dollars also the emergency committee has established regular communication and an airlift operation so that the people. in volgograd can get airlifted to moscow who need medical attention desperately so that's the latest in this rapidly developing situation to blast in less than twenty four hours and as always in these cases information comes in quickly we'll keep you on top of it as it comes to us thank you sean for that update well it's suggested that the timing of the attacks could be linked to the upcoming winter olympic games in sochi both cities in the same region sochi involved regret as you can see on the map the distance between them is about six hundred fifty kilometers here or so quite a ways away we spoke with a former member of the alpha special forces unit who says there is confidence in the massive security apparatus in place in sochi. all the attacks in volgograd are part of the same chain the terrorists are trying to incite fear ahead of the winter olympics so that people become scared to go to saatchi no wonder they've chosen the holiday season for this to make it eve

supplies coming into the city in fact the latest information that we've just gotten in is that the emergency committee has established regular communication and an airlift operation to bring the injured from volgograd to moscow so that they can get the best medical care now also. putin and medvedev both together have discussed what they're going to do to help the families who have been harmed in this situation the injured and those who have been killed and they've decided that they are going to be giving those families one million rubles which is the equivalent of thirty thousand dollars in u.s. money that's the latest that we have right now of course this is a fast developing situation and as the information comes in we're going to stay on top of it and keep you posted from the federal government side all right sean thank you very much for that update the u.n. secretary general has called for those responsible in sunday's tragedy in volgograd to be brought to justice this bombing also unanimously condemned by the u.n. security council and the war activist don de bar things that it's up to the interna

and supplies to help out in that aspect in fact the latest that we've gotten in is that the emergency committee has established regular communication and an airlift operation to bring the injured from volgograd to moscow where they can get better medical treatment and then. president putin and prime minister medvedev have discussed what they're going to do to help the families of those who have been injured and killed and they have agreed to pay those families one of million rubles which is the equivalent to about thirty thousand u.s. dollars and with as always in situations like this the information is constantly changing and updating rapidly coming in we'll keep you updated as we get it. all right sean thank you very much for those updates on the developments or earlier you leadership of my colleague spoke with a security expert from moscow state university mark sloboda talking about the developments in volgograd mass transport has always been a target of these islamic terrorist attacks in russia we've seen several terrorist attacks on trains previously as well as on metro stations within mos

he creates the president's emergency committee on unemployment and he tries to get together all of the agencies of the state and local governments. the red cross. he tries to coordinate places to coordinate information about unemployment and relief efforts. he tries to use the federal government in a noncoercive way to encourage people voluntary -- encourage voluntary organizations to get more involved and know how they can get more involved. >> we are being watched in texas. >> thank you for taking my call. this is a great series. i visited the hoover museum. i wondered what lou hoover's fascination was with embroidered flowers. >> right. the embroidered flowers that you saw were embroidered the women of belgium and they were sold as a way to raise money after world war i so that they could purchase food. >> next is a call from john in california. hello, john. >> thank you for c-span. my mother's family is from waterloo, iowa. my mother was nicknamed after lou. apparently the family knew them in waterloo. my mother's family was involved in the creation of the republican iowa party. an

military troops and twenty three thousand more will be brought in from the ministry of emergency the olympic committee has already stated that they trust that russia will provide a safe a limp a could come of the seventh of february and it seems as toseland now our calmness is in the eight as we await for those lympics met. for us in sochi thank you very much for that update or bringing more updates from volgograd in a few minutes stay with us. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that if face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing onto rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen antarctica always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship calling all antarctica stations this is academic a field of radio check please respond. unexplored antarctica what is it in this icy expanse

emergency benefits. senate budget committee chairman and house budget committee chrman have been working on a plan the spending by 34 billion to just over aa trillion. the twsides have a self-imposed deadline of friday the 13th to relve the matter without deal we could see a repeat of this year's government shut down. we will see. unemployment benefits have been extended five times in the last five years totaling 2,605,000,000,000. the current benefits expire on th28 of this month. on wall street stocks finished lower marking the fifth consecutive day of losses for th the dow and s&p. the dow fell 68 points, the s&p lost faith in the nasdaq down five. third quartegdp grth revised upward to three and a half% from the original report up from two and a half% in the second quarter. in weekly jobless claims falling for a third straight week dropping below 300,000. much more at here tonight. the were losing a global ambassador tonight. details in the death of nelson mandela ahead. who will talk about more things that matter wi the author of this week's number one bestseller on the new york times list and fox news co

