National solution. Second, tens of thousands of responders and survivors are sick because the federal government in its rush to get wall street reopened ignored the evidence and the Expert Opinions of scientists. The then head of the Environmental Protection agency repeatedly assured us the air around the World Trade Center was safe to breathe. And we knew it wasnt. But the federal government kept insisting it was. And compounding the federal governments culpability was its failure to conduct a comprehensive cleanup of the environmental disaster created when the World Trade Center towers collapsed. For example, the e. P. A. Administrator told the public that asbestos could be cleaned from apartments with a damp cloth and wet mop. Based on these false assurances, students were sent back to schools that had been contaminated with the toxic dust cloud without ventilation systems being cleaned first. People kept working to clear the pile for months with no protective equipment. Quite simpl
Frankly, dont buy his answers and dont think he has provided enough documents for what is going on. Host how does the effort fit into the broader effort by House Democrats to investigate the Trump Administration . Matthew it is part of their continued scrutiny of the administration. He has said he is going to fight and fight all these subpoenas, and there is a tug of war going on between democrats and the president on all kinds of things, whether the investigation with special counsel mueller or the census question. Even though the courts have resolved it, the democrats want to pursue this contempt proceeding. Host another issue that we will see come up next week, and it came up a bit during the Defense Authorization debate in the past week, the house is taking up a resolution next week that would block u. S. Arms sales to saudi arabia. Tell us more about this effort, and what does the white house think . Matthew this is something that follows up with the senate has done. Republicans i
The midnineties are coming back. It will be hot inland. For the rest of us, this will be a very typical and early july day. Look at the low clouds that have shown up. You cannot even see the bridge at the golden gate. If we switch to view and take a look at san jose, is the low grade view here as well. We have seen the stratus clouds take san jose, and the south bay. It is a great start to the day. A lot like yesterday and just like yesterday, this will burn off. This is what it looks like from the top of the tower right now. You have to get pretty high to get up above all of this. As far as the way it feels, temperatures are right where they have been this time of year. That means it is in the upper 50s inland. The difference with cisco san jose. Oakland 57. We are going to 70 officially in the city. A couple of degrees above average this time of year. Sunny and breezy by the afternoon, even though we are starting off gray. Taking a look across the bay, the mid to upper 60s as the wow
Week ahead in washington three after that, Benjamin Friedman of defense priorities looks at the latest tensions between the u. S. And iran. Plus phone calls and tweets. Washington journal is next. Host morning. Its monday, july 22 and its going to be a busy week on capitol hill as members of the house and senate prepare for the august break spending and the debt ceiling front and center. A new defense secretary is on the way. Final work on the 9 11 Victims Compensation fund and of course the Robert Mueller hearings which happen wednesday. President trump meets for the first time with the new Prime Minister of pakistan. And there are many many more headlines over these past few days about the heated lyrical rhetoric here in washington and what it means for the future and the future of politics. In fact, one observer of the process writes that no president ial candidate can unite the country. That article got our attention so we are asking you this monday morning, can any of the presiden
Crash in San Francisco. Good evening. I am ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Andria borba joins us with why this driver was not booked into jail. Reporter this all has to do with that scpd charged the crime in the field after the crash happened. Dash cam video caught this rigid tesla going to the light. In man would be legally injured. Heartbreaking. My heart instantly dropped. Iss it is people we know and people from here. Back in the video, you can see people running across the street to try to help the deans while they are laying on the sidewalk. 21yearold kelsey rita the telephone nearly 24 hours early. She is facing an infection for running a red light and a misdemeanor for vehicular manslaughter. Reporter and legal analyst melissa caen plans why she was not booked into jail. Reporter at the time police only had enough evidence to rights this person up right misdemeanor, vehicular homicide. You generally dont take people downtown and booked him into jail for something that is j