>> i was doing some other textiles out of nepal bringing in custom rugs from nepal. one of the vendors handed me some cashmere. it was a blanket and i thought we have to be able to bring this back to the states. so i asked if we could make scarves and he introduced me to his sister. this was 2007. >> i'm going to put your information on jchayward.com. if you'd like to purchase a scarf, i'll put your site on so they can go to you. congratulations. thank you for the work that you've done. >>> howard has the forecast. >> jc, dripping out here. the drizzle and mist continues. a soggy tuesday but we've got better days ahead. we'll go to break with a look at some of the temps locally which are getting closer to 60 degrees now from manassas to national. still in the middle 50s in laurel and columbia 56. back with a sunnier forecast when wusa9 news [ male announcer ] unlimited is a beautiful thing. because this spring when you switch your number to sprint, you can save $100 on any phone, which makes the samsung galaxy s3 free. make the most of your new phone with truly unlim

. >> similar pressure cooker explosives have been used in afghanistan, india, nepal, and a julyn according to 2010 joint fbi and military intelligence report. >> while most of the people were running away from the scene, soldiers who recently returned from battles of interaction and ran toward the blast. many of them were 50 yards away from the explosions. picking up casualties and putting pressure on wounds. we were giving blood. received anners who medal, it is proof of mental and physical toughness. they did receive their fishing metals. -- finishing medals. how iis like, this is not wanted it but is around my neck and i was part of this day. ews confirmed a preschool teacher was there. she was there to watch her mother across the finishing plant. from thes live airport. >> we have learned that social media is keeping the friends of brannick erica informed. brannick is in critical condition. she is not the only one that was injured. her sister and brother-in-law were also hurt. >> erica is an incredibly unique person. she was injured when two bombs exploded during the boston marathon. d

ase countries are classified such and include cambodia, myanmar, and nepal. samoa, solomon islands, and haiti are all classed as obese he's. -- lcd's. think you very much for joining us. what do you make of this world bank plan to eradicate extreme ?roperty -- poverty .> i think you are right it causes a lot of damage. i do not have much faith in the world bank being able to achieve, because the goal is very ambitious. number two is that the world bank and its sister institution, the imf, i do not think their strategy for poverty eradication will work. .hey are not new installations , their strategy is deeply flawed. >> let's look at what their strategy is. investments are key in creating towth, from gender equality equality among all social classes. what is it that you think doesn't work in their policy? >> to put my finger on it, it is what they don't talk about. they have had a comfortable relationship. how does a country guarantee equality in my view, it is through democracy. carefully crafted to make sure that the politicians listen to their own people.

. >> hundreds of wildlife experts are combing the floors of nepal in an attempt to count the number of endangered tigers in the national parks. >> a are using sophisticated surveillance cameras to capture images of the animals as they move through the forest. it is part of a census of bengal tigers in the region where their numbers have plummeted as a result of poaching. >> it is estimated to be under 200 right now. >> we certainly hope that works out. see you again next time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

he's from nepal, has scaled mount everette six times and has worked as a television news reporter. he says freedom and freedom of the press had him decide to move here. >>> airport officials say flights going to chicago are delayed an hour and 40 minutes. flights headed to newark are delayed as well. and hundreds of flights have been canceled at denver international airport. the reason, the powerful wind storm that hit the bay area yesterday, now causing weather problems in colorado. this storm has brought gusty winds and ice and left denver under a blanket of snow. the region is bracing for up to 20 inches of snow in the region. >>> all of that trouble going on in areas like colorado, utah, wyoming, that was the storm that brought us a small amount of rain and those fierce winds. outside our door right now, the winds are still blowing, not as bad but some areas of the bay still seeing gusts to 35 to 45 miles an hour. giving you a look there at blue sky. the other item worth noting, the warmup. we are 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were just yesterday at this hour. 22 miles per hou

