[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
The white house. What comes up then demick hotspots, while the infected president tells americans not to let 19 dominate them a candid one on one about the Deadly Health crisis. And the president ial race, how has it up ended with former Senate Majority leader bill frist like hes a heart and Lung Transplant surgeon, man, the host of the podcast. A 2nd opinion, he joins me from nashville. Stop right there. How has this affected bill frist like . Well, larry, its affected me like every everybody else has changed my ways of communicating or still been able to be very active. Ive had a son and a daughter in law with coded and thankfully they came through it well and their children had an infection as well. Nashville itself being a Big Hospitality town Service Industry town has been devastated. Things are slowly coming back, but it will be probably 2nd quarter of next year before theres robot talented back in the town. President trump has given himself an a plus for a sampling poll show abo
Our numbers are getting whittled away. We want to be sure that you are being accurate, the result of the state of nevada honesty will be very important to the entire country. They feel the vote count is looking better and better for them. Meanwhile on twitter, President Trump demented Election Officials stop account, and made allegations of voter fraud. We cannot have an election. It is the will of the voters, not anything else that chooses the president of the united states. We are hitting the president may not concede the election, if joe biden declares victory. What are the next steps for both sides in terms of legal challenges . Well when we talked to both camps, they both say they know this race does not end when a candidate reaches 270 electoral votes because they know this will go to the courtroom. It already has. The tromp team seems to be seeing how their initial lawsuits play out, so far they have had some victories, theyve had some losses, but they plan to file even more in
We were over the fire. You can see fire crews trying to knock down the blaze. This happened near marywood drive. About 40 worked to put out the flames. Windy conditions and low humidity were a major concern. The hills are under a red flag warning for critical wildfire weather through 5 00 p. M. This is still a grave concern to us. We want to make sure that all residents are taking precautions. We are in the peak of fire season. This continues to be considered the high fire zone. Power has been shut off in the area. We are not super concerned about any Additional Fire that would come from fallen wires or downed trees. Citizen app video shows the smoke rising from above the hills. Crews will stay on scene putting water on hot spots and checking for other exposures. As for a cause firefighters zeroing in on this generator found in a carport. No injuries were reported. For breaking news like this be sure to download the new app. It gives you 247 access to cbsn bay area. Lets check in with
The Oakland Fire Department says two structures and a brush caught fire. Crews from hayward fire, Alameda County fire and fremont fire were all called to the scene. Eight people were displaced by the fire for people in the montclair hills have been hit by the pg e Public Safety power shutoff. Lets bring in meteorologist Rosemary Orozco as the intense winds that sparked the power shutoffs have passed. There is still a red flag warning in effect. Where do you start . The red flag warning in the far east bay hills that includes montclair and over the north bay hills. Not because it is incredibly dry out there. And still a little bit breezy. Giving you a look at the conditions you have a northeast wind that continues to keep dry conditions. We are seeing some improvement but in any event, we are looking at the red flag warning with relative humidity reporting 16 in some areas. And we are looking at this to continue until 5 00 this afternoon. More on this in the conditions you can expect co