i'm going to call on secretary hickey to provide some detail. but i would say anytime you write a long-term, large plan that describes solving a complex problem, they are assumptions-based, and we rely on those assumptions being fulfilled. one of which there are no additional complicators added to the work load. and another assumption is that we're going to be funned for the thing wes say we need. if either of those things change it's going change the work flow. i believe the plan that you're referring to, the common operating plan, delivered in january, did not include vei as part of the discussion. the current estimate does. and so there is an additional requirement that we have accommodated. i think we can explain the difference in those two numbers. we have a resource plan now with submission of this budget, and i believe our latest estimates are accurate. let me just see if secretary hickey has anything to add. >> mr. chairman, we do create a plan, and then we look at our actuals and i know that most of you all have our individuals that are

northbound 208 at hickey. it's a head-on collision near hickey boulevard. the freeway was going on the wrong way. they got into a crash there. so 280 will be a mess in this area. at 8:03. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal. thank you. well, some sun to the south but a good rainband moving through. not too shabby. some of the rain totals have been more -- have been more than an inch. we have one band going through -- well, right now. but it's -- most of the rain is moving south. san jose is under mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy now. but still some rain on the peninsula, union city, hayward, right over marin county, right over san francisco, oakland, berkeley, richmond, san ban ