49. 1 billion in discretion fundi funding and the disaster of the relief fund. Today we welcome chad wolf, the acting secretary of the department of Homeland Security. Thank you for being with us. Mr. Secretary, the fy 21 budget proposes 49. 7 billion in discretionary funding for the department of Homeland Security. This is a cut of 750 million below the current year level. I want to be clear, absent of any in acted law to affect such a transfer, this subcommittee will continue to include funding f for the secret service. When including funding for the secret service for the total, the budget request for fy 21 is 1. 78 billion above the current year level. There is something of the proposed budget that i believe will find strong bipartisan support. However there are also proposals we should not expect to see funded in the house bill. Among those are funding for border barriers and the expansion of capacity. Particularly in light of high priority needs that just continues to hire custom
Quiet morning as far as weather goes so far abundant sunshine you saw at the bay bridge and you can see it over as well. Looking out at the horizon, not really a cloud in the sky to be seen. So skies are going to remain nice and clear throughout much of the day today as we work our way through the forecast we are going to see winds picking up into the afternoon. Thats really good going to be the only thing that interrupts what is otherwise going to be a pretty pleasant. One ahead of us. Some 60s for your highs in San Francisco 70s and oakland well, san jose in the 80s, im talking more about some cooler temperatures in the next couple of days still to come james. Thank you john new this morning. A new report finds that Violent Crime on barges up more than a 115 over the last 5 years including robberies. And aggravated assaults, a grand jury report finds the agencies also facing some Serious Problems when it comes to keeping its ridership the report shows bar last 8 of its ridership sinc
[chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today in a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. State senator. Before senator isaac introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Now let me Say Something about , that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 5 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one round o
[chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [gavel] the hearing will come to order. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. Today, we are reviewing the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Dr. Price, we welcome you and congratulations on your nomination. Welcome to you and your wife, betty, who is here with you. I enjoyed having the opportunity to visit with you in my office and learn about your plans. Dr. Price will be introduced today in a few minutes by a member of this committee and dr. State senator. Before senator isaac introduces the nominee, senator murray and i will make a few introductory remarks. After the nominee makes his statement, we will have a usual round of questions. Now let me Say Something about , that round of questions. Last night, we had a hearing of 3. 5 hours. I tried as chairman to be fair by following the same precedent we had with president obamas two education nominees by having one round o
Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. First, lets check on the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. Its a nice day out there right now. The temperatures keep moving up and up. You know, weve got plenty of sunshine too. The clouds kind of broke, the fog lifted out of the area. Now were seeing sunshine finally. We were due for it. Because we hadnt had sunshine for quite some time. Now, as we continue into really the rest of the afternoon, the radar looking good. Were just seeing a few spotty showers down through Southern Maryland and as the temperature is going to really its not going up any further, well stay in the upper 50s and lower 60s a little bit of a breeze out there. But plenty of sunshine out there. And heres a look at your temperatures. Oh, boy. Its not not going to be that bad. But friday could be a little on the wet side. Breaking news right now, out of mexico. Shots fired at a private school there. Police say a student fi