This measure also includes 58 delsh 58. 7 billion in advance funding for the v. A. , ensuring that veterans will continue to have full access to their medical care needs, regardless where Congress Stand in the annual appropriations process. The underlying legislation includes funding for Important National programs and activities such as the medical and Prosthetic Research account, post9 11 g. I. Bill authorities and encouragement for the department to maximize the availability of Mental Health services to veteran victims of sexual trauma while serving in the military. H. R. 4487, the legislative Branch Appropriations bill, while a bipartisan effort, and for the most part noncontroversial, still falls short of restoring funding levels for member offices and committee staff. As with their fixation on cutting spending on any investment in our nations infrastructure, education, and scientific research, my friends on the republican side continue to believe that you can reduce the budget in
Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama formally nominated his choice today to be the next u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services. And he praised the woman whos held the job for five years, during the battle over health care reform. Kathleen will go down in history for serving as the secretary of health and Human Services when the United States of america finally declared that Quality Affordable Health Care is not a privilege, but it is a right for every s
Wings. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama formally nominated his choice today to be the next u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services. And he praised the woman whos held the job for five years, during the battle over health care reform. Kathleen will go down in history for serving as the secretary of health and Human Services when the United States of america finally declared that Quality Affordable Health Care is not a privilege, but it is a right for every s
This is a storm that is going to have a very deep low pressure center. I know its going to be a category 1. Ive heard all of these tweets about how can a category 1 be bad . Theres a big High Pressure on it behind. A big high here, a big low here, the wind between those two systems will be tremendous. Winds could gust 80 Miles Per Hour from michigan through ohio into pennsylvania not even really attached to the center or the core or the eye of the hurricane. Heres the latest. 76. 9 if youre keeping track at home. Still an 80 mile per hour storm. Last night at 11 00 this was a tremendous storm moving through the bahamas. It got torn up overnight. It doesnt look nearly as bad as it did last night. That is great news. Dry air has pulled in. It was sheered apart. It just doesnt right now have the power that it once did. It is still forecast to be in warm water. This is the gulf stream. All the warm water that runs up the east coast current and stilg staying there. I know the middle of the
The rangers will host the flyers. Avalanche with the wild. Way too early and morning joe starts right now. You can do whatever you want. The little i ask you is not to promote it and not to bring him to my games. Black people cant attend his games. [ boos ] i couldnt have said that better myself. Folks, im shocked that sterling would perpetuate the cruel stereotype that white people are genetically superior at basketball spectating. [ laughter ] oh, let me guess because our muscular skeletal structure makes it easier for us to pump cheese. That is racist. And everyone has expressed outrage, folks. Even the clippers players made a statement. Clippers players staged a
silent protest dumping their uniforms on court and wearing the jersey inside out and concealed the clippers logo. They concealed the beloved logo of the clippers which we all know is [ laughter ] i want to say a guy getting a hair cut or [ laughter ] a toenail clipper with googly eyes. [ laughter ] good morning. Its wednesd