alan larsen, counsel to the inspector general for the environmental protection agency. we also have mr. alfredo gomez who serves as director of natural resources and environment for the government accountability office. i want the thank you for being here today and providing testimony. we look forward to the opportunity to discuss open and unimplemented recommendations made to the epa. you're aware the committee is holding an investigator hearing, and when doing so, has the practice of taking testimony under oath. do you have any objections? the chair advises you under the rules of the house and the committee, you're entitled to be advised by counsel. do either of you desire to be ad vised by counsel during testimony today? in that case, please rise, raise your right hand, and i'll swear you in. do you swear the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? both have answered in the affirmative x you're now subject to the penalties -- [inaudible] united states code. each of you to give a five-minute summary, we'll begin with you

i am alan larsen, counsel to the inspector general for both the environmental protection agency and the chemical safety and hazard investigation board. i thank this committee for highlighting the importance of acting on unimplemented oig recommendations. as you know, an office of inspector general cannot direct an agency's actions. our influence is through our recommendations which can result in substantial cost savings and major improvements in agency programs. but only if an agency chooses to implement them. our oig undertakes a risk based work planning process to determine which issues we will review during the coming year. our plan, however, is always subject to change as we inevitably receive hotline requests and con congressional requests. we conduct those reviews and issue final reports which generally will include one or more recommendations to address our findings. as required by the inspector general act, the epa/o, girig publishes a list of recommendations. our most recent cited 43 recommendations with past due completion dates and 56 with future dates notably potential cost

agency under the trump administration. i implore you and my republican colleagues to conduct true oversight of the damage being done to our bedrock environmental protections built through decades of bipartisan work. we need to do it before deep and lasting damage is inflicted across america. the trump epa is waging an aggressive role through plitization of the agency, extreme proposed budget and staffing cuts -- the trump administration proposed extreme budget cuts that cut to the heart of our local communities and threaten the health and environment of americans in every state. the trump budget would slash epa's budget by nearly 2$2.6 billion, reduce the professional workforce by over 3 thou,000 employees and damage done to air quality, diesel emission reductions, lead safety and on and on. there is evidence of cob flinf of interest and grants to exact political revenge. this is not acceptable. the ongoing crisis unfolding on the gulf coast demonstrates the dangers of the trump administration's extreme assault on environmental protection. mr. chairman, we want towork with you to make sure the epa implements workforce and contractor recommendations. if we

on the air quality index map from the environmental protection agency, which i have here, you can see the effects of the nightmare that has settled in over most of oregon, idaho, washington, and large parts of montana. here, there are a million and a half acres ablaze across oregon, washington, california, idaho, montana, utah. one third of these burning acres are in my home state alone. year, it is virtually guaranteed to be the worst fire season in history in terms of the total area burnt. mr. president, i served as chairman of the energy and natural resources committee for a time. i have sat in so many committee hearings and heard again and again about the dangers the fires posed our state. is, the fires are getting hotter. they have gotten bigger, tougher to fight, and this is a year-long pattern in the west. it gets hot, dry. there has been inadequate and theno go in there out the dead and dying material. then we have a lightning strike and all of a sudden you have an inferno on your hands. -- as ie, as indicated indicated, some of that problem was due to firecrackers, but this i

. >>> now it's an oversight hearing on the environmental protection agency. the house energy and house subcommittee on oversight and investigations hosted the event recently. the committee heard from allen larson and alfredo gomez, natural resources and environment direct at the government accountability office. this is just short of 90 minutes. >>> all right, good morning, everyone, and welcome to our hearing oversight. the subcommittee convenes. this hearing today is to review -- acting on these recommendations would improve epa's ability to carry out its core mission, protecting human health and environment. this mission is never more important than during times of natural disaster like the one in the gulf coast experiencing right now in hurricane harvey about to hit with another hurricane on the florida coast. first of all, on behalf of the committee, i want to express my sincere sorrow to everyone impacted by the storm. hurricane harvey is one of the worst natural disasters the united states has ever face. and it's still too early to tell the extent of t

