yourself. so hearings are being held on capitol hill this week and i want to tell you about. this this is chairman issa s committee once again. they are looking at the v.a. spending. the v.a., there were a couple conferences held a few years ago spent $6.1 million in taxpayer money for human resources conference. they even paid for some spa treatment. they re going to try to tighten it up so they spend the money where it should be instead of the bureaucrat garbage. as we reported a huge backlog, hundreds of thousands of vets whose claims haven t been. the whole v.a. isn t working doris troll. pennsylvania. i m mad at bill because he makes everybody say merry christmas. ry have to stop watching the factor this time of year. he harps on the issue. some people do not want to be greeted with merry christmas. there is an old saying, doris, life is tough and then you die. federal holiday christmas. don t like it change it to winter soltis. americans like and respect the tradition. uses
education. but what isn t there is the life that is supposed to be there, that feeds the gulf and feeds the livelihoods of the people that live there. jacqueline, the naacp did its own investigation into what happened down in the gulf. i want to read a section of your report. thousands of gulf residents not only have been made whole from the disaster but many have faced elevated levels of toxins in their bloodstreams, community conflicts, destruction of families, erosion of properties, including homes, cars, boats, et cetera, and for many, an end to their way of life for the foreseeable future. in your estimation, what hasn t been done and what needs to be done? what hasn t been done, as antonia said is the issue around the fulfillment of claims. there are, as she said, a third of the claims haven t been fulfilled. a number of the residents have been, for now 12 months, have had their way of earning livelihood ended. so they are, they re still suffering great effects, both financia
jobs report for january. now, there was some hope that employers would be adding jobs, but we got a weekly report today that showed that those expectations definitely cut. we learned that the number of people who joined the unemployment line last week rose to 480,000. wall street expected a decline. so this was a really big surprise. now, what s worse is that claims haven t been this high in two months, so investors not liking what they re seeing. the dow right now, as you said, tumbling 203 points, don? okay, we ll check back. thank you so much. reporter: sure. yeah. we re talking money right now. so, let s talk about the stimulus and the census. it s time to be counted. census forms are in the mail right now, so fill out yours? you better, because you re paying for it. josh levs over at the stimulus desk. how much stimulus money are we talking about it, josh? we wouldn t be talking about it if it wasn t a lot of money, right? it s a lot of money, but it s
story. there have been failures and successes, what more do we know about this particular missile and this rather bold move. reporter: this is being regarded as a major step forward for north korea. but big picture. let s put this into context. we know the goal is to develop a ballistic missile, a missile that s capable of reaching u.s. mainland. they have made claims before about having been able to put or being able to put nuclear war heads on their missiles, those claims haven t been able to be independently verified outside of north korea. what they ve been working on two tracks at once and working on the missiles that deliver them. this latest test teaches us a lot about where the missile program is. u.s. officials, to be clear, say there s in indication this is not follow at all the pattern of
russian leader. at a us in conference putin defended donald trump and accused president obama of trying to unmine trump. putin had some choice words for the individuals who artery kraertded that 35 page dossier of unverified claims about donald trump. trump denied all allegation this is the dossier and the claims haven t been verified by the intel community for the media. a full report from moscow in just a moment. also more confirmation hearings for donald trump s cabinet picks. right now trump s choice for interior secretary congressman ryan zinky is testifying on capitol hill. ? n just a couple of hours betsy devos will testify. her nomination causing a lot of talk among teachers. we are going to be digging in on the future of our kids schools this hour coming up. and we have brand-new polling out on obamacare as republicans move forward with their plans to repeal the law. on a busy tuesday let us begin with kristen welker. she is covering the latest on the trump transition i