We have had everything talked about from dollars to construction to milestones to all sorts of stuff. Helpful. Im going to ask you, each one of you, because you represent veterans in this country that are being served by the v. A. , i think you have an understanding of what the challenges are out there. You tell me what you would do first to fix the v. A. And what you would do second. I am assuming there will be 3, 4, 5 more down the line. Is it money . Is it the resources they have the need to be allocated different . Do we need to put a focus on hiring professionals . You cannot say do all of them. We want to hold folks accountable. If you can give me your priorities of what we need to do, it could be helpful. Assessment is the first thing that needs to happen. Speakhave heard the v. A. , they have enough money. They do not have the accurate numbers. System,are gaming the how many actual visits are they going to have a year . Instead of having 85 million, will of the 150 million . Yo
1 giga hertz will not be the nonrestricted bidders are free to bid on all available spectrum, reserved and nonreserve, regardless of their total spectrum holdings. But what some call correcting a historical accident i call corporate welfare for certain mule tie National Companies with large math capitalization and access to Global Capital markets. The companies also have strong backing by foreign governments. Why . With so much riding on the success of this auction would the commission add to the complexity and risk lowering auction revenues in order to allow a favored few to buy the spectrum at below market rates. If this set aside is so critical to wireless competition why may it only be triggered if the commission hits a certain revenue target. Wireless providers have many strategious decisions win or when not participate in auction, including lowband auction, when and where to invest and build, whether to focus on urban or rural markets and what mergers to enter into. Where the com
There are veterans whose problems have been so acute and not address that they have ended up without homes. If other Services Come through, people do not end up on the street. Each one is a failure. It does not mean people set out to fail, but we have failed those folks coming home somehow. The vfw believes the resources the v. A. Can provide should never come at a tradeoff. The obligations to provide Holistic Services to the assistance,ployment but also health care has to remain a cornerstone. When veterans transition off of active duty, there are a litany of Transitional Resources that need to be made available to them. To deliverhe most of those. Seeould never want to tradeoffs made on how we deliver other benefits. , other t injecting will suffer. Senator moran did not talk about audits, i just one of the theesses to know that was assessment of chairman miller, from the house committee. Jackson. I am not sure how many facilities he is covering. That was his assessment of the audit
Center city philadelphia almost 70 degrees. But, it is quiet out there. Lets take a look at storm scan3, right now, you can see, we have no problems going on whatsoever. Notice up well to the north, maybe just right under where the three is, weve seen couple of early showers, but not looking for anything in our area, so we expect to find very quiet conditions, just a lovely start to the day. Our temperatures are in the 60s, for the most part, right along the shore, they are in the 50s, though, 57 Atlantic City, 59 in wildwood right now, same temperatures, 59 up in the poconos, otherwise inbetween, all over the place, but in the 60s, from 60 in millville, to 67 degrees in the philadelphia area. The dew points, i mentioned, are low, when they are in the 50s, the air mass feels pretty nice. So i think youll continue to enjoy some drier air this weekend, before things start to heat up next week. Now, our temperatures this afternoon, with all of this sunshine, will be definitely getting int
Weekend. Lets take a look at the bay bridge. Those clouds and fog will be burning off and temperatures already warming up. In the upper 50s, low 60s all around the bay area. We are boeing to see the gray skies this morning burning off quickly. Afternoon sun for most and the beginning of a warming trend starting today. Developing news in oakland. Place are looking for who people possibly responsible for causing a fire at a building. It was on east 17th street at 10 45 last night. They got it under control within 20 minutes. Earlier witnesses saw two people with possible burns leaving the scene. Witnesses say a meth lab may be to blame. Investigators believe brew tan may have blown up. Two people are dead after a headon collision in concord. It happened on will low pass road near the weapons station. Five other people have major injuries but are expected to survive. Investigators believe illegal fireworks are to blame for a fire in castro valley. Neighbors heard a loud boom and felt thei