Well continue, mr. Connolly. Thank you very much mister chairman, and thank you for our panelist for being here. I have a long convoluted mark, thats why were coming back and forth. I show the Government Operations subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over Inspector General. So, mr. Brian bulatao could you describe for us your understanding of the roles and functions of an ig an Inspector General . The Inspector General reports to the head of the agency, under the direction provision according to the ig. They have the responsibility to identify areas of fraud and abuse. They have the mission to conduct independent audits, to conduct inspections and to conduct investigations. And they have strong commitment to be independent of any and appropriate influence. Where that influences coming from within their agency, or from congress, or from any other place, there is a commitment to be independent from inappropriate influences. Would you, would you but do you believe that an ig is subject t
Ashley we might want to spell barbeque correctly, though. Lemonis . And morale withers away. Jackie if i had another job opportunity, i would take it. Amy its just mindblowing sometimes. Lemonis if i cant mend their fraying relationship. Both of you, get your [bleep] together and figure out how to coexist and have Mutual Respect. Their beloved brand will go bust. That store is closing, unfortunately, no matter what. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. [ applause ] mike and John Anderson founded tankfarm back in 2003, and today, they have two stores one in Huntington Beach and the other in their hometown of seal beach, which is where im heading right now. I
People will choose shopping online, if they do any shopping at all. Obviously target is ready. Bracing itself for what could be big crowds. They see something a lot of economists, for example, do not. Were keeping a close eye on that. Push, pull, obviously on the jobs front. You heard about claims, still below 900,000. They did hit week over week. One of the things barometer of continuing claims, they fell by 167,000 to bring us to about 12. 6 million. Surprisingly good news on new home sales, jumped 4. , to 14 year high. Those are things are sort of whipsawing markets. Were following the law and order issue very, very closely. Again, keeping an eye on louisville and talks of further protests across the country over that Breonna Taylor case and a grand jury not personally faulting any of the officers for her direct killing although one for sloppy behavior. Well get into that. Because it led to protests in the likes of atlanta, new york city, a host of other places. And more on Governor
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20 counties in looting alameda, santa clara, and contra costa county. The acronyms at the beginning of the names where each fire, were tasked with fighting the wildfires. Lm you is the sonoma lake napa unit. Scu is the santa clara unit. And cz use the san Mateo Santa Clara unit. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon, we are monitoring the lm you lightning complex in solano counties. Mark tamayo tracking the air quality around the bay area and the fire conditions. We want to go to jesse gary with more of the mandatory evacuations under place for the ccu fire which is burned more than 40,000 acres. 0 contained in thousands of people forced into evacuation shelters. Because of that they want to open more evacuation centers. We are standing outside the Civic Auditorium in downtown santa cruz which is one of two sites currently open. But ive just been told that a third is opening. Officials here in Santa Cruz County will open the Seventh Day Adventist parking lot on san jose soc