wadsworth the ceo of betle in order to get betle to give the answer they wanted. betle's ethics prevented them from doing that. to make matters worse, the government is fuelling funding and supporting these contractor actions. now is the time, in my mind, for congress to make changes. all the companies in the doe system are watching to see what happens. with the visibility of my case, donna's case, the cost growth, the schedule overrun, it will be katie bar the door if no action is taken to rein the contractors in. as an example, of how congress is funding the contractor performance, all legal expenses incurred by bechtel and urs to fight employee legal actions are reimbursed on an ongoing basis via taxpayer money. then if the company is found guilty, they may be asked to pay back. well, what do they do? they settle before they pay back. they're not found guilty, no payment. all their attorneys and the people that are here today will be reimbursed for their expenses to come here. and that comes from taxpayer money. so what do they do? they -- they have no incentiv

wadsworth the ceo of betle in order to get betle to give the answer they wanted.betle's ethics prevented them from doing that. to make matters worse, the government is fuelling funding and supporting these contractor actions. now is the time, in my mind, for congress to make changes. all the companies in the doe system are watching to see what happens. with the visibility of my case, donna's case, the cost growth, the schedule overrun, it will be katie bar the door if no action is taken to rein the contractors in. as an example, of how congress is funding the contractor performance, all legal expenses incurred by bechtel and urs to fight employee legal actions are reimbursed on an ongoing basis via taxpayer money. then if the company is found guilty, they may be asked to pay back. well, what do they do? they settle before they pay back. they're not found guilty, no payment. all their attorneys and the people that are here today will be reimbursed for their expenses to come here. and that comes from taxpayer money. so what do they do? they -- they have no incentive

sent in by a viewer -- i have her name here, lydia betles. thank you for sending that in.ill toward the china town area. you can see this tree just came down right -- this right here is the sutter stockton garage. just give yourself plenty of extra time. the fire department is on the scene. they are gonna try to chop this thing up. but the traffic is affected on bush street. one of the major routes downtown. let's get to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's going to be slow. the traffic is busy as you head nd with. 45 -- westbound. 45 minutes to an hour delay. i would like to go out to the maps. i neglected to mention something important in san francisco. that would be a mud and dirt supply on the onramp to southbound 280. caltrans has been called. the freeway is a mess. the freeway on 101 is a mess. several fender-benders in san francisco. san jose in the south bay, 101 is moderately heavy. it's been busy as your way to mountain view. just remember, i can't say everything that's going on. almost every freeway in the bay area is slower than norm a there are a lot of fender- ben