Sufficient significant discussion about veteran suicides today, let me start by sharing the Veterans Crisis line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran direct
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis
You could ever get in the middle of the night. Reporter Santa Rosa Police arrested the 16yearold driver. They have charged her with misdemeanor, vehicular manslaughter. Well, police say there is no indication of another car being involved, witnesses say there may, in fact, have been more than one based on the crash, the cries of other kids to call 911, and the scene afterwards. I dont know if theyre all traveling together or theyre there, but its just unusual to have four cars up here that time of night and all the people i could determine were young. Reporter here youre looking at the path the car took as it went over the embankment. Those are some of the trees it hit. According to Santa Rosa Police, the 16yearold driver tested negative for drugs or alcohol. In santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Now to the evacuation at a facebook facility in menlo park after a deadly poison was su expect. Yeah, it happened just across the road from facebook rex tillerson. Abc7 News Reporter chris
Theres no White Christmas for us in the corridor today, but just a couple hours west of us. It is a light snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa thursday, just in time for christmas. But even though it wasnt a whole lot, it did impact holiday travelers. Parts of interstate 35 near des moines had to be shut down for parts of the day. And yesterday in cedar rapids several areas were in cleanup mode. Thunderstorms wednesday night brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town. Nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof damage. In a cbs 2 news follow up. Up. The National Weather service now says two tornadoes touched down near the quad cities. Cities. They were part of that same system that moved through the corridor wednesday. One of the twisters was rated an ef one with winds of about 100 miles per hour. Again, nobody was hurt, but some small buildings were damaged. The death toll has risen after strong storms and tornadoes slamme
Commissioner said officers who transport people will be retrained. I want to know if the proper procedures were followed. I want to know what steps need to be taken for accountability. We guarantee transparency and as the mayor said, we also guarantee accountability. But at the same time were not rushing to judgment before we have all the facts that came in to play. Scott broom joins us live from baltimore with more reaction. What are are you hearing on the streets there . People here are angry. There have been a lot of protest. Neither the mayor nor Police Commissioner used the word ferguson but part of the press conference, just wrapped up about 10 minutes ago was focused on trying to keep the city calm. There are more protests scheduled for tonight in the wake of this death and the day began with protests on the streets as well. Hands up, dont shoot. The day began here with a loosely organized protest that moved between Baltimore City hall and Police Headquarters where anger boiled