bowers and andrews along with two other former employees are now suing tetra tech for retaliation. it is part of a whistleblower lawsuit contending they were fired for speaking up. tetra tech has filed an answer denying those allegations. more to come in the weeks ahead. >>> up next -- >> are you happy with the results that so far very little has been done? >> i'm concerned. >> we investigate the enforcement of california's fracking law. questions about state regulators and following the rules. >>> got a story for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> it's a national debate that is playing out right here in california for the first time in state history we have a law that tracks and regulates the controversial practice of fracking. but six months after that law was expected to take effect investigative reporter steven stock found it is not being enforced. >> reporter: at first glance st. andrews gardens apartments in l.a. appear like every other neighborhood in california. >> the only barrier between this

i'm not so sure i believe in them anymore. >> sortly after, both bowers and andrews lost their jobs. >> pacs are paying thou tandings and thousands of dollars for that clean hmm huff. and it's not being done correctly now. >> now, tetratech along with two other former employees are now suing for retaliation. >> next. >> well, i'm concerned. >>> it's a natural event that's playing out right here in california. for the first time in state history, we have a law that tracks and regulates the controversial practice of fraking. but six months after that law was expected to take effect, inves gave it reports found it's not being enforced. >>> at first glance, st. andrews appears just about like any other neighborhood in california. >> they only buried it between this particular site and our apartment unit is this wall. >> but, beyond the cinder block wall, don martin only recently discovered that a drilling operation was using hydrochloric acid to treat the well. only six months ago, a new law took effect that had to notify such as fraking or use of acid. they also required the state to li

this is coast card video of james bower and the coast guard signaled that he was in trouble during a rowing competition from hawaii. luckily, he was proposed. he had a satellite phone and a personal radio. >> all # twices played a key role and very central to a quick recovery. >> just to get off the seas. and they can definitely put a pounding on you. >> bower is now in stable condition and expected to make a recovery. they had other rowers from the race off san luis obispo. >>> they held a walk out this morning and refused to deliver gas. some drivers called in sick. others picked up the truck and didn't make deliveries. >> they showed up at four. at the holding facility in san jose and stood outside in solidarity. nonunion drivers said they haven't had a pay race and didn't get overtime. >> some went to back to work so they didn't lose their jobs. >> union is a possibility. this is a major step for us. we are not going to give up. we are not going to go away. >> we have to make at lease a median wage and we need our overtime. >> they tell us they make $25 an hour with no overtime o

perhaps we should also question miss bower's qualifications. these stories do not match up and i believe it further brings into question va's transparency as well as diligence when issuing thousands of dollars in bonuses. although acting secretary gibson has put a freeze own bone e bonuses it is still the committee0s responsibility to understand the rationale for awarding five-fig bonuses to individuals who have clearly fallen short of the department's mission and their commitment to those who have served. a performance bonus award should not be received because you are able to check off a few boxes on a form. a performance award should not be an expectation. a bonus is not an entitlement. those at the department of veterans affairs are there to serve the veterans and their families. anything less than the highest possible quality should not be rewarded. gaming the bonus system is not the business that the va should be in. today we'll hear what va has to say about their performance review system, why senior managers who have overseen failure ha

bowers. >> i have been a pastor. i've been in the room when she made the decision and i was in the hospital when that child was born. a litmus test for the supreme court justice and the rights to life. if we do not uphold that we have lost the republic. >> advice and consent of the senate if there is an aspect of this. we can only support the justices that understand the constitution otherwise we are giving away the public. they haven't come up with all of this debate i'm the only candidate that has supported the actual plan to fix the administration and i would support folks checking out my website. >> there's lots more we could have addressed but our time is up. thank you to all of the candidates for joining us this evening and thanks to beth padgett and for any of the previous debates visit the website. for the june primary watch on thursday at 7:30 and don't forget to vote on tuesday. for every one at etv, i am charles. >> from the perspective of the victims i don't see any distinction. if you try to justify basi

bowers gave of ms. helmand was not a true indication of her performance from would've been your recommendation that the review given of ms. bowers should also be reevaluated and any bonus she has received rescinded? >> ms. bauer is retired. >> there's no way to go back after they retire? this is another one of the disciplinary actions that va takes that allows people to steal their benefits and not have anything taken back. >> thank you it was her right to retire. >> okay. any other questions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. ask unanimous consent that ms. kirkpatrick's statements be entered into the record as well as association letter that we received on april 19, or june 19. >> without objection. >> thank you spent thank you, everyone for being with sure today. thank you, ms. farrisee, for being here today. this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> and f. on transparency and freedom of information, and i think my colleagues in journalism would get a similar grade whether they a