environmental protection agency has warned residents and not to come into contact with the water or to eat fish caught in the area. i'm going to dresden to find out why the right wing emerged as the strongest party in the german state of saxony. a party known for slogans against refugees politicians and is mine and sometimes against immigrants people like me my name is my so known him a reporter at the w. . i'm german but i was born in syria long before the civil war erupted there i went to dresden to attend university my city has changed right behind the main train station my first encounter with a new political power here the a.f.d. a sticker from its election campaign take your country back. a puzzling slogan that apparently hit a nerve here. i studied in dresden ten years ago and came to love the city but the election result confused me and i want to discover what's behind it it's not so easy many people won't immediately admit that they voted for the f.d.a. . says on a doggett is different addressed to native she makes no secret of her political convictions for more than twenty ye

environmental protection agency has warned residents of not to come into contact with the water or to eat fish caught in the area. german police are searching for a man who slipped a lethal poison into food products on sale in southern germany including baby food police say the alleged perpetrator sent an e-mail threatening to poison more products across germany and elsewhere in europe unless he was paid millions of euros. welcome the business update european union leaders have been holding discussions in stoniest capital tallon on the future of the e.u. the day's agenda focused on adapting to the digital era and remaining globally competitive and the estonian capital is just the right place to look to a high tech future. the two youngsters don't know what's wrong they're using the commands their teacher is showing them so far the lego robot just isn't moving. i'm trying to connect better about the computer. robotics classes like these are part of school curriculum in this town though they're supposed to give the kids a head start for what's already here the digital age i mean everyth

as the waters recede, the environmental protection agency will play a key role in keeping americans safe. and once again, we are reminded about the daily importance that environmental protections have on our lives. as members of congress, we must meet our responsibility to adequately fund the epa so it can carry out its mission. and this bill does not do that. the majority has chosen to slash funding to the environmental protection agency by $534 million. the epa is shouldering 65% of the overall cut to this subcommittee. the epa protects human health, safety and ensures clean air and clean water for all of us. this agency's budget is already $2.2 billion below fy 10 levels and it is simply irresponsible to cut the epa any further. i also must express my concern and disappointment with partisan riders in this bill that pan der to special interests at the expense of the public good. they jeopardize the protection and recovery for vulnerable species, restrict protection of our oceans, undermine clean water and clean air safeguards and even prevent the development of renewal energyment thes

is shipping almost a million color of vaccines to bangladesh in the united states the environmental protection agency says an unknown amount of the dangerous chemical dioxin may have washed down a river near houston during the flooding from hurricane harvey dioxin is linked to birth defects and cancer the spillage started from a site grow government agencies stores hazardous waste. the united states is point more than half of its staff out of its cuban embassy after a series of mysterious sonic attacks in the worst cases victims have suffered mild traumatic brain injury cuba's government denies responsibility and says it does not know what is causing the incidents. to sports now bundesliga match day seven got underway on friday night when shell co-hosted leverkusen the home side got on the board first when midfielder lay on stepped up to take a free kick from twenty three metres out. and then leverkusen tie things up just after the hour mark when jamaica international leon bailey shot looping in off a defender's boot his first bundesliga goal one one was the final and the saturday night match this we

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as the waters recede, the environmental protection agency will play a key role in keeping americans safe. once again we are reminded about the daily importance that environmental protections have on our lives. as members of congress, we must meet our responsibility to adequately fund the epa so it can carry out its mission. and this bill does not do that. the majority has chosen to slash funding to the environmental protection agency by $534 million, the epa is shouldering 65% of the overall cut to the subcommittee. the epa protects human health, safety and insures clean air and clean water for all of us. this agency's budget is already $2.2 billion below fy-'10 levels. and it is simply irresponsible to cut the epa any further. i also must express my concern and disappointment with partisan writers in this bill that pander to special interest at the expense of the public good. they jeopardize the protection and cover ri for vulnerable species, restrict protection of our oceans, undermine clean water and clean air safeguards and everyone prevent the development of renewable energy. these

