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The forecast radar. the center going over port fourchon, one of our largest areas of any kind of oil production. provides 16 to 1% of 18 percent of the oil production in the united states. that will take a big hit. storm surge of eight to 12 feet and grand isle. towards 3:00 p.m. we possibly have the wall, one of the eye walls here of the hurricane going over new orleans bringing incredible sustained wind and sustained rain likely probably six to 12 hours that will test every system across new orleans. hopefully that will hold. that is the latest from here. pete: thank you, rick. the chaos in ...

825 students have waited longer than two months. they could be missing in the range of $1500-$6000 or more in expected payments. in october alone about 1000 students under financial hardship call the va hotline for immediate. >> these guys will have real hardships, even personal family crazies as a result of this. >> we gave the va everything they asked for so it is frustrating to be here. >> how many veterans have outstanding payments greater than 30 days? >> 10,000 from 31 to 60 day mark. >> the va says none of the g.i. bill students were made homeless as a result of the glitch and some news...

Which nobody thought we could get approved. nobody. we're good at getting things approved. now when a bad person, maybe a federal employee in this case, but somebody bad mistreats or neglects or abuses our great veterans in their time of need, we can turn to them, look them in the eye and say, you're fired, get out. before, there was nothing you could do. you had to live with these people. we've gotten rid of a lot of people over the last year. only the bad ones. the good ones we cherish. we cherish the good ones. but we had some bad apples and they're gone. as promised, we established the whi...

Which nobody thought we could get approved. nobody. we are good at getting things approved. now, when a bad person, may be a federal employee in this case, but somebody bad mistreats or neglects or abuses our great veterans in their time of need, we can turn to them and look them in the eye and say, you are fired, get out, get out. before there was nothing you could do. you had to live with these people. you have gotten rid of a lot of people over the last year, only the bad ones. the good ones we cherish, we cherish the good ones. but we had some bad apples and they are gone. as promised, we ...

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 signed a bill authorizing $2.1 billion in additional funds for the veterans choice program. this pro...