That is what it is for. I dont know what the senators schedule is, but we will have to see. It is unilateral. How when there is only one this not bew can considered unilateral . You will have to ask the democrats why they did not come. I heard all sorts of rhetoric that this was a take it or leave , that we had not been negotiating in good faith. Comee wanted to do was together in public, make the offer, and leave. Just did. At we that is all that would have happened had the democrats not come. How much are you offsetting . We will find the offset through the appropriations process the next year. The first year there is no offset. It is 10 million immediately. Undert year we compete the spending caps . Spending caps are still in place. Withw did you negotiate senator sanders . It has been wonderful. Senator sanders is a good friend. We want the same outcome, Quality Health care delivers in a timely fashion to our veterans. He has a believe we can do it a different way. He has a belief
Angry tweets. Despite bipartisan agreement, Congress Must act quickly to help end significant wait times at the ct of patients Veterans Affairs hospitals. Lawmakers reached a impasse that threatens to derail the deal days before the august recess. She continues talks so seriously deteriorateed that senators are trading jabs in florida speeches. Aides shooting off accusatory tweets and emails and lawmakers thursday refused to show up at the negotiating table. Thats a reference to a meeting called by house Veterans Affairs Committee Chair representative jeff miller. That meeting lasted a half hour. Thank everybody for being here. We have a hearing thats actually going on right now in the house, some of our members will be shuttling in and out. I appreciate the opportunity to the purpose of this is not to make fiveminute speeches. The purpose of this is for us to present an offer to the to senator sandersment im sorry hes unable to be here today but i certainly understand his reasons. Wit
Oclock. Your high today is 85, probably slipping that in right about there at 4 oclock and by 6 oclock, Still Holding onto the low 80s. Clouds are liable to gather a bit as the day goes on and it may feel a bit more humid as the afternoon comes in versus where we were yesterday but not oppressive today. Karen humidity did raise tomorrow or rise i guess is the word and we may also get some drenching showers and thunderstorms at times. Ill have details on that coming up. So much you have to look forward to. Well, for now weve got a dry morning commute. No problems out there. This is your new traffic pattern weve been talking about on i95 southbound at girard and we can see traffic moving fine right now. The overnight construction is clear so no delays coming in from bucks county or northeast philadelphia just yet. On the big picture in center city weve been talking about the steam leak from last night. Thirteenth street blocked between arch and race. Stick to 11th street or broad street
Is unreasonable. We will hear from Richard Martinez whose son died in sant a bash a shootings last week. Thanks for being with us. The american soldier held cantniv afghanistan for the last five years has been freedom. The white house announced not a long ago that sergeant bo bergdahl is coming back to the United States. Randall pinkston in washington d. C. Can you give us the history on Sergeant Bergdahls case . An interesting history and great day for the administration, no the to mention bo bergdahls family. First word of his release came from the white house from president obama. The 28yearold was the longe longestheld pow in the afghan and iraq wars. Five years ago, bo bergdahl was a private first class. He had only been in afghanistan about two months when he was captured in june, 2009, by Taliban Forces. Freedom came at 10 30 eastern time this morning. The u. S. Military official says a few dozen special Operations Forces with support from multiple helicopters and overhead certa
It is pictureperfect, and like many places in the united states, the working class here in bristol, rhode island, and finding is harder and harder to make ends meet. Im crystal with the tale of two towns. We begin with the apology from eric sherecci, and he said hes sorry for his agencys lack of internet. And hes still on the job. This situation began months and months ago. And i believe that its systemic. This morning, shinseki called for another meeting with president obama. And its set to begin an hour ago. Its in washington d. C. And with the question that everybody is asking, is Eric Shinseki staying . Well, indeed del, the meeting began at 10 15. We saw shinseki arriving at the white house with his aids, and we dont know the outcome of that meeting, but we expect that it will be soon. And this morning, in a speech that he gave to the Homeless Veterans association, he gave no indication at all of being ready to resign. He did appear somber and apologetic and determined and candidl