that just are absent, uh, from how we conduct our environmental business. >> in pennsylvania, two agencies, the state department of environmental protection and the federal agency for toxic substances and disease registry are obligated to protect public health. but they have both drawn criticism for not adequately addressing the contamination problem. >> the monitoring is overseen by the department o of environmental protection. we have one site where a public water supply has been contntaminated with arsenic. the epepa's toxic release inventory indicates that high levels of arsenic was found in much of the ash that was dumped at this site. all right? so, you know, simply from the standpoint of the waste stream, the quality of the waste stream and what has happened to the public water supply, indicates an adequate study should have been done to determine if ththee is a connection between the disposal site and the well. this never did occccur. the public have been simply brushed off and told, don't worry, trust us. you are adequately protected. but once again, this is being done without any adequate data to give to the public. and conseque

the environmental protection agency says an unknown amount of the dangerous chemical dioxin may have washed down a river near houston doing the flooding from hurricane harvey they are saying is linked to birth defects and cancer now the spillage originated from a site where a government agency stores hazardous waste. the united states has ordered more than half of its cuban embassy staff to leave the country and made a series of mysterious sonic attacks on its diplomats it has also issued a travel warning saying u.s. citizens may be at risk of attack in the worst cases the victim suffered mild traumatic brain injury cuba's government denies responsibility and says it does not know what is causing the incidents. this began when diplomats stationed at the newly reopened u.s. embassy in heaven are started reporting noise attacks causing headaches hearing loss concussion and dizziness the acoustic assaults affected more than twenty people f.b.i. investigators went searching for clues but found few unnerved and angry washington has now ordered more than twenty five personnel to leave and

environmental protection agency has warned residents of not to come into contact with the water or to eat fish caught in the area. as you can see i'm in munich but why well yes it's off tobar fest time and the world's largest folk festival is just a must also for our show check in. this year i will be one of at least five million visitors to the october fest in munich i'm looking forward to the fun rights and party tents and of course i want to try a typical october first beer. this will be a long day that's for sure. also on today's show a glimpse of the clips of more from all of you are david lonely. our globe trotters steve penis visited an ancient desert town in iran. and course we show you how to celebrate in the biggest party tent at the october fest. of course when you go to the october first you want to look the part traditional costumes are really popular during october fest. for. women have goods and the men head for leather pants who was. in the lead a little holes is special of course so do you only see them at october fest or will you see them at the office to watch. once

local officials here and the environmental protection agency was quick to say that there is no real reason to be concerned because the levels are not a concern. but i was speaking with a family whose child started to cough tonight. they are concerned and want to know what is happening at this plant. the problem is, we do not know what chemicals we are talking about, because that is something that the plant or the owners of the chemicals group would not reveal. one of the executives today did not want to answer the question about whether the smoke is toxic or non-toxic, just saying that toxicity is a relative thing. he added that they expect more blasts to occur because the containers that the chemicals are stored in cannot be refrigerated anymore. brent: what about the victims of the flooding? we know that there are about 30,000 people in shelters right now, justin houston alone -- just in houston alone. is it safe for people to be going home? alexandra: the national weather service today issued a statement asking people not to return to their omehomes, unless local authorities indicate it

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency boss corporate took flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven munitions travel and requesting a government plane for those european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter prices resignation is another high profile friday departure from the trump white house is no loss more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington. the united states government has ordered sixty percent of its embassy staff from the cuban capital or have it said to be because of quote specific attacks on u.s. diplomats some of which have taken place in cuban hotels also used by american tourists the embassy is now expected to stop processing visas in issue a new travel warning well the

after seven years of study, the federal environmental protection agency said they should have a spring plan by spring 2018 letting mother nature eventually heal himself. i ran into these guys from woodridge have a cigar in their car. they stress when the creek is kids. they had no idea they were swimming in mercury. >> so you swam here as a kid, you're pretty healthy? >> on 75. clinton kill you. >> we stress women that creek in the -- river. plus we had stories that you're going to get polio or this or that. >> you'll be our right. wetsuit, check. hazmat set, check. lifejacket, check. >> it's toxic, filthy, deadly, it's quite nice. >> usually when i'm on this thing i'm worried about jet skis nailing me, not a concern. on various creek. >> maybe someday will be able to come out here and be a little less nervous than i am and enjoy berries creek. until then, i'm brian reporting for chasing news. >> i hope you appreciate the honest conversation we have on the set every night. the truth is, there's too much spin, too many political talking points. we want to give you all sides of the diffe