and this demonstration video from nepal news shows their potential power. >> we find the pressure cooker bombs are used quite extensive in afghanistan and pakistan. so in other words, this is a very similar device to the ieds that we have found throughout afghanistan used to kill our soldiers. >> law enforcement officials say there is still no solid evidence that links the marathon bombs to al qaeda or to anyone else. but tuesday, there was a new plea for help in trying to identify the bomber. >> any individual who expressed a desire to target the marathon, suspicious interest in researching how to create explosive devices, the noise of explosions in remote areas prior to yesterday which may have been used as tests by those responsible for these acts. someone who appeared to be carrying a unusually heavy dark colored bag yesterday around the time of the blasts and in the vicinity of the blasts. >> reporter: the efforts to learn who is behind the bombing often require great patience and persisten persistence. it took three years and only after the discovery of a tiny electronic part that

he's from nepal, has scaled mount everette six times and has worked as a television news reporter. he says freedom and freedom of the press had him decide to move here. >>> airport officials say flights going to chicago are delayed an hour and 40 minutes. flights headed to newark are delayed as well. and hundreds of flights have been canceled at denver international airport. the reason, the powerful wind storm that hit the bay area yesterday, now causing weather problems in colorado. this storm has brought gusty winds and ice and left denver under a blanket of snow. the region is bracing for up to 20 inches of snow in the region. >>> all of that trouble going on in areas like colorado, utah, wyoming, that was the storm that brought us a small amount of rain and those fierce winds. outside our door right now, the winds are still blowing, not as bad but some areas of the bay still seeing gusts to 35 to 45 miles an hour. giving you a look there at blue sky. the other item worth noting, the warmup. we are 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were just yesterday at this hour. 22 miles per hou

. >>> kami sherp pa climbed to the summit of mount everest six times working as a guide in nepal. he's made 20 other climbs to other himalayans peaks. he works as a plumber and has local mountains in his site. >> mt. shasta and maybe other mountains around. >> congratulations to him, getting his citizenship is one of his dreams, he wants to launch a travel service for travelers heading to the him lie yeahs. >> thank you for joining us. "nightly news is next." >>> on our broadcast tonight, ready to launch is the word from north korea where a missile test could come at any time now. tonight richard engel is with the troops as they watch along the heavily fortified borders. >>> the campus attack today in texas. more than a dozen students were stabbed. a still developing story tonight. we'll go there live. >>> the secret tape that's now public. the senate republican leader and his staff, their private conversation about how to go after a potential opponent the actress ashley judd. tonight the senator says he was bugged, and the fbi is involved. >>> could well known television net work

deadly explosives when detonated the use of depleted uranium in american shells and white phosphorus in nepal unlike bombs are dropped on fallujah in two thousand and four were among the most controversial and octo mom says the use of such weapons left a severe loss to an effect you may find some of the following images disturbing. it's clear that though the u.s. spoke of their help provided to iraq after the invasion notably reconstruction education and investments their so-called help resulted in the use of weapons banned by article fifty three of the geneva convention it prohibits any kind of weapon which if used where there is war can affect the areas environment climate and water resources things that occurred in one nine hundred ninety one and then in two thousand and three are true catastrophe and all types of munitions were used of including dispenser weapons boss prism munitions depleted uranium and chemical weapons all these types of weapons were used intentionally and on a mass scale in iraq this testing out of weapons had disastrous effects in terms of environmental contamination

karmi sherpa said his new status will let him to travel and finally visit his wife in nepal. >>> and san jose, santa clara and mountain view -- the patent and trade office have not said when the decision will be made. >>> that storm that whipped the bay area is now pelting the plain states as it moved east. storm chasers stayed busy today in chayanne county. near white out conditions this afternoon forced the closure of about 180 miles of interstate 25 between chayanne and casper. >>> and as the storms go through here as that one ken mentioned they move off to the plains. this is the time of year you get the severe weather in the plains, tornadoes, tornado warnings and watches. you see over here with my curser is it's moving off. it's separated itself from the high. as you get here about 1,000 miles away from the south the wind die down. when they were closer to the high the winds get closer. our winds have died down and now it's warming up. outside currently temperatures are in the 60s so it's warm. 66 in antioch. 66 in livermore. that's really warm for this time of year. these are

