A group of military experts is pushing the pentagon to come clean over the number of u. S. Bases overseas they claim the current figures are being hugely understated. Very good evening to you thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. One of the most Popular Democratic president ial hopefuls has a phone to qualify for the next round of t. V. Debates why Representative Tulsi Gabbard was the most searched for candidates on google following the last 2 t. V. Showdowns this time around the d. N. C. Says that she has failed to meet the criteria required something that god has called into question. The whole process really lacks transparency. People deserve having that transparency because ultimately its the people who will decide who our democratic nominee will be and alternately who our next president commander in chief will be and when you see that lack of transparency it creates you know a lack of faith and trust in the process its Primetime Television if you want to be anybody in
Stuart the news is its still raining. Its been raining hard since 3 00 this morning when i came into new york. Just been raining solid. Must be a couple inches by now. Sixth avenue deserted and soaked. Morning, everybody. 11 00 eastern time. It is friday, september 29th. To the markets. The outstanding thing here is the nasdaq up a solid 131 points. Heres why the yield on 10year treasury has come down 5. 1 basis points. Youre at 452. Big change there. Check the big three auto makers. Uaw president shawn fain says the auto strikes are going to be extended at gm and ford but not at stellantis. As of now, an extra 7,000 workers are going to be out on strike. Now this i was in california for the republican primary debate this week, it was held at the Reagan Library. Now that is a beautiful setting. It sits high on a hill, you look out over los angeles. From up there, california looks like the golden state. Then i headed to the airport, the route took me through malibu and santa monica. Had
Paula and within hours burned into the ventura limits and the college about 350 students evacuated. Winds reported with gusts of more than 60 Miles Per Hour and those conditions are expected to continue. The prospects for containment are not good and Mother Nature will decide when we have the ability to put it out and it is pushing hard with the wind. Attacking the fire as soon as it becomes night. One death reported from a car accident linked to the fire with a live report with Ventura County. Jessica flores live at the facility. Reporter that strike officially starts at 7 00 a. M. And involves about 3,000 workers who say they have no choice but to walk off the job this morning. Now the walkout could virtually shut down all city facilities for a period of time. These are Nonemergency Services affected. The workers from two unions that represent public works with the enforcement and engineers to public inspectors and talks broke off yesterday afternoon after seven months of negotiation
There is not enough. Women have good ideas. Tens of thousands marching across city streets. We are not going stop. Im not being to stop till im dead. We will going to change this. Organizers say they are not planning a march for next year yet but the next date they have their eyes on, november 2018. That is the midterm elections. Back to you. Well tonight those huge crowds are starting to head home. If you were in and around San Francisco or oakland today or san jose where any of these marches were taking place no doubt you ran into some extra traffic. Here just about an hour ago Market Street reopened. It wasnt supposed to reopen till about 7 00 tonight but it is once again reopened. There were significant delays as the march was going on. If you are headed back to the east bay tonight or back down to the peninsula you should also expect some heavy traffic on bart. Chopper 5 got these shoeses of shots of people. At this hour they are all starting to head home. Prepare for some crowded
On capitol hill with lawmakers fielding questions about healthcare and well spend some time talking with veterans only and get your experience with the v. A. System. If you live in the Eastern Central part dial it at 2027488000, 2027488001 or send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com or send an email. Veterans only and the lines are open. Take a look at the numbers. This is from the Veterans Affairs department. These are the number of veterans that get benefits and healthcare through the v. A. System. About 9 million are enrolled in the v. A. Healthcare system and nearly 7 million have a Life Insurance policy administered by the v. A. And four4 million are active and 1 million get education benefits and. 3 million receiving a v. A. Pension and about. 1 v. A. Vocational rehabilitation beneficiaries. That is the different benefits and healthcare that the v. A. Offers. Heres the veteran population about 22 million veterans 9 of those are female. The rest males. Look how it breaks down by war