And outside of washington. With that id like to bring up secretary again to talk with all of you about the big announcement he made this morning about historic modernization of the va medical record system and as a reminder, as always, i would encourage you to please be respectful and keep your questions on the topic at hand and i will be happy to answer questions on other topics after words. Thank you, sarah. Im glad to be here today. As sarah said earlier today, i made the announcement about the department of veteran Affairs Decision on the Electronic Health records. Normally, that is not too exciting decision about a product but i have to tell you im very excited about this. I think this will make a big difference for veterans everywhere and it will make a big difference for the department of veteran affairs. I want to say from the outside that when the president selected me to be secretary, he made clear to me that he expected us to act with faster decisions, act like a business an
Tell, the president s as well as the rest of the administration have a very busy week and agenda moving forward. Meetings, events both inside an outside of washington and with that id like to bring up secretary shauken to talk with you all about the big announcement he made this morning about a historic modernization of the vas medical records and as always, as a reminder, i would encourage you to please be respectful and keep your questions on the topic at hand and ill be happy to answer questions on other topics afterwards. Thank you, secretary. Thank you. Thank you, sarah. As sa raid said earlier today i made an announcement about the department of veteran afarrells decision on Electronic Health record and normally thats not too exciting a decision about a product but i have to tell you im very excited about this because i think it makes a big difference for veterans everywhere and its going to make a big difference for the department of Veterans Affairs. I wanted to say from the ou
Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, seamlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to th
Many lines about the unforgettable footage. We wont go. Maybe trying to cool off. With the heat burning up this country. Good morning tuesday morning. Well begin with the dangerous and wild weather for millions of americans on this last day of spring. Take a look at todays expected high temperatures. 116 in las vegas. 119 in phoenix. Both close to record highs. 122 in palm springs and that heat stretches all the way to northern california. 107 in sacramento. Check out another image from downtown phoenix. The sign reading 115 degrees there. Forecasters say numbers like that arent going away any time soon. Overnight high heat well after sundown. Nearly 100 degrees in phoenix at midnight. The extreme heat now impacting travel plans. Nearly 50 flights out of phoenixs Sky Harbor Airport already canceled today. Smaller regional jets must be grounded when temperatures get above 118 degrees. The hot spot, death valley. Where it could reach 124. And records could tall in the gambling mecca as w
There could be many lines about the unforgettable footage but we wont go there. Maybe trying to cool off. Could be, with the heat burning up this country. Good morning tuesday morning. Well begin with the dangerous and wild weather for millions of americans on this last day of spring. Take a look at todays expected high temperatures. 116 in las vegas. 119 in phoenix. Both close to record highs. 122 in palm springs and that heat stretches all the way to northern california. 107 in sacramento. A deadly pileup on the new mexico arizona border during a dust storm. 25 vehicles involved. The extreme weather causing problems coast to coast. Overnight high heat well after sundown. Nearly 100 degrees in phoenix at midnight. The extreme heat now impacting travel plans. Nearly 50 flights out of phoenixs Sky Harbor Airport already canceled today. Smaller regional jets must be grounded when temperatures get above 118 degrees. The hot spot, death valley. Where it could reach 124. And records could f