take back full control of your mind and attention from distraction. make this a great event. and on behalf of the federal highway administration, thank you very much. afternoon, my name is duane brown. we are coming to you live from the iconic museum here in the nation s capital. our first briefing featured assets and being prepared. you don t want to miss this. it is about the science. we have interesting things happening in the science community. we will have briefed recitations and then we will open up with questions starting here at the museum and on phone lines and social media. #solarec # 99 years in the making. i m waiting for the scientists. they have me excited. i will introduce our panelists we have social media, send those questions and, #eclipse 2017. i m excited about the science so let me introduce you. thomas, back again. nice red. i think that means something. administrator at nasa headquarters. angela, and supple investigator of the eclipse ballooning pro
federal highway administration, thank you very much. afternoon, my name is duane brown. we are coming to you live from the iconic museum here in the nation s capital. our first briefing featured assets and being prepared. you don t want to miss this. it is about the science. we have interesting things happening in the science community. we will have briefed recitations and then we will open up with questions starting here at the museum and on phone lines and social media. #solarec # 99 years in the making. i m waiting for the scientists. they have me excited. i will introduce our panelists we have social media, send those questions and, #eclipse 2017. i m excited about the science so let me introduce you. thomas, back again. nice red. i think that means something. administrator at nasa headquarters. angela, and supple investigator of the eclipse ballooning project. coast,ut to the west linda, executive director. director of solar physics in the division of sciences at the
[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] today on c-span, newsmakers is next with fema administrator, craig fugate on preparations for this year s hurricane and tornado seasons. then, interviews with freshmen members of congress. now, newsmakers. host: on newsmakers this week, we are joined by craig fugate. he is the administrator of the federal emergency management agency. in studio, to help with the questions, we are joined with seth bornstein of associated press and donna leinwand-leger of usa today. i want to start with the deadly flooding in texas and oklahoma. what is fema doing now, and what are you expecting in terms of assistance that will be asked by the federal government in recovering? guest: we have been working with both states. in fact, several states have been impacted. right now, they are still in
university. at tufts university. we are joined by craig fugate , the administrator of the federal emergency management agency. we are joined by seth bornstein and usa today. mr. fugate, i want to start with the deadly flooding in texas and oklahoma. what is fema doing now, and what are you expecting in terms of assistance that will be asked by the federal government in recovering? guest: we have been working with both states. in fact, several states have been impacted. right now, they are still in a response phase. under the governor s leadership local officials, the national guard, they are managing the response. as the president said the other day, our prayers and thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones, but we are prepared to support the recovery if needed. right now, there is very much response. they are still trying to verify and find people who are missing. the role of the federal government in this case, and fema, will be a support role. reporter: have y
he s been under fire for excessive drinking and he admitdrug use. he ll go to court to get back more authority. nasa s mission to investigate the upper atmosphere on mars now underway, a robotic spacecraft called maven, is underway, how mars went from earth like to a barren desert. you can get the alatest on aljazeera.com. often america tonight: a recipe for disaster. a crack down on meth in rural america leads to a new problem. you know the mexicans are bringing it over by the truckloads. how one family is treating shake-and-bake for mexican ice. i m winning, everybody is winning, all good. president aquino, face to face with the typhoon and america tonight s joie chen. we would like to now are you pleased with the rescue effort? the cradle of civilization, the plan to rebuild the marshes of mesopotamia. good evening everyone, thanks for joining us. joie chen is on assignment i m adam may. meth amphetamine is continuing to ravage all across middle america.