You at this point. Mr. Kaufman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thank you for your service in the United States army. Although the president id like to think the president chose you in recognition. In proctor and gamble. And we had in this committee, my predecessor on the over sight subcommittee had requested a study of Major Construction products and that was done and published in april of 2013. At that time, it said there were four ongoing projects one in las vegas orlando, new orleans aurora colorado listed as denver. That the average 366 Million Dollars over budget. And that they were each on average about three years behind schedule. We clearly knew there was a big problem. If you and proctor and gamble were to step in and you had an apartment that was that dysfunctional, you would have fired the management team. Straightened it out, spotted off when i look at the v. A. , your core competency is benefits to veterans, health care being a significant part of that. Constructi
They had to be rescued. The fire is burning on the south side of Lake Berryessa near the boat dock. I believe we have someone on the phone with us who can give us some more information . Yes. Hello. My name is Susie Blankenship with cal fire. Hi. This is the allen martin. What can you tell us . I have it at 700 acres. Yes. I can confirm that the wildland fire is currently at 700 acres with zero percent containment. And this got started about 2 00, it was a vehicle fire that started this . It was a vehicle fire. I dont have information on how the vehicle sparked the wildland fire. But it was a vehicle accident. What can you tell me about evacuations in the area . Evacuations are in the mix canyon area for homeowners. And as you spoke of the campers in the canyon screen campground, they have been evacuated. I would assume here we are in the middle of summer those campgrounds have to be pretty packed. Well, i dont have the number of evacuations but i do know that that campground has been
Operator. Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up later today a discussion on the outlook for consumers and patients in the health care market. Well hear about the plans that are available. The event is hosted by the alliance for health reform. It begins noon eastern on cspan3. The annual summer meeting of the National Governors association with the opening session with remarks from john hickenlooper, and gary herbert, device chair. That starts at 12 45 eastern. On cspan3 a briefing with the latest update on the new Horizons Mission to pluto. We will hear a discussion on the latest results from the spacecrafts flight past pluto. That breathing starts live at 2;00 eastern. And now remarks from loretta lynch. She spoke at the National Black Prosecutors Association earlier this week and was honored
Ive been asked as you can imagine since mondays announcement about what i think about this candidates or that candidates position and i say they can speak for themselves. Policy, they can talk to themselves. But today, one of the candidates made a comment about john mccain. Now, say what you want about his politics one way or the other. But let me be fundamentally clear. John mccain is an American Hero and i will denounce anyone who speaks ill of someone who has been a prisoner of war, not just senator mccain, but anybody else like that. We need to stand up and defend them. I will make an exception to speak out if someone goes personal against someone in our military. I will always defend other veterans regardless of what their politics are. So im glad to be here today. I had a lot of fun last month in with joni joni, ernst, her husband, gayle we rode into the ride and roast. They tell me if i win this job, i may not be riding for about eight years. So i want to be riding as much as i
Yeah, all right. My brother i stood in front of the crowd with picture from 40 years ago. Thats me. Thats my brother david who is now taller than i am. Cool. But thats we bought an iowa state flag when we lived in plainsville because the city hall didnt have a flag. So my mom, of course still has the lines from the photo of them in there. And i think that was in your book, too. Yeah. Isnt that fun . As you crashed into the pillar, right . There you are. Hey good to see you. Better today than being here would be out in my thats right. Meet you out there but they said no. Theyve got a front end. I see that. Airconditioning today. Id like you to meet my wife. Nice to meet you. My wife. Nice to meet you. How are you . Very good. Thank you so much. Welcome. This is wonderful. Great. We had fun. It was great. Last month we were in with joni and her husband, dale, and we had a blast. I compete with my staff and my fit bit and that day i didnt walk much. And i had 17,000 steps and i realized,