karmi sherpa said his new status will let him to travel and finally visit his wife in nepal. >>> andsan jose, santa clara and mountain view -- the patent and trade office have not said when the decision will be made. >>> that storm that whipped the bay area is now pelting the plain states as it moved east. storm chasers stayed busy today in chayanne county. near white out conditions this afternoon forced the closure of about 180 miles of interstate 25 between chayanne and casper. >>> and as the storms go through here as that one ken mentioned they move off to the plains. this is the time of year you get the severe weather in the plains, tornadoes, tornado warnings and watches. you see over here with my curser is it's moving off. it's separated itself from the high. as you get here about 1,000 miles away from the south the wind die down. when they were closer to the high the winds get closer. our winds have died down and now it's warming up. outside currently temperatures are in the 60s so it's warm. 66 in antioch. 66 in livermore. that's really warm for this time of year. these are t

everest six times working as a guide in his native nepal. he made 20 other climes.here is a lot of demand so he works as a plumber to pay the bills. he has local mountains in his sights. congratulations to all of them today. getting the citizenship is one of his dreams. he wants to launch a travel service for mountain climbers. he was among 1,000 new citizens sworn in from 95 different nations. >> we wish him the best. >>> putting patients at risk. ahead at 6:00 the noise of hospitals that can prove deadly. >>> and more space and new exhibits. we take you inside one of the bay area's most unique museums for a new look at the bells and whistles. >>> i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. headed to the giants stadium. temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. we are tracking record heat for wednesday. we will let you know about the full forecast coming up in the seven day. >>> in health matters a bill to ask medical professionals. the procedure uses a suction method to conduct the abortion early on. nurse practitioners and physicians assistants who undergo tra

noting the bombs has been used in plots in nepal and in france and before the bombings in india and another incident. department of homeland security with that bulletin showed this picture of soldiers in ma lay sha with a bunch of pressure cookers. this is a website from a pennsylvania company that makes inert explosives. so, not explosives that are going to explode, and they make them for draining purchases. they build products that look like and act like bombs and trigger switches so that law enforcement and the military can train on how to recognize them and detect them and avoid tripping them. to learn how to disarm them. this company sells not to the general public, but to agencies, specifically sell, dummy pressure cooker i.e.d.s to train on because there are so many of them around, it's the kind of thing around that people who work in explosives need to know how to do. people put explosives in pressure cookers and blow them up not using a fuse an a timer, but a gun shot. you can see it on youtube. pressure cooker bombs are the kind of thing that have been around for a long time that

how many bad guys across the globe use it, not only here potentially but afghanistan and india, nepal. you could go on and on. >> as you point out in your other shows in many of the guests, this is such an unknown teeseven formation. in fact, this is the publication , volume one, sections that was entitled, how to build the bomb in your mom's kitche. the point of that was to make this informati ubiquitous, have everybody hav the ability to create one of these things. the question is you can have the information but are you going to go about trying to do it. and what they're really try to do is determine the signature. what type of explosives. they're sll not saying what exactly was used to create the explosion. we do know that there was anti personnel with a shrapnel. all sorts of clues as to perhaps what the motivation might have been beverly who could have done this if they had done before which is really where the investigation is focusing right now. neil: that you were small enough to distinguish a bad guy is a bad guy is a bad guy. i am hearing from more and more, it is looking l

and nepal and the democratic republic of congo.eir contribution to climb change is minuscule their willingness to make cuts could shame bigger counties. what needs to happen on a global level to combat climate change. with us is the u.n.'s top negotiateor on climate change and she joins us tonight. thank you. >> thank you for the invitation. >> michael: it's such an interesting topic. what is the u.n. doing to push for an international agreement to stall global warming now. >> right now as we speak all governments around the world are preparing for the next round of conversations. they will be with us in a week to look at what is going to be the scope, the structure and the design of the next universal agreement that they have actually committed to negotiating and agreeing to by the year 2015. as they do that, they're looking at all the other treaties that there are around the world to see what they can learn from the structure of the treaties that make sense, as well as using the basis as the the content of that agreement. what ar

she began they are campaign after seeing pictures of young can children forced to work in nepal. nine years old, almost a quarter million dollars raised, i love it. >>> a tour bus crashes injuring more than a dozen people in the bay area. >>> students of one bay area college campus on alert after an armed robbery in one of the dorms. >> a live picture over san francisco as your day is slowly starting to crank up. maybe you are putting some coffee on the pot and getting some eggs going. we are back in a matter of minutes. >>> bay area firefighters forced to dive for cover. >>> another wind event, 40-50-mile-per-hour gusts. we'll let you know how long it will last. >>> flags and cars being pushed around by that same wind. we will show you what's going on for 280 coming up. >>> the latest moves and effort to connect the entire bay area with one public transit system. >>> a live look outside. hp pavilion, downtown san jose this morning, monday, april 15th. this is "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon.

