Like that. Day one of cleaning up a huge Illegal Dumping site, and already, 60 tons of trash has been collected. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. Im julie haener. Mounds of garbage and debris along monterey highway, a problem for years, made worse because of the pandemic and the homeless encampments now there. New at ten tonight, as in smith with the action being taken and how much was removed on day one. Reporter well, one time equals 2000 pounds, so needless to say, 60 tons of trash is a lot. City leaders to say the majority of the trash is caused by Illegal Dumping, and not homeless individuals. On monday, crews of the city of san jose and Union Pacific railroad began cleaning up massive piles of trash, old appliances, and rundown cars, littering monterey road near Bailey Avenue in south san jose. I said all along when i talked residents about this that i am just as frustrated as they are. Reporter the City Council Member who represents the areas says the debris is the l
Will go back to the auditorium at the Cato Institute for the 2019 cato surveillance conference. Senior fellow, thank you both to those watching at home for joining us. As i mentioned at the start of the conference we focused on issues of surveillance oversight and this years conference or this morning you heard about an array of institutions and entities and persons who work to oversee the secret use of intelligence collection. This ranges from the pfizer court to the inspectors general to government, billy office to the Intelligence Committee of congress and one of the newer and in many ways most publicly useful entities overseen the Intelligence Committee is the piracy and Civil Liberties oversight board. Its a number of valuable reports that have given us unique insights into the programs weve heard discussed earlier such as section 702 and section 215 the authority used for the phone records collection program. Im sure it will be a fascinating discussion so i will pass it off to ou
Today but aside from a couple of scattered sprinkles here and there. 50s to 60s for your highs and a little bit of sunshine between the clouds. Rebecca. All right, thank you john were seeing and no delays no issues here the bay bridge toll plaza approach you can see a little bit of that fog though here it is light, but like john is mentioning very pass patchy around the bay area so no issues here getting into San Francisco in fact a nineminute drive time on the macarthur maze to the fremont street exit but a there is a brandnew accident the san mateo bridge and look at how dense the fog is and it to happen pac. The toll plaza on the westbound 92 sides normally wed be able to see it but you cant see much because the fog is so thick here, but a 13 minute drive time which is good because traffic is still light and its still early but just be aware of that and reduce your speed around the bay area. James darya. All right rebecca, thank you breaking overnight. We have a fatal house fire in
For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B