ms. williams. is this the first time that you ladies have had a chance to come to capitol hill and have our attention and explain what's happening in your district? >> for me it has, yes. >> and, ms. williams, have you been able to find an opportunity to let us in congress know how this influx of migration is impacting your district? >> i am very thankful for the opportunity to be before you to bring to the attention the misuse or the intento of our national parks. >> thank you. you represent districts in new york. please elucidate for us beyond just the national park issue. i'mon reading reports that one f the reasons for these hearings is to get firsthand accounts fromn folks on the ground throughout the country. what's happening to small businesses around the hotels where migrants are being housed and tourism being displaced? >> small businesses both around and inside the hotels are closing. enter on what scalesome -- >> on what scale? >> i would say on a large scale. they've been reporting it o

ms. williams what are you sing along those lines? what other social commuting in packs of the large influx of migrants having? i.c.e. in the national park was in our first option in terms of where to put hordes of migrants. what else have been put in what are the community impacts been so far in your district? [inaudible] >> did it again, sorry. i heard this on the news and there was no prior communication from the powers that be, and it was very concerning for our community. i have to say that the 59 district is a very peculiar district. it's a residential area. it's a transit desert. we do not have a train going through our community, three. our community have some of the most green spaces in new york city, hence floyd bennet field, right? so housing the migrants there, it's almost two to three miles from anything possible, and we have a mall there and those people that run that mall, they are concerned because as the colder months come by, darkness comes earlier. right? so people are very concerned. small businesses are concerned.

ms. williams is this the first time that you lays it had a chance to come to capitol hill and have our attention to explain what's happening your district? >> for me it has yes. >> and ms. williams have you been able to find an opportunity to let us in congress and know how the influx of migration is impacting? >> i very thankful for the opportunity to speak before you to bring to the attention the intent of our national parks. >> thank you. you represent districts in new york. please elucidate for us beyond the national park issue i am reading reports one of the reason o of these hearings is to get first-hand accounts from folks on the ground and throughout the country. what is happening to small businesses around the hotels where migrants are being housed in tourism is being displaced? >> small businesses around inside the hotel or closing very quick so what scale what are you seeing? >> are seeing a large scale. they have been reporting on the local news they just cannot function because of a lack of tourism and the fact there so many migrants on the street and in the hotel. >> thank you. mis

ms. williams to think i heard you say what is going on is not humane and not ethical. ou correctly? >> yes, you did. >> ms. ariola did i hear you say you want the -- to revolt? >> i think the lease never should have been signed or offered. it is a national federal. >> so should this committee which has jurisdiction if we can do this should we revoke that lease? >> i believe you should. >> mr. chairman i think this committee should take a look at the possibility of doing this because it's clearly not in the interest of new yorkers. ms. sacer do you support floyd bennett? >> congressman i'm not an expert on national parks are overseeing so i will restrict my comments to the areas of my expertise. >> to the minority tell you about what you were going to be testifying with in regards to it's about floyd bennett. >> i was asked to come to speak about real solutions to addressing the challenges that we face at the border and in our major cities as we receive people seeking asylum in migrants. >> mr. chair metz real interesting the administration doesn't send anyone to testify

and it could contain weapons. in gang activity and it no weapons or drugs were found, and neither ms williamswere arrested. video of the search went viral. you could hear their baby son crying in the back as they were handcuffed and detained for 45 minutes. now she and the former police constables, they're accused of gross misconduct. they all deny any wrongdoing. and the hearing is expected to last until the end of this month. severn trent which supplies water across the west country has announced a big programme to clean up its rivers and improve its supply. the company has been widely criticised for pumping untreated sewage into the river severn, polluting the water. the new work will cost nearly £13—billion, and will mean rising bills for customers. 0ur correspondent dave harvey has been to the banks of the severn this morning. they have pumped sewage in two seven catchment area and today it was a notable cost 12.9 billion pounds. they want customers to pay for it. we do not enter into a they want customers to pay for it. we do not enter into— they want customers to pay for it. we do not

