Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman
With meteorologist Amelia Draper with a check of the forecast. Its cold out there. So many people weighing in and saying its freezing outside. Its not actually freezing. But when you factor in the winds, that is how its feeling right now. Were at 37 degrees. And look at the winds, coming out of the northwest at about 18 miles per hour. So when you add in the winds, this is how cold its feeling right now. Feeling like were in the 20s across the area. About 27 in washington, 22 in frederick and o 19 degrees back in winchester. The good news, we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast and we will keep it mainly dry today. But look at how its going to feel at 8 00 p. M. This evening. A as you head out to dinner or holiday parties, feels like temperatures in the 20s. So make sure you bundle up. Ill be walking through your saturday, hour by hour and letting you know how cold its going to be tomorrow. Thanks amelia. Im Melissa Mollet at the says metro is making headway when it comes to reduci
Have the real possibility, unfortunately a high probability, that consequences would be vast multiples of the base case. Instead of just being severe, in addition to being severe, in the long run it would become catastrophic. We can expand on that in our conversation. Secondly, i said to a friend of mine the other day who is a wellknown new york this newsman this businessman that i had developed an intense concern about this. He said we can deal with this decades done the road. I said no, the reason, as many of you know, the decay rate of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere is hundreds of years. What we do today will affect us for hundreds of years. Theyre cumulative, they are irreversible, and as a consequence, this is an issue that cannot wait. As hank paulson observed to me the other day, if you look past over the cap past 10 years and see the predictions climate scientist have made, they bring forward the timeframe when the severe consequences occurred. This is an issue that we have
And a live picture from outside the white house this morning where the president is expected to speak before flying to new york for the u. N. General assembly meeting. Military Officials Say the u. S. Launched eight airstrikes. The military also used air power against Al Qaedaaffiliated group that had imminent attacks plotted against the u. S. The Associated Press is reporting that the u. S. And five arab nations attacked in nighttime raids using land and seabased u. S. Aircraft, as well as tomahawk cruise missiles launched from navy ships in the red sea and the northern persian gulf. Washingtonorts that informed bashar alassads thernment hours before americanled Coalition Counter the extremisthealth strongholds. Again, with four president obama to make remarks on those airstrikes against isis this morning. Wait for the president , we want to let you know that this morning we will take you to the Bipartisan Policy Center look at a new threat assessment report being released by that gro