colvin, thank you. now, i think you've been advised by the staff that we have a number of standard nominee questions that we simply have to go through with all of our nominees. the first is, is there anything you're aware of in your background that would create a conflict of interest? >> no. >> do you know of any reason that would prevent you from discharging your responsibilities to the office of which you've been nominated? >> no. >> do you agree with our reservation to respond to appear and testify before any dully constituted committee of the congress if you're confirmed? >> yes. >> very good. let me start by reflecting on your plans after confirmation. i'ming itly struck by how at agency has changed over the years. you were there between 1994, and 2001. you joined the agency as deputy commissioner in 2010. so obviously you've seen a lot and learned a lot. and particularly, in terms of your plans for the next two years, i have been struck by the comments that you've made about new technologies. and

colvin improvements. she has made a strong push to make social security information more user-friendly and accessible to a broader swath of americans. she has made social security work more efficiently with other federal partners. and she has devoted significant time and resources to addressing the needs of the many disabled americans the agency serves. and i am very pleased that that colvin,case, ms. because a few weeks ago we had a hearing that the at those with chronic disease, and right next to ms. mikulski was a person from georgia who had done everything right in america and had been pounded with one illness after another in the table was almost overflowing with medications she had to take every day because she depends on that disability program that you have focused on. so i have no doubt that you are going to continue that important work, that advocacy work for disabled americans once confirmed. the hearing today is an opportunity for the committee and ms. colvin to guarantee the association -- gu

bruce bochy's bench has been depleted because sandoval hurt, had to use colvin earlier in the game.lot of options. >> matt: yeah, it's a brand-new story here after morse's home run has tied it at 3. >> eric: that thing was crushed, too. michael morse, watching him in bp, man. he can hit some balls a long way. >> matt: well, he is a big old boy. blanco taps it to second for falu. and one away. and i suspect he knew it as soon as he got ahold of it. >> eric: that thing might have just landed. almost knocked it -- he's fired up. watch it. watch. oh, yeah. helpless feeling as a pitcher. that was second deck. second deck line drive. >> matt: so now brandon crawford with the run in and one away here in the ninth. so not only is that the first blown save by huston street this year, it ends what was the longest active streak in converting save opportunities dating back to last year. street had gone 23 in a row. crawford pops it up. two away. >> eric: again, you get back and look at the inning. one of the things that bud black was talking to us prior to the game and huston street and his suc

fifth starter pitched like their ace chavez k's hunter pence looking in the 3rd chavez k's tyler colvin looking to end the 4th chavez k's joe panik to end the 5th chavez: 6 ip, 4 hits, 0 runs, 9 k's bot 6th1-0 a's juan guiterrez on in relief of ryan vogelsong and alberto callaspo takes the first pitch he throws and smacks a 2-run double to deep right center 3-0 a's final: 5-0 a's a's improve to 56-33 and 8-1 in interleague play giants drop to 49-40 and 1 game back of idle dodgers speaking of the game zero weeks from tomorrow night they're going to now put beer in a vending machine. you promote whatever you can to get a little bit of publicity. that is what those in minneapolis were doing. you can buy four types of the year at the all-star game.; but the. bud light. shock top. then in cand. this yankees fan caught sleeping by espn is suing espn for defamation he is saying the announcers were making fun of him and they kept going back to him with his children. discouraging words were used. he has an attorney and he is going to court. everyone in the nba is waiting for it low braun james t

the giants opted tyler colvin. and there were rumors dan uggla released, those were not true, at least not for now. set to get two players back soon. pgaen will start a rehab assignment in arizona and brandon belt expected to rejoin the team some time during this current road trip. >> they won. right. one more time. whew. >>> san francisco transportation experts will be in the south bay today to talk abt putting san jose's billions of dollars worth of public transportation to good use. the city's planning an urban research association says despite all the money that's being spent on improving mass transit has not changed much in the last 40 years. the association will offer research and recommendations for thousand make it easier to get around in the south bay with public transit. you can expect more lane closures on the golden gate bridge for the rest of the week as construction crews can plan to prepare an removable median. from 9:00 tonight until 5:00 tomorrow morning, the northbound right lane will be closed. v

with that let me turn to my colleague and friend, carolyn colvin, social security administration. >> thank you, secretary perez. the social security and medicare programs are crucially important for the millions of americans who receive benefits. roughly 95% of americans are receiving or can expect to receive benefits from the program in the future. as trustees, we are responsible for overseeing and annually reporting on the status of the two programs. the combined social security trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted in 2033 if no legislative changes are made between now and then. at that time continuing income would be sufficient to support 77% of scheduled benefits. this year, the year of combined trust fund reserve depletion is unchanged from last year's report. lawmakers should act soon to address this imbalance in order to gradually phase in necessary changes. this will give workers, employers, and beneficiaries time to adjust to whatever changes are made. the long-range actuarial status shown in this year's report is slightly less favorable than that shown in th

colvin was optioned to aaa fresno this evening. >>> a's and astros. series rubber game from minute maid park. jason hammel back on the hill for the a's, acquired from the cubs on july 4th, sporting that 7.11 e.r.a. a's down 4-0 in the first. 6-0 houston after one. many the fifth now, oakland still trailing, 6-1. john singleton's turn, opposite field, two-run homer amount. the scoring is complete. that ends hamil ace day. his e.r.a. an astronomical 9.35. the a's lose 8-1. >>> while the former athletics third baseman eric chavez has come to an end. chavez retired today after being on the disabled list with the arizona diamondbacks and not seeing action since june 8th. a first round draft pick by oakland back in 1996, he finishing as a career .268 hitter. >>> and finally, 49ers back at work today minus linebacker aldon smith. smith absent from training camp earlier today. he was meeting with the l.a. city attorney's a office, a requirement after his april arrest at l.a.x. as announced earlier this month, smith will not be charged for allegedly making a f

after yesterday's win over the piratings, the giants option tyler colvin to aaa fresno and rue nors that dan uggla was released, those were not true. >> while the giants might be shopping around for help, two of their stars could be returning within a matter of dies. >> amy gutierrez has our orange and black update. >> reporter: good morning everyone. well finally the san francisco giants got a win after dropping six straight and five on this recent home stand. the men in orange and black were able to salvage a 7-5 victory over the pirates on wednesday afternoon. and the threat of losing their first six-game home stand in san francisco history was over. >> huge game. no question about it. we can eat solid food here for a while now. to come in here and play like this at home, it's not fun for these guys. >> reporter: fans can probably expect to see brandon belt activated with the team on the this road trip. they will also see angel pgaen begin a rehab start today in arizona with the giants rookie ball team. that is your giant's update, i'm amy gutierrez for "today in the bay." >> thanks a

at the army heritage and education center that is accessible in the exhibit, in this case, it is colvin titus. he won and metal of honor for daring and valiant conduct. he was one of the first soldiers to scale the wall during the boxer rebellion. this code will take your cell phone to a recording of his actual oral history. >> this is something that took place a long time ago and has followed me. i cannot get away from it. [laughter] >> the wall looks like the one you scaled? >> it is a very good representation of it. as you see that fellow standing on top, that would have been impossible. those stones are rented -- rounded on top and narrow. nobody could stand up there unless he was in acrobat. >> what did you think at the time you rescaling it? were you sure you would make it or did you have doubts about it? >> i thought i would make it all right. much afraid of that because i was a fairly good climber. of course, i never thought about what i was getting into. [laughter] i understand when president theodore roosevelt recently presented you with the metal -- medal it was on the parade