Need. Or not getting the right help you need. If this exacerbates it, you know, shame on the national government. Reporter for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, a shudown means going without a paycheck. That includes 450 employees at the u. S. Geological survey in menlo park. All but three employees who have the task of monitoring earthquakes left their offices today uncertain about when theyd be back on the job. Of course, were all hoping that it doesnt last that long and that were back to work soon. Reporter at National Parks such as point rayes national seashore, park rangers had the unwelcomed task of turning away park visitors. People are somewhat understanding of it, but you can see that theyre disappointed in the inconvenience, but were giving them options of other places to go in the area. Reporter and as for veterans affairs, since march, the va says it has reduced the backlog of claims by 30 , but the shutdown is threatening to undo all of that progress. Live in oak
Right now, new images today of the dignified transfer of soldiers killed in afghanistan. Their families forced to cover their cost during the Government Shutdown as the American Public grows more tired of some members of congress and whats seen as less than dignified leadership. Do you think senator reid doesnt like our veterans or the va in particular . Im happy to answer the question about senator reid personally, i think he very highly values veterans. As to why we are unable congress is unable to do its business, i will leave to the members to discuss. And developing now, the president set to nominate the first woman to head the fed. Why main street and wall street are relieved by his choice. Police in San Francisco about to release new information within this hour about a body found in a stairwell of the hospital and it is likely a patient who disappeared from her room two weeks ago. Hi, everyone, im tamron hall. News nation is following what could be the lasting picture of this G
Department. Sergeant Heather Randall admits other departments have a competitive advantage because they can offer higher salaries and more benefits. She says the department is not aware of any Academy Graduates who are planning to leave. We do what we can. We try to make it a positive work environment. We encourage people to stay. Were looking at career developments. Mentoring opportunities for people. And just doing what we can to keep people here and retain those officers. Reporter the city spent 170,000 to get 1 officer from backgrounds to training. So he or she can patrol on the streets. So even if one of these graduates leaves san jose, thats money down the drain for the city and a major impact on the dwindling force. The city of san jose pays for recruits to go through the Police Academy and get the training in the field, they dont require them to sign a contract saying theyre going to stay here in the department. So after their training, all of these cadets and graduates are ava
Reporter this plane was launch just a few minutes after we arrived here at the Calfire Air Attack base. The call came in of a lightning sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things
Sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things more challenging for drivers. It can drive the plane to the ground. It can. Reporter a computer tracks lightning activity and a red blip