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Its a dynamic situation. We continue to track everything going on not only in beaumont, texas where we have serious operations taking place for search and rescue in life sustainment. We have had a number of evacuations around the Chemical Plant last night. We were able to evacuate about a mile and a half radius around the Chemical Plant to make sure people were safe in anticipation of any problems. We continue to push the lifesaving operations. We are continuing to evacuate people out of areas where the rivers have not receded yet. In some cases, today and tomorrow, they may be cresting. The Shelter Mission is the biggest battle we have now as well. We have rolled out a tremendous number of assets to support the lifesustaining mission and shelters. Shelters are never an ideal situation. We are throwing everything we can ....
Good morning. Good morning. My name is Megan Van Hutton and i am the director of media and external communications here at the chamber. Welcome to our annual labor day press briefing. First, i have up here randy johnson, our Senior Vice President for labor and Employee Benefits and jd foster, our Senior Vice President for Economic Policy and chief economist. They will each speak for about 15 minutes, and then we will open it up for q a. And you can ask your questions then. So, without further a do, i will pass it over to jd foster. Mr. Foster thank you for coming. Its a pleasure to have you with this. Randy johnson. Ue fromor those suffering hurricane harvey, we wish them on behalf of the ch ....
Now, federal and local Veterans Affairs officials and Health Care Providers visit the paralyzed veterans of america conference to talk about how to provide better access and specialized care for veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. All right, so, before we have dr. Baligh yehia come up and give what will be great keynote remarks, i want to start the morning off with having a conversation with you about something thats near and dear to me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of milliona ....
The strength we hold for each other is what gets us through. Appreciation for the bond and the service is on display all over washington. Including at the world war ii memorial on the mall. Army First Lieutenant megan van campen, a nurse at walter reed reflects on those who fought and died in that war. Wile her work days are spent carrying for those wounded in the conflict of today. It is a honor to take care of the nations heroes. She hopes that the significance of memorial day is never drowned out by pool parties and bar cues. Some people dont understand. They dont understand the country we live in and the freedoms we have. Today across america we honor those who died in other places. Men and women had to fight and believe in something deeper then this is a pronowned moment. You can tem they leave here feeling it and understanding it better. Let you know the meaning of what memorial day is about. In washington, jeff goldberg. ....