the guy who regularly sues the environmental protection agency. this would have rejected him because it was absurd to put him in that position. because it doesn't matter whether you're a conservative or a liberal, it doesn't matter whether you're a democrat or republican, there should be a base line of competence and a base line of respect for the agency that you are in charge of. if you want to shut an agency down, if you want to dismantle it, then you should be elected congress and you should -- or elected president and work on dismantling it. if you're given the responsibility for making sure that the water that our children drink is safe, if you're given the responsibility to make sure that we are prepared to deal with hurricanes which hit major cities and leave the fourth largest city in the united states underwater, then you better understand the current science on climate change and you better be ready to establish climate resilience infrastructure so that you don't end up with more creases like the ones we're in, and scott pruitt wasn't pr

killing mosquitoes and bulk by the air force reserves according to their press release the environmental protection agency approved unregulated material nala a pesticide that according to mint press.

. >> the environmental protection agency is checking out several toxic waste sites in southeast texas today that have been flooded from harvey. >> here in channel view, texas, people who live near the san jacinto river are worried about damage and possible contamination. >> you can't leave anything on the property. >> why not? >> because the toxins, now this is even worse. >> do you think you'll be able to build here again? >> no. >> in crosby, texas, evacuated residents near the disabled chemical plans are being allowed back home after officials successfully finished controlled burns of highly flammable chemicals. danielle nottingham, cbs news channel view, texas. >> city state and federal agencies will continue monitor the air around crosby. >>> now wusa9's first alert weather rated d. c.'s most accurate forecast. >> while we're still dealing with the aftermath of harvey, we are closely monitoring hurricane irma. this is a major hurricane category 3, and you're looking right now at what's call infrared satellites that look at how tall the clouds are, how cold they are. you see the r

. >>> the environmental protection agency checked out several toxic waste sites a few miles outside of houston. people who live near the san jocinta waste site. >> you can't eat anything off the property. this is even worse. >> do you think you'll be able to build here again? >> no. >> just a few miles away, evacuated residents are being allowed back home. officials successfully finished controlled burnses of highly flammable chemicals that forced them to leave. the group marching to oppose white supremacy. >> they marched from gainsville to centreville today. >> reporter: it's a march. today is day eight. some people are just dropping in for the day. there are some people who have been here every day. >> i watched nazis and white supremacists march through my hometown. we just can't accept that white supremacy is going to be a part of our country for the next 300 years. clearly, this tone of white supremacy comes from the top. it comes from donald trump. >> reporter: the march started on august 28. every day, about 200 people have taken part. >> having nazis less than 100 miles from m

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency bosco uproot flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven munitions travel and requesting a government plane for those european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is set from the top with donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter price's resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is no loss more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington where mike hanna joins us live from washington d.c. so tom price says that he resigned but mike was pushed. well i think it was more than pushed here to being very clear in the last few hours that president trump wanted him to go not only the last few hours the last few days and some would say weeks there are issues beyond the secretary's travel his

killing mosquitoes and bulk by the airport's reserves according to their press release the environmental protection agency approved unregulated material nala a pesticide that according to mint press nudes is currently banned in the in the european union to the unacceptable risk it presents to human health like the people of east texas and florida haven't had enough risk in their lives lately now we're going to start pouring pesticides on them i think it's time to start watching the hawks. it's the politics it's. like you know that i got. this. week. watching the hawks i am to a robot.

. >> bament more sun is reporting that there's amendment in the environmental protection agency funding. the bill, which would trip the agency of power to four states to keep the chesapeake bay clean the the house adomentd the measure friday. several years ago they required states to adopt policies to keep the bay clean and in funding bill epa would not have power to enforce those rules any jp more. good morning to you thank you for joining us. today is tuesday, it is september 12. michael thomas and erin como here talking traffic and weather. michael thomas >> good morning to you guys. last night kind of our last fall -- rather this morning last fall like morning and now thanks to irma we'll have warmer air starting to work the way into region. this afternoon temperatures in the 70s. this evening you'll notice temperatures won't drop as dramatic len and humidity moves n more on that coming in. clouds with showers. we won't actually see a lot of wind from irma at all. it's clouds and occasional showers that will kind of just be our affects from irma here. fruit fewer cast, 9 a.m. to tod

