Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person and those that are appearing distancely. We look forward to their testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the Third Party Administrators are in administering the mission act. Im also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation, as well. Almost every member of our committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating and is expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title 1 under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs related to Veterans Community care programs and the program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While va officials were
So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. In San Francisco, sfmta is shutting down some of the lines and many will not be working this week. A tiger tested positive in the bronx. What they have added to their procedures at safari west because of that. We have a rather wet week across the bay area but tomorrow, a chance of showers. We have a look at the hour by hour time line. Abc news at 11 00 starts right now. Mun sy service is cut down to levels not seen in decades. The director says it will be quote tomorrow a mess. And sfmta is shutting down 51 active lines starting next week. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke with jeff tumlin about the service. The wait line will be highly affected, expecting 30 to 40 of operators not to show up this week, and this is to minimize risk to the staff and to the public. During this global pandemic, San Francisco is silent. And starting this week, our streets w
Please save space for somebody who has no other option. Cris, sfmta says00orrs he serce industry and who rely on this service for their transportation. Also, sfmta confirmed that so far five of their staff employees tested positive for covid19, including several operators. Again, the service will continue, but starting tuesday, 51 of their active lines will be shut down. In the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. Luz, thank you very much. Now to the latest headlines, San Franciscos laguna honda hospital has 14 confirmed cases, 11 among staff members. Three are residents. All are in good condition. A tiger at the bronx zoo tested positive for covid19. Nadia, a 4yearold female mall lane tiger was tested after developing a dry cough. She is expected to recover. Washington state is returning more than 400 ventilators to the national stockpile. Officials say the machines could be better used in states facing larger outbreaks. And bostons mayor today recommended a curfew for bostonian, saying Cit
This House Committee on the modernization of Congress Heard from congresswoman nita lowey chairs the committee. This hearing was announced before congresswoman low we announced he would retire from Congress Following this term. Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is titled recommendations for approving the budget and appropriations process, a look at the work of the select committee on process reform and i recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. The 104th congress which convened in 1945 was the last to pass Appropriations Bills. That was almost 25 years ago. Most house members serving today have never seen a process that works the way it was supposed to where stand alone bills were passed on time. And established by the bipartisan budget act of 2018. The committee was charged with making recommendations to significantly reform the process. It was acknowledgment th
Toward geyser ville forcing mandatory evacuations in that area People Living in the northern part of healdsburg are under an evacuation warning, 49 structures have been destroyed so far we have Team Coverage for you tonight on the fire meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez keeping an eye on the winds, the heat and the humidity fueling the flames kron fours michelle kingston went to the fire line with fire crews and now Justine Waldman went to the downtown area of guys erbil where some people are staying behind to help the fire crews. But first we want go to kron fours taylor sacchi who was at that cal fire News Conference that just wrapped up. Taylor with the latest. Well the biggest thing here is that firefighters are making some progress now we all saw is that fire exploded last night inside so quickly after the course of the entire day, its only grown 6,000 more acres and firefighters say that the calm the winds and the daylight has really helped them get a handle on top of this fire. Now