Officials from the Social Security administration, National Archives and state department testified about federal services backlogs due to the covid19 pandemic. Modernization efforts and staffing issues. The House Oversight and accountability subcommittee hearing is about three hours. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody to this board hearing. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself forthe purpose of making an open statement. Before we go to the floor id like to if i can acknowledge that even formal settings like this we recognize that its important to remember we are all people. And we have families and understand that some of the people who do Business Today have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and without saying anything in particular. Perhaps many of us more than one or two are affected and its my wishes for them and their family in these
Officials from the Social Security administration, National Archives and state department testified about federal services backlogs due to the covid19 pandemic. Modernization efforts and staffing issues. The House Oversight and accountability subcommittee hearing is about three hours. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody to this board hearing. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself forthe purpose of making an open statement. Before we go to the floor id like to if i can acknowledge that even formal settings like this we recognize that its important to remember we are all people. And we have families and understand that some of the people who do Business Today have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and without saying anything in particular. Perhaps many of us more than one or two are affected and its my wishes for them and their family in these
air traffic control asking, are you okay? first tonight, the life-threatening heat across this country. tonight, more than 127 million americans under heat alerts at we come on the air. new york city firefighters in brutal temperatures battling those massive fires in manhattan and the bronx. philadelphia issuing a heat emergency tonight. fires breaking out along the new jersey turnpike during the come mute home. and amtrak passengers stuck for hours. service halted from philadelphia to new york to connecticut. our team on it all tonight. and ginger zee with the latest heat forecast. and now the storms we re watching from detroit right into parts of the northeast. we re also following the deadly fires in new mexico. at least 1,400 homes and businesses destroyed. tonight, president biden approving a major disaster declaration for the state. the scare onboard a southwest passenger jet. the plane suddenly dropping to about 525 feet above the ground, coming close to a school
Ryan lochte reportedly facing as long as ten months out of the water. Why some critics say even that would be too light. And vanishing act. New video emerges showing a suspect in las vegas breaking free from his handcuffs and then fleeing through the ceiling. That tricky escape and how Police Caught up with him today, thursday, september 8th, 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 thursday morning. Do anything interesting last night . It was a nail biter. I tell you that. Serena williams pulled it out in the end. It was really, really good. A lot of people were watching something else. In fact, this commander in chief forum on nbc last night. The election now just 61 days away. We want to get to the state of the race. Hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail with a rally this afternoon and tim kaine was there on tuesday. Shell then head to missouri wh
Getting a nearly 125 million payout. And lochtes bad night. Excuse me. Excuse me. Wow. The olympic swimmer interrupted on stage during his dancing with the stars debut. At least two men arrested and lochte in shock. It honestly feels like someone reached inside, took out my heart and just stepped on it. His hopes of waltzing his way to a comeback hitting a sour note today, september 13th, 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. It is a tuesday morning. Willie is in for matt once again. Wow, what a scene last night. Two people were arrested when ryan lochte was dancing. More protests in the crowd. Of all the protests weve seen lately in politics and sports, competitive dancing, not somewhere weve seen it. Well have more on that in a minute. Politics now. Right to the state of the race. Donald trump hosting a rally in iowa now this afternoon before heading to pe