of department. department of energy had bright something of those materials and packaging them for ommercial use for radiation plants. they did that, shipped copsules andlants around the country the capsule started to leak. department of energy had to ring them all back and it is now storing leaking capsules and challenge.n up so it is not that easy to reuse these materials because they are hazardous, because recycling them often will produce more throwing themjust away. host: and can humans do this work? exposure to is radioactivity? guest: there is a lot, but of ainly there are forms adioactivity that are so concentrated humans cannot physically access them and they using roboticsse and remote handling, introducing other challenges when you try to clean up highly radioactive sites. is it, how ngerous much exposure can a human stand nuclear waste? guest: well, there was a study collapse, the el potential scenario at hanford and they found that if there seismic event that caused a collapse of both of the as a building l that is right next to them, workerss plausible, that in the vicinity could get e

the department of energy's own estimates for yucca mountain say that the nuclear waste fund will only pay about 80% of the total life cycle costs or about $77 billion. the remaining $19 billion will have to come from an annual appropriations voted by this congress. that means more money for this project paid by taxpayers, but it does not have to be that way. in 2012, the department of energy did its own cost assess ment and concluded that all other costs like transportation being equal, walking away from yucca mountain and starting with a new repository site in a deep, deep salt bed or deep shell formation would actually save between $12 billion and $27 billion over the life of the repository. before we spend any more taxpayer dollars on yucca mountain, we need to ask the department of energy experts to come before us and explain what they learned about repository costs in their previous studies. beyond that, we need new cost studies on geological disposal and repositories, studies that include the lessons learned from recent progress with repositories in europe. and new studies that

. >> i am extremely concerned about what happened yesterday and how the department of energy can give us confidence that this will not happen again. >> reporter: it's something the department of energy can't do, after learning the tunnel was built solely of timber instead of concrete and steel as it originally said. >> we don't know exactly what could be causing it. >> reporter: what's more, a 2015 study commissioned by the department of energy itself warned of a collapse at the site, but nothing was done. >> okay, so is that what happened here, that maybe you took your eye off of this particular tunnel because you were looking at so many other projects? >> got a lot of different projects that we have to look at. >> in retrospect, was that a mistake? >> um, no. >> perhaps what's most disturbing, david, there are hundreds of feet more of this wooden tunnel that could be rotting away and officials admit they still don't have a plan to prevent future collapses. david. >> matt, thank you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday -- a boy pulled from a class

the department of energy says that there is no evidence that the tunnel has collapsed. t was the case. but someone from the department of energy says there is no evidence suggesting that the tunnel has collapsed. the facility deals with nuclear waste. and there is no report at the moment of any leakage. that news coming from the united states in the last few minutes. and the 11—year—old girl, an update on that story. she was on a school trip to drayton manor theme park and she died after an incident involving the splash canyon ride. she was airlifted to hospital but paramedics and doctors were not able to save her. the company director of drayton manor theme park issued a statement saying staff were alerted that an ii—year—old saying staff were alerted that an 11—year—old girl had entered the water, trained park staff from each scene and attended to the patient and west midlands air ambulance arrived and

bush white house, department of energy, and department of defense. mr. rapuano has also served in the marine corps and as a marine corps reservist serves in an iraq service group. he has been nominated for homeland defense and security, a position which he would be charged of overseeing policy and encountering weapons of mass destruction, cyber spice, mission definition, dispense support of the civil authorities and the homeland defense activities of the department of defense. if confirmed, all three of these nominees will be instrumental on a number of cross-cutting issues within the department including various aspects of the strategy to defeat the isis threat encountering the russian maligned threat of our political institutions. the committee looks forward to hearing your views on these and other complex issues and thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> mr. cameron, we will begin with you. come. >> thank you, or mr. chairman, senator read, members of the committee of arms services it is an honor to appear before you this morning as a nominee to be ass

department of energy with national labs in the u.s. department of defense. we have seven tasks on this project. many are being completed in parallel with various completion dates and they were investigating specifically how emp propagates and how power systems were testing the equipment to understand that what level we begin to see damage from emp events and combining the threats and vulnerabilities to understanding more complete picture, a holistic picture of emp impacts infrastructure. this provides methodologies and tools to support risk informed decision. it's our intention to communicate throughout the process. for example, in february we released publicly a report assessing the impacts on power transformers. we advanced a series of nuclear blast across the united states, we assess the value of each of those and used advanced modeling, assessment techniques as well as conservative assessment criteria and engineering judgments throughout. : the utility industry is poised to take further action and more scientific research enables these actions be both ap

the omnibus increases funding in the department of energy office of science and arpa e that some .anted to cut but survived that congresswoman velazquez has led us on the puerto rico issue. includes vital funds to fund puerto rico's underfunded medicaid program and threatens fellow americans in puerto rico. democrats are very happy and give credit to in a bipartisan the billionbara lee dollars in humanitarian assistance in africa and the middle east, saving countless lives around the world. maybe 1.5 million children will die of mall nutrition in africa. d takes us to the biomedical research. i served with mrs. lowey on the h.h.s. subcommittee and the national institutes of health is this place that has the biblical power to cure. it has scientific opportunity. and where there is scientific opportunity, we want to place additional resources. lives depend on it. in stark contrast to a skinny budget that came out earlier, this legislation increases funding for the national institutes of health by $2 billion and i want to say on that, as we relish that $2 billion and what it could mean in

energy sense. soledad: we know president trump likes reality tv. so he should really love the show challenge swap never heard of it? it is produced by the department of energy. every episode features a face-off between rival teams looking for, wait for it, wasted energy in each other's operations. it is actually kind of riveting. the host is maria vargas. she is the head of the better buildings program of the department of energy. the web series gives competing organizations a chance to learn from each other and educate the public at the same time. season one was whole foods versus hilton hotels worldwide. in a nut shell, energy professionals nitpick each other's efforts -- finding faults in everything from wasted water, to light fixtures, and heating units. if you're laughing, well the first season got over 50 million media impressions and 300 thousand youtube views. season two the us airforce academy versus the us naval acamy -- drew 1 .5 million views. season three pits boston against atlanta, with the rivals touring airports, libraries, and water treatment plants. exciting! the doe says because of challenge swap, billions of dollars have been

because again it's not just dod, department of energy, department of homeland security. >> ultimately the white house has a very important role in the national security council. >> and they should be coordinating, leading an effort to come up with doctrine as well as organizational changes in personnel augmentations or movement? >> i believe they should be setting those expectations. i believe that executive order issued by the president last week is a long way to identifying the challenges and setting in motion the steps to identify the issues that need to be addressed. >> quickly, any comments in this regard? >> senator i agree with mr. rapuano's assessment. i would only add that the problem is magnified when you look at the threat these activities pose to our allies and so there would need to be coordination, not just among the us government, but with our owl eyes, cyber, but clear there is more work to be done. >> ms. bingon, we had a chance to talk on this topic in the office and that is particularly after the data breach shift there was a huge shift back to dod, but now, we have

department of energy, national labs and the u.s. department of defense. we have seven tasks on this project. many of these tasks are being completed in parallel with various complected completion dates over the remaining two years of the project. we're seeking greater characterization of the threat and investigating specifically how emp propagates and couples to power systems. we are testing that equipment to understand at what level do we begin to see damage from emp events. and then we are combining the threats and the vulnerabilities to understanding a more complete picture, a wholistic picture of emp impacts to infrastructure. together this information provide methodologies and tools to support risk informed decision. of course, it's our intention to communicate our research findings to public policy-makers and other stakeholders throughout the process. for example, in february we released publicly a report assessing the impacts of h-emp generated e-3 energy wave on bulk power transformers. we advanced a series of test nuclear blasts across the united

we are also collaborating closely with the department of energy and national labs and the u.s. department of defense. we have seven tasks on the project. many are being completed in parallel with various expected completion dates over the two years in the project. we are seeking greater characterization of the threat as it relates to the infrastructure. we are investigating specifically how it topples with the power systems and we are testing that to understand at what level did we begin to see damage, then we are combining the threats and vulnerabilities to understand the more complete picture of the holistic picture of the impact and infrastructure. together, this information provides methodologies and tools to support the risk informed decisions and of course, it is our intention to communicate research findings through public policy makers and other stakeholders throughout the process. for example in february we released a report assessing the impact of the generated energy wave on the bulk power transformers. we advanced a series of nuclear blasts across the united states a

