The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will come to order. Today we are looking at effect on children and infants. We have a vote i believe at 11 30 today so we should i believe give us time to have a full discussion with our witnesses. Before we turn to todays focus i wanted to say that later today senator murray and i and senators young will introduce legislation to help address the Opioid Crisis. Dr. Collins, head of the National Institute of health predicted that nonaddictive pain killer can be introduced. Our bill would give more flexibility to conduct research. The Committee Plans to hold a markup on the bill as well as other legislation to address the Opioid Crisis as soon as march. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and introduce witnesses. After their testimony will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than jesse who lo
Where it was and its kind of become even better now. Ron it has been, you know. Its hard to believe this, but ive been there now 8 years. Damian wow. Ron and its been a slow, steady progress as weve created new programs, implemented those programs to serve more latino students and their families, all with the mission of trying to get more latino students properly prepared to be successful in high school, and then in college, and out the door of college with a degree, and hopefully a stemrelated degree so we can get them into some of the local high tech jobs where theyre desperately needed to help diversify the workforce. But its been a tremendous 8 years of success and i think it has a lot to do with the fact that we spent a lot of time listening to our community, understanding our needsthe needs of our community, looking for solutions, and then finding partners that can help, you know, bring programs and services to those problem areas. Damian because you know most, if not all, of the
Coverage under obamacare will lose it. This is a tax cut for the wealthy with some Health Insurance provisions tacked alongside of it. Its not just democrats who could jeopardize the repeal and replacement of obamacare. Some conservative republicans have their own objections. Basically theyre leaving taxes, theyre leaving subsidies and theyre leaving a form of an individual mandate. That sounds like obamacare light to me. The president says its imperative the gop plan replaces obamacare. Theres going to be in waiting and no more excuses by anybody. Were going to get it done. Republicans need 218 votes to pass the bill in the house. Democrats say they wont be providing any of them. President trump is putting a lot of pressure on the house and senate to get an alternative to obamacare passed quickly. He reminded them from the oval office today that he cant get his tax cuts through until healthcare is the table. A top Senate Confirmation hearing for rod rosenstein. Hes the nominee for Dep
Girls, because we have Claudine Wong on the 9. A california girl if ever there was one. The pride of benicia, if you will. So sal and mike enjoying a day off. Alex savidge here as well. I will try to find a berkeley song for you. Thanks for joining us this morning on the 9. A lot happening and we are going to start in San Francisco. A Police Standoff is now in its 20th hour. Officers have surrounded a man on miramar avenue. These are live pictures of the situation. You see the area is cordoned off with police tape. A number of Police Vehicles there. Police tell us the suspect stole an Electronic Device at a park. The victim followed him to the home. This started yesterday at 1 30 in the afternoon. Officers say they are waiting him out, and they do believe the man may be mentally ill. We are told he is believed to be in his late 20s, maybe early 30s. Police say they believe there are no hostages, but they are not sure if the man is armed. At in point a negotiator is still talking to the
Background reporter Authorities Say the caller, a man in his their 30s, alerted them that the two pitbulls were attacking his mom. Locking the door, and running through, shes barely conscious reporter deputies found the two dogs on the loose in the home, and the woman critically injured. She died at the scene. Her son was taken to Swedish Medical Center where the staff treated and released him for nonlifethreatening injuries. I feel really bad junior. I hope hes gonna be okay. Reporter neighbors say the dogs spend much of their time behind this pen. They were always penned up. They were never running loose. Okay. Never any issues you knew of with the dogs . I never had any issues with the dogs. No. They bark a lot. Reporter animal control took them to a shelter in golden where theyre Court Ordered under quarantine. Reporter and a Sheriffs Office spokesperson tells us the investigation is ongoing, and richard shaw was gonna be facing any charges. Family friends also told us this afterno