they have been truly humbled by the outpouring of the encouragement and support for the decision to quit tobacco. as we go forward with the private sector to continue to take a leadership role. . .es. chair will recognize himself and ranking member for purposes of making opening statement. without objection the opening statement of any other member of the committee who wishes to provide one will be included in the record. a little over two years ago, four americans serving our country in benghazi, libya, were killed. two of them were killed when a facility emblematic of our country was set on fire. and two of them were killed when they dared to fight back and defend themselves. and others. sean smith, chris stevens, ty woods and glen doherty represented us. they represented our country, and our values. we ask them to go. we sent them, and they were killed because some people hold a deep-seated animus toward us simply because we are us. so to t
as assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, he testified about changes made to improve security at foreign posts. he was joined by members of the state department best practices panel, which made security recommendations of its own. this is a little less than three hours. [no audio] we are experiencing an audio problem with this event. we are working to fix the technical difficulty and will continue running it. hopefully, the audio will come back shortly, here on c-span. [no audio] again, we are experiencing audio difficulties. we apologize for that problem. we are working to fix it. we will have it corrected, hopefully, shortly, here on c-span. [no audio] again, experiencing some audio difficulties with this recording of this hearing on c-span. we have found another version of the recording. we are going to play that now for you from the top, on c-span. [no audio] come tomeeting will order. the chairquorum for persons taking testimony, percent to house rules.
questions about lapses in kite house security. they could be the biggest protests in hong kong. you are looking live at thousands in the streets threatening to take over government buildings. more recovery of bodies from japan as the new videos show the dangerous gas when the volcano erupted. welcome to al jazeera america. i m del walters. i m stephanie sy. going concern, a man in dallas has ebola. it s the first case of the deadly virus diagnosed on u.s. soil and the first outside of africa. health officials are scrambling to find anyone who may have come in contact with the man. the c.d.c. saying the infected patient arrived from liberia last week. he is in the hospital as are the paramedics who took him there. we have team coverage tracking the story. robert ray is a at c.d.c. let s begin a heidi in dallas. do we know anything more about who this patient is and how he got ebola? that is one of the big questions still unanswered at this point. we do know the m
resign today. they are blocking government buildings and threatening to storm them if he doesn t step down. a massive group of walruses in alaska, the environmental threat causing 35,000 to haul ashore and what s being done to keep them safe. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i m del walters. i m stephanie sy. health officials are on high alert as ebola fears stretch from texas to hawaii and we learn new details about the man diagnosed with the virus. his name is thomas eric duncan. he flew from liberia with several stops along the way. a dozen students had close contact with duncan. in honolulu, doctors suspect a patient may have contracted the virus. we are live in dallas outside texas health presbyterian hospital. in liberia, he carried a stricken woman in his arms that was pregnant at the time. she was turned away from the hospital there. days later web traveled to the united states and his family members say he did tell emergency workers that he ha
i want to welcome everyone. i want to apologize to our two witnesses and to everyone else who s been waiting. just blame me for the delay. that would be the quickest and easiest thing to do. i ll do my best to start on time henceforth. this is hearing number two, reviewing efforts to secure u.s. department diplomatic facilities and personnel. the committee will come to order. chairman notes a quorum for taking testimony pursuant to the appropriate house resolution number and house rule number, i want to recognize myself for the opening statement. in september of 2012, four of our fellow americans were killed and others were injured in an attack on our facility in benghazi, libya. shawn smith, tyrone woods, glenn doherty and ambassador chris stevens died under circumstances most of us can not fathom. fire, violence, the weaponry of war. i want to read something and i want to ask my colleagues to listen to what i read. not just to the words but i want