Foreign correspondent Kylie Kobe Reporting on the ground in jerusalem. Kylie, you are on the ground in jerusalem, as i just said. The deadline to evacuate gaza ends in less than an hour. What are you hearing from israeli officials . Well, they are not saying that there is any sort of imminent ground offensive but then you wouldnt expect them to announce it. They have made it very clear that that will be the next step. This is going to intensify. They have not said whether political leaders have made it official have actually ordered it but that is the direction we are heading can you hear me okay . So, the first 24hour deadline did approach and then pass. People are still being allowed to leave. In fact, the idf opened those o corridors from the north of gaza down to the south. Seeing evacuees would be allowed to pass safely along those two corridors. That came after an israeli airstrike Hit A Convoy Of Palestinian Evacuees on friday. 70 people were killed, many of them women and child
Held a hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying illicit opioids over the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported that more than 63,000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses. Indications are that number increased in 2017. These Overdose Deaths are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently is now second in the country in terms of Overdose Deaths. Its heartbreaking. And increasingly, these overdoses are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions of fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin. In fact, in ohio, fentanyl and its variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. So, its become the number one killer in ohio. The vast majority of illegal fentanyl is purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the United States through the
Bring opiates into the country. Senator rob portman chairs this subcommittee hearing. This is two hours and 40 minutes. Thank you for being here. Talk about the work to combat the opiate epidemic that scooping our communities around the country. Last year we talked about opiate a related product abuse then buying illicit opiates over the internet and shipping them to the United States to the mail. The opiate crisis sadly continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported more than 63000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses, those numbers increased in 2017. These steps are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My home state of ohio were told recently is the second in the country in terms of overdose death. Heartbreaking. Increasingly, these are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions offense at all, a drug that is 50 100 times stronger than heroin. In ohio fat knowledge variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last y
Another one, give the people and another one or two minutes to sort of come in before we start the next panel, but our intent is to start with the next 90 seconds. So i am one of the conference chairs for the 2018 policy conference. I would like to start off by thanking those who have just arrived and thinking those also who have been with us from this morning or just arrived from the eu investors panel, i think this next panel really is in some respect at the heart of the trade subject. Financial services is integral to our everyday lives and to the modern economy. Every modern economy lies on Financial Services. Its also, in many respects a good kind of like the deduction that we dont often think about how crosses borders. We just assume that when we go to atms will take money out of the bank and we assume that we will have the same service only go on vacation to other countries as well so theres an infrastructure in place that supports a very complicated global web of services but i
Thank you for being here. Talk about the work to combat the opiate epidemic that scooping our communities around the country. Last year we talked about opiate a related product abuse then buying illicit opiates over the internet and shipping them to the United States to the mail. The opiate crisis sadly continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported more than 63000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses, those numbers increased in 2017. These steps are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My home state of ohio were told recently is the second in the country in terms of overdose death. Heartbreaking. Increasingly, these are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions offense at all, a drug that is 50 100 times stronger than heroin. In ohio fat knowledge variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. The number one killer in ohio. The mature door these purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the Un