Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
City leaders encourage everybody to get tested tonight. There is a catch. Thanks for joining us. Everybody at 10 im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus some people say everybody get tested and then its ok if everybody congregate but there is a testing shortage and city leaders tonight are asking people not to use these government operated covid testing sites. Before their thanksgiving travel or gathering plans. They say these resources are for essential workers at people who have symptoms or believe they were exposed to covid yeah, one of those government operated sites is on the embarcadero and thats where we find kron 4 Taylor Bisacky she joins us now live with more. About the citys message. Sign here behind me says appointment only and at last check appointments here are booked up through december second at put that in perspective this site typically tests about 1700 people a day so this is obviously raising concerns for the people that need the tests most the city is now emphasizing
From the car life threatening injuries at this particular point you can see that squad car there with the flashing tail lights. We do know that 2 Police Officers are inside the car at the time those 2 Police Officers were taken to the hospital but we are not hearing of any life threatening injuries to them thank goodness as far as the muni bus it was clipped by either one of those 2 cars front end damage to the muni bus nothing substantial but it is involved in this collision which is why the driver and the muni bus theyre not going anywhere that driver clearly is a witness to that with the accident and theyre going to talk to him or her as the investigation goes on you can see they have shut down this intersection here this street here. This is actually waller they told us to push it back a little bit as far as our location so they can continue making measurements and that means its going to be at least maybe 2, 2, and a half hours before their wrap up this scene. So many buses that u
Theres no room for the public, but this is all streaming and there will be an unedited version that anyone can watch later. Our witnesses are participating by Video Conference today and some senators are as well. I would like to Say Something about mass. The office of attending position that he says since were six feet apart, we dont need to wear masks, although some may. I have one and i wear it outside because as dr. Redfield reminded us yesterday, its extremely important tool for stopping the spread of covid. Im grateful to the rules committee. Sergeant arms, the capitol lice and chun check and Evan Griffith and the people with all their hard work in helping us keep safe and helping us do these conferences by video which everyone has become pretty expert. Senator murray and i will have an opening statement. Well turn to our witness who we thank for being with us today. Each witness if you would summarize your remarks in five minutes, that would leave more time for questions and answ
A president ial election as he campaigns for republicans running for the senate. Thinking outside the box we meet some of the design and screeching spaces for endemic. So last ditch talks are due to restart between british and european negotiators as the scramble to reach a post breaks a trade deal intensifies both sides admits there are still significant differences with just 25 days of the u. K. s transition period left reports in british media suggest that Prime Minister brought johnsons cabinet would back him over a no deal breaks it if needed the main Sticking Points include access to british waters by european fishing fleets theres also a disagreement over the fair competition guarantees and how future disputes will be solved and failure to agree by the end of the month will mean tough new tariffs and come with certain border checks from next year a further blow to economies already dealing with the fallout from covert 19 well the u. K. s chief breaks it negotiated david frost he