committee and also how poorly that worked at fukushima. as witold and correct me if i'm wrong before the chairman could declare an emergency we would have to notify the fellow commissioners the relevant congressional committees and the general public facilities i would like to hear how you perceive this legislation in the acting or a devotee to managing the potential crisis specifically for the major metropolitan area like new york i think they are adequate at the agency and i think the commission is operating well and operating collegial the and i don't see any need to alter or change the existing procedures especially with regard to emergency powers. chairman i would also like to ask you in your testimony you mention the efforts they've been undergoing to determine what regulatory action is required to feed expedited fuel on the dry cask storage. i've been particularly interested where are all of the risks from the spent fuel and that it can be reduced by removing some of the dry. can you elaborate on how the nrc is prioritizing the dry cask storage of the spent fuel as well as the hurdles that might remain for the implementation for the

committee. and their idea that this was a normal course, when the building permit issues and emergency permit, it is bad and so we just ask that the board take jurisdiction, and continue it to april with your authority and force the project sponsor to deal with the planning and the building department and the structure and advisory committee so that these people have a safe house to live in and don't have to wake up every moerk *f morning and say what is in world is happening above us. >> any rebuttal in the permit holder? >> i have no issues with what did the dbi discusses i don't see anything wrong with it, at the time that i inherited this, i was not aware of issues with the, or of the structure advisory committee at that time. and none of the earlier permits, that i have had a notification on it. and on the permit, that it was a slight area. and apparently it was, so ordered and in 2002, and then, i see that the permits were given on the drainage up to the 2003, 2005, and 2009 and so at leaves me a little confused if there is no area and so why did we get permits in the past? >> and now, we h

the bill even prevents the chairman from taking any emergency action until she notifies the four commissioners, two congressional committees and the general public that she has declared an emergency. i think that's a troublesome idea. if a nuclear meltdown is happening at a u.s. reactor, we don't need a bureaucracy. we need the chair to act quickly and decisively. we should not required to call a host of commissioners and members of congress along with the nrc's website, administrator our public affairs office before exercising emergency authority, the impact of this bill could be truly disastrous in a nuclear crisis. that's not the only troubling change in the bill. not long ago the commission was struggling with a nasty, personal conflict. while the commission seems to have moved past that discord under the leadership of chairman macfarlane, mr. kerry, the republicans committee can't seem to let go. that kerry bill reopen past disputes. we need nrc focus on nuclear safety, not constantly rewriting its internal procedures. the effect of virtually every proposed change in the bill is to shift authority from the nrc chair t

committee. we know how poorly that worked. so, i am told -- correct me if i am wrong. we could declare an emergency, but you would have to notify commissioners and the committees and the general public. the facility could be on its way to meltdown. i would like to hear from you. how do you perceive this legislation impacting your ability to manage a potential especially in a major metropolitan area like new york. >> i think that the commission procedures are adequate. i think that the commission is operating well. there operating collegially. i do not see any need to alter or change the existing procedures. especially with regard to emergency powers. >> thank you. would anyone else like to comment? if not, i will move on. i would also like to ask, in your testimony, you mentioned the nrc has been undergoing regulatory actions to determine the expedited transfers. i have been particularly interested in that for years. i understand that the commission expects a proposal by early 2014. we are all aware of the risk. it can be reduced by moving some of the cast. can you elaborate on how the nrc is prior

emergency room or doctor's office. the secretary didn't know when asked by members of the committee today if those people really had been confirmed and were signed up. those are people think were signed up and have a confirmation number that were signed up. >> because she bawas inconcluste whether they had paid their premium. which is the be all and end all that they had signed up. >> your premiums would be ded t deducted from your paycheck. >> thins thsince they are not gt from their employer. it is an interesting proposit n proposition. even if that is true that they are getting covered, they are going to find out when they show up that they may not be able to get health care because the part of the system that is supposed to do the billing it is not up and running yet. it hadn't been put together yet. >> it looks to me to be upside down. i want to show another map. here is the cancellation map. the people who liked their insurance coverage. it is up to 6 million people now and you juxtapose it to those that signed up and it seems to be that the pendulum is going in the wrong dir recollection recollection. >> if they

