Thank you. And good morning, everybody. So a few weeks ago the president came over to my offices at va at his 100day mark to talk about the recognition of the progress weve had at va. So i thought it only fitting at my 100 days to come to his house to talk about whats happening at va. And as you know, the president is so committed to fixing issues for veterans that what he has told me is, is that it is important that we be open and candid and transparent about where the problems are, that as a businessman, the only way to fix the issues in an organization is if you come out and you talk about what those problems are. And so, as you know, im a doctor and i like to diagnose things, assess them and treat them. And so what youre going to hear today is really a candid assessment of where our problems are in va, with the focus of a businessman and the skills of a doctor to be able to actually help you with that. And as you know, many of these challenges im going to talk about today have been
They need to help people like me understand how to get this up and running pretty easily and within imessage. Thats the key. And the apple watch is going after fitbit. Once again im going to be wearing a dinosaur at some point in the technology world, but well take you live, get more details. Were still waiting to hear about the siri speaker that will take on alexa coming up. Thats the big question hovering over that conference. Also shares of blue birth b blue bird bioare poppi are popp trump announced plans to privatize air Traffic Control. What would that look like exactly, how does that work . Transportation secretary elaine chao will be joining us in a first on cnbc interview coming up in this hour. Lets get to the Apple Developers conference in san jose, california. Josh lipton is on the scene with some details for us. Josh . Reporter bill, there are more than 5,000 developers here behind me today. They want to hear about software updates. They listened to apples tim cook and oth
Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, seamlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to th
They did. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Announcer the director of the National Institutes of health testified at a Senate Hearing about nih funding. Senator roy blunt chairs the twohour subcommittee hearing. Sen. Blunt committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services, education, and related agencies will come to order. Related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i the personognize that we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight, and the success she has made. We are glad you are here. I was just told the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license. Good luck with that. [laughter] chance toad to have a meet with her. We are glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes assured theu rest committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih was, according to analysts, would cost nearly 90,
They did. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Announcer the director of the National Institutes of health testified at a Senate Hearing about nih funding. Senator roy blunt chairs the twohour subcommittee hearing. Sen. Blunt committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and Human Services, education, and related agencies will come to order. Related agencies will come to order. Before my opening statement, i the personognize that we had a chance to meet and talk about her cancer fight, and the success she has made. We are glad you are here. I was just told the youngest of your six children just got their drivers license. Good luck with that. [laughter] chance toad to have a meet with her. We are glad to have dr. Collins and the other Institute Directors here today. The budget, of course, proposes assured theu rest committee will find unacceptable. The 7. 5 billion cut from nih was, according to analysts, would cost nearly 90,