because again, it's not just dod, it's the department of energy, it's the department of homeland security. >> i think ultimately the white house has a very important marshaling role in the national security council staff. >> and they should be coordinating leading an effort to come up with doctrine as well as organizational changes and personnel augmentations or movements; is that fair? >> i believe they should be setting those expectations. i believe that the executive order issued by the president last week goes a long way to identifying the challenges and setting in motion the steps to start to identify the issues that need to be addressed. >> any comments in this regard, mr. karem? >> i agree with mr. rapuano's assessment. i would only add the problem is only magnified when you look at the threat these activities pose with our allies. there needs to be coordination not just with the u.s. government but with our allies. nato is a step in the right direction but clearly there is more work that needs to be done. >> ms. binghan, we had a chance to talk about this topic, particularly at th

department of energy has been raising its estimates of u.s. production.publishing his neck short-term outlook. tomorrow, it may reset up with again. vonnie: how will a rock respond -- how will iraq respond? julien: iran has had something of a free ride in the first phase of this, the first six months, has been allowed to increase production. it has largely done that. it has sort of got into a limit in iran of what it is able to produce that more investment, both domestic and foreign. so, i think iran will be in a position to freeze its output and cannot raise much quickly. the big question is faced fariraq. they have not -- the big question is iraq. the have not agreed with outputs. they have quite ambitious capacity expansion the second half of the year and into 2018 with these big projects of foreign investors in the south. they and other opec members will find it more difficult to comply with cuts in the second half of this year than they have in the first. mark: julian, great to see you. ahead, akzonobel rejects a third takeover bid from ppg. we will

may think it is the main mission of the department of energy. hird of the budget goes to overseaing the vast nuclear arsenal and the policies that deal with handling and disposing of the dangerous nuclear material. when countries like north korea, russia seem to be strengthening and not weakening the nuclear capabilities. larry: a developing story. a youth soccer coach is facing serious allegations involving a 7-year-old. also -- the bill passes but why the prognosis is uncertain. dispute is an international standoff. 99-year-old d.c. woman squares off with south korea. >> "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. team is watching the radar and the skies as the rain moves closer to our area. >> this is west of the appalachian mountains. it's moving in our direction. we have seen the cloudiness move in, during the day. that is pushing in. most of the moisture is west. what will happen between now and 3:00 in the morning we have the moisture off the atlantic ocean. we have moisture from the gulf. it will give us probability of rain and high likelihood wit

with the department of energy is world-class technology to improve healthcare and quality of life for our veterans. secretary shulkin of the va will also be traveling this week to commemorate va research week speaking at the brain trust pathways event in boston on wednesday. this event brings together public and private experts in research, treatment and prosthetics and id and other specialties to focus on new and innovative ways to support veterans coping with the effects of dramatic brain injury and head trauma. the state department had a few briefings today on the next step in addressing the assad regime and the horrors it is committed on the syrian people. the trump administration believes syria's lyrical future should be designed by syrians in a free, credible and transfer process. we believe in a free process it's unimaginable the series will choose to continue under the assad leadership. syria will never be stable and secure as long as assad is imparted the assad regime sought to a new level of depraved and it is denser with similar and additional support from russia and iran.

. >> i am extremely concerned about what happened yesterday and how the department of energy can giveence that this will not happen again. >> reporter: it is something the department of energy can't do. after learning the tunnel was built solely of timber instead of concrete and steel as it originally said. >> whether it is the radiation, moisture, heavy snowfalls that we had this winter just don't know exactly what could be causing it. combination of those. >> reporter: what's more. a 2015 study commissioned by the department of energy warned of a collapse at the site, but nothing was done. >> so is that what happened here, that maybe you took your eye off of this particular tunnel because you were looking at so many other projects? >> got a lot of projects that we have got to look at. >> in retrospect is that a mistake? >> no. >> reporter: perhaps what is most disturbing there are hundreds of feet more of that wooden tunnel possibly ride rotting away. officials admit they didn't have a plan to prevent future collapses. matt gutman, abc news, hanford, washington. >>> many pro sports

but someone from the department of energy says there is no evidence suggesting that the tunnel has collapsed. the facility deals with nuclear waste. and there is no report at the moment of any leakage. that news coming from the united states in the last few minutes. and the 11—year—old girl, an update on that story. she was on a school trip to drayton manor theme park and she died after an incident involving the splash canyon ride. she was airlifted to hospital but paramedics and doctors were not able to save her. the company director of drayton manor theme park issued a statement saying staff were alerted that an 11—year—old girl had entered the water, trained park staff from each scene and attended to the patient and west midlands air ambulance arrived and airlifted her to hospital. we're all shocked and devastated and i thoughts are with herfamily devastated and i thoughts are with her family and friends at this tremendously difficult time. let s get more now on the election campaign. jeremy corbyn has said there will be a ‘day of reckoning' for the rich and powerful if labour wins the el