sherpa also worked as a news reporter for a nepal tv before immigrating here to the united states. >>et he had no problem carrying all that news gear. >> a dynamic man. impressive. >>> first, cigarettes and now e-cigarettes. on the verge of imposing tough restrictions on all smokers today. >>> this is from our emeryville cam to back in the bay bridge tonight get you going as we turn into day. 5:19. back in about a minute. >>> welcome back, everybody. without a doubt, this is one of our favorite all-time shots. this is live from control central. give a round of applause. thank you very much for doing everything you do to make us look good. we appreciate it. it is 5:22. >> zoom out, zoom out, my friends. it is early. it is 5:22. san francisco could be loosening its stance on security cameras for businesses that sell alcohol. the board of supervisors will discuss the matter in a meeting today. last week, a board committee shot down the surveillance requirement on two liquor store license applications saying the businesses were not a high-risk for crime. the issue has surfaced in recent w

now in nepal we seem to be running these as you were saying earlier people getting covered in colorful stuff. this is katmandu about ringing in the new year. >> and in japan, tokyo disneyland celebrating its 30th anniversary. more than 500 million visitors have been to disney's theme parks. >> 30 years since that one opened. how it flies by. that will do it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." i'm out of here. you are not. carry on working. >> not quite yet. see you tomorrow. thanks. >> see you tomorrow. >>> you've probably flown at some point we're talking about boeing 737s now being inspected for a problem that could cause pilots to lose control of the plane. and carnival cruise lines has a rough time lately, but it is hoping a royal lifesaver will rescue its reputation. plus, if you've been outside at all these past couple days, you know how it is. bad spring allergies right now. dr. oz is joining us with some tips on how to beat the yellow haze. this is "cnn newsroom" and i'm suzanne malveaux. want to jump right into the market check here. we're taking a look at the dow

in nepal, small unmanned aircraft with video cameras are flown above national parks to combat animaling. protestors in eastern europe used a drone to get a bird's eye view of the situation on the ground. but here in the u.s., the storm clouds of legislative battles tied to privacy concerns are looming on the horizon. according to the national conference of state legislatures, so far in 2013, there are at least 39 states that have 80 bills pending related to unmanned aerial systems, most would limit u.a.v. activity. just last week, idaho governor c.l. "butch" otter signed a bill restricting the use of drone aircraft by police and other public agencies. the potential widespread use of drones isn't just spurring conversations at the state and local level. last month, the senate judiciary committee convened a hearing titled "the future of drones in america." vermont senator patrick leahy wasn't only carrying paperwork when he walked into the hearing. the committee chair was holding a small drone aircraft, showing off the device that weighs a mere two pounds to ranking member chuck grassl

>> i just asked him because he asked me where i was from and i told him nepal and then i asked him where he was from because i thought he was american. he looks white to me. his english was really good. i think he was american and then he was talking racism and like we're friends from all different countries but sometimes we just make fun of each other, we're all friends. all the friends he was saying from moscow -- not moscow, chechnya, russia. >> one example is like me and him we sat all in lunch together in high school. and everybody used to criticize us because i'm hispanic, it would be me, dzhokhar, this guy right here and we all hang out together. and we would all be like one big community, one big family. opportunity, diversity and respect. so we had respect for all type of people. we just joke around never really hated anybody. >> so if you're telling me he had respect for all kinds of people, all walks of life. when you heard that he may be the one capable of doing what happened here in boston on monday, your reaction is? >> i'm shocked. i feel like it's a dream to tell you the

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in asia, based out of bangkok, we are working from the burmese bordernto nepal. this is a human issue that tohes our soul. here are photos of work from the pediatric ward in the sudanese border. pharmacy and supply room. ande are clinic shots services that are provided. the idea is to intervene at an early phase toaximize the health. ands for their own interest the benefits of their receiving communities. tb screening is a big part of what we do. there is a lot of epidemiological i cities. -- activities. warfield investigations when there outbreaks of cholera due to heavy rains in a drought of malariaepidemi where rains bring in mosquitoes. is is an example of investing in laboratory structure. dadaab's population can be over 300,000. yet it was neglected to some extent by the national government in terms of infrastructure and laboratory capability. cdc invested heavily in turning the above before pictures into after pictures. interventions. i will wrap up by showing our treatment programs. beginning in 1996, we began to use drug administration to treat this popu

