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First place. but here is, finally, billions of dollars to take those lead pipes out and replace them with water pipes that dont poison our kids anymore. finally. also, increasing our vaccine production capacity as a country. that seems like its one time, right? maybe we are a little overdue on that one. rebuilding and modernizing our ancient an out of date va facilities for our veterans. why has it taken so long for us to do that? so many veteran facilities are 50 and 60 more years old. and that...

Bill. pipes for drinking water that are made of lead? never was a good idea in the first place, but heres, finally, billions of dollars to take those lead pipes out and replace them with water pipes that dont poison our kids anymore. finally. also increasing our vaccine production capacity as a country, that seems like its well in time, right? maybe were a little overdue on that one. rebuilding and modernizing our ancient and out-of-date va facilities for our veterans. so many facilities are 50 ...

Climate change and what people are calling human infrastructure issues, such as education and child care. what do you know about where things stand with pulling and putting that bill together, and what would you like to see in it? >> what i have seen and know about the bill is there has been herculean progress. its extraordinary how unified and determined we are to produce the a bill that is in the range of $3.5 trillion and meets the need for repair and building of our roads and bridges, railro...

Like joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders is spending veterans day on the stump in iowa. reporter shaquille brubter. and who have irgot there? ive got mike memoli and ive got josh lederman as well. good to see all of you. wlet lets start with shaq. what is the message senator sanders had today? >> well, his message is he was first celebrating veterans and talking about the importance of veterans in this country. this morning, he released a veterans than that he says will help veterans. hell...

Dr. jill biden in south carolina. all right. butte j buttigieg and sanders are using veterans day to promote their plans for veterans. both say they would address veterans affairs chronic staffing shortage. buttigieg says hell address the staff shortage and make sure the agency is fully funded. when it comes to mental health, sanders says he would expect -- expand access to mental health and suicide prevention programs, including to national guard and reserve soldiers regardless of whether they ...

People who serve and i see it as my duty to bring up and to criticize the military where appropriate. because its our obligation to make it better. >> to your point about the issues that this threat has brought up, i want to ask about suicide. because for years the va has reported that the number of suicides has been stagnant, an average of 20 suicides a day. and in the past few months weve seen incidents of veterans committing suicides at va facilities. what do you know about the efforts to get...

Taxpayer funds. accusations, of course, he denied, but do you think that sort of clouded -- made it difficult for him to perform in his making excuses or defending david shulkin but what ill say his removal from being the secretary of the department of veterans affairs has been the result of a coordinated effort led by those who like to see wrecking balls and bulldozers taken to va facilities and he wasnt playing along and pushed out. now we have admiral jackson whens been nominated. where is he...

The presidents health. on the presidents health. but for members of congress, particularly the senate, it becomes a little bit sticky. the democrats dont have to make a lot of noise in the senate on this. i think republicans will make a lot of noise basically because of what the kern sacolonel said. there are some real bottom-line concerns that have longer-term impacts in the veterans community which a lot of those members are tied into very closely and they listen to them. so if the feedback fr...

Comfortable. the bad attitude dealing with deep-seated stress is a really great way to take the edge off. to be attacked like that in killed is just really very sad. >> before taking over from a work in a several other va facilities in santa rosa, palo alto in boston. gary rose with the rotary club of napa worked closely with her and her colleagues. those who knew jennifer remembering her as a wonderful therapist, loving wife and mother to an 8-year-old daughter. she was the psychiatrist who dis...

Needed. he signed into law a bill empowering senior va officials to fire failing employees who are not taking care of our vets. as a result, accountability is being restored. he signed into law a bill streamlining lengthy process that veterans undergo when appealing disability benefits claims. hundreds of thousands of vets are awaiting decisions regarding their appeals. the president is pushing the va to use the new streamlined process to work through the backlog as quickly as possible. he also ...