at right here in washington state where the department of energy declared a state of emergency at theheford nuclr site after a tunnel storing contaminated radioactive materials collapsed as the subject of our last segment. the collapse, which was discoverered tuesday, forceded hundndreds of workers to take cover, to shelter in place to avoid potentiaial exposure. locastatation king 5 5 obtainend this video from a worker describing the scene.. report forrsonnel furtrther instruction. all p personnelel should refrain [inaudible] is either a drill or an emergency. [sirens] got to take cover. amamy: hananford is the e nati's momost polluted nuclear weapons production site. the site has been leakaking radioactive waste on and off for years. the energy department claims no radioactive contamination has been reported so far from tuesday's tunnel collapse. but edwin lyman from the union of concerned scientists said -- "collapse of the earth covering the tunnels could lead to a considerable radiological release." now the state of washington's department of ecology's nuclear waste program has ann

department of energy rick perry. you? ainsley: thank you. we are great. how do you think the president can stop all of these leaks? what needs to happen? >> number one have a cadre of people around you that are loyal. that believe in your philosophy. want to go where you want to go. i will be pretty blunt about it those that want to govern through leaking go work somewhere else. brian: who are they? you have been in charge of the state that decides the most countries. how do you quickly. can you offer advice to do that. >> having people that you know are going to be loyal to you. that is something that -- the advice that i would give is have people truly loyal to you, to your vision, the president knows who those individuals are and sort it through and, again, ask people, you know, what ised in the best interest of america? and if out gossipping, passing along leaks is your idea of patriotism, i greatly disagree with you. find another place to work. steve: sure. it's good advice. governor, the president is in a pickle

were talking about the base budget for the department of it defense and then the department of energy. the 640 billion you would recommend what have additional 60 billion in overseas contingency. is that a ballpark? >> i think all of the s estimate is 65 billion and operating and we can get into more discussion about that. this is under budget categories the account which includes the nsa and department of energy and some other things. it's not all straggly pentagon. >> this is not trying to change the long-standing practice of putting base cost in the oak oh account. in other words there's some people have been trying to say we been trying to take some of those were cost in overseas contingency budget many of which are based budget related to put them back in the base. you don't have enough money to do that,. >> it does not accomplish that goal. i think that's a worthwhile conversation to have. what concerns me is if there is just transfers into the base budget and people call it a defense increase, it will not be accurate. it will not tell you the facts that you have not increased a

today they were named the winner of department of energy national science bowl. they beat out 15 other finalists to went $1,000. >>> everybody is talking about the beautiful warm weather we're having. it is about to get down right hot. take a look. here's more on the cal forecast. here's what's going to happen hour by hour forecast tomorrow. it is going to warm up quickly. tomorrow morning you start at 62 degrees. you're 30 degrees hotter coming in at 92. so make sure you stay hydrated and cool. try to find some shade. a lot of homes do not have a/c. live doppler not showing any radar returns. we're not expecting them. you will notice it is nothing but clear sky across the bay area. and here's a look at our highs so far. it has been hot up to 81. oakland airport, 87 degrees. a degree away from its official record for today. 87 in san jose. that could be challenging. 72 in half moon bay. people are enjoying the sun and the water. 75 in san francisco. 78 in oakland. pretty cool right now in half moon bay in comparison to the rest of the area. 87 degrees in livermor

and department of energy and other things not all strictly pentagon. >> this is not trying to change the long standing practice of putting base costs in the oco account. in other words there are some people who have been saying what we should try to do is take all of this, quote-unquote, war costs in the overseas contingency operation budget many of which are now base budget related and try to put them back in the base. you don't have enough money here to do that, right? this is not accomplishing that goal. >> it does not. i think that is a worth while conversation to have. what concerns me is that if there is just transfers from o.c.o. into the base budget and people call it a defense increase it will not be accurate. it will not tell you the facts, which is you really haven't increased anything at all. you just changed the label on the money. i still think it is a worth while conversation to have mainly because putting base requirements into o.c.o. makes it very difficult to plan and means the money is not spent as efficiently as it could be. and yet we have become very dependent up

