Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts may be troubled by intrusive thoughts, avoid people, places and things, and experience hyperawareness and nightmares. They mind find they are no longer able to trust and love those closest to them. Some may even feel that life is no longer worth living. Unfortunately, many veterans have had significant problems in receiving the health care they deserve. Issues regarding inadequate treatment of veterans by the va have been widely reported. These include long wait times and the overprescription of
President ial race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 for viewer reaction and speeches, taking you on the road to the white house on cspan, cspan radio, in cspan. Org. Monday on of the communicators, george ford, chief economist of the Phoenix Center for Public Policy studies and mark cooper, Research Director for the Consumer Federation of america, debate the secs proposal allowing consumers to buy their own settop boxes instead of renting them from cable providers, a move to open up competition in the settop box market. They are joined by lydia bay ude. We think we need competition in the settop box market, and we want competition, competition, competition. Someplace who has worked; some places it hasnt. This is one where it really hasnt. We the lower prices and more choices with vigorous competition. The first question is is there a market for settop boxes . The answer really, in terms of what has been over the cable network, is no, because they
This morning. This time no one was injured. But police tell us three people. 2 men and a woman. Tried to rob the amigos jewelry at the corner of eastern and owens. An employee, however, hit an alarm. Locking the doors. And the three people inside one of the people pulled out a gun and shot out a front window and escaped in a car driven by yet another person. In all. Police were able to arrest three of the four people involved. No one was injured. And no word on if anything was stolen. Continnues for a suspect after another shooting in jean. Metro says it happened around nine last night. In the desert area across from a gas station. One man was shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. No suspects were taken into custody. If you have any of these shootings call crimestoppers at 7023855555. Its a busy week for holiday travels and the administration is announcing some hanges that could have an effect on wait times at airports. Fox5s Abby Theodros joins us at Mccarran Airport w
Through the holidays isnt so bad when theirs a Little Christmas cheer. City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. In the air theres a feeling of christmas. Christmas eve on fremont street isnt the typical holiday celebration. Especially for those trying to earn a buck. So they come, i type the information in. Whats your talent . Youre a dancer . A singer . An acrobat . Gymnastics . Musician . Whatever. I put them in i get them out on the street get them ready to do what they want to do. More than 3,000 visitors were in las vegas last december, so for some fremont street performers, working through christmas means more money in their pockets. Yea its pretty busy on Christmas Day. Its either that or go sit at home. Id rather be out here. The fremont street experience is open 24 hours, even on Christmas Eve, and some of the performers say they often work long nights to make enough money to take home. You know sometimes it might take until 3, 4, o clock in the morning. Somet
Fremont street isnt the typical holiday celebration. Especially for those trying to earn a buck. So they come, i type the information in. Whats your talent . Youre a dancer . A singer . An acrobat . Gymnastics . Musician . Whatever. I put them in i get them out on the street get them ready to do what they want to do. More than 3,000 visitors were in las vegas last december, so for some fremont street performers, working through christmas means more money in their pockets. Yea its pretty busy on Christmas Day. Its either that or go sit at home. Id rather be out here. Street experience is open 24 hours, even on Christmas Eve, and some of say they often work long nights to make enough home. You know take until 3, 4, o clock in the morning. Sometimes i just i starve a little, its hard to say but its true. Sometimes i go to sleep hungry. But they say the holiday spirit this time of year makes working a little more festive. Its fun, its busy, its chaotic, its all of the above, its the holida