And what with our research and development, we are going to continue to do our work to be able to understand what we need to do to be able to resort forests and address the insect and disease outbreaks and continue our work to be able to find ways to expand current markets and develop new markets or would to be able to make use of the biomass that has to be removed from the landscapes to restore the healthy forest. We also provide an adequate level of Fire Suppression to deal with fires to suppress fires where we need to come in at the same time be able to manage them in the country. We will have over 21 air tankers in the 300 plus helicopters, over a thousand engines and the hotshot crews. The thing i need to stress, and i appreciate the support from the committee on finding a solution to pay for the cost of Fire Suppression. I appreciate the additional money that was supplied into the account, but i think that we have all seen what happens with the account and whether that will help
Back them in that score 100 . All right, fine. Let me ask you this, administrator, when will performance assessments using the new metrics begin to be used, and will any aspect of the performance evaluation process change to track performance over time rather than performance on a single test . In other words, how are you going to ensure tsos are at the top of their game every day not just when job performances are happening . Those are already changed. They have been explained and announced to the workforce. All right. Finally, let me ask you, how will you balance wait times with a focus on security and ensure security considerations dont give way when balanced against increased weight times during busy travel periods like the upcoming Holiday Season . Well, we are seeing increase in wait times. Not significant. One, i wanted to grow this trusted traveler population in a short way, which is a true vetted population. We are working very hard both with the current vendor, who you may ha
To start off to remind you as far as the click through the unemployment United States, about 6. 2 . That was the latest figures from july. Figures for august not out yet. Work 200,000 jobs plus created during that time. That kind of 50 a picture as far as the numbers are concerned. If you look at the kiplinger magazine, theres a story that looks at the current state of the job market and also talking about issues within. Some saying by some measures, were still struggling. Top openings are up, but that isnt translating into an evil number of new hires. Heres a mismatch employers having difficulty finding employees with the right skill sets. To tell us more about the current state of job market, Christopher Rugabar from the Associated Press joining us on the phone. Thank you for joining us, especially on this labor day. Guest thank you for having me. Host when it comes to the job market, what things would be safe for people to look at to get a sense of how well it is doing . Guest you c
People who perpetrated are brought to justice. Host the latest round of charges from senator john mccain and other leading republicans on the attack in benghazi that resulted in the death of a u. S. Ambassador and three other americans. Now, nearly two years later, this issue isnt going away on capitol hill, in part because of the newly released email. Also, a congressional hearing yesterday in washington. Good morning, it is friday, may the second ver2. Mainly, we want to know if the investigation is important to you. Meanwhile, at the white house the president will be meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel. His issues likely to come up in a News Conference with reporters. The president is hosting the german chancellor for a working lunch and an oval office meeting. Those nsa phone taps the situation in ukraine are also subject to dominate the conversation. We want to begin with the issue of benghazi because it has come front and center yet again. This morning inside the the
How congress should vote. If you are a member of congress, what questions would you be asking the president this week . Here are the numbers you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, twitter, facebook, or simply email us at journal c span. Org. This syrian question leading all the major papers. Heres the front page of the Washington Times that is the question many members of congress are asking this week, amid what is being called a threeday media blitz on syria. This included Denis Mcdonough going on five of the sunday shows yesterday. We want to play you a bit of what he said in one of those interviews. [video clip] collects ive talked to members of congress, not a single one has rebutted or refused the intelligence. Everyone agrees that on august 21 assad used chemical weapons against his own people. The question is a very simple one. Should there be quantum that should there be consequences for him using gas and chemical weapons to kill more than a thou