week to announce the vets project, a joint effort between the veterans administration and department of energyo help data map veterans health rorsd and solve health related issues of veterans. this partnership part of the attempt to modernizing the systems we use to care for our nation's heroes brings together the va healthcare and genetic data from its million veteran program with the department of energy world class technology to improve health care and quality of life for our veterans. secretary shulkin will also be traveling to commemorate va research week speaking at the brain trust path ways event in boston wednesday. this brings together public and private experts in research, prosthetic, i.t. and other specialties to focus on new ways to support veterans coping with the effects of traumatic brain injuries an head trauma. the state department also had a few briefings today on the next step in addressing the assad regime and the horrors it has committed on the syrian people. the trump administration believes syria's political future should be decided by syrians in a free, credible an tra

this is the budget categories, the 050 account which includes the nsa and department of energy and otherthings, >> this is not trying to change the long-standing practice of putting some base costs in the o5o account. in other words there are people who have been saying what we should try to do is take all those war costs in the overseas contingency operations budget, many of which are based budget related and try to do proper budgeting, but back in the space. you don't have enough money to do that, this is not polishing that bowl. >> it does not accomplishthat goal. that is a worthwhile conversation to have , what concerns me is that if there's just transfers from o.c.o. into the base budget and people call it a defense increase, it will not be accurate. it will not tell you the facts which is you really have increased anything at all, change the label on the money. i think it's worthwhile conversation to have because putting base requirements into o.c.o.makes it difficult . and means the money is not spent as efficiently as it could be and yet we have become very dependent on that over

department of energy and environment. he wants more people to start enjoying the rivers. and what they have to offer, especially one aspect of the rivers. >> the catfish, in particular, are getting cleaner. if you get any snakehead, by any means, take it home, filet it and put it on the grill. we are trying to get the snakehead out of here and they are good tasting fish. >> reporter: christopher jones has a sweet job getting paid much of his time to be on the river, but it is also rewarding in another way. >> it works both ways because you enjoy yourself and then get a feeling like that. people appreciate what you do. so it makes me feel good, i love it. >> reporter: along the anascostia river, mark seagraves, news4. >>> and if you're putting money on the preakness today, a lot of people are dreaming again, always dreaming. the horse that won the kentucky derby is the favorite up in 6:45 tonight. that's always dream right here taking an early practice on the track this past week. now, always dreaming and classic empire. they are the two favorites. our coverage on nbc4 begi

and plenty of things done in the department of agriculture and department of energy and department of commerce and let the country see what a real administration focused on substance is like and ignore the press corps. the doesn't do the president to good to get in a twitter fight with the new york times and news guys. the president and his team are attracting business. and cutting regulations and developing better trade policiesless and that's what the white house ought to be talking about. go back from all of that balonnie and talk in a substantive way. >> sean: in the age of social media where he can reach people on twitter, facebook and social media than he will reach in the press conference before sean spicer and sarah huckabee. and go directsly to the american people and don't do interviews with lester holt that is sent over to cnn so they rip it apart every way and side ways. >> yeah. look, my advice would be to use the white house prisz room with no press and have them come in. whether it is spicer and sarah has done a very good job. >> sean: so has spicer. >> and then sean, i

administration -- commitment to modernizing the used brings together's from its program with the department of energy's healthcareto improve nd quality of life for our veterans. the va secretary will travel va week to commemorate researc research week. the state department had a few briefings today on the next step assad regime the on the horrors committed american people. in a free ieve that process, it's unimaginable that syrians will continue under assad's leadership. the assad regime has sunk to a new level and has done so with unconditional support from russia and iran. for these reasons we continue to political transition process contained in resolution 254 and support the political process taking place under u.n. geneva.t in as you can see, it's going be a busy week for the president, the cabinet, and staff leading up to the president's first foreign friday.at launches this we take off for saudi arabia later on friday and i plan to master here mc hopefully tomorrow to walk through the trip with further detail. that, your questions. >> in china as the director say u.s. is forming a working group