£130,000 has been donated tojonathan clapham and sam franks, who carried out a stop and search of ms williams found the officers lied about smelling cannabis in the athletes' car. parts of the uk are preparing for heavy rain and flooding over the next few days in the lead—up to storm ciaran. flood warnings are in place across parts of england, scotland and wales. there are also amber rain warnings in northern ireland. you're live with bbc news. the uk covid inquiry has heard that no updates on coronavirus were sent to then—prime minister boris johnson, and no emergency meetings were held, during a ten—day period in february 2020, just a month before the first lockdown. messages have also been revealed from the most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, accusing mrjohnson of changing strategic direction every day, and calling the government a tragicjoke. 0ur health editor hugh pym listened to proceedings. he was close to borisjohnson for much of the pandemic and usually in the shadows. today, martin reynolds, in the glare of the public inquiry, was challenged on what the government was

£130,000 has been donated tojonathan clapham and sam franks, who carried out a stop and search of ms williams officers lied about smelling cannabis in the athletes' car. you're live with bbc news. let's return to our top story, the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. as we have been reporting, the israeli military is has rescued a female soldier, and hamas has released a video of three hostages being held, and israel continues its ground offensive in gaza as the humanitarian situation on the ground deepens. to discuss this further, joining the life now is david makovsky. he worked in the office of the us secretary of state as a senior advisor to the special envoy for israeli—palestinian negotiations in the obama administration. he's now a ziegler distinguished fellow at the washington institute. good to talk to you, welcome to the context. it has been a day of many developments. how significant is that rescue of an israeli soldier which happened earlier today? it could be potentially significant on a few fronts. it is clear that the israeli security establishment is not releasing detai

ms. william mckinley was indeed elected 818 96 and may very well be i think the most consequential of all of the ohio dynasty of presidents. how you feel about william the only as a president depends in part on how you feel on imperialism because he presided over the spanish-american war and the beginnings of americans empires. this is going to be his legacy for better or for worse. but the legacy goes beyond that. mckinley was born in northeast ohio and niles. he joined the civil war. he signed up at age 18. actually, in the volunteer infantry. even rutherford commanded it. he served throughout the civil war rising from private to a major which is a pretty darn big promotion or set of promotions. he served with distinction. he served under heavy fire. he was there at antietam. if you go to the battlefield you will see a monument to mckinley. and the park ranger was taking me around when i took the picture. pointed to the monument and said, open quote this is probably the only monuments on any battlefield anywhere in the world that is dedicated to a thomas airey officer". what is a commis

ms. williams, you are cut off a number of times. you have 28 seconds to add what you want to say. [inaudible] >> mike mike. >> sorry. i don't have a solution as to where to put them, but i'm sure i'm very sure if we had the conversation from the bottom up are the top come down, including the state, the city and the federal, we make it to some other solution. so when you don't give me an opportunity to answer correctly, i mean, then walk off, it really tells me that you are not here based on issue, against using our national park which seems it's just an old airport monday, that's insulting to me and to the people that i represent in the southeast side of brooklyn. >> thank you for your testimony. yield back. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from new mexico mr. legere fernandez. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much mr. chair and thank you witnesses. i've been following this for my office. we are for four days, just s away from a government shutdown. the question on america's minds is will congress passed legislat

thank you. >> assemblywoman williams, thank you for your testimony as well as councilwoman ms. ariola. thank you for your testimony. the chair now recognizes ms. acer for five minutes. >> thank you. chairman westerman, ranking member grijalva, and establishment of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name was eleanor acer and i'm senior director for refugee protection at human rights first. my testimony today is going to focus on some of the key steps the biden administration and congress should take to ensure and sustain humane, , legal and orderly processes as u.s. communities both at the border and across the country receive migrants and people seeking asylum. key steps include to significantly improve access to work permits, to increase critical funding to support reception inboard and destination communities, to properly resourced humanitarian aid for settlement, , safe shelter, asylum and immigration court adjudications in the united states, and to reject and counter dangerous rhetoric painting migrants and asylum-seekers as threats

