Message where it needs to be delivered, that the time is critical and i look forward to being part of the solution. Thank you very much, mike, for your comments and your contributions. Ill take it a little bit out of order now and take my law partner and former member of congress, state of georgia, congressman Jack Kingston to give his perspective on some of the things theyre doing down in georgia, particularly in the port project area and hes now with us, with these projects probably had something to do with them back when you were in congress yourself. Jack, why dont you go ahead and tell us about what is happening down there. Thank you very much, senator. I have to take a point of personal privilege that i really came here to lobby jennifer on going ahead and getting a fast lane on 395. I think we all would like to see that happen. And, mike, i want to say my mother actually lives in louisville, colorado, and your toll road is great. Thank you. Ive driven it many times. It is such a
Surfaces of members engaged in a racist chant. The chapter closed its members suspended as the school launches a full investigation. And apple watch. The tech giant set to officially unveil its newest device, but can they convince you that you need one . Today monday, march 9th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday 7 00 on the west coast. You had me at hello. I think you got to try this th i would like a watch that didnt spring forward this morn im buying. Thats very cool. Well talk more about that device coming u. Lets start with our top story, though, emotional vigil in madison, wisconsin last night following the Fatal Police Shooting of a 19yearold man. Nbcs ron allen is live with more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. That young black man was Tony Robinson, killed by a white Police Officer in that house there, you can see there are
Veterans Affairs Secretary testified on capitol hill tuesday on the 2016 Veterans Affairs budget request. The proposed budget is 168. 8 billion, including funding to expand v. A. Care to veterans and transform the v. A. Into a customer centric department. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Tom fuller was a vietnam veteran and the marines and presented himself to the heinz the a with chest pains and went to see the head of cardiology. He did not want to be at a whim loss record, referred him to the floor and there, tom expired of a heart attack. We want to make sure that kind of thing never happens to our veterans, that we have a confident and Strong Administration of people. Mr. Secretary, i have raised this issue a number of times. Behind that is the story of a cardiologist who witnessed this whole thing and felt there was an outright malpractice happening in this case. I know you have a 10 minute opening. Secretary mcdonald thank you mr. Chairman. I have a brief opening statement
Captioning performed by vitac forward to hearing first from sloan gibson. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairman isakson Ranking Member blumenthal and the committee, were committed to making the Choice Program work and to providing veterans timely and geographically accessible care, using care in the community whenever necessary. Ill talk shortly about what were doing and the help that we need from congress to make all of that happen. First, i want to talk very briefly about access to care. Most mornings at 9 00 a. M. , for the last year, Senior Leaders from across the department gathered to focus on improving veterans access to care. Weve concentrated on key drivers of access, including increasing Medical Center staffing by 11,000, adding space, boosting care during extended hours and weekends by 10 and increasing staff productivity. The result, 2. 5 million more completed appointments inside va this year than last. Relative value units, a common measure of care delivered that measured car
Woman whipping up peck lpickle and peanut butt sandwiches. See the secret her husbands about to reveal. And babys about to try a new food but will she like it . What it is that shes not digging. Oh, terrible. When a skunk has its head stuck in a cup, who do you call . Animal control . Not in west haven, connecticut, you call jll animal control. That would be jeremy lorenti and his buddy matt. They noticed this little skunk in the treat and they didnt want to run him over. Were in traffic and theres a skunk with a cup on his head. Hes spinning in circles. I dont know what to do. Oh, he does have his little head stuck in a cup and hes walking in circles. I feel horrible for him. I feel horrible for the skunk, but do you know whats pretty amazing, somebody actually, another car does come by and that other car does run over the skunk. No but watch what happens. No, no, oh, no, no. Ahh whoa that is one lucky skunk. Yeah. Whoa but its not like you can walk up to it, grab it and, you know, ta