s unpair relled health care and genetic data from its million veteran program with the department of energy's world class technology to improve health care and quality of life for our veterans. secretary shul kin of the v.a. will also be traveling this week to commemorate v.a. research week, speaking at the brain trust pathways event in boston on wednesday. this event brings together public and private experts in research, treatment, prosthetics, i.t. and other specialties to focus on new and innovative ways to support veterans coping with the effects of brain injury and head trauma. the state department also had a few briefings on the next step in addressing the assad regime and the horrors it has committed on the syrian people. the trump administration believes that syria's political future should be decided by syrians in a free, credible and transparent process. however, we believe that in a free process it's unimaginable that the syrians will continue under assad's leadership. the assad regime is up to a new level of depravity, and it has done so with seemingly unlimited support from russ

a spokesperson for the department of energy says workers do not patrol tunnel site collapsed up to 4ore. >>> it's been a tough six weeks for united airlines. a scorpion has been spotted on a united plane for the second time in less than a month. it happened on a flight from houston bound for ecuador. the airline says the scorpion crawled out of a passenger's clothing as the plane was preparing to take off. paramedics determined no one has been stung. it took off about three and a half hours late. last month a man was stung by a scorpion on a united flight from houston to calgary. >>> this is wake up washington on wusa9. >>> president trump contradicts what some top white house advisers have said about the firing of fbi director james comey. he said he was going to fire comey regardless of rod rosen >> happy friday, we're going to have a cloudy start and wet finish. we have weather and traffic. it is a yellow alert day. >> this is between about 4 and 6:00 we're going to have showers come into your area, so the latter part of your commute home is going to be on the wet side. we're goin

department of energy rein environment in the cleanup effort. >>> crews in the district trying to prevent from permeating the city. they will start spraying the trees. left untreated, the fruit gives off a really bad odor. it starts in ward 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. there are no other female trees in the other two wards. spraying starts at 9:00 p.m. until 6:00 in the morning for the next few nights weather permitted. >> smells better, the hotter it is outside. >> yeah, that's one way to put it. >> it's even worse. >> yeah. >> oh, my gosh. it's awful. >> speaking of, we have weather to talk about over the next 24 hours. >> tomorrow is a storm team 4 weather alert day. there's a line of strong thunderstorms moving in th that's a good thing. you don't want the commute -- >> the morning commute is safe. >> no storms in the heat of the afternoon. we want them later, and we'll have plenty of clouds in place tomorrow, so that's always going to help limit severe weather potential. here's the thing. breezy throughout the day, winds in place for the potential of gusty damaging winds i talked about earlier

there are plenty of things being done at the department of agriculture, the department of energy, the department of commerce. let the country see what a real administration focused on substance is like and ignore the press corps. it doesn't it doesn't do the president any good to get involved with a twitter fight with the "new york times" and cbs news and all of these guys. just gives them a new excuse to avoid the real news and the real news is that president trump and his team are cutting regulations and attracting businesses and developing better trade policies and frankly that's what the white house ought to be talking about. get off all of this baloney and go back to things in a substantive way about what we're doing. >> sean: do you agree with me in the age of social media where he can reach more people on twitter instagram and facebook than he'll ever reach in any press conference or before sean spicer and mike huckabee's daughter, sarah, i mean, and go directly to the american people? and don't do any more interviews with lester holt which then is sent over their cable channel

. >> reporter: the department of energy says no radiation has escaped from the damaged tunnel, hanfordas a long history of problems. plutonium used to make nuclear weapons for 40 years left a contaminated mess of buildings and equipment. this includes 56 million-gallons of radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks, some of which have leaked. hanford is often described as the most-polluted site in the country. >> a major earthquake, a major fire at the site with all these toxic, much of them flammable liquids, could cause a disaster beyond our imagination. >> reporter: the cleanup at hanford started more than 25 years ago, but it's far from finished, scott, latest estimates show it's likely to take at least another 30 years before the work sheer is complete. >> thanks. >>> a new daughter: uh oh. irreplaceable monkey protection. detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria, but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. lysol. what it takes to protect. and you're about in to hit 'send all' on some embarrassing gas. hey, you bought gas-x®! unlike antacids,

of energy to help data mapped health record and self health related issues for veterans. this partnership brings together the das unparalleled healthcare and genetic data from its million veteran programs with the department of energy's world-class technology to improve healthcare and quality of life for veterans. secretary shall can of the virginia will also be traveling this week to commemorate virginia research week. speaking at the brain trust pathways event at boston and wednesday. this brings together experts in many specialties to focus on new and innovative ways to support veterans coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury and head trauma. the state department has a few briefings today and the next step in addressing the assad regime and the horrors it has committed on the searing people. the trump administration believes syrian should decide in a free incredible transparent process. we also believe any free process it's unimaginable that syrians will continue under a sides leadership. syria will never be stable and secure as long as assad is in power. the assad regime has sunk to a new level of depravity. it's time so with unconditional support from russia and iran. we support the politic

