March 2014, Doctors Without Borders said we are overwhelmed. This is obviously in west africa and the context of ebola. We are overwhelmed, this disease is out of control. We need help. End of march 2014. In august, the w. H. O. Declared a health emergency. About march, 300 people had died. By august, the disease had become far more widespread. That delay is what a lot of us have focused on and have asked hard questions about why was there that delay . And how do we make sure that doesnt happen again . I do think as a response, w. H. O. Has been far quicker. There have actually been some people who said it was too kbik to declare this time. Its not the same disease, it doesnt spread the same way. W. H. O. Did it very narrowly. They did it in the context of microcephaly and said this is a Public Health emergency. I personally dont think they overreacted. I think its a personally reasonable call, but it doesnt reassure me and ill tell you why. Right now, theres a spotlight on w. H. O. An
Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries and in africa i know the u. S. Military is a preferred training partner in many nations seek our assistance. I kind of like to have you talk about the success of those training efforts over the course of your three years in the position and what other nations do significant training of African Military . I view this as one of the most Cost Effective investments that we make. I would like to hear y
Thank you for being here. First were getting through our security system. Its great. If you have ever been to dca in august, you know this is not typical at all. We hope you had a great experience and we wanted to make it more special. I want to work i want to are excitedand we to have so many partners engaged in this work. It is an issue for me that is so vital, having spent the bulk of my career in education and having seen what occurs with students on a regular basis and all kinds of settings. I will talk more about that in just a few minutes, but it such a great honor for me to introduce our next guest who is at the white house and it has been an honor for me to get to know him. One of the things i want to share with you is ive never met a person in government who has more focus, more commitment to kids, but even more so who has more heart in the game. Every time i speak with roberto rodriguez, im reminded of why anyone of us wants to work with kids every day. It is a passion that
17. If we shift into portions of the south bay, san jose you have 10. As we slide our way up the peninsula we have sfo reporting a 24 miles an hour wind. The gusts will continue as we get into the second half of your day. Cool start out there. 47 in walnut creek. 44 in napa. 45 in santa rosa. 47 in novato. Although the wind hopes to stir this and prevent the colder air from zhenging. If it will be breezy outside your door, you will feel a chill in your air. Saratoga right now 49 degrees. In our hills 38 reported los gatos. As we get into the second half of your day, temperatures will be coming up. We will be seasonal for this time of year but it will be cool and brisk. A lot of 50s along the coast. Upper 50s as well as our hills. When i come back ill put some numbers on your screen and detail the afternoon highs for your area and a big warmup. More on that coming up. We have a new five car injury accident on the nimitz freeway and its blocking lanes, southbound 880. So please give your
Chaired by bob, now head of the office of juvenile justice. So we can be assured that the recommendations that came out of that work arent going to sit on a shelf. They are going to be worked on and used and hopefully implemented by you all. So six of the sites Vs Incorporated an antibullying component. One site is in north dakota where 10,000 youth have been reached. Were making a special effort to deal with the challenges facing American Indian and alaskan native children. A National Task force spent the last year traveling the Country Holding hearings to find out how we can addressed the many problems faced by native children. Under attorney general holders leadership the department is also playing a leading role with the department of education in the support of School Discipline which you heard earlier from roberto. Which is designed to foster safe and Supportive School climates and to keep kids on the road to academic success and out of the School Prison pipeline. Our office of j