Of Hurricane Harvey in our thoughts and prayers as well. These have truly been horrific events, and i hope and pray for the safety of everyone involved. I join with my colleagues in the commitment to doing all we can to assist our citizens who are in need at this extremely difficult time. We will see what we can do to help alleviate some of the pain. Now, the hearing were having today will come to order. 20 years ago senator ted kennedy and i came together to create the Childrens Health Insurance Program, or chip, in order to provide Health Corner for Vulnerable Children and family who were too poor to afford private coverage but still didnt qualify for medicaid. 20 years ago we were at something of a crossroads. The year before c. H. I. P. Was signed into law a rep Congress Passed and a democratic president signed a welfare reform bill which ended the entitlement to cash welfare. Welfare reform sought to replace a culture of dependency with an emphasis on work. The emphasis was to mov
A disputed independence referendum on sunday also coming up. U. S. President donald trump arrives in las vegas in the wake of the most deadly match shooting in modern u. S. History investigators are hoping the shooters girlfriend could shed light on a possible motive. Also mishap says british Prime Minister to recently it tends to rally support at her conservative partys annual conference but several interruptions to rail her speech will look at what went wrong. And later in the show turkey hands down guilty verdicts over last years failed coup Turkish Court sentences a dozens of x. Soldiers to life in prison for charges including trying to kill president rich a thai air to one. And a new method that visualizes the tiniest bio molecules wins the nobel prize in chemistry. I doesnt matter lets play. With. The im a little hawk thanks very much for your Company Spain is headed for a major showdown catalonia as leader refusing to backtrack pledges to declare independence in a matter of days
We were looking at here is we turned south just a little heading back toward kenwood. You can hear the fire trucks going up and down highway 12. That is because this area started flaring up. This is a main concern the firefighters are dealing with. The reason why, there is a Communications Repeater right at the top of that ridgeline, that right that white box at the top of the ridge is essential for radio communication. They have been making drops on that. We will talk more about that incident coming up tonight at 6 30 pm. Back to you. We will see you later in the show. The fire has been keeping fire crews busy to the southeast on the outskirts of sonoma were flames came within 1. 5 miles of the citys Historic Downtown and threatened the oldest winery, buena vista. Several more homes along that road have burned. Reporter thats right. A tough day for some sonoma homeowners. This is one of the houses that was burned down earlier today. Next with there is another house on the next propert
Commission on civil rights issued a statement condemning last weekends violence in trouble its it proposed amendment to that statement condemning violence by counterprotesters was also supposed but voted down. This is one hour. On thelieve we have telephone, but i would like you commissioner. Are you present . Yes, i am. Thank you. I am having button trouble already. A quorum of the commissioners is present. The Court Reporter is present. The meeting now comes to order. We are here to propose the agenda for the meeting. I am going to ask for amendments. First, i would like to remove the discussion and vote on lgbtq employment report. Some commissioners have asked for additional time to review the report. Second, i would like to amend to add considerations for a statement entitled the u. S. Commission on civil rights condemns the administrations the lee terry ban on transgender individuals. I would like to also add a statement from. There any other part most are there any other proposed
Commission on civil rights issued a statement condemning last weekends violence in trouble its it proposed amendment to that statement condemning violence by counterprotesters was also supposed but voted down. This is one hour. On thelieve we have telephone, but i would like you commissioner. Are you present . Yes, i am. Thank you. I am having button trouble already. A quorum of the commissioners is present. The Court Reporter is present. The meeting now comes to order. We are here to propose the agenda for the meeting. I am going to ask for amendments. First, i would like to remove the discussion and vote on lgbtq employment report. Some commissioners have asked for additional time to review the report. Second, i would like to amend to add considerations for a statement entitled the u. S. Commission on civil rights condemns the administrations the lee terry ban on transgender individuals. I would like to also add a statement from. There any other part most are there any other proposed