Inner loop and outer loop rolling along just fine. Allen town road, that has cleared out of the way. Taking a look at 55 and 95, take a look. You can see. Right now its all coming in on 66. Aaron and eun . Right now at the live desk were following a developing situation in southeast. A metrobus driver is in the hospital. He was stapped on his bus. Police say he and a rider got into something before it happened last night. Now, police tell us they have arrested one person. They say the bus driver was awake when taken to the hospital and that he is going to be okay. Back to you. Thanks, kristin. Developing right now in baltimore. Frustration after the jury could not reach a decision in the trial of a Police Officer connected to the death of freddie gray. We saw that frustration and outrage expressed mostly peacefully through protests all over the city. And we could see more protests today as the city gears up for another trial in this case. Thats received national attention. Lets go to n
The hearing will come to order. We are here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the department of Veterans Affairs. Mr. Secretary, welcome to the committee. Understand that your testimony will be a little bit different today than what we are accustomed to with reference to chart to help us better understand what you are seeing in terms of the challenges that lay ahead and i would say that is indeed a welcome change. So too is the open as you have had with me with members of this committee and this congress about your plans to change the culture at the va. As your testimony illustrates you have been extremely active in visiting va facilities. I think its well over 90 at this point, talking with employees veteran groups in your private sector colleagues with one aim in mind, putting everyones focus squarely on the needs of veterans. Thank you for your willingness to take the job of secretary and thank you for putting everything you have into that job. Turning t
In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak so all of the data sets, the police, the Intel Services that you would go and seek that exist dont exist. And that raises grave concern as being able to do proper background checks of the individuals coming into the country. Yes. All right. Now, mr. Taylor, thank you for your testimony as well. And as a member as chairman of the subcommittee on transportation and i look forward to working together for the Mutual Benefit of everybody. And looking at your written transmission and so i can better u
See doctors that have worked and st. Lukes for a long time and indoors not having the opportunity thats my fear so i think taking into account how were going to create this Outreach Program id like to of we do that at another meeting we look at this because it really looks like you will say is win on this one and if we want to be fair we need to make sure we do outreach at state or city or other institutions of higher ed and get folks to apply and the same thing that the Public Health institutions maybe we look at that as well because it leans towards one so i mean, i know you get where im coming from so if there is something we can do tiffany director how to locate how this is going to happen and what we do to make sure that people get a chance to apply for this the second thing was regarding thank you. I appreciate our time. Compliance you know we heard a lot of things regarding the designated e designated developer for this project is there a way when we look at compliance is there
And if we want to be fair we need to make sure we do outreach at state or city or other institutions of higher ed and get folks to apply and the same thing that the Public Health institutions maybe we look at that as well because it leans towards one so i mean, i know you get where im coming from so if there is something we can do tiffany director how to locate how this is going to happen and what we do to make sure that people get a chance to apply for this the second thing was regarding thank you. I appreciate our time. Compliance you know we heard a lot of things regarding the designated e designated developer for this project is there a way when we look at compliance is there a way we if youre sitting down with this particular Construction Company theres one of us from the commission to go in and share with them you know were role looking at this and that you know this is for us something serious i know that this particular contractor has done a lot of work in the city and is going