committee between married couples. still more women are pressing charges. an emergency hotline has been set up but the network is fully operational in delhi everyday there are reports of new assaults and maps bruised india's image. at the beginning of the year tourism here dropped by twenty five percent. though the numbers are picking up again in many are still worried about their safety the ticket oceans would be true that the little assistant to the needs of the posts we never have to explain. safety for women but no one will tour is asked this question right a day of mourning in delhi the protesters are also sending a signal that change is essential. now the president of south sudan's president m to two against government as before slovakia. he didn't mail it to you in a full two and that's because he's in the capital of juba up to a night of heavy fighting between rival factions within the country's armed forces he frames his former vice president in the set in july the nice nations has appealed for calm. sassy done it gained its independence from seed are just two

committee and look at evolving threats and involving hazards. produce together to standards and best practices. whether on occupant emergency plans, prohibited federal items in buildings, on the training of federal security committees. certainly, the risk management practice that we released this past august. it is a highly collaborative body. there is not a formal compliance mechanism, the fact that these 53 security officers come together and work over months to produce these standards. it becomes incumbent on them to ensure their facilities adopt them. softve some informal, compliance mechanisms we are looking at. tools in development to better assess how facilities are implementing our standards and best practices. mythted to dispel the that it is not highly collaborative. coming out of the navy yard, we have established an active shooter working group. designed to look at what happened at the navy yard and to leverage the work we have done over the last 6 years in the commercial facility space. we have online training, in person training, part of the goal is to look at the various documents, trainings that are availabl

committee. but any way, ab 918 went through the legislation this summer and it's the counsel of emergency services act which sets forth the duties of the office of emergency services with respect to emergency preparedness response activities within the state. this bill would require that the state update the state emergency plan to include proposed best practices for local government and non governmental entities to use mobilize and have evacuate people with disabilities during a disaster. we'll be discussing the counsel's housing resolution and i want to announce i received a signed letter in support of the housing resolution and we're actively seeking others to do the same. >> thank you. >> next is a report from the director. >> thank you so much co-chair and co-chair wilson and councilmembers. i wanted to start my directors report today with an update on an early er request for an investigation to be performed by the mayor's office and the counsel had discussions about this request over the last 2 meetings in september and october and the counsel also further discussed this matter at the 2 exec

emergency trip. who will be deployed here in sochi come the olympics the olympic committee has already said that they trust that the russia will provide a safe haven come at the winter olympics in february so we're all hoping that this what's happening in vocal. officials will be looking out to see how they can if they want to extend some of those numbers to more match or to stop buying might say lara for us in sochi thank you very much for that update from the. well more reaction is time from the british capital let's bring on the host of our team show going underground our sheraton see you have some reaction from london so how is the news from russia being received in the u.k. at this point well i wonder how it will be received in the foreign office here because of course as being the case as we've heard on our t.v. the reasons behind this tragic tragic bombing have their roots in the middle east and of course it is british policy in the middle east and specifically british policy misa v v saudi arabia that is important here quite ironic to hear the secretary general of nato so quick to condemn wha

committee and look at evolving threats and involving hazards. produce together to standards and best practices. whether on occupant emergency plans, prohibited federal items in buildings, on the training of federal security committees. certainly, the risk management practice that we released this past august. it is a highly collaborative body. there is not a formal compliance mechanism, the fact that these 53 security officers come together and work over months to produce these standards. it becomes incumbent on them to ensure their facilities adopt them. softve some informal, compliance mechanisms we are looking at. tools in development to better assess how facilities are implementing our standards and best practices. mythted to dispel the that it is not highly collaborative. coming out of the navy yard, we have established an active shooter working group. designed to look at what happened at the navy yard and to leverage the work we have done over the last 6 years in the commercial facility space. we have online training, in person training, part of the goal is to look at the various documents, trainings that are availabl

