And 3yearold but it was too late. Passengers described to us what they experienced before the crash happened. We were going along and heard a long whistle sound and heard the train slow down and a smash and relatively quick stop. The engineer beeping the horn numerous times. And it struck the vehicle. No word on exactly how fast train was going. We did speak to amtrak. The maximum speed the trains can reach is 79 Miles Per Hour. One passenger told ktvu he was on the same train yesterday that struck and killed a pedestrian a mileandahalf up the tracks. We again spoke to amtrak and they say the number of the trains did not corner so it wasnt the same train but it was the same route. Not the same conductor. First responders were struggling with this. Not only because it was so grusome but given the fact that one of the victims was just three years old. Im upset. It is not a pretty site. Terrible for everybody. All of the First Responders on the scene and something that we dont want to enc
A lot of neighbors started waking up and checking out the scene and tell us its very suikrprising to see this type of fire this early i the. Morning. Sten. Its a very closeknit community. So its probably mom and pop shop im sure. Sure. What goes through your mind to know that the building is probably gone . Devastating. Because we all support each other here. So its going to be a total, complete loss and heartbreak. Reporter ae you can see now, fire crews are taking out the hotspots here of this small deli. The fire started sometime around 00 this morning. Were waiting to get the official word from the fire chief as to e ctly what happenneed and how long its taken them to knock it out. Theyre still dousing out hotspots. Were trying to get more details. When we do, well have a live report. Cliffside park new jersey, im ray hilleda. Today in new york. Well see investigators searching for the cause of a fire a a Senior Living facility. Theris fire broke out along june court and bay shore.
His proposal for reforming the federal budget process. The Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health testified at a house hearing today about his departments efforts to improve veterans access to health care and reduce wait times. Congressman jeff miller chairs the committee. Thiss just over two hours. Hearing will come to order. Would you like to welcome everyone to todays hearing entitled, a continued assessment of delays in veterans access to health care. This hearing marks two years since this committee exposed the wait time scandal that has gripped the Department Since 2014. Im proud of the work that we have done in those two years, particularly digging into the actions of bureaucrats who whose selfinterest were put ahead with the veterans they were charged with assisting. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efforts that va has taken to improve access to care for veterans and to identify where serious issues still exist. Based on the bipartisan work of this committee, g
Especially Health Care Related to the special needs of our veterans. We also hear that in certain areas, v. A. Is at the forefront of health care in this country. We also hear from our veterans that v. A. Care is often fragm t fragmented and that it can be difficult to navigate and arrange nonv. A. Care. We hear of long wait times and limited access. Following the assessment in the Service Transportation and Veterans Health care choice improvement act of 2015, we have mandated a report by the d. A. Regarding a plan for how v. A. Could consolidate all purchase care programs into one new Veterans Choice Program. We received that report last year, and this committee is currently working with the v. A. On the best way to implement the legislative requests. The v. A. Is on track to see, listen to this, 6,277,300 unique patients and 9 million 244 enrollment in fiscal 2015. They completed 56. 7 million appointments. Nearly 2 million more than fiscal 2014. That is rough lly 226 appointmes per