Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Other Department Officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary wilkie provided an update on the care the v. A. Has provided through the pandemic and talked about some of the challenges moving forward. This is 2. 5 hours. A military briefing for a full year. When my dad was the artillery commander, they asked the second airborne to come visit. He was troubled. So i have touched royalty. Secretary wilkie is here for important testimony. Do i have the mic on . I can officially call the subcommittee on military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies to order. I would like to welcome secretary wilkie, who is our witness this morning, joining us. Since this is our first hearing with some numbers participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work, in order to benefit both members and the public. First, this hearing room has been configured to maintain th
On cspan2 at 9 30 a. M. The Dc Circuit Court of appeals heels oral arguments in the perjury case against Michael Flynn and at 1 00 a virtual townhall with virginia senator mark warner and representative gerry connolly. Next a look at efforts to combat fraud and exploitation during the coronavirus pandemic with officials from the Justice Department, fbi and us secret service. They testified on price gouging, the hoarding of personal protective equipment and the filing of fraudulent applications under the paycheck protection loan program. The Senate Judiciary hearing is just under two hours. Good morning, thank you very much for attending the hearing and more will come in throughout the morning. Mister craig carbonito, phil hughes, associate attorney general, assistant director of the criminal investigative division, fbi, the assistant director of the office of investigations of the United States secret service. We are talking about this before, fraud related to the cares act, scams agai
Little about a motive. It was shortly before 10 tuesday night when gunfire erupted outside this filly home and cynthia avenue, this is a toddlers birthday and unfortunately these this group of individuals got out of the car and targeted that the the group of party goers a 63 yearold woman and a 37 yearold woman were killed. A 10 yearold child was wounded along with 2 other adults, those 3 are expected to survive we need to one of the. Alarming things since ive been here we had a 192 shootings in the last year our top priority is to reduce gun violence and we cant do that ourselves las police chief says reducing gun violence will only happen if everyone works together. Takes a community to collaborate make these things happen volley wilson with peace project degrees. He says anger over the Police Shooting of george floyd is bringing people together and he hopes that will be channeled towards reducing all types of violence. Im hopeful greg, you know with the people that are reaching out
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, parking lots finally reopened to help relieve some of the crunch at this popular bay beach, but youre still going to have to cop early to snag a spot. And bay area mayors make a plea to the state for more help housing the homeless. Why they say the pandemic has made the crises more urgent happen ever. The leaders in Santa Clara County calling out private health care system. How they ear being pushed to do more covid19 testing. Good evening. Im allen martin. And im Elizabeth Cook. We begin with kpix 5 len ramirez and the hospitals to do more coronavirus testing. Len . Reporter well, there was quite a ill little bit of back and forth between the county and some of the private providers today with the county saying that private hospitals need to do more to help the county reach its goals in terms of testing people for the coronavirus. But the hospitals are saying that the county is not doing enough Contact Tracing at this point to make t