Here is a me for the evening drive we expect the rain and wind. The wind is expected to pick up at 40 miles an hour, gusting Even Stronger to about 50. We have a wind advisory in place for the entire bay area to date through early saturday. Rainfall amounts 2 to 2 1 2 inches for the urban areas, more in the hills with a Flash Flood Watch in the north bay. In the sierra we have more snow expected with a winter storm warning coming our way. We have details on the advisories and what we expect out of the system with your weekend coming up and just a bit. It is 4 31 am. How are the highways, sal . Off to good start and from Solano County the traffic looks good from fairfield to vallejo. No traffic get heading to the maccarthur maze and the art carquinez bridge, a little over 15 minuttoll plaza with an update just ahead the people in wine for good reason they are taking extra measures to from to try to cut down on a case of an overflow. The south bay is worried about the most vulnerable mem
Conflict may start at any moment. Retired Major General john al tenberg joining us. Was this something we expected coming into this administration . A lot of focus were you put on isis. Was the north korean threat first and foremost as well . I think its always there. I mean, its always there. Its one of the reasons we developed a strategy we developed over the years. Because thats always a possibility. You never know when thats going to go, i hate to say, go south. I dont mean that pun, but it is a pun. Its possible that it will go bad on us at any moment. I think its always on the people high in government, its always high on their list of things to be worried about. When is the last time you think youve seen tensions this high . How concerned are you being obviously at a career military position . What does this show to you where were at . Well, we f times with the North Koreans. Theres a lot of high per bowly. One of the more significant mistakes people make in this country is to m
[inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critical interest in updated veteran suicide data, i cant emphasize enough the need for v. A. To pursue their analysis with a sense of urgency. Its my fervent hope that the new data will show a reduction in the rate of veteran suicides as a result of the investments we have made in v.
[inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critical interest in updated veteran suicide data, i cant emphasize enough the need for v. A. To pursue their analysis with a sense of urgency. Its my fervent hope that the new data will show a reduction in the rate of veteran suicides as a result of the investments we have made in v.
Cleaned our air and water, past the security and medicare passed Social Security and medicare. None of these changes happen overnight. It was not because a charismatic leader got everybody to agree on everything. It did not happen because of a massive political revolution. Actually happened over the course of years, of advocacy, and organizing. And alliance building. And dealmaking. And the changing of public opinion. It happened because ordinary americans who cared participated in the political process. [applause] so [applause] thats nice, i helped. [laughter] look, if you want to change this country for the better, you better start participating. I will give you an example on a lot of peoples minds, the growing inequality in our economy. Over much of the last century, we have unleashed the strongest economic engine the world has ever seen, but over the past two decades our economy has become more and more unequal. The top 10 of earners taken half of all income in the u. S. Ceo made 2