Expense. If they live far from a va hospital, 40 miles is the agreedupon distance, you will secretary the. A. Ability to fire senior managers accused of mismanagement. They can obviously fire those who are ill performing. Timekes a very long because of federal rules about letting employees go and their process to appeal. This was one of the reasons the controversy started in the first place. V. A. More to come on this deal in the house and senate. Did address the immediate crisis of veterans being forced on the long waiting lines for health care. It strengthens the va so that we can put a permanent end to long waiting lists. It addresses the very serious problem of accountability and makes certain that this honest and incompetent senior officials at the va do not remain employed there and in addition and provide some other significant benefit for veterans and their families. Funding for veterans needs must be considered a cost of law, and appropriated as charges that they. Planes and t
Vieira, returns to the anchor chair in studio 1a, as we kick off our special homecoming week today, monday, september 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Its been a while since ive said this. Im matt lauer alongside Meredith Vieira, and al roker and natalie morales. Yeah. How does it feel to wake up . It feels really good to wake up, no. This is so much fun. Its great. Great for us, too. Meredith was already in, in my room, on my table with this wonderful little note that said, hey, censored, your Worst Nightmare is back. Im here you needed to put that little censored on there. Normally i draw it on your mirror in lipstick. Security told me i couldnt do that anymore. I know they did. Meanwhile, how about this breaking news . Its great. Natalie the royal family is set to expand as william and kate revealed that she is expecting. Nbcs Kelly
Chair in studio 1a, as we kick off our special homecoming week today, monday, september 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Its been a while since ive said this. Im matt lauer alongside Meredith Vieira, and al roker and natalie morales. Yeah. How does it feel to wake up . It feels really good to wake up, no. This is so much fun. Tas taes great. Great for us, too. Meredith was already in, in my room, on my table with this wonderful little note that said, hey, censored, your Worst Nightmare is back. Im here you needed to put that little censored on there. Normally i draw it on your mirror in lipstick. Security told me i couldnt do that anymore. I know they did. Meanwhile, how about this breaking news . Its great. Natalie the royal family is set to expand as william and kate revealed that she is expecting. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is outside Bucki
Joanna prior, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. Things are looking distinctly stormy along the south coast at the moment. Choppy waters here at christchurch in dorset. Those powerful showers pushing their way along. Showers have been pushing these are the bright, white areas you see on the satellite here, this is the main rain band thats now swinging away to the east. Still some more persistent rain to come in the next few hours further north and Northern England and scotland, but the showers to the south, i think, pack all the power. The gustiest of the winds here, a risk of some coastal flooding. There goes the tail end of the rain band out into the north sea into the early hours, but showers do follow on for scotland and Northern England. Its a mild enough night, with the breeze, lows of 6 to 9 degrees, and then, for monday, a little bit of a breather, a brief ridge of High Pressure will ease back the winds. Still quite a breezy day, biggest
A sham referenda and any kind of annexation in ukraine, International Condemnation and new sections after moscow says occupied regions. Ukraine voted. Yes to becoming part of russia. Plus russia says its not to blame for the damage to undersea Gas Pipelines in the baltic. Sea european leaders say it was sabotage ah on pablo foliage, thanks for joining us. Hurricane ian has been making its way inland in western florida hours after its slammed into the coast as a category for storm. Millions of people have been left without power and coastal areas have been inundated with record storm surges. The National Hurricane center says in has now weakened 2 can agree. One spot warns a code once again, gather strength, overland slamming into florida. Hurricane and hit the states west coast with winds of over 240 kilometers per hour. So this is a devastating storm for parts of florida, not just on the south west coast, but also inland, associated with some of these impacts. Thats going to be a stor