two officers involved were dismissed for gross misconduct yesterday, but ms williams says the outcome scammers targetting random addresses to appear like legitimate businesses. this means they could potentially apply for bank loans or commit financial crime. my worry is that somebody is going to buy these things from him and it doesn't exist. every time i go out, i worry that when i come back somebody will have broken in, which is silly, but i do. i think that's my mind running away with me, really. you can hear that story in full on bbc london this evening at 6.30. and if you've had a similar experience and you want to share your story, you can get in touch with us on hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk a 16—year—old girl from bromley says she has her sights fixed on a successful motor racing career. last year, chloe chong was taken on by f1 academy. now, she's one of the youngest female drivers on the motor racing grid and she's a step closer to reaching her ambition, but she says she still facing challenges. a girl should be able to to reach the pinnacle of motorsport. and i think from what i

ms. williams will remain calm. a zillow, you open the memory of a lot of people on old, other people's doc paying for the day going. i'm going to be gullible. it is the darkest on the most, the day as low to musket and our people's history. not only because of the head of the cities, we have witnessed those of them and they sent off to the rest of these benefits. they did. i mean the end of the but the also all the pain inflicted on all of us i have made to do it to, to them. no one doesn't know another person. i real estate is a family member. we only have lost, loved ones get kidnapped or missing and you feel like you're looking for that because i have met none of you. i would like to say to me that of the other locals latasha. i have her that it's of of by misled bush. i'm sure law office of deployed on the front it to him. he was serving into 5 minutes as office, but he was deployed to the front. he has been always with my family. my intended on his play together to go out for most of the only now he is the sam

more than 130,00 pounds has been donated to the two who carried out a stop and search 06 ms williamsforfreelancejournalist. 0ur forfreelancejournalist. our special correspondent sent us this report, including that testimony you may find distressing. they were living here in rafa when the war came. came. the rescuers found them in the rubble. and rushed 18 month old julia to hospital. it is hard to imagine consolation in this place. until this moment. when her sister learns little julia until this moment. when her sister learns littlejulia has survived. my learns littlejulia has survived. my sister, my beloved say, she say, aged five. this is my sister, she tells the nurses. the girl's fiscal wounds can be treated. but how is it possible to heal the trawl ma of being a child in such a war. —— trauma. their dad has a minor head wound and consoles the girl's uncle mohammed. for he and wife lena have lost their six month old daughter. witnesses to the grief of adults, the baby sister fatima. her brother sulman and hercusens, the two sisters julia sulman and hercusens, the two sistersjuli

what ms williams didn't do that.rted making their escape, she put on her mobile phone. and within minutes of this incident being completed , she uploaded it to completed, she uploaded it to social media. and the reason no action was taken against them is because in the end the police realised that they didn't have anything to hide. there weren't anything to hide. there weren't any drugs in the car. they didn't have any firearms, so they thanked them and went on their way. three later, their way. three years later, massive investigation. two officers lose their lives and they are the facts of this case. >> norman, i just want to one facti >> norman, i just want to one fact i think is in dispute that the blacked out car windows, the windows were only blacked out the back of the car, the front windows glass windows were normal. glass i think that's actually a legal requirement . so, you know , requirement. so, you know, ricardo dos santos did says that they could have seen that he was a black man driving the car and iha

our witnesses are honorable the honorable jamie williams new york state assembly member for theer 59th district. ms. eleanor senior director of refugee protection and human rights first.nd mr. kenneth spencer chairman of the united states fraternal order of the police. let meet remind the witnesses under committee rules you must limit your oral statements to five minutes. your entire statement will appear in the hearing record. to begin your testimony please press the button on the microphone. we use timing lights when you begin light will turn green and then it will turn red i'll ask you to please complete your statement. the chart recognizes chair recos councilwoman for five minutes. x think it mr. chair. thank you mr. ranking checker as well as numbers of the committee. the primary duty of the national park service is to protect the national parks and the national monuments under his jurisdiction. keep them as nearly in their natural state as this can be done in view of the fact access to them must be provided in order they may be used and enjoyed. these words were written by steven mather the f