I agree with your comments about the challenges, the situation being unacceptable, saying if we arent talking about the problems, we arent addressing them. Aggressively working in the great plains area. Members of the senate a couple weeks ago who werent on the committee such as senator thune were here because of the concern that we have with regard to the conditions of the Indian Health service in the great plains areas specifically. In fiscal year 2016 i know youve only been on the job for a short period ever Time Congress appropriated 2 million specifically to help address some of these emergent issues. Despite the dire conditions in the great plains area, it took the administration several months to even figure out what to do with the 2 million in appropriated funds. I know you werent there at the time. Meanwhile, the facilities in the area have lost their medicare provider status, on the verge of losing it. Patients at the facilities are ultimately paying the price. I note funds w
Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries and in africa i know the u. S. Military is a preferred training partner in many nations seek our assistance. I kind of like to have you talk about the success of those training efforts over the course of your three years in the position and what other nations do significant training of African Military . I view this as one of the most Cost Effective investments that we make. I would like to hear y
The down button is not working. There we go. Thank you. Steve, its i had to push the kirby button. Its a pleasure to see you back on that end. Thank you for joining us today. We will turn it over to you. Good morning. Good morning, jeff. Good morning, Pentagon Press corps. So ive got a brief Opening Statement and well jump into questions. On march 8, the 82nd Airborne Division relinquished command of the combined joint force Land Component command to the 101st Airborne Division air assault. That happened during a ceremony here in baghdad, like i said, on 8 march. The mighty all americans of the 82nd division showed their meddle here for nearly a year. They earned the trip home back to see their families, all the way. It was a pleasure serving with the 82nd. Together with the coalition, the screaming eagles of the mighty 101st division will continue to work by, with and through Iraqi Security forces to make against against isil. With that, lets move on to the battlefield. Tom or jeff, i
This virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought. New concerns over zika in the u. S. This morning, the urgent plea for more action and more money to stop the spread. What lies beneath. A father and daughters quiet day of fishing taking an unexpected turn. Oh, my gosh thats a big [ bleep ]. Why they were happy that one got away. Today, tuesday, april 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Willie is in for matt. Can we recue the alligator video . Wow. I think i heard a bleep. I dont blame that dad for that. I like how he starts peddling away. Its like a scene out of jaws. Well have more on that in a moment. Lets get to the top story. The threat of Severe Weather is expanding. Storms are hammering the south and heading this way. For a third day in a row, were looking at Severe Weather down south. Just outside of ft. Worth, tex
We have breaking news out of georgetown where a body has been found in a canal. What we know at this point is this is in the 1000 block of canal street in northwest. You are looking at if you video just in. A big Police Presence on the scene. Little details. We do know it is the body of a man. It was found around 8 00 this morning. Police, as you can tell from the video, are blocking off the area. Weather awaiting for more information on the cause of death. Barbara . Thank you. More breaking news for you. D. C. Police confirmed an arrest in that deadly stabbing at the Deanwood Metro station that left a 15yearold dead. Lets get to molette green with the new information. What can you tell us . Barbara, good morning. We just heard from the mayor, the assistant police chief and metros police chief to announce that d. C. Police have named 18yearold davante hall of no and charged him with Second Degree murder while armed. They have confirmed that he is the man you see in the Surveillance Vid