Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Telling his party to stick together, underscoring the agency, the cdc is out with a new forecast projecting that the United States will see as many as 534,000 covid19 deaths by the end of this month. Also this hour, exclusive interview with the new Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, first immigrant to head the agency at a critical time for our country. First, straight to capitol hill where theres Breaking News. Manu raju is joining us. This key meeting thats under way could shape the future of the Republican Party. Update us on the very latest. Reporter Libehind Closed Dos this meeting is taking place, efforts by a number of members in the republican conference to impeach donald trump, including the number three republican, liz cheney, who voted to impeach donald trump on the charge of inciting that dead ly january 6h riot that occurred here on capitol hill. She addressed her conference as she has faced a backlash and push to oust her from the leadership spot. She made it
So we want to thank you all you have done at the department. And at this point for your willingness to step up in a higher capacity. We have our colleagues here this evening texas and louisiana are well represented. Mister deputy secretary you should feel verydu welcome by having these gentlemenmp next to you. We will start with senator cassidy followed by senators cruz and senator kennedy to introduce deputy secretary this morning. Would like to proceed we do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you so the introductions do not consume the full morning but we do welcome all the good comments s comments. What a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. [laughter] its a privilegege to represent my friend Dan Brouillette eminently qualified as United States leads the world in all sorts of energy. He shared a longer showed a commitment to Energy Security and understands the importance of us Energy Exports to lower Greenhouse Gas emissions abroad. Committed to innova
And tomorrow kicks off a tasty week in oakland. But can a good bite change a citys narrative in a real way . We try to find out in the hopes of building a better bay area. Well good evening, im ama daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Well begin with that search for a new police chief in san jose. The city has the highest population in the bay area and will see its current chief, anthony motta, leave for a new role after almost three decades with the sfpd. Abc seven news south bay reporter Lauren Martinez is hearing from residents tonight about what they want to see next. If theyre under a lot of duress and stress, and how are they going to come to the next call. San jose residents are providing feedback to help the city find a new police chief. The City Managers Office said before they start advertising the position online, they are gathering input from the community, so we will use that to build out a desired candidate profile that well be looking for and that ultimately w
Crack opening up in the middle of an upscale Southern California neighborhood, people forced from their homes as the land is shifting beneath them. Good morning thursday. Its march 14th. It is pi day. Yay all right. On 3. 14. Nice. Very cool. Yeah. We just need some pie to eat today. Where is it . Where is it . I know, give it to us. Be patient. Send it to us. Dont send it. Dont. Please dont. Or or maybe. Oh, man. Good morning. It is a windy start to the day. Well take you into our hills where a wind advisory is in effect. Look at this. We have gusts in excess of 50mph right now at diablo. More than 30mph. And other areas it is translating down to the surface. This morning you can see oakland gusting over 20 the same in Half Moon Bay. And when we have a wind like this in the morning, it does keep our temperatures elevated. So wind advisory now in effect for these gusty winds that will last until tomorrow morning. Look at these numbers. Were near 60 degrees right now in the city. A lot