department of energy, california energy commission and a local heating contractor all told us there was no such law. >> the minimum efficiency for furnaces in california is 80%, so there's no code that requires high efficiency furnaces. >> we notified first person about our finding, and it said that our home warranty contracts has terms, conditions and limitations, as a result there may be out of pocket costs for some items or repairs. first american said it would work with charlene on a resolution, but charlene said no resolution was everybody offered. we showed our contractor the work order from first american. >> it states right in here, 92% efficient furnace. >> he said that was not what was installed in charlene's home. >> it's 80%. >> it is an 80%? >> reporter: it was also a different model. the work order paid for a payne heater, that was 96% efficient. charlene told us a contractor who installed her coleman originally bought a heater that didn't fit. he found another heater to replace it. the contractor said he was following instructions from first american. we reached out to fi

research for low-cost clean energy, even though experts predict nearly $8 trillion of global investment and renewable energy over the next 25 years. it devastates the department of energy loan program that spurs private investment and pays for itself. believe me, i've worked at every level of government. i've been in the private sector, too. and i know that there is waste in every level of government. there's waste in the federal government. there are programs that make no sense. there are decisions that we make that make no sense. and we need to strive every day to become better stewards of taxpayer dollars. i don't think we do a good enough job in this place of oversight of how taxpayer dollars are being used. but this budget does not target waste. this budget doesn't target fraud and abuse. it targets who we are as a nation and what we hope for for the next generation. in these times the american dream is not something that we can take for granted. it is the product of choices that ar our forebearers have mae and choices we make, choices to invest in the future to look out for one another and ensure that all americans have opportunities to make the most of

department of energy, california energy commission and a local heating contractor all told us there wasno such law. >> the minimum efficiency for furnaces in california is 80%, so there's no code that requires high efficiency furnaces. >> we notified first person about our finding, and it said that our home warranty contracts has terms, conditions and limitations, as a result there may be out of pocket costs for some items or repairs. first american said it would work with charlene on a resolution, but charlene said no resolution was everybody offered. we showed our contractor the work order from first american. >> it states right in here, 92% efficient furnace. >> he said that was not what was installed in charlene's home. >> it's 80%. >> it is an 80%? >> reporter: it was also a different model. the work order paid for a payne heater, that was 96% efficient. charlene told us a contractor who installed her coleman originally bought a heater that didn't fit. he found another heater to replace it. the contractor said he was following instructions from first american. we reached out to fir

department of energy and environment. ore people to start enjoying the rivers and especially one aspect of the rivers. >> well, the catfish, in particular, are getting cleaner. and if you get any snake head, by all means, take it home, filet it and take it home. because that is some good tasting fish. >> reporter: he says it is rewarding in another way. >> you enjoy yourself and you know people appreciate what you do. so it makes me feel good, i love it. >> reporter: along the river, mark accostia, news4. >>> if you're putting money on the preakness, many people are always dreaming. the horse that won the preakness is the one that has won before. the possible champ. >> reporter: we will see them break away in quick order, but if one breaks away, they will quickly pick up on it. >> the race happens at 6:45 tonight. a reminder that coverage here on nbc4 starts at 5:00. >>> and this is an interesting fact besides the bragging right and the garter. the vase is worth $4 million. no american trophy is worth $1 million. the vase

that is the whole defense function, which includes the department of energy portion of the budget as well. that is also particularly in the omb material, you'll see the plus 54. our portion of that increase was the $52 billion you see on this graph. let me pause and hand off to the general to walk through a little bit of our readiness story. >> next chart, please. the fy '18 request picks up after the supplemental appropriation for fiscal year '17. '17 was about addressing immediate war fighting readiness. in '18, we want to continue to build a baseline from which to move forward from regarding readiness. you see continued significant investment in the aspect of unit preparedness. training, maintenance and modernization, to restore war fighting readiness while setting conditions for future sustained comprehensive readiness. when we say comprehensive readiness, this being the balance between the capacity, the capability, and mission preparedness of our units. this budget also supports combat and commander exercises and engagements to increase joint training capability, invest in criti