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bowers was the case that preceded lawrence fico texas. the bowers case was essentially the consensus was georgia statute. the consensus was the supreme court doesn't like to reverse itself and so how much longer could this way. on the other hand let's talk about those that are what if on the other side. the people bringing this thought was you know this wasn't just about marriage. that it was about one state says that certain kinds of relationships are worthy of something and others are not, but that has consequences that goes far beyond the ability not to walk down the aisle and call yourself married. and chad griffin's view it drives things like bullying in schools. it drives things like the fact that and teenagers have a higher suicide rate. it drives things like the higher rate of and homelessness. so from their point of view their point of view is what if another generation or five grades of kids grow up and are still being taught this. chris testified at the trial and she said if bands like proposition he did not exist biking califo

then, 7 wereried convicted including bowers, and the rest of the 18 walked.rs said in the secret interview that i was able to get a copy of that he was quite delighted to be convicted and have the main instigator walk out a free man, referring to edgar ray killen. that is what that the case reopened. that was in 1999. eventually, led to recross to should in 2005. >> david goodman, were you at the trial? what it me to you to have preacher killen behind bars? >> yes, i was at the trial. you know what? that is a good question. it is mixed with the motion. it is a complicated question. i think of a simple quick answer that he was involved in the murder -- actually, he was a convicted for manslaughter. , which is a lower count. and the summit commits a crime, they should -- if somebody commits a crime, they should be convicted of pay the price of that, but no one else was convicted. the people -- he was physically not at the scene of the crime. the men who were physically there were never convicted of anything. they were not even tried. and you can't be convicted

bowers gave of miss hellman was not a true indication of ms. hellman's performance, would it have been your recommendation that the review given of miss bowers also should be reevalu e reevaluated and any bonus she receive rescinded. >> ms. bowers retired. >> there is no way to go back after they retire. this is another one of the disciplinary action va takes that allows people to seal their benefits and not have anything taken back. >> mr. chairman, it was her right to retire. >> yeah. okay. any other questions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. ask unanimous consent miss kirkpatrick's statement be entered into the record as well as association letter we received april 19th or june 19th. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody, for being here today. thank you for being with us. this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. >>> a discussion now on the global economic outlook. >>> over on the house floor, law makers continuing work on a $570 billion annual spending bill to fund the department of defense. just under $80 billion is curren

detective steve bowers is one of the officers in pursuit. >> this was the first chase that i've evernvolved a truck, and the danger is that it's an 80,000 pound vehicle. it's going to run over or destroy anything else on the road. >> alerted by other truck drivers that the suspect is listening to a police scanner, bowers tries to convince the man to give up. >> you need to pull over and stop now before you get shot. >> but the suspect ignores the warning. >> bad things are about to happen if you don't stop. >> with few options, police deploy stop sticks in the path of the semi, but the truck manages to avoid them. another unit waits at the top of a hill, but the suspect spots him and swerves to the right. >> he switched lanes to avoid the stop sticks and sideswiped the other car occupied by two elderly people. >> thrown out two sets of spikes. >> further down the road, deputy troy and trooper patty falk are getting ready to deploy more stop sticks. >> got in position, got my stop sticks set up on bridge where i could deploy them and within a matter of several seconds he was on top of

sam, the chief executive officer is here as well as well as joe bower, the general manager of impark. we are here to answer any questions you may have. >> i'd like to call public comment. >> there are no public speaker cards. >> commissioner singh, i believe you had a question or comment. no? okay. anyone else? okay. excellent. i'm satisfied that the assignment is for the same management term as before. we looked at an action item where we looked at pacific management agreement for 18 months so it'd be under those same terms. >> why are we changing that on previous -- >> oh, from the impark to pacific -- >> yeah. >> i'll give a short answer. impark has sold their -- pacific park has sold their business so we need to assign new agreements to their entity. >> yeah. pacific park is selling to impark. >> is anyone from pacific park here? >> maybe if a representative from pacific park could stand up. >> oh, okay. [inaudible] >> we have not signed document the last time i was here, but after we have approved the agenda i mean, there was discussion and the company was [inaudible]. >> it was

