Storm, a cool down and a chance for rain in a moment. Lets check with joel. And winds could make it tough for drivers as you head to i70. Watch out in town, mississippi, we have road work in the westbound direction from broadway to santa fe. Your alternate is to take alameda to santa fe. You have to go north before you can head south. Thank you very much. North carolina governor t mccrory has put his state in a state of emergency after a second night of chaos. Violent protests stretched well into the night after the deadly shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. The National Guard moved in early this morning. Tear gas filled the air as officers moved in to clear the streets. Protesters hurled canisters back at police, and even kicked some. Officers arrested several people, at least four Police Officers are hurt. One person in the streets life support after another protester shot him. We came out here for peace. This is not how we succeed. I was wiping off his blood. I was sitting right next to
Those reductions would have these effects. It would cut veterans medical care by 690 million. It would eliminate the funding for four Major Construction projects. This would reduce the va ability to provide additional Outpatient Services and will impact the following projects. The planned rehab therapy building in st. Louis missouri. The initial phase of the alameda california outpatient clinic, construction of the longsought after french california communitybased outpatient clinic. The replacement 155 bed Community Living center in. Center in. , maryland and would eliminate funding for cemetery Expansion Projects in st. Louis portland riverside, bayer month, and pensacola and a new column in alameda at reducing our ability to provide burial honors for as many as 18,000 veterans and eligible family members annually. The impact of these tested veterans care and benefits is unacceptable to me and i no it is unacceptable to members of congress. Chairman, Ranking Member members of the comm
Have and trying to create an opportunity for them to live the american dream. Former pennsylvania senator and candidate Rick Santorum says the working problems have been banned by both political parties. And this month on our online book club, were discussing amity sheas the forgotten man. Book tv for serious readers. On tuesday the wall street journal held its chief Financial Officers Network Conference in washington, d. C. This portion discusses global economies and the overall global outlook. Speakers include economic advisers chair jason furman and the chief economist at the world bank. This is 30 minutes. Thank you, john, thank you senator whiten, for getting up early, showing up on time. No filibusters today, now. A true fact about senator widen before we start. One is i got to know the senator a long time ago in the 1990s when i wrote a column about a young senator in oregon who had ideas about solving problems in medicare and making it solvent forever. So here you are, im here,
Im not aware that its not comparable paid to dod. Ill have to look at that. I would appreciate that. Thanks. And want to know if thats true. Has the va considered offering other incentives such as loan repayment or increase pay for va providers willing to work in rural and underserved areas . We have not looked at that, congressman. Thats interesting. My understanding is the rural areas, rural areas and underserved areas, is typically well, we dont know enough about the investigation to know how this gaming the system sort of matches up, whether we are seeing the manipulation of wait times sort of the more prevalent in these underserved and rural areas. What additional professional opportunities could the viet offer it Health Care Providers would recruit and retai retraine who are dedicated serving veterans . I think we are doing things like market day, which gives them an additional pay to the base pay. The performance pay, the contracts that they do come off like its an additional th