On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever th
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to one week well take questions for answer in writing. Youve all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the tes
Okay, this is significance of what employees can do, not what theyre considering doing in 2016. One of the reasons we do the survey in time frame that we do it. Karen and i will be tagteaming this presentation this morning. I will walk you through major findings in the survey an observations about those. Karen will come up to talk about key tactics employers will introduce in 2016 to manage Health Care Costs. I will talk about implications for employees during annual enrollment. Then well go to q a. First brief about a National Business group on health. Only nations Nonprofit Organizations that works with employers and devoted to working with employers on National Health care policy issues. Working with them to optimize Business Employment through Health Care Improvement and health Care Management. We have roughly 425 members. These are primarily Large Companies. They, 71 of the fortune 100 and they provide Health Coverage for over 50 million employees, dependents and retirees. So a bi
Felt i was attacking him. I felt he was asked a tough but fair question. We agreed to disagree. Mr. Trump did interviews over the weekend that attacked me personally. Ive decided not to respond. Mr. Trump is an interesting man whos captured the attention of the electorate. Thats why hes leading in the polls. Trump, who is the front runner, will not apologize. And i certainly will not apologize for doing good journalism. So ill continue doing my job without fear or favor. And mr. Trump, i expect, will continue with what has been a Successful Campaign thus far. This is a tough business, and its time now to move forward. Megyn kelly responding last night. Hillary clinton at her event yesterday on Student Loans, she had a news conference. She reacted to last thursday nights gop debate and what mr. Trump has been saying about megyn kelly. None of the candidates offered solutions for how to make College Affordable or how to raise incomes for hardworking families. They dont even talk about th
Especially communities of color, with high latino populations. Folks didnt want to be counted. Took large invests in folks not concerned what the census could do for them, movement building, doortodoor contact, education to get people to fill that out so it could do two things. One it could build a case Voting Rights happening in different parts of the state, specifically in Yakima Valley and everett, north of seattle. It also brought more people facetoface with folks already invested in the political outcomes of their communities. They could meet people who could intro for them, that meant better sidewalks and street lights, right . Bringing macro down to the micro so people could see this affects everyday life. This affects my commute, my Childrens School and wages and census is first part of that as politicos, we look at census thing that doesnt impact us as much but is very important. We need to get out of the mind set to make sure our communities are counted. Second thing many of