Ill go ahead and get us started. Very good. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am Cathy Mcmorris rodgers, and with me is congressman Sanford Bishop. Together we cochair of the congressional military family caucus. Weve been doing this for a number of years. Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. There is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. Where the great agenda i just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. Thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently
Speakers comments. When we stand united on the floor of the congress as americans, thats when we send the strongest message overseas to adversaries. I want to thank mr. Engel for his strong work, in working with me to get to a positive place where we can actually get to a solution, to whats been a challenging and very fluid situation. Its always an honor to work with you, sir, on the Foreign Affairs committee, and in these times of crises, we are, i believe, strongest on the world stage when the executive and legislative branch speak in one voice. I know in his testimony before our committee, ambassador jeffries, special envoy to sir ark said i saw firsthand the effects of congressional sanctions when we visited with the turkish negotiating team, that these sanctions have been helpful in getting turks to agree to the ceasefire. I believe the resolution that we passed helps helped get turkey to the ceasefire as well. Finally, i want to thank our partners in the Syrian Democratic forces
Item 5, communications director,s, please be advised there bb no closed session today. Item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Members of the board, none . Okay. Item 7 directors report. Chair nolan, member of the boards and staff a couple of quick items for you, the first is just a reminder but last year when you adopted the two year budget, it included as per the board policy fine, fare and fee increases, that index with inflation and as were come tog the beginning of the new fiscal year this coming july 1 which is the second year of the two year budget, some of those fare increases will take effect, so i just wanted to remind you and the public of a few of them that are noteworthy, one of them is the discounted single ride fare for seniors, people with disabilities and youth will increase from 75 cents to a dollar. Youll recall you asked, this was meant to go into effect last year and you had requested that we delay this until after you had the opportuni
Costs his customers 60. With the attacks an extra 5 with the extra tax, an extra 57. Are people trying to get around the tax . Some have asked why cant i go outside the city . When the city comes bee and asks for receipts for the soft drinks youre selling and you dont have any, youre going to be hit with fines and penalties. The children of philadelphia deserve every opportunity to be successful in school. Reporter grocer david sheber who owns a shop and sells soda believes the tax will improve education. As soon as philadelphia was making money on it. Reporter the report out of the City Managers Office points out that the city of philadelphia should get the money it needs by the end of the fiscal year, should be on track by june 30th. The number is conservative. We should get the exact official numbers coming up in the next two weeks. We will stay on top of it. Reporting live for Nuclear Weapon for nbc10 news. And more information on the nbc10 app. See which drinks are taxed and which
For justice, for aurora, for myself, also, but for the community. Reporter wilkins plans to address the court when lane returns for sentencing this spring, saying shell do that not for lane, but for herself. I may never get any real answers from her, i may never get an explanation from her. And ive come to discover that i really dont want anything from her. Reporter wilkins told us that she one day hopes to open a Community Center with a focus on healing. But first, she says she has her own healing to do and thats next. Lane remains in custody, she is set to be sentenced in april. We know she faces more than 100 years in prison. Live in boulder, lauren dispirito, cbs 4 news. Also at this hour, we have new information for you about the Police Shootouts with two highlands neighborhood yesterday. The officer hit by gunfire, rachel l eid, has been released from the hospital. Gonzalez died. Police say the other suspect, is alfonso they want to talk to a homeowner who told cbs 4 he caught bu