. >> jeff bower leasing manager. >> so we're actually commissioner we've jumped the gun for a mommy public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> go ahead jeff. >> sure someone wanted to put storage containers on that's an acceptable use. >> and the rent stays the same? >> well, when i say storage containers are you saying self-storage or it's a construction company. >> for construction equipment i see a lot of containers on the port property i have no idea if it's paved. >> it's acceptable in the construction company wanted to store the material it's the same. >> how much of our office space or rentals would need to have an improvement all of that when we decide to rent out is it in that badass shape. >> it's u actually telethon you saw ammunition i believe i brought ammunition before you for approval they put 4 hundred thousand it depends on the tenants smaller tenants want a place for a phone and mailbox it depends on their resources. >> well, now i understand the difference between the private sector and the private sectors they do their own tenants or their tenants do their

bower's qualifications. these stories do not match up, and i believe it further brings into question va's transparency as well as diligence when issuing thousands of dollars in bonus bonuses. although acting secretary gibson has rightly put a freeze on bonuses for the time being, it is still this committee's responsibility to understand the rationale for awarding five-figure bonuses for individuals who have clearly fallen short of the department's mission and their commitment to those who have served. a performance bonus award should not be received because you were able to check off a few boxes on a form. a performance award should not be an expectation. a bonus is not an entitlement. those at the department of veterans affairs are there to se serve the veterans and their families. anything less than the highest possible quality should not be rewarded. gaming the bonus system is not the business the va should be in. today we'll hear what the va has to say about their performance review system, why senior ma

. >> and as the senior hr official at va, can you tell this committee, if you think that susan bowers should have given what we know now -- should have given miss hellman a fully successful or higher review for last year? >> not if she knew what we know now. >> given that the review, miss bowers gave of miss hellman was not a true indication of miss hellman's performance, would it have been your recommendation that he review given of miss bowers should also be re-evaluated and any bonus she has received rescinded? >> miss barrier is retired. >> there's no way to go back after they retire. this is another one of the disciplinary actions that va takes that allows people too seal their benefits and not have anything taken back. >> mr. chairman, it was her right to retire. >> okay. any other questions? m-michaud. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ask unanimous consent that miss kirkpatrick's name be entered into the record as well as the association letter we received on april 19th -- june 19th. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody, for being here today. thank you miss fa

bowers. >> in 1775 there was a shot that was heard around the world. wasn't long before it was ll around. it is time for another shot to be heard around the world. i have five granddaughters and their life is being taken away from them. i have an awareness of the duty placed on us for the next generation. then those whose greatest interest is in the next election. or the special interests of special interest groups. that's not my interest. i do have a special interest. my special interest is to answer to the founding fathers and those who come after us. the next generation is critical. and i hope the lives we give to them -- we cannot afford to take away what has been given down through the ages. and i am here to fight for that hope. >> in terms of senator graham, if you truly are conservative it is not necessary to spend several million in advertisement to prove it. i would like to decrease spending across the board, divest power from the federal government, back to the states and to do everything i can at every stage of the process to advance conserv

here to tell us all about it is nutritiousal miss bower.your socks off. the first is meredith. she's from north carolina. she grew up in the south. lots of buttery bisque ots. she always remembers herself being the big girl. it wasn't until she got married and had her first child. she was at the playground with him and she couldn't go on the slide and swings. she was stuck at that weight right on the park bench. and shen went to the pediatricn and said i am doing this for him when she hit the 99%. she started walking 20 minutes a day. she walks out 158 pounds thinner. >> meredith's before picture. all right meredith let's join the get fit club. >> oh, my gosh. >> unbelievable. i am totally shocked. >> radiant. >> do you remember that woman? >> i do. >> wow. >> it seems like so long ago but no so long ago. >> that is amazing. >> she actually runs five to six miles a day. >> how does everything feel. do you sleep better? >> everything is much better. >> how is your boy doing, better? >> yeah. >> girl. congratulatio congratulations. come quick

animal activist kristen bower talks to me about her efforts to save the elephants.tonight's freeze frame is the u.s. women's open, where 11-year-ol 11 year le played a historic round of golf. she says she is looking forward to eating more ice cream tomorrow. america tonight, is coming up next, we are see you back here at 11:00 o'clock. on america tonight, raising the anti. but also increasing the pressure on the country's prime minister, as he tries to save an iraq in turmoil. also tonight, we look at online cruelty, making its way across campus. digital insulteds so nasty, it nearly sent the principal packing. >> i left at the end of the day, drained emotionally drained

the work is far from over but the bower machines -- boring machines bore through to day light. >> this is a tremendous day for san francisco. this is the first underground subway that is moving forward in 30 years. making sure our city is a transit first city. >> you can see the two bore machines here in the north beach neighborhood. one has been digging for a year, the other for 8 months. they were key in the drilling south of market along 4th street. the 1.7-mile long extension will take the metro line from at&t park to china town. >> there really is no better way to get people out of their cars, on public transportation than to have a system that is top notch and interconnected. >> they will now be pulled out of the ground. the project will have four stations and there are already calls to add more and extend it to fisherman'sman's wharf. >>> general motors today issued another recall for millions of cars with potentially faulty ignition switches. this latest recall involves 3.4 million vehicles. the problem is with the ignition switch, the problem led to a recall of 2.6 million car