emergency system work. many turned off the notice capability on their phone. the state assembly committee is trying to convince us to turn that notification back on. alerts could also be evacuation warnings in case of a flood or even a fire. >> there may be times when we need to reach you. your local government needs to reach you to tell you to stay in place because there's danger outside of your hope, or to evacuate immediately. >> now the issue is sometimes you get an emergency alert not even connected to our area. that's because it's often sent out to everyone served by one cell phone tower. >> the freezing temps will not affect a person's pocketbooks in produce. we won't know the extent of damage for a few week, but farmers are working to protect $2 billion worth of fruit. >> we're going to start seeing a little bit of a warm-up. that should be a big help. we were averaging just a few nights ago, temperatures in the low 30s at this hour. right now, holding ton 4 degrees. what is this going to mean as we head throughout the forecast? the temperatures will mainly be averaging the upper

emergency was there. so not only do i not argue with that, i think we existed in an atmosphere in the armed services committeeleged to serve with you, where republicans and democrats did work to do exactly that. the atmosphere in the congress now, i'm sorry to say, from your side of the aisle, mr. speaker, is not conducive to that kind of efficiency. >> which brings me to you, governor. first, i agree 100%. certainly there are things that government could do better, but it's difficult when you have a party committed as see the government as an enemy rather than being part of the answer. i am curious. there seems to be now, a possible thaw. paul ryan, who has been the paul revere for these harsh cutbacks and take no prisoners approach is now apparently waving the white flag a bit. it looks like the deal that's coming up, we're going to raise the revenues, bust these spending caps. are we seeing the beginning of a more reasonable paul rye jan? a more reasonable republican party? will you support paul ryan when the crazies come after him? >> let me applaud the speaker for a classic newtonian description. continu

participate as part of the committee, looking at you evolving threats and eve offering hazards and working together to produce standards and best practices. whether it is on occupant emergency plans, prohibited federal items in federal buildings, on the training of federal security committees. certainly, the risk management practice that we released this past it is a highly august. collaborative body. while there is not a formal compliance mechanism, the fact that these 53 security officers come together and work over months to produce these standards, it then becomes incumbent upon them to ensure that their facilities adopt them. compliancee informal mechanisms we are looking at. there are tools and development to help us better assess how facilities are implementing our standards and best practices, but i wanted to dispel the myth that it is not highly collaborative. coming out of the navy yard and other incidents in federal facilities, we have established an active shooter working group. as i mentioned. both designed to look at what happened at the navy yard, but to leverage all the work that we have done over the course of the last six years in the commercial facility s

committee. i know many of you are concerned about affordable housing, and there was a conditional use appeal of larkin that they voted to change as an emergency measure and they decided to -- the fact that the project for [inaudible] instead of the tndc project which we pontbacker wanted and we felt it was the best sites for senior housing which would have put in 56 units of fixed housing, which could have provided community facilities for a neighborhood that has no community center, no senior seiner, no library or police station with a public room, no place for social activities whatsoever. we used to do it in that charge. we couldn't get your attention when we were trying to file the appeal. it's a neighborhood where you would never baibltd get 20% of the neighborhoods because it is a neighborhood of chinese family properties, most of them don't live there and many of them just don't get involved and the ones that did get involved, one of them sent me a list of the supervisors she wanted me to contact to have the five sponsors, she said these would be people who westbound sympathetic to seniors and minorities and she felt campos and kim and

participate as a part of the committee and look at the evolving threats and hazards and work together to produce the standards and best practices, whether it is on the occupancy emergency plans and prohibited federal items in federal buildings whether it is on the training of the federal security committees and certainly the risk management practice that we've released this past august. it's a highly collaborative body and while there is not a formal compliance mechanism, the fact that these 53 chief security officers come together and work over months to produce these standards it then becomes incumbent on them to ensure that their facilities adopt them. we have some informal mechanisms we are looking at and there are tools and development to help us to better assess how the facilities are implementing the standards and best practices, but i wanted to spell that out that it is entirely collaborative. certainly coming out of the navy yard we have established an active shooter working group as i mentioned in my opening statement both designed to look at what happened and at the work we've done over the last course of six years in the commercial facility space we have on

