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[inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i want to call the meeting to order . Sure. You want me to introduce you . No. I think were going to start now. Thanks for all of you for coming. My name is jonathan landi, National Security and intelligence correspondent for Mcclatchy Newspapers for another week 1 2. And, again, thank you for coming. To the release of this new report sets ...

About before. In may of 2014, independent researchers published a report that identity higher than expected emissions which prompted investigations by the ep epa. When did vw first become aware of this researche. End of april, when it was published. I got it in may, i got information about this. What steps did vw take to evaluate the conclusions of the research at that time. First of all, to acknowledge that emission violations or higher emissions are not legal. Secondly, the engineering departm...

Could members of the media please move out of our way so we can begin the hearing . Mr. Horn, you can sit in that chair. Thank you. Thank you and good morning. We now convene this hearing of the oversight and investigation subcommittee on volkswagen emissions cheating allegations, initial questions. Let me start off by saying my first car was a volkswagen. It was a 76 beetle. I learned a lot about cars. I could take that thing apart continued to work. I did all the maintenance myself because vol...

And inserted control systems. And we know that during normal road use, the controls were reduced. And the car for producing up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide standards. Owed by we know half a million cars in the u. S. Might be affected by this. Mr. Horn, im glad you came to testify here. While we know all of the things i just talked about, theres a lot more things we do not know. And we need answers for them. For example, volkswagen has not revealed how the device affects the engine. White was ...

They dont have answers about when or how their car will be fixed or what kind of car they will be left with. Earlier this week i visited a volkswagen dealership in denver. I saw the control and equipment on the vehicles firsthand. These cards account from us 25 of the sales at that particular dealership, and a significant percent of sales in colorado and across the country. Now because they cannot sell them, these cards are sitting on the lot. Say, it isrman, you a small percentage of cars on th...

Development happening in San Francisco we really have not not keeping pace with the transportation 40 years ago every single building in San Francisco has to be putting money both creating the Transportation Office of the city administrator offsets that were going to create the problem weve seen in development in San Francisco is the development itself is happening two us not by us so what happens from that, we here on behalf of the appellant, you know, well say no we dont like the developments ...

Neighbor muni is wonderful place and terrible place there is a lot of reasons but i think more recently that as suggested so many cars on the streets here and part because of rooirpdz people come from la to be and worker here taylor dollars dba got to be a way for ryder and regulate who is driving here also i think if we put a higher calorie on the google buses well put that money into muni and make the Transportation System better clapping. thank you ms. Whites eyes when bernie sandras becomes ...

Francisco we really have not not keeping pace with the transportation 40 years ago every single building in San Francisco has to be putting money both creating the Transportation Office of the city administrator offsets that were going to create the problem weve seen in development in San Francisco is the development itself is happening two us not by us so what happens from that, we here on behalf of the appellant, you know, well say no we dont like the developments and transportation is much is...

Pay into the public common goodwin good so they will, help create a better muni for all workers and doing a Great Service this corporate cheating and welfare called the tax breaks didnt work it creates a two tier among working people thank you. clapping. mayor ed lee i believe that our city is more than interested in municipality modes of transportation including bikes and good packets and muni and ryder and other modes i think we ought to support all those efforts to the doing everything we can...

Indication that the men were linked to yesterdays attack in that city. Seven people were killed in the attack, including an indonesian and a man of dual canadianalgerian nationality. The five others who died were suspected attackers. Twentyfour people were also seriously injured. Indonesia has seen attacks by islamist militants before. But a coordinated assault by a team of suicide bombers and gunmen is unprecedented and has echoes of the sieges seen in mumbai seven years ago and in paris last n...