Symbols of suppression. White supremacy, racism ngs and other toxic beliefs exist in our ranks impacting how black soldiers advance, their assignments, career fields, and how they are treated and assessed. Africanamericans comprise just a single digit percentage of Fighter Pilots and navigators, only 5 of army green berets, 2 of navy seals, and only 0. 6 of the air forces rescue jumpers are black. Structural racism still exists in our military formations. 43 of Minority Service members report they have seen examples of White Nationalism or racism within the ranks. These issues didnt happen suddenly but festered unchecked by a culture of indifference or intolerance. This culture extends to gender disparities we still see in our armed forces. We have made progress and this year witness historic barrier breaking firsts. Chief Master Sergeant joanne bass was selected as the first woman to serve as the highest ranking noncommissioned officer in a Service Components. Lieutenant junior grade
Livermore sinking to 40 at this time. San jose at 46. Today, cool out there this morning. A little bit of patchy fog as well. Visibility. Just checked a moment ago and we are looking good getting onto the highways. Widespread 60s in the forecast this afternoon. Your weekend will be dry and slightly warmer and then bigger changes coming into next week. Happy to report the sierra. Goo allie rasmus. Good morning. Sal is on his way to visit trip so im here under have you covered on traffic and so far things look good because sal left the roadways in good condition. Lets look at the bay bridge toll plaza. A little bit of crowding the cash lanes but no problems there. Lets move on quickly to show you 880 in oakland. North and southbound traffic is moving smoothly as you get past the oakland coliseum. A quick check of 280 in san jose. Not too many cars on the road. We will watch things and maybe it will be a fridaylite situation come up particularly the week before thanksgiving. We will conti
Details in the extended forecast and your afternoon highs today coming up in just a bit. 6 01 am. Sal is on his way to that zip trip and we have you covered on traffic let show you the maps in the south bay. There is one new problem to tell you about on story road on ramp to northbound 101. A crash involving two vehicles and they are on the shoulder but you do see slowing in the area. Lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. This has been busy for the past hour or so since they turned the metering lights on. A 15 minute20 minute delay to get onto the span. After that things clear up. This is highway 24. Getting more crowded as you make your way west toward the caldecott tunnel but no major problems to tell you about all the way through to oakland. 6 01 am. There was a fire in hayward that started around 2 30 am and destroy two vacant buildings just off main street in hayward. Firefighters are looking into the likelihood that Homeless People may have been living in the building. I
47, the winds are generally light, seeing some fog along the coastline. A little bit of ground fog in our valley locations. It doesnt look too bad though. Visibility a okay for most of us getting out the door and on to the highways. We are going to remain dry today, tomorrow into sunday. We have a modest warm up coming our way through the weekend. Things start to change by monday. Transition to schooler weather, breezy weather, and by tuesday, rain in the bay area. I have details on your afternoon highs for your weekend. More on the rain and sierra snow coming up in just a little bit. Heres a check on traffic with allie. Lets take advantage of the okay traffic before that rain hits. Heres the bay bridge toll plaza. Things dont look too bad. You can see someone getting pulled over in the cash lane there is. The commute is lightning up just a little bit. Youre looking at a ten to 15minute delay to get on to the sand. Lets take a quick checkest commute in eastern Contra Costa County. You
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties