The kaliningrad region will be performed by alexey besprozvannyh, he replaced anton alikhanov, who took over the post of minister economic development. Minister of industry and trade, ill get better. And the day before, Vladimir Putin gave the first instructions to the new government. According to the president , the cabinet needs to act in unison with parliament and the regions, and quickly decide on personnel issues. Now, having worked in the territory, they have acquired even more experience, knowledge, a sense of this territory where they worked and the territory in general, i really hope that they will apply all their best skills, all their achievements in the regions of the russian federation, in order to solve the tasks facing them at the level of the federal government with maximum effect, at the same time i count on the leadership of the government. All colleagues on parallel tracks of work will provide them with the necessary assistance so that they act successfully. The new
With the backlog forhose of drawing applyingor benefits. The challenges faces, since i have been chairman we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats a lot of hearings. But the Disability Insurance program is too important for Social Security not to get it right. Americans pay taxes on their hard earned wages for the promise of future social secuty benefits. When the worker retires, and is unable to work unable to disability or dies. These benefits are animportant part of a familys financial security. And americans rightfully expect that when they apply for benefits, if they areeligible, that they will receive them ickly. But for those applying for disability benefits, that isnt the case. Today over 1Million People are waiting for a heing with Social Security admistrative law judges and on the average these folks will wt around 600 days to get that hearing. Thats nearly two years. And thats after waiting almost four m
Welcome to power lunch. The dow took a triple drop when donald trump junior released an email of his plans to meet with a russian attorney that apparently had information about Hillary Clinton. The major averages have mostly recovered. The nasdaq back in positive territory. Higher by 3 points tyler . I thank you very much im Tyler Mathisen we begin with the latest developments on that email drama involving donald trump junior, russian interests, et cetera, et cetera. Kayla tausche live at the white house. Reporter the existence of these emails first reported by the New York Times and later tweeted the enfire chatire chaid appear to show the motivation for the meeting that the president s son took in june of 2016 with a russian attorney said to be connected to the kremlin. It would seem to support that the purpose of which was to obtain incriminating information about Hillary Clinton, then the president s opposition in the president ial election. According to these emails, a publicist w
Damaging and dangerous, severe storms take down trees and flooded streets. Right now, traffic on our busiest bridge is at a standstill after winds were Strong Enough to flip a tractor trailer. Good evening, im kristine johnson. Im maurice dubois. Well have team coverage, but we want to get to lonnie quinn. Part of our area is under a tornado watch right now. Theyve extended that watch until 1 00 in the morning. Were talking where Morris County south through or she county until 1 00 a. M. , tornado watch. Not happening right now, but all the puzzle pieces are in mine and it could happen. Elsewhere, the areas shaded in all five boroughs riders of the city until 11 30. Severe thunderstorm warning means severe storms are taking speak. This is the worst the storm has to offer. Peek at this. This is probably the biggest thing i can share with you. We talked about tornado watches. No reports. However, look at all the rotation were seeing in the atmosphere. Radar indicated rotation. If you see
That would change what employees can and cannot due. Commuters across the bay had to seek out other options, ferries, buses and carpools. Ktvus David Stevenson and tom vacar following the commuter frustration and the negotiations. But lets begin with ktvus Sal Castaneda monitoring the impact on bay area roads. Reporter i tell you what, todays traffic impact from the bart strike isnt as severe as july because it is a friday or more people were prepared, they knew what to expect after the strike a few months ago. First street, i want to show you the traffic is i think we have news chopper 2 showing the line getting up to the top of the hill where people get on to the bay bridge. Last time this was one of the biggest commutes and today is no different. All of the south of market is very slow. This is a look at north bound 101 in San Francisco and that commute is jam packed from 280. On fridays it looks this way anyway and we are expecting the commute to be over by a reasonable hour becaus