parallel and peer review by our committee from the peer reviewer immediate reviewed and also our staff and review it also. and for this, case, i cannot just go in and see the emergency, and they have the life safety concerned and by looking at that site, you know, right now is not you know, further... and i say to have the emergency shoring and maybe they will have the emergency and they can come up with the report and there is no choice and i don't want for myself to say that there is an emergency, until, you know, for example, we have, it is a big storm coming in, and it is rolling down the hill, then i need to do that. like any fire when i saw it, and then i will create the demo. >> and then we will wrap it up. >> commissioner mar? >> yeah, i think that it is important, that the report back, and we will have an agenda item and a special meeting includes all of our questions and that is what we are trying to do is define what our concerns are with what we know to the question of where do we go, from here, i have said this before, when we deal with this exact situation where there has been a demolition permit applied for and refused by the building department and t

forecast the committee currently anticipates that would be appropriate to moderate them up the pace of purchases later this year. then doused and content investors to shift their money out of emerging economies and back to the us. this created on tele tea. if financial markets. policy makers and now looking for a smooth way to wind down the monetary stimulus. andy investors pulled back into us assets overnight tonight wishing death on the business as has the details for us. bayside council will not only did us share prices surged a surge to record highs on wednesday actually stocks fell initially after the fed's decision to scale back its monetary stimulus program but investors subsequently paid up share prices and speak to the start of keeping as a positive surprise and the dow jones jumped almost three hundred points to end the day at sixteen thousand one hundred and sixty seven among japanese market was pretty lean week elaine good morning our toons haaretz during the trading session here in japan. i sigh and say we are having a bit of a problem getting on getting the right audio with elaine e lincoln ne. okay great. i mean give us the reaction that you are seeing on the tokyo m

second for where continue to build on this committee to expand trade and investment, strengthen regional institutions and deepen our engagement with emerging powers in the region. the united states bilateral relationship with the philippines is an important one in a key region and one that is highlighted by the philippines participation in the obama administration's partnership for growth. the u.s. treasures providing a robust program for technical assistance for limitation of philippine economic policy. this program will become one of the most intensive technical assistance programs of the world in 2014. it was a pleasure meeting with the secretary and i look forward to continuing to work together to boost global growth. mr. secretary. >> thank you, secretary lew. it's a pleasure for me coming thank you virginia opportunity speaker i'm pleased to be here in washington, d.c. at this time with outlook of the u.s. economy. a strong u.s. economy is good or the global economy as well. your airport is an assurance of america's supreme commitment to the -- in the global landscape and usher in a shared prosperity. since the beginning, the beginni

last week, the committee, as referenced by the assistant secretary, elevated the emergency level two3,. well that trigger the kind of response you are lacking? ith that move u.n. agencies -- will that heightened focus on this enough in order to deliver the resources needed? >> i hope so. after this point, there has been some high-level people arriving, but what we have needed very quick, immediate action, and we ook at how weof rel do security analysis, because that has been one of the major hindrances for a lot of actors to be out funding, and active in rural areas and other towns. it has been very disproportionate to the reality. so, yes, i hope so, but it needs to be quick and meaningful action. >> thank you. if i might briefly, -- >> very briefly, because i'm sure that they are more of an expert. humanitarian agencies have a presence on the ground. they recently released a new strategic land for c.a.r. while agencies are likely to bring greater resources and coordination capacity to bear in the coming months, u.n. and other workers face real challenges, including security threats

committee was wise. all will fund first met, a public emergency responder network. while the b claim 600 megahertz is critical to the funding sources, the incentive auction is one of several streams established for the spectrum -- under the spectrum asked to fund the creation of first net. fortunately, the goals of creating competition and raising revenue are not mutually exclusive. auctions with the greatest number of bidders are typically the ones that raise the most revenue. in summary, to meet these complex, multifaceted goals, we propose the fcc take steps to give every carrier an opportunity to participate and possibly win in this much-needed low bandwidth spectrum for broadband and after a decade of consolidation, a successful incentive auction is vital to promote sustainable competition for the digital age. thank you for the opportunity. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i served as executive director of a group of more than 70 tv stations who are open to voluntary participation in the incentive auction under the right circumstances and are committed