News at noon. Good afternoon to you. Im claudine wong. Im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. Its a story so many people are talking about now. People are buying their tickets for what is expected to be the largest Mega Millions drawing in history. The jackpot is a whopping 1. 5 8,000,000,000 million. Ctvs allie rasmus spoke with people who are excited to play, even though they know the odds are against them. Theres the lucky number right there. When the Mega Millions jackpot hits ten figures like this, Richard Dickey says thats when he plays it. Generally, when it gets up to this big i think on this one here, i probably got about 200 invested. You spent 200 and maybe 1,000,000 seconds already. But i dont go crazy like this unless it gets to this amount. Yep. You heard right. Hes already spent 200 worth of Mega Millions tickets before buying several more. Just this morning. No ones won the Mega Millions jackpot and matched all six numbers since april 18th. The pot of money has swel
Plus, its going to be a cold weekend across the northeast and the midwest section of the country. Yep. And now they are dealing with flooding and freezing. It just looks miserable. You look at that and you think, there is absolutely nothing we can say negatively about our weather here. That like icy river flowing through the streets there just looks horrible. Bitter cold. So for more on what our weather looks like very thankful in the bay area. I mean, when you see the pictures. They have been dealing with an extended period of extreme cold temperatures up the eastern seaboard. We cant complain too much. We have been tracking some rain. Of course, it was relatively dry here in the bay area. Look at this scene out towards San Francisco bay. Yeah. Almost looks like a nice painting to frame, put on your wall. Thats what we have this saturday morning. Clouds in place. Fog in place. But the rainfall, for the most part, is scooting out of town. There is a chance of drizzle or a few sprinkles
[inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critical interest in updated veteran suicide data, i cant emphasize enough the need for v. A. To pursue their analysis with a sense of urgency. Its my fervent hope that the new data will show a reduction in the rate of veteran suicides as a result of the investments we have made in v.
[inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critical interest in updated veteran suicide data, i cant emphasize enough the need for v. A. To pursue their analysis with a sense of urgency. Its my fervent hope that the new data will show a reduction in the rate of veteran suicides as a result of the investments we have made in v.
To lawmakers about Mental Health care and Suicide Prevention programs for veterans and their families. The witnesses testify on why some are not receiving the necessary treatment and how a new law passed last year is trying to address the issue. This hearing is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] committee come to order. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being with the committee for todays oversight hearing entitled combating the crisis evaluating efforts to prevent veteran suicide. As the hearing title suggests, we are here this morning to discuss the ongoing veteran suicide crisis that, according to the latest Data Available from the department of Veterans Affairs, finds 22 veterans a day dying at their own hands. Im disappointed that the v. A. Was not able to release updated veteran suicide statistics at this time for this hearing. I understand that the center for Disease Control finally provided National Data to v. A. In the middle of march. Considering the critica