Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the native communities to protect against covid19. As the pandemic rages on, access to ppe and testing and proper san
Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, weve seen the struggles of tribal communities and access to personal protective equipment and testing to protect against covid19. Is this pandemic redesign and covid19 cases continue to rise in many areas of the Country Access to p
From the fire. You can see this is vine crest circle in windsor and you can see the black in the area the scorchers there as car heads down the road taking a look and where the. Of destruction was cut, but look theres a home standing so while it scorchers in many instances they have been able to save property change which has been fantastic and thats thanks in large part to people. Observing the evacuation orders and getting out which allows again fire and police to get their equipment in their personnel and and hold those lines and hopefully save more and more homes as thi fire continues progress but heres the situation as it stands with relation to the fire and the evacuations. Evacuation areas have actually grown what has stayed the same is the mandatory should say the evacuation warning that exists from one oh one out to the coast, the degas bay. Jenner those folks are still in just an evacuation warning the mandatory evacuation zone continues to be right there along one o one stre
Thats produced much in the way of rain you can see advancing from southwest to northeast, the heavier rains so far have stayed well to the southwest of us and whats left of that little blob there should come cruising across northeastern iowa most will fall to the dubuque line thats in line for the precipitation thats what our model is indicating here this is the predicter as we go through the night how the rain ic tomorrow morning heading up into wisconsin the skies are clearing and tomorrow afternoon weve got lots of sunshine plans and some really nice temperatures wait until you see the numbers in just a few minutes. Well see you then. Cbs 2 news continues with the growing crisis in the Republican Party after the release late last week of a video tape showing republican president ial nominee donald trump talks about sexually aggressive actions towards ago new poll numbers show Hillary Clinton making a double digit lead over trump, it represents clintons biggest lead over the republic
And as it turns out, it during billys job as an elephant trainer for barnum and bailey, the father shared countless adventures with his little boy. Monday afternoon, the two went jet skiing as they often did. Hours later, billy was missing and his son was alone on an island in the river. Our marine unit deputies couldnt get on the scene quick enough to recover the reporter the threeyearold was rescued when he managed to answer a facetime call from his worried mother. Impressive that a threeyear old would have the whereabouts to answer the facetime call from his mother and tell his mom where he was, i guess the island they frequented. Reporter vomits after he was found, rescuers began searching for the childs father. Crews in the air, divers in the water and detectives on the ground. Just before noon, billy morris had recently taken a job as a tracker working for amazon. A particularly sad sight today, his rig still parked in front of their home. So many unanswered questions. I guess th