environmental protection agency has warned residents of not to come into contact with the water or to eat fish caught in the area. german police are searching for a man who slipped a lethal poison into food products on sale in southern germany including baby food police say the alleged perpetrator sent an e-mail threatening to poison more products across germany and elsewhere in europe unless he was paid millions of euros. tensions are running high in spain over cattle long as plans to hold an independence referendum a spanish government says the vote is illegal and won't go ahead but come on leaders insist they've got everything in place and the people's voices will be heard i'm sara hermann in berlin this is the day. the carter miska no matter how much they intimidate us no matter how many times they say they will not give us the keys to classrooms or that schools won't be open there is a generation growing up in our country that adds to this new with georgie that want to vote in catalonia the name of the year. but you can. stop us all this secessionist process is illegal based on i

sam coleman is with the environmental protection agency. >> this san lorenzo jacinto waste pit, most likely we will take some samples at this site. >> reporter: of the 41 supersites where waste metals were stored, 13 of them are flooded. with waters receding, workers were finally able to see several locations up close. >> you can see some of the debris and other things are still quite muddy. >> reporter: coleman says the san lorenzo jacinto waste pit will require help. >> we have a team out looking at the cap area to see if there is in damage. >> reporter: that worries this mother of two who lives half a mile from the superfund site. >> this is my house, underwater. >> reporter: she returned home last week after ten feet of water destroyed her home. she had been cleaning up ever since. now you have a layer of sludge on the ground. >> yes. i know that the water is probably pretty bad, a lot of bacteria, a lot of dangerous hazards touching stuff, but we have to do what we have to do. >> reporter: she says no one from the e.p.a. or any other government agency has talked to them about th

maryland is fighting for cleaner air this morning as the state sets out to sue the environmental protection agencyollution. the goal is to pressure the epa to apply stricter controls to dozens of power plants. two of which sit on maryland's border. maryland has been fighting the epa on the issue for nearly a year. >> controversy continues brewing over a massive confederate flag flying near i-95 in northern virginia. a local woman now plans to put up her flag that says black lives matter. the battle over whether the flag belongs in stafford county has been waging for several years. it's on private property and the homwn take it down but welcomes the idea of the black lives matter flag. >> if they need any help putting the pole up, they just -- all they have to do is excontact us. we've been through the process. we've been through the legal process and we know how it's done and we'd be glad to help them do it. >> i have a daughter who is eight years old and she's a person of color and i want to leave this to be a better world for her. i want her to grow up knowing that she's safe and she's happy and

warning lawmakers they expect to completely run out of funds meanwhile in houston the environmental protection agency is investigating a hazardous plume of the carcinogen chemical benzene originating from a petroleum refinery local officials say high levels of benzene have been detected within close proximity to the energy refinery luminary air samples from the manchester district of houston show concentrations of the chemical have reached three hundred twenty four parts per billion last according to loren ron the chief environmental science officer for the houston health departments health officials also detected high levels of volatile organic compounds linked to a variety of health problems including liver damage and cancer well dozens of wildfires have erupted across the western united states this includes oregon were state and federal politicians sent in urgent request to the trump administration requesting the aid to help tackle raging wildfires as one politician points out these fires are so severe they demand immediate action from federal officials quote my state is on fire washington idaho c

outs but on the whole i would give the government good marks before our made landfall environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt who in the past has sued that agency said it's not time to talk about climate change do you agree. no i disagree i think it's very clear that human activity has caused the warming of the planet i think this is scientific evidence and the e.p.a. head is saying that instead of providing his evidence for there not being a link between human activity and climate change he just attacks scientists i think this has been one of the president's big big mistakes not a knowledge of the importance of climate change pulling out of the paris agreement and recognizing that the planet right now with these floods with these fires with these huge dislocations of people that climate change and science are saying that it's caused by human activity and we need to deal with it on a scientific basis not a political basis though thank you so much in continue to enjoy a great vacation in woods hole thank you very much larry all the best to you earlier this year doug to sue me terry

