Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
I cant wait. Time for a look at the weather with stav da naos. Good afternoon, a few spots around the 30 celsius mark. A beautiful picture in wales, not everyones cup of tea. It may be hot and humid afternoon pretty much across the board had plenty of sunshine. These are the temperatures over the next few hours, the low 30s celsius widely across england and wales particularly in the south, but are much hotter day across parts of scotland, 29 30d there. One thing to point out, uv levels as you probably heard, very high across southern parts of britain, unusually high. Its going to be high wherever you are so its going to be high wherever you are so take extra care over the next few hours where the sun will be strongest. As we enter the day many places will be fine. We start to increase the chance of thunderstorms developing, clusters moving northwards, some of them could be torrential with large hail and frequent lightening. Most places are warm, muggy, and uncomfortable night on the ca
One just one thing only one you if you like but get rid of the other is. An excerpt from a diary published anonymously as a woman in berlin in the spring of 1905 the author was repeatedly gang raped by soviet soldiers. Western allied soldiers also committed mass rape during the liberation of berlin as so often women were treated as spoils of war a reward for the conquering soldiers granted to them by their superiors part of the Collateral Damage that is unavoidable in conflicts or so the claim. For more than 70 years this Sexual Violence remained hidden from the history books as did the rapes and massacres carried out in 1904 by soldiers of the French Expeditionary corps during the Italian Campaign and these 2 were ex punched from the official accounts which recorded only their honor and glory. And one of the thousands of young women called comfort women by the Japanese Imperial army who in 1902 were fine the field to have been held in sexual slavery. 1990 s. Terrible years in which ma
Reporter and the social media showdown between twitter and president trump. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. We have several new developments on reopening this evening. The first bay area mall opens its doors. The governor tells gym owners new guidelines for them are coming in seven to ten days. And bart today says the bay area is reopening and it is ready with new Safety Measures. Big steps toward reopening. Good evening, thank you for joining us im ama daetz. I am dan ashley. Health officials are sounding the alarm about the pace of reopening. One of them, sarah code. Krigs nguyen has the story from san jose. Reporter as california moves to reopen parts of the economy on a county by county base, there is growing concern it could be happening a little too fast. Santa clara county Health Officer dr. Sarah cody shared her opinion at a Virtual Meeting with the board of supervise. The state is moving ahead without knowing the consequenc
Question is, did she somehow tip her husband into making this transaction . Reporter the senator disclosed that she answered some basic questions by Law Enforcement about her husbands stock transactions and provided additional documents to show she has no involvement in them. Richard bluhm has done very well financially thanks to his wifes very successful political career and that dates back all the way to the 1970s when she was the mayor of San Francisco. But that doesnt mean that anything illegal was done or corrupt was done. Reporter mike sando low teaches media and politics at the university of california in washington, he says for 40 years, reporters have vetted the couple to see if there was any corruption. They never found anything. Reporter your the stocks in question included california Biotech Company that pioneers cancer therapies. Feinsteins husband sold millions of dollars of its stock twice before the market crashed, it looked suspicious but if he kept his money in the st