Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. Th
47 in boston, 46 in lawrence, middle 40s in worcester. Enjoy the sunshine once it comes up just under a half hour from now because it will be limited to the sunshine this morning and then Building Clouds are already coming into worcester county. The clouds represent the cold front thats approaching. Its kind of a changeable day, sun in the morning, clouds build n the wind kicks up, we go out of the 40s into the mid 50s by midday. Miles per hour, and thatll make it feel cooler this afternoon and the temperatures will fall during the second half of the day. It evening it will be clear and chilly. Weve got a weekend to talk about. Details ahead. We want to get you on the roads. Right now there is a disabled car blocking the right lane on 93 north. It doesnt appear to be effecting traffic. On route 9 in needham this weekend. We want to remind you with Commuter Rail service being suspended on the entire needham line. Boston police have confirmed there is a water main break at 1 center plaza
47 in boston, 46 in lawrence, middle 40s in worcester. Enjoy the sunshine once it comes up just under a half hour from now because it will be limited to the sunshine this morning and then Building Clouds are already coming into worcester county. The clouds represent the cold front thats approaching. Its kind of a changeable day, sun in the morning, clouds build n the wind kicks up, we go out of the 40s into the mid 50s by midday. Miles per hour, and thatll make it feel cooler this afternoon and the temperatures will fall during the second half of the day. It evening it will be clear and chilly. Weve got a weekend to talk about. Details ahead. We want to get you on the roads. Right now there is a disabled car blocking the right lane on 93 north. It doesnt appear to be effecting traffic. On route 9 in needham this weekend. We want to remind you with Commuter Rail service being suspended on the entire needham line. Boston police have confirmed there is a water main break at 1 center plaza
47 in boston, 46 in lawrence, middle 40s in worcester. Enjoy the sunshine once it comes up just under a half hour from now because it will be limited to the sunshine this morning and then Building Clouds are already coming into worcester county. The clouds represent the cold front thats approaching. Its kind of a changeable day, sun in the morning, clouds build n the wind kicks up, we go out of the 40s into the mid 50s by midday. Miles per hour, and thatll make it feel cooler this afternoon and the temperatures will fall during the second half of the day. It evening it will be clear and chilly. Weve got a weekend to talk about. Details ahead. We want to get you on the roads. Right now there is a disabled car blocking the right lane on 93 north. It doesnt appear to be effecting traffic. On route 9 in needham this weekend. We want to remind you with Commuter Rail service being suspended on the entire needham line. Boston police have confirmed there is a water main break at 1 center plaza
Live f the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Its been two days since the tragic crash of malaysian flight 17. But tonight, investigators are still no closer to the actual crash site. Im brian hackney. Im Juliette Goodrich in for ann notarangelo. The investigation still has not started. Russian supported rebels in ukraine are accused of blocking access to the crash site as evidence mounts that those rebels may have fired the missile that may have brought the plane down. Today, the u. S. And european leaders are calling for full access to the site for full international investigations. Reporter for a second day investigators were denied access to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. If you say you do not respect me, i will not. Reporter separatist rebels control the site. Saturday, they insisted they had nothing to do with shooting down the passenger plane that had 298 people on board. Some of the decomposing bodies which are strewn across several miles of farm field i