[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
The white house after hearing the news trump has continued his golfing trip. Weve got more Team Analysis for you here with the details correspondent Stephanie Simons in philadelphia pennsylvania and im joined by our Annette Choudhry here with me in the studio i want to start with you because you have worked firstly with joe biden you know him as an individual do you think he has the character to bring together the nation as hes been promising as we expect him to say in his victory speech i mean i think part of the real special relationship that i saw him have with barack obama was that they kind of had a head heart you know union thing going on where joe biden just brings poddle of empathy and understanding to any situation that hes put in but i think what needs to be done to bring the country together is to use that thats a good starting point but then to have a program a program that he can really sell in his joe biden manner and so this transition period over the next couple weeks a
U. A. E. And already signing up to establish diplomatic ties with israel alan fischer has the latest eyes for donald trump well he seems to embrace the idea of making small deals across the middle east rather than look his previous s. S. Trying to build one all the compassing middle east deal he believes that this changes the reality on the ground he already got a deal signed between the United Arab Emirates and bahrain to recognize israel remember the Abraham Accords were signed here at the white house just in september just over a month ago and he believes that there are 5 other countries who are ready to sign up to this deal libyas rival factions have signed a permanent ceasefire agreement the u. N. Broad compact which orders all foreign fighters out of the country comes ahead of political talks next month it was signed into naval officer nearly a decade of conflict. Tensions been growing in guinea where the army has mobilized after results show the president winning a controversial
Supervisor ronen this is commissioner ronen, im here, i might have to jump off. Clerk thank you commissioner ronen present. Commissioner yee . We have a quorum. Supervisor peskin Commission Er ronen when you need to leave, just let me know. Well excuse you until you come back. Well go to our Citizens Advisory Committee report. Mr. Larson, the floor is yours. Good morning chair peskin. Vice chair mandelman im reporting on our september 23rd c. A. C. Meeting. There was extensive discussion among c. A. C. Members regarding Program Guidelines, programming and allocation request concerning the Traffic Congestion mitigation tax or t. N. C. Tax. Given it was the first time a request related to this new source of funds, this come before the committee, c. A. C. Members inquired about the difference between projected amount of tax and lower amount actually collected even before the impact coded. Oversight of time lines and budget delivery of projects and the prioritization of quick build project
Customers across Northern California are a set to lose power this weekend under dangerous wind conditions. Every county except San Francisco is going to be affected. A new wild fire breaks out in napa county. Firefighters raced to contain the flames. There is just 10 days before the elections and Record Numbers have already cast their ballot. How to make sure your vote is counted before the rush. Good morning. I am emily turner. 1st, a red flag warning issued for the entire bay area beginning tomorrow morning. Pg e says it will cut power to more than 1 million customers this weekend. Huge portions of napa, sonoma and ran counties are impacted. Much of the Higher Elevations are also impacted along with thousands of customers in the santa cruz mountains. Some people are already gearing up. I am past and i have my camping gear in my husbands truck. We just get ready i chose to live in Sonoma County so i pack. Lets go straight to meteorologist, darren peck. The 1st thing about today is, no