lead pipes. Copper pipes, there will be a copper color. If its painted, could take the coin and scrape the paint off.