It has been a day of rallies, marches, protests as people here and across the country mark a day without a woman, a movement of support of womens rights. Lets go live to news 4s Meagan Fitzgerald. She has been following the demonstrations since this morning. Are they happy with the turnout and what they accomplished . Reporter wendy, they are. They tell us theyre pleased with the turnout. Just a couple minutes ago we watched protesters demonstrating outside the department of labor behind us here. They made their way down constitution avenue. They were Holding Signs and calling for things like paid family leave and equal pay for equal work. But that was just the latest demonstration weve seen here around the district. Shut it down reporter there were many reasons why hundreds of pr protesters marched down pennsylvania avenue towards the white house. We have to support immigrants, the lgbt community, women, minorities. Its not okay to divide us. Reporter but what was if we dont get it sh
Balcony. Neighbors came to help. I came home from work and saw Corporal Webb come flying across and stop in the middle of the street and i thought something didnt look right. That balcony is high up and with an intense fire happening, there was no time to waste the kids had to be dropped. The little girl came straight down and bear hugs her and took her out. They caught the kids safely and seven people in all were rescued and in through her ohhic fashion. None of these men think they are heros. You would not be able to sleep at night if you knew people were trapped up in. I was just doing my job. Until the last unit cleared everybody did a great job. Very humble you hear the men. There were others, Good Samaritans that helped. We want to mention them on air. Robert murray, and john lynch, and i think they are heroes and im sure you think they are as well. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Yes, heroes indeed. Thank you. Well, students in half town got quite the square when their school
Are all follows at the kennan institu institute, so we wanted to get them all together. Alan cull son, the moscow correspondent for the wall street journal for a decade and a half, sergei, who has a show and elena, a special investigative correspondent. So its a really, really good group of journalists. I encourage you to join us on thursday mortganing. Let me start todays event, russias war against terror. Elena had just published this book. The evolution of terrorism in russias north caucuses and we have copies for sale up front and she will inscribe it for you and write a comprehensive plan for dealing with terrorism on the front cover. Im kidding. Thats chapt ir 3. So, elena is associate professor of International Security studies in the college of International Security affairs at the National Defense university. Thats a Government Security Oriented University in case that didnt make it clear. Her publications including this latest book have appeared foreign wide including in jour
Electio elections. Later treasury secretary jack lou on the upcoming debt ceiling debate. Every five years, the departments of agriculture and health and Human Services issue dietary guidelines and nutritional information to the public. Next the House Agriculture Committee hears from tom vilsack and Silvia Burwell about the process. This is two and a half hours. Good morning. Lets go ahead and get started. Trent, will you open us with a prayer please . Dear heavenly father, we ask that you bless this committee. We ask that you bless this government. We ask that you bless all those who lead this nation. Amen. This Meeting Committee of agriculture regarding the development of the 2015 dietary guidelines for american will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for being here this morning. It is no small feat to get two of the secretaries of two of the most important agencies in government to sit at the same table at the same time, so i thank you secretary vilsack, secretary burwell,
To the act the dga shall contain guidelines for the general public, shall be based on the preponderance at the time the report is prepared and promoted by each agency carrying out food or nutritional program. A sound Development Process is important because it is extremely difficult to reverse or change Public Policy once implemented without causing consumer confusion. At a time when consumers are already subjected to conflicting and often contradictory health information, staying within scope of the intent of the law by providing with sciencebased information is more likely to contribute to improve Public Health outcomes. The process of the 2015 gga began in 2012 when secretary vilsack and secretary burwells predecessor secretary sibilius created the committee. Though its not specifically authorized all must be chartered under the federal Advisory Committee act that requires it be accessible by the public and stoeb operating, overseeing and terminating committees. This makes the Commi