Establishment. And a rival steps up the ncaa. Now four officials are facing fraud anand corruption charges. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Its been one week since Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. For the 4 million who live there, theyre desperate. Food and water is out and fuel and the hospitals are crippled and the main airport is barely operating. Meanwhile the Trump Administration is responding to criticism it simply is not doing enough. We begin with David Begnaud in san juan. Reporter after puerto rico was hit with a vengeance, the mayor is needing help. I gnome leaders are not supposed to cry but we are having a humanitarian crisis. Reporter jesuss cancer took a turn for the worse the same day maria hit. His wife liucette. I try to open the doors, the windows, but its not easy. Reporter roughly half the island has no water. Fema says it has aid but there are huge challenges for delivery.
Establishment. And a bribery scandal shakes up the ncaa. Now four College Basketball assistant coaches are facing fraud and corruption charges. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. It has been one week since Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. This morning for many of the 4 million americans who live there, the situation is desperate and conditions are getting worse. Food and water is out and fuel and the hospitals are crippled and the main airport is barely operating. Meanwhile the Trump Administration is responding to criticism it simply is not doing enough. We begin with David Begnaud in san juan. Reporter after maria hit with a vengeance mayor yulin cruz is neeping help. I know leaders are not supposed to cry but we are having a humanitarian crisis. Reporter jesuss cancer took a turn for the worse the same day maria hit. His wife lucette. I try to open the doors, the windows, but its not easy. Repo
And combine forces command. You can see the last few minutes at cspan. Org. Now urban Affairs Hearing on diplomatic actions as the u. S. Seeks to deter north Koreas Nuclear program. We have asked each of our witnesses to shorten their Opening Statements to a couple of minutes each so we can get to opening request wes. I will ask the senator to follow the fe minute allocation for their questioning. Lets proceed. Thank you. Distinguished members of the committee im honored to appear before you to discuss the Treasury Departments strategy the destabilizing and repressing actions of north korea. Today i will share with you aspects of our strategy which we are executing at a pace. We are foe cussing on key financial vulnerability. It can be used to support directly oirn directly its Weapons Development programs. So a key part of our strategy is by targeting the regimes most profitable including coal, labor and sale of weapons and other goods. We represented dunzs that support these lines of
On that they wanted to see a tax plan, which includes those reconciliation instructions that allow them to move the tax bill through with only republican support in the senate. So that backing from the Freedom Caucus is a critical element to this. What obstacles does the space next week in the house . Think it faces many obstacles at this point in time. We have been talking with conservatives and republicans and the Freedom Caucus, and both groups seem to be on board at this point in time. We are moving the budget resolution forward. Some more moderate members have 203 billion in mandatory spending cuts over the next decade, but we are not quite sure in time if they will vote against the budget resolution because of those concerns. Even if they do, it should still be able to advance easily. So what does this mean . The way the republican structured their tax bill seems to be a partyline vote. So when congress adopts the budget resolution, that will send reconciliation instructions to t
Before we get started, id just like to address in the words of general schwartz cop, a little schwarzkopf a little b. S. On travel, and i just want to read a little statement for you so you have it. I believe taxpayers absolutely have the right to know official travel costs. Its common sense, and at the department we make those documents and my travel schedule available to everyone. Using tax dollars wisely and ethically is the greatest responsibility and at the good heart of good government. And there are times, however, we have to utilize Charter Services because we often travel in areas and under circumstances that we dont have other flight options. I fly coach. Since being sworn in, ive used a charter on three occasions. The first occasion was being invited on a bipartisan congressional delegation by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee in the arctic circle. As you know, the alaskan senator, lisa murkowski, is the chair, and i find her company and her invitation to be