those are areas contaminated with toxic waste that the federal environmental protection agency is charged with cleaning up. this week, reporters from the associated press surveyed seven of houston's superfund sites to assess the damage from harvey. ap reporter michael biesecker joins us now to discuss this. i wanted to first ask you can you describe us to what these superfund sites are? what are they contaminated with, are more they more dangerous than the chemical plants and refineries around houston? >> they're legacy pollution sites. most were created in the 1950s and '60s when environmental regulation were much weaker and often because industrial process water they are next to rivers, lakes. so, these are pcbs, heavy metal like lead and arsenic that have been in the soil in sediment at the sites for decades. the epa's job try to clean those up and find responsible parties, the companies who originally called the pollution see if they can pay for the clean up. when they can't taxpayers are on the hook we pay to clean up the sites as funds become available. >> thompson: can you tell us

killing mosquitoes and bulk by the air force reserves according to their press release the environmental protection agency approved unregulated material nala a pesticide that according to mint press nudes is currently banned in the in the european union to the unacceptable risk it presents to human health. like the people of east texas and florida haven't had enough risk in their lives lately now we're going to start pouring pesticides on them i think it's time to start watching the hawks. to wonder what. the. real deal is with. the bottom. line with the like you know i got. the. lyrics. for the what's in the hearts i am tired robot and i talk a lot so i would love to have you had a good cup of pesticides yet this morning not this morning but i have been sprayed by a bee sting years ago living and when i was living in new york city the west nile virus was going around and so they were spraying these big trucks. through the streets near central park where i lived and they were spraying and i got out of a cabin sucked in a whole cloud of this stuff and was very ill the next day called the city and they said

america's most polluted and toxic waste dumps called superfund sites overseen by the environmental protection agencyatic, signs warn entrants to wear protective gear. and more than a dozen super fund sites were either threatened by floodwaters or went completely under. epa officials have seen the sites from the air but this is the first time they have made it to them on the ground eight days after they flooded. and we were invited along. >> we'll be walking down to this end of the site. stay on the concrete. stay out of the water. >> reporter: the first stop is a 17-acre site, once a notorious polluter whose owner we're told by the epa is still on the run from law enforcement. epa officials say most of the pollutants were removed from the site in 2010, and what remains was secured as harvey closed in. >> in this particular case, the goal would be to make sure that these covers that you see on the tankage were in place, and that we knew that the site was basically secure. >> these are the containers they're worried about. either though there is water all around them, they essentially say that this si

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency bosco uproot flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven lucian's travel and requesting a government plane for his european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top we see donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter donald trump promised he would drain the swamp and the conduct of some of his officials goes to the very heart of that it makes him look bad and that tends never to end well for people who do that well in fisher washington. space x. primary lawn mass says he's developing a rocket which will soon be able to take humans anywhere on earth in less than one hour the tech entrepreneur made the promise of a space conference in australia saying is confident it will be ready for launch in five years promotional video said

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency bosco uproot flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven lucian's travel and requesting a government plane for his european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top we see donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter prices resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington. tech giants could soon face new tax rules within europe after the leaders held talks at a digital summit in stonier but it wasn't just tech on their agenda the future of the block was also up for discussion with the e.u. council president revealing he'll present a plan for reform within the next two weeks or a challenge has more now from the capita

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency boss scott pruitt flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven munitions travel and requesting a government plane for his european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top we see donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter prices resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months. washington. government is strikes have killed more than forty five people and wounded dozens more in northern syria at least twenty five people died in the province of italy and fighter jets also targeted hama and aleppo prophecies with syrian and russian troops about in opposition fighters. it's been two years since russia intervened in the syrian civil war and its

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency boss scott pruitt took flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary stephen lucian's travel and requesting a government plane for his european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is set from the top with donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter price's resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington. u.s. has appointed a senior military commander to oversee relief operations in puerto rico following the devastation caused by hurricane maria and agencies are still struggling to get help to those in desperate need to raise about reports. in the central mountains of puerto rico and i was one of the worst hit areas by hurricane the eye of

to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency bosco uproot flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven munitions travel and requesting a government plane for his european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top we see donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter price's resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington. there are these other top stories spain's governor. it is threatening to impose a three hundred fifty thousand dollars fine on volunteers at sunday's a session vote in the catalonia region piece of already sealed off more than one thousand three hundred schools being used as polling centers offices say they'll forcibly remove anyone trying to vot