>> attention now has turned to the election for successor george nepal ton know, whose term ends on may 15th. whoever takes over will have the key task of trying again to form a coalition or call fresh elections. so the president is chosen by an electoral college comprised of all national lawmakers and some regional representatives. to win any of the first three rounds, a candidate has to win two-thirds of the potential vote. from the fourth round on, an absolute majority is enough for victory. here are some of the suggested candidates. the five-star movement are backing left wing spishan stephaneo berdosa. many would back romano prodi. but prodi does not win berlusco berlusconi's report. the one candidate who appears to have united both berlusconi and bersani is former senate speaker franco marini. analysts say that if the president is elected in the first round, they would stand a good chance of helping to form a grand coalition. but if the final candidate fails to get enough backing from both the democrats and the people of freedom party, a coalition would be off the cards. the new p

this one found on the internet from the streets of nepal.mmon the department of defense handbook on spotting roadside bombs warns soldiers and marines to be on the lookout for that innocent pressure cooker and publications all over the internet teach the construction of a bomb made from mom's kitchen, why so popular? because pressure cookers seal so tightly and can be filled with nails and ball bearings and other projectiles, plus when the explosive goes off this will shatter and the metal becomes a projectile itself. >> the pressure cooker most likely was some type of container that would add more fragmentation. >> reporter: walt houston studies ieds and says what he is seeing on the videos from boston indicates this pressure cooker bomb is basic, even crude with its black gunpowder explosive that leaves the telltale ied white smoke but the bomber, he says, may be more sophisticated than the bomb itself. even using a circuit board to tell the bomb when to explode. >> that is a classic ied design. >> reporter: so what was this bomber trying

. >>> in nepal, cows now becoming a major traffic problem. police starting a campaign to round up the cows that are roaming the streets. pretty cool. >>> that's it for me. fredricka whitfield takes it from here. >> thanks so much, suzanne. have a great day. hello, everyone. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." happening right now, frantic manhunt for these two texas inmates. they scaled a barbed wire fence today, forcing 15 nearby schools to lock down. now a massive search is on for the suspects police are calling extremely dangerous. >>> and six people arrested included in this, this state senator. they're accused of trying to fix new york city's mayoral election. >>> plus this. >> incredible. that is oil. >> and what a mess that is. oil gushing from the ground, some homeowners in arkansas left with a big mess. and a big headache. we're talking live to a family forced out of their home. the "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> hello and welcome to the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield in for brooke baldwin. we have a developing story out of n

janet nepal tan kwroe says the border is more secure than ever.m la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more. >> even this video is just a snapshot. it does offer a counter point to the administration's claim that because it added border patrol fence and technology that the border is secure enough to legalize those already here. others want a more secure border first and this is evidence they say that it's not. >> we haven't been in that area for several hours. we are getting inundated where we're at. they also record conversations between border patrol pilots and those on the ground. >> we are going to need another person over here. we have about 250 bodies out there. >> what is your plan on that group of 20 or so that is outstanding. >> we have a group of 37. >> evidence supports what border agents tell us, fencing in arizona's border cities simply pushed illegal immigrant traffic farther out where it's harder to stop. >> in certain eastbound sections of that sector we really still have a troublesome situation. a lot more people getting through

listen to them when they say to us that we must keep faith, listen to nepal hockley and what she saidhen the president of the united states visited can indicate just a couple days ago. she said that now there is no going back for me. there is no way. if you want to protect your children, if you want to avoid this law, you will not turn away. i ask my colleagues, but its face this reality. let us not turn away. let us resolve to go forward and keep a look at children educators who by their example provided as within enormous and his or her opportunity to america safer and better. a nation that we love, the nation that we all believe is the greatest in his. the world will be greater still after we move forward to make it safer and better. madam thank you, not a president. i yield themr floor.that them >> senator from utah.ficer: >> i ask unanimous the quorum call be -- along with a number that colleagues, including theo minority leader, i declared myao attention on any new restrictions that are primarilyn to limit the freedoms of law-abiding citizens rather than reduce crime iny, americ

i know a number of such cases from india dominate paul, ,angladesh -- from india, nepal and ganesh.the first thing they want to do is go back to the country and visit friends and relatives. you saying that that is a bad thing that they want to go back? caller: i am saying they are cases of fraud because they were not being persecuted, they were just using the system. guest: first of all, not everybody who wins asylum seeks citizenship. many of them do. many of them stop at green card level and never seek to become citizens but retain their own citizenships, and they become permanent residents of the united states. to your second point, the fact that a person goes back eventually to their own country to see friends and relatives, which is perfectly understandable, does not prove they were a fraud at the time they apply for asylum. it takes at least five years to become a citizen, and conditions back in their home country, have sufficiently changed. i mentioned earlier that the war's intentional had ended. many people from what a model can gosalvador -- many back and not face persecut

other one is -- stay tuned, national geographic, he is currently trekking poachers of the rhino in nepal'm not kidding. >> you're not kidding. wow. >> watch national geographic. he will with frosted hair and perfect clothing be hunting stalkers of elephants. >> wow. >> rhinos. he'll be on the elephant. >> rhinos. >> this wasn't the athena health pitch i was expecting. >> you knew it was coming. all the stuff you needed to say and you said it well. we've got so much to do here. but at least we know where some of the -- if we work on some of these areas we're going to be able to stop the increases or bring down some of the -- we've got to do it in a smart way, right? >> yes. that's right. and just seeing the big deal right now is transparency. we've got to be able to move patients between hospitals without them losing their records. so these one hospital record systems have got to go away. and we've got to be able to make doctors make money by finding the best deal for their patients and the acl law and a lot of these global budget contracts that the commercial plans are offering are the s

everyday kitchen appliance and that is a technique that has been used in the past in afghanistan, nepalin a pressure cooker as well, so all of those things investigators are saying is going to bring them closer to perhaps being able to put all of that forensic evidence together so they can then bring that closer to perhaps a suspect or suspects in this case, but we are talking a lot today about the victims and as you mentioned, willie, al, tamron, i spent the night last night at a vigil for the family of 8-year-old martin richard, and i think just seeing that picture yesterday, that went viral of him, holding up the sign that said, "no more hurting people. peace." that picture is really a symbol that was, you know, i think felt an emblel around the world of what this has done to this community, and communities around the world, as we're learning as well that one of the victims was a chinese graduate student who was studying here at boston university, and another 29-year-old girl, krystle campbell, was the other victim who was identified yesterday and her family also grieving. so a commu

homeland security bulletins in 2004 and in 2010 outlining their frequent use in afghanistan and india, nepal, and pakistan. while not commonly deployed in the u.s., one of the devices recovered in the attempted car bombing in york city's times square inc. a pressure cooker along with fireworks according to the 2010 dhs bulletin. we have had warnings of this before. guest: absolutely. but how many people by pressure cookers? very very common thing that you can buy in the store. tuesday that this person bought sthat lus tw. insas, which is what timothy mcveigh did. host: carroll is on the line. i have three questions. what exactly is ricin? where does it come from? and within the man who said that in the mail be considered a terrorist -- within the man who said that in the mail be considered a terrorist because it was against two political figures? whaty third question is, are i have three questions. what exactly is his connectionss he connected with it? it is like we do not care about that. guest: there are too many stories going on. there has been somebody arrested. i do not know he's guilty

the requests also include funding for the pressure programs from guatemala and nepal to reform the policiesnd institutions that will move them closer to qualifying for contact. that's why the country's our home to over 100 million of the world's poorest people. they represent an opportunity for the poverty and advanced u.s. interests. these countries have taken concrete steps to reform the government and qualify for compact. this is what many call the mcc effect. the recent study of a government officials and the countries worldwide link the influence of the policy performance greater than any other external measurement system. the request for fiscal year 2014 wouldn't allow us to find contact with all five countries. so some would have to compete for future funding. it is important to note, however, that the affect depends on having sufficient resources to incentivize and sustain policy changes. if the funding is cut, that the fact is diminished. madame chair, with the committee's support, mcc and partner agencies will continue to play a role in fighting poverty. thank you. i welcome your