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The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome everyone to this morning steering and today were going to consider the nomination of seema verma to serve as administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Welcome, ms. Verma, to the we are so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. I see that your family has joined you here today to lend support. I extend a warm welcome to all of them and to you as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over onethird of the u. S. Populati...

[ bird caws ] [ progressive rock music plays ] im jamie colby, and today i am off the beaten path i mean way off the path in the swampy lowlands of southCentral Florida. These dense marshes once harbored seminole indians and runaway slaves and, more recently, alligator poachers. Now theyre home to an oldtime florida family and a very strange inheritance. Howdy. Well, hi there. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. But whats a nice girl like you doing in the middle of nowhere in Central Florida . How do you know im a nice girl . [ laughing ] oh, i shouldnt say that. Im patty register, and my mom, mar...

Some local businesses told me that they usually get a boost in customers when theres a ufc fight, but with all the hype surrounding ufc 202, they prepared for one of the busiest nights of the year a huge fight card meant huge crowds of excited fans packing into t mobile arena for ufc 202. Its fight night you got to be here, ufc 202 it made us come all the way out here and it also means huge business for local bars like scooters pub. A ufc night compared to a normal saturday night . Its comparing oranges and apples four hours before the main card started. The bars phone was ringing off the hook...

This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city im del walters. There were signs of progress today in that fight against wildfires burning in northern california. 24,000 people forced to flee their homes still dont know when or if they will be able to get back. The roads are barrel visible with fires burning on each side. Together the valley and butte fires have burned more than 132,000 acres, that is an area bigger than the city of new orleans. Melissa chan from middletown california. Im standing near the foundation of a home, still smoking from the blaze asaturday evening. Standing in the f...

This is Aljazeera America, good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Thousands of firefighters are battling two of californias fastest burning fires in decades. The valley and butte fires consumed 115,000acres. That is roughly the size of new orleans. Now officials confirm at least one person has been killed. More than 4,000 firefighters have been battling the butte fire which is 25 contained after five days. The valley fire close to napa is still raging. It began over the weekend. Strong winds and hot weather be making it difficult to stop. Melissa chan is live for us this m...