Committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. This committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran Service Organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. Additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide Suicide Prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of suicide and urge for sw
Angry knowing that his killer is still out here walking the streets freely its very difficult for me to come on the street that i have to have resilience and strength because he would. And the kind of person terrence words. Friday marks 4 years since 4 in 4 kerry lost her son terrence at the location. She now stands at with her husband terence senior and her daughter erica, 4 years of waiting for justice. That never keen i feel that its gotten harder because the desire for a mother to want to see justice served for injustice. Its extremely difficult. Terence was just 22 years old at the time. This was the scene that night on august 14th 2016 when hundreds of people took cover after gunfire erupted a Birthday Party in the 300 block of 15th street in oakland. It marks extreme emotion, he laid in the street here. All night long after being hit by one bullet, a stray bullet. A party where they were celebrating a friends life and yet he lost to the second victim Craig Fletcher cooks also di
Because tomorrow. Thats when the heat is really going to crank up lets take a look at temperatures out there right now tracking widespread low to mid 70s for most of the north bay in the low to mid 80s for the tribe valleys even san jose cooling down to 78 degrees mid 70s right now for oakland and hayward 81 degrees as you step outside right now low 80s for those of you in redwood city. But you cant beat the beach in fact lets take a look at temperatures right now that the San Francisco peninsula coastline. Downtown San Francisco in the mid 60s, most of us dont even need a sweater if youre heading out for your thursday night Half Moon Bay, though rebel 59 degrees out there currently because of that cool sea breeze, but fortunately this is going to be our saving grace with the heat wave wind speeds going to be about 20 per hour or less but just keep in mind even with a light sea breeze or any light breeze for that matter in the coming days with this hot and dry weather heading our way i
Noticed the humid feel to yesterday thats helped to keep temperatures a little warmer during our overnight hours areas like antioch still already close to 80 degrees to start this morning. Not a whole lot of overnight early from our inland areas from that heat yesterday, this sets us up for temperatures quickly rising today, look at how humid it is in San Francisco oakland and other areas like novato in santa rosa thats that muggy feel that get as youre stepping outside and that only adds to the impact that this heat does have on us today now pink areas on the map right here these are excessive heat warnings with temperatures not falling much during overnight hours you dont get that relief and then youve also got those hot hot daytime highs in the triple digits in these pink areas. The u. S. That extreme warning also heat advisories in orange for places like the immediate coastline of the bay in the north bay itself as well as the peninsula due to that heat that will be gripping the ba
A start yeah guys those clouds that you saw at going to be cool us off a much at all and yet not going to be staying around too. Cloud cover is actually associated with the moist layer that we have in the atmosphere that made it so muggy yesterday as those clouds push out it will at least feel drier today, but temperatures are going to be hotter. Golden gate bridge. It is clear no fog out there whatsoever nor youre going to see it at all today, 60s 70s for current temperatures look at antioch 77 right now never really cooled off for you overnight. You want that overnight fruit night relief didnt really get it last night. Oakland nevado San Francisco, san jose, Half Moon Bay all still have that muggy feel thats not necessarily going to last as conditions do dry out. Hot weather this afternoon means excessive heat warnings in pink for inland areas, these areas well in excess of a 100 degrees during daytime highs. And warm evenings to some not and experiencing that relief that we do like