aaron bower, good to see you. >> you, too.el like? >> it's amazing. it's like a treasure hunt every time i come home, to see if i can find all of them, give them a touch, give them a hug. there's a lot of them. but man, being a dad, it's just amazing. >> i'm a dad and i'm listening to your daughter read that letter and i was getting a little emotional. what's it like to hear that from your own daughter? >> yeah, i wasn't prepared for that. >> i bet. >> it's just good. it's good to be a dad. >> it really is. >> you've been out of the country for a little while, haven't been home yet, you've been right here. why don't you yell daddy's home. let's see how that sounds. >> daddy's home! >> one more time. >> daddy's home! >> are you kidding me? >> who's the surprised one? >> daddy! >> look at you guys. welcome to new york. >> daddy! >> my gosh. what a beautiful family. >> holy cow. >> introduce everybody. >> okay, this is my youngest, alex. and then next oldest is ella. you're beautiful. and then we have maxwell. and then next oldes

bower bergdahl case? angry set of lawmakers feel snubbed, and now you have all these questions about what to do with guantanamo. we have been trying to figure it out. as the president lost his mind, totally given up or surrounded himself with incompetent people who have no idea how the navigate the waters in washington? the president's is thinking he will be devoured as every new day brings a worsening scandal. how much worse can it get? can you put the toot

. >> we should remember walker, bower, andrews, curtis and murphy.trying to find bergdahl. they're important, as well. >> president obama ordering power plants fuelled by coal to cut back on their emissions. and bernie goldberg on hillary clinton writing about benghazi. stay tuned for the reports. stao those reports. whon a certified pre-ownedan unlimitedmercedes-benz?nty what does it mean to drive as far as you want... for up to three years and be covered? it means your odometer... is there to record the memories. during the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event now through june 2nd, you'll get complimentary pre-paid maintenance and may qualify for a two-month payment credit. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] well there is biotene. specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants, biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep yo

. >> reporter: homeowner joe bower showed us her low water dishwasher. and says he's catching gray water for plants. his water shows declining use but at 240-gallons per day it's seven times higher than what environmentalists say is achievable and now becoming necessary. >> some day we're going to turn on the tap and the water snot going to be available to us. then it's going to be too late. we're going to be past the point of opportunity to fix these things. >> reporter: back live, environmentalists are asking that people replace their grass for drought tolerant plants. and they say, we are all in this together and we need to wake up to a new water reality in livermore, john fowler, ktvu news. >>> on ktvu.com we created a special drought section where you can check out the water restrictions in your area. >>> san francisco voters will decide this november if they want to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour. in a news conference at city hall, major ed lee says it's the right time to ask people in san francisco to increase the minimum wage. backe

if phoenix turns in good numbers and susan bowers is happy as division 18 director and everybody gets their bonuses and she turns in good numbers to washington when they ask, everybody says everything is great. so never was an incentive. it was cheaper, easier and quick tore fix the numbers than the problem. >> ifill: when you firsted raise these problems, dr. foote, how was it received? >> well, you know, i think the san diego guys when it came out were shocked and appalled but they basically did nothing and from my standpoint the v.a. covered it up. i'm sing of hearing how phoenix was confused handling the waiting list, clerks were confused about the the desire dates, confused about how to make appointments. one of the things that the study addressed is people were not confused. they were being pressured to falsify dateta. they didn't have provider slots to put them in and didn't have schedules to do it in timely tags. >> ifill: how much of this was workload? >> i think workload is a piece of it and as dr. foote suggests it's a culture that discourages candor and even in some cases

>> reporter: so gary bower speaking now. you have chris christie about noon.l ryan and rand paul on a list of speakers. big issues right now. this is an obama bashing fest. the mood is pretty optimistic as people feel the republicans will win back the senate and potentially gain seats in the house. a lot of enthuse yuchl about like that. cruz and rubio were here yesterday. people who like the candidates are loving what they're hearing so far. >> among some of the speakers so you chris christie, paul ryan, michele bachmann, rand paul, mike huckabee. the one name that stands out is governor of new jersey chris christie. he said, quote, i'll tired of dealing with the crazies. we're attacking his nomination of the -- how is christie's name being received there? what are people saying, if anything, about christie? >> people want to hear what he has to say. they're open to him as a candidate. he's not the favorite. the favorites are paul and rubio and definitely cruz the big favorite. people want to hear christie. give him a chance. he's supposed to talk about his p

seneca, nancy grace, charleston, richard cash, anderson, spartanburg, dead bowers, and benjamin done. somee we begin tonight, brief ground rules. each candidate will have one minute to respond to the uighur names when the candidates arrived for the order in which we will start. that first question will do to mr. connor and then all of the rest of you in turn. this has been a contentious race by most assessments. we have a two-term incumbent and six aspirants to replace him. what i would like to know and what the voters would like to know is if this is a referendum on lindsey graham, why do you have a target on your back and why specifically, candidates, is this the j campaign against senator graham? >> first of all, thank you senator graham for being here and thank you, to the rest of the candidates. 20 years is too long and senator graham, i think when you first came in with newt gingrich, a lot of great ideas. but after things like voting for justice sotomayor or, justice kagan, the tarp ale out, a number of these things, it has come time quite frankly for someone else to come in an

then very early in early march this year, susan bowers gave her another bonus for $8,500. that was a bonus that the secretary rescinded. >> a lot of congress people are saying end all bonuses at the veterans administration. would you support that? >> for senior executive level personnel, given their track record over the last couple years, absolutely. >> do you expect it to happen? >> yes. >> okay. would you just go through it for us, please? you blew the whistle on this. then what happened to you? >> well, actually i blew the whistle on something else is when the retaliation started. i'd rather not go into. and several -- i started with the safety issues. i was making trouble, as they would say. i would say bringing up very serious issues. and i sent my letter off in october and the va i.g. came out briefly in september and basically nothing further was done. i sent a follow-up letter in february. nothing further was done. it wasn't until representative miller announced what the problems were in phoenix that the media jumped on it, cnn in particular, and the story became

while we wait for the president, let's bring in josh bower, friend of the show, and domestic correspondenttimes." the president, we're told, is going to ask for about $2 billion to deal with this surge of folks, a lot of them minors, coming from countries in central america where they are coming to get away from violence in their own country. this is a little different than the traditional immigration conversation where we have a lot of folks from mexico, asia, w t wanting to work here. you noted in your e-mail before the show that this means two things. they admit that comprehensive immigration reform is dead in congress and that the president is unbowed by john boehner's lawsuit. >> well, not only unbowed, like when the president was talking about the lawsuit last week, it was the first time i'd seen the president having fun in a while. he seemed amused by the idea. i think the reason for that is the president sees his last really good month was during the government shutdown. it kind of heightened the crazy in the republican party and made the democrats look very adult by comparison. i

orangeburg, lindsey graham, seneca, nancy grace, charleston, richard cash, anderson, spartanburg, dead bowers and benjamin done. somee we begin tonight, brief ground rules. each candidate will have one minute to respond to the uighur names when the candidates arrived for the order in which we will start. that first question will do to mr. connor and then all of the rest of you in turn. this has been a contentious race by most assessments. we have a two-term incumbent and six aspirants to replace him. what i would like to know and what the voters would like to know is if this is a referendum on lindsey graham, why do you have a target on your back and why specifically, candidates, is

none of the funds may be used to enter into a contract with or to provide a rosen loan guarantee to bower export. section 8117, none of the funds may be used for the purchase of a flag of the united states unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 2533-ab title 10, united states code. section 8118 including transfer of funds $5 million. section 8119, none of the funds may be obligated by the united states government tore the direct personal benefit of the president of afghanistan. section 8120, other funds appropriated, the secretary may prescribe to local military commanders to provide funds amounts for damage that is incident to the armed forces in a foreign country. section 8121, none of the funds y be used to conduct any >> none of the funds may be used to cancel the modernization program of records for c-130 aircraft. section 8123, none of the funds may be used by the secretary to reduce the force structure of a hayes field in portugal. section 8124, none of the operation and maintenance fund may be used in contravention of 41106 of title 49 united states code. sec

>> our joy bower.>> kate, come over, have one. >> really? >> try the kernel. do it here so we can see your face after you eat it. >> good? >> they're really, really good. and then i think -- >> how do you order them? on-line. okay. nourish snacks.com. probably on our website too. who's coming this week, i'm not sure, do you know? she's coming this week, and i was reading her -- wednesday. her sixth book, this is regis and joy's oldest daughter joanna called "since last summer" the next book after her last summer book and she's a terrific writer. they're good and really fun and you want to know what happens -- >> and we love regis too. >> supposedly for young adult reading but i like it. it's a lot of fun ♪ everyone has a moment ♪ that changes their life >> singing. ♪ suddenly clear in that moment ♪ >> that is music, hoda. okay. this month's winner is lisa from slidell. >> slidell? >> she is -- remember we asked, mix it up a little bit and wanted to do a wonderful love story. >> yeah. everyone has a lov