Croy road. Nbc bay area news was there as the special unit swept in. The operation was on private property and had several greenhouses and was in the process of building others. One man has been detained. Two other workers fled into the hills. Officials say todays crackdown is the first in a series of planned raids. This summer the sheriffs office, fish and game are going to break down all the coops in santa clara county. Its also environmental hazards. They grade it ideal legally, flooding. Fire damage possibilities. Reporter along with the hundred or so Marijuana Plants equipment and chemicals used to make honey oil or hashish were seized. Fish and wildlife officers are assessing now what they call major environmental damage including illegal grading and creek pollution that could take years to repair. Coming up on our 5 00 and 6 00 p. M. Newscasts well have more pictures of the raid and environmental damage. Live in san martin. Robert honda. N. If you follow us on twitter you heard
Breaking news at noon. In the last 15 minutes, we learned a jury reached the verdict in the trial of boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. This is a look outside the courtroom. The jury deliberated for 14 hours on the determine of death or life without parole. The decision is about to be reported any moment. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Just 10 of broken track brought the bart commute to a halt for tens of thousands last week. Now the warning, the same defective track could lie throughout the system. Anne makovec is what bart is doing about it. Reporter it was a broken 10 section of rail that caused bart delays systemwide on may 6. The investigation is under way. Its something wrong with the rail. Reporter a lot more rail may be affected by the same problem. At this time officials wont guess how much. We are checking all the other rail we got with that batch in 2011 and we are inspecting it to make sure they dont have the same anomaly. Reporter whats
Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. What a crushing way to of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. A boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. Youunanimously voting to be put death for his crime. Four people died in the attack and over 200 were injured. Some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. Nbcs Pete Williams has been covering this story from the start. Hes outside the courthouse now. Pete good evening. Reporter lester good evening. The jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this penalty phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. Shock har tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u. S. To be sentenced to an act of terrorism terrorism. We send a message, a strong message, that were not going to tolerate terrorism. And i think whether
Despite what i think is tremendous leadership on the part of the va and new secretary, its just not working and the people who are delivering that care in the front lines are suffering and whats even more important, the people that they serve are suffering and weve got to have a big bold path forward to fix this. With that i yield back to the chair. Thank you. Mr. Kauffman, youre recognized. We get scope of practice questions here in the congress relative to the veterans administration. I think a lot of these issues have been resolved down at the state level before state legislatures and ive been on both sides of it as a state legislature where i think they are Better Qualified at the state level to make those decisions. They can have hearings and they know that the docs providers within their communities. I guess my question to you is, clearly people that well, my question to you is, what do you think about devolving the scope of practice issues down to reflect whatever the standards
Whats even more important, the people that they serve are suffering and weve got to have a big bold path forward to fix this. With that i yield back to the chair. Thank you. Mr. Kauffman, youre recognized. We get scope of practice questions here in the congress relative to the veterans administration. I think a lot of these issues have been resolved down at the state level before state legislatures and ive been on both sides of it as a state legislature where i think they are Better Qualified at the state level to make those decisions. They can have hearings and they know that the docs providers within their communities. I guess my question to you is, clearly people that well, my question to you is, what do you think about devolving the scope of practice issues down to reflect whatever the standards are within the given states that these va facilities are in . Number one and obviously want to make sure the providers are credentialed and trained to perform those duties within the scope