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Government Audit Oversight Committee regular meeting this morning at 10 00 am. , thursday, october 19, 2023. gavel . Good morning. Id like to call the meeting to order. Well, welcome it the thursday, october 19, 2023, regular meeting of the government Audit Oversight Committee im supervisor preston chair of the committee and joined by supervisor mandelman welcome back. Thank you for filling for the commissioners and want to for sfgovtv for staffing the meeting madam clerk before announcements we...

This is a live look at the Supreme Court in washington dc where Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be he will lie in repose in the great hall. His casket will arrive in just about an hour and a private ceremony will take place. The public is invited to pay respects after that. Justice scalia died last weekend. His death of course is shaking things up in the capitol. Our Washington Bureau correspondent alex miller joins us live this morning to talk about the controversy. Alex, Senate Repub...

North of interstate 80 this afternoon and evening. Winds will also be breezy this afternoon. Snow at the higher passes could cause a few travel headaches early this evening. A ridge of High Pressure will begin to develop over the weekend and become more pronounced early lets check in with mike keeton from the koh radio traffic center. Hows traffic looking so far . Traffic running smoothly. No major delays on reno area highways. No its the last leg of a political showdown in South Carolina and ne...

[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...

The middle east. All this playing out amid a surge of violence between palestinians and israelis. The story of naor and ahmed a microcosm of a wider narrative. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was mad...

Us about the cycle of attacks in the middle east. All this playing out amid a surge of violence between palestinians and israelis. The story of naor and ahmed a microcosm of a wider narrative. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these ...