About the big thief. It jumped up on the grill and grabbed some bratwursts before taking off. However its attempts to get into a garbage can for dessert failed. No one was hurt. You cant blame that bear, but those folks are pretty close. Youve got to stay back from those wild animals. Crime of opportunity. Thats true. A very special game played out in texas between two high schools traumatized in recent weeks by Mass Shootings. On the Dallas Cowboys practice field, el pasos east Field High School played planos high school in a game that almost didnt happen. Teresa woodard of our affiliate in dallas has the story. Reporter our nation felt broken when hate seeped into our state. A graduate of the school in maroon. The man that did that lived in our neighborhood. Reporter accused of killing 22 people in the hometown of the team in white. We couldnt imagine that somebody could do that to us. Nobody in el paso would have done that. Its not something that texas is about. Reporter but few thi
Is erin bliss, he was with health and Human Services department and is the assistant Inspector General for evaluation and inspections, welcome to the program. Good morning. Remind people of the role ofthe Inspector General office is in comparison to hhs itself. Our mission is to protect the integrity of health and Human Services programs such as medicare and the healthand wellbeing of the people that they serve. So we do oversight and enforcement of the programs of the health and Human Services department. You turn your attention recently to the topic of hospice. Why is that, what are you looking to find out . The health and safety of Medicare Beneficiaries is one of our Top Priorities and help is a particularly vulnerable population so we looked at information about deficiencies being cited at Health Providers related to quality of care and patient harm. Expand on that, what doyou find looking into this . A report shed light on how common it is to have as providers to be sided with so
What you do. Health and wellbeing of the people they serve. We do oversight and enforcement of the programs of the health and Human Services department. Host you turned your attention to the topic of hospice. What were you looking to find out . Health and safety of Medicare Beneficiaries is one of our top priorities. They are a vulnerable population. We looked into information about deficiencies being cited to quality of care and patient harm. Host what did you find looking into this . Guest our report shed light on how common it is for hospice providers to be cited with efficiency with the quality of care they are providing and in some case very serious deficiencies. We uncovered gaps in Patient Protection. We issued a call to the Medicare Program by the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services to help fix these problems. Host what were the worst Case Scenarios with the deficiencies when your department looked into this . Guest we did identify some worstCase Scenarios where patients
And have mercy upon our nation. May our lawmakers work to do your will, remembering that you have set apart the godly for yourself. Provide our senators a refuge in you, enabling them to shout for joy, blessed by your righteousness and favor. Continue to supply their needs, teaching them how to abound and abase. Lord, keep us all from slipping, presenting us one day before your throne with great joy. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley july 20 marks the 50 years since Neil Armstrong took one small step for man and for the first time in Human History walked on the moon. The Apollo Missions should be remembered for generations to come as a triumph for innovat
Effect until 430 with this were also seeing a little bit of hail as well. Farther south things are pretty quiet. Im watchng this little isolated shower to the sth of leesburg. Its going to continue to pull to the northeast clipping far western Montgomery County there and i think a little bit more activity going on to the south. Heavy rain. We had a few lightning strikes there. In the washington, d. C. Metro core we do have the threat for some showers and storms as we ug head thro the next couple of hours. Right now, though, temperatures are in the mid 70s with lots of suns. That sunshine is actually going to give us some fuel to see some storms spark off in the next hour or two. Ill keep you updated. Thank you. And we invite you to download our nbc washington app if you havent done so already. You see somaras forecast the ere, anytime, right in palm of your hand. Let turn now to some breaking news just coming in. Moments ago a jury reached asi deci in a case geagainst a former Universi