chair ronen: good morning, everyone. this meeting will come to order. this is the june 15th, 2022 budget and appropriations committee meeting. my name is hillary ronen, i m chair of the budget committee. i m joined by committee members gordon mar, connie chan, president walton and we will be joined shortly by vice chair safai. our clerk is brent brent jalipa and i would like to thank jason goldhammer for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? thank you, madame chair. with our return to the chamber, just a reminder for those in attendance to make sure to silence all cell phones and devices. hybrid meetings allow in-person attendance while still allows reaccess. public access, first public comment will be taking on each item on this agenda, those attending in person will be allowed to speak first. then those on the telephone line. those watching on sfgovtv, the public call in number is streaming across the screen. that number is 1-415-655-0001. again,
harrison. as of today, you have the option of going full speed any time on i-95 in virginia. the express lanes are now online but that trip could cost you. megan mcgrat is live in alexander to break down how it all works. this could be pretty confusing for some. reporter: well good morning, angie. the 95 express lanes have been open a couple of weeks but today is the fist day that they actually charged tolls. granted, a lot of people are still on vacation so traffic is light, but things went s. reporter: no real issues this morning but the real test is next weekn people return from vacation and hit the highway in full force. i think folks did their homework prior to get out on the road. they were familiar with their entry point and hopefully their exit point as well. traffic volumes at the flyover ramp are still very light. reporter: solo drivers and cars with only two people must now pay to uses the express lanes. richard doesn t mind so long as it keeps him out of
he was beaten with a paddle. he was slapped. he was beaten with the hands on a nightly basis from five to eight hours a night. reporter: coming up at 5:00 you ll hear from the student who filed this lawsuit. he ll describe the abuse that he says he endured and why he did not quit the fraternity. in upper marlboro darcy spencer, news 4. bowie state says it has a strengthen hazing policy. this statement reads in part bowie state university is aware of the lawsuit filed today alleging an incidence of hazing by a fraternity on campus. we understand that the university is not named as a party in the suit and we are not able to comment about any allegations cited in the suit. breaking news right now in the district. d.c. police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of nanny hell is not borough s avenue and division avenue in northeast. all police are saying right now is a man is in grave condition. we have a crew there and will bring you an update as soon as it
if it s monday. i am. the president threatened to close the southern border if mexico does not do more to stop the flow of immigrants to america. they are going to temporarily reassign 750 agents at border crossings elsewhere. the president calls on democrats to fix asylum laws and other things. but democrats warn that closing the border could come with some economic peril. we do more trade with mexico than we do with japan and south korea and germany combined. and far more, five times more than we do with the united kingdom. so something that closes off the border, i frankly predict, carries with it the peril of a recession. the peril of a recession. when president trump made his latest threat to close the border last week, he said it would have a positive impact. with a deficit like we have with mexico and have had for many years, closing the border will be a profit-making operation. the president says the border closure would be a profit-making operation, but i