Good morning, im pleased it call this subcommittee competing on conservation climate forestry and Natural Resources and grateful the Ranking Member marshall for his partnership in organizing the hearing on with respect water reulgts. I know he shares my concern about the unprecedented drought the west faces as it is relates it declining water levels in the aquifer. Spourp simple. To sound the locker room about the water crisis in the American West. It has not been there dry in 1200 years. If we dont get our act together here it will not only put our with respect agriculture at risk but the American West. My state is at the head waters of the Colorado River which starts as snow melt before cutting across 1400 miles to the sea offer tez the river basin is the life blood and provides the Drinking Water for 40 Million People over s states. It irgates favor million acres of agriculture and under pins the 26 billion and running out of water. The two largest reservoirs lake powell and lake im
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antibiotic to all those people. the cdc is investigating how all of this happened and said disciplinary action might be taken among the workers in the level three lab. the commerce committee is also looking into this, pointing out past security lapses at the cdc. big deal. we ll follow it. john, thank you. residents of washington springs, south dakota, are crediting a timely warning for the lack of human casualties during a tornado touchdown last night. tornado alarms sounded several times prompting residents to head to the emergency shelter in the basement of the courthouse. no serious injuries were reported. ten businesses and at least 43 houses were damaged or destroyed. stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 15. the nasdaq lost 3 1/2. playing politics with school computers. and the vice president not playing with a full deck of facts. when it comes to a team usa soccer. we ll explain the reality next
isis is trying to do, and how well it s doing it. but we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry. what the president is trying to do and avoid. good evening, ed. good evening, bret. president obama decides to not completely decide. critics on the right, he s taking some military action while reassuring nervous allies on the left that this will not become mission creep. declaring the fate of iraq now hangs in the balance. president obama edged the military back into the persian gulf, deploying up to 300 military advisers to counsel the yirgy military, protect the embassy in baghdad, and collect intelligence on the militant group isis to potentially launch action down the road. if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it. reporter: the president also left the door open to a diplomatic solution, by revealing he s sending secretary of state john kerry to baghdad this weekend. he also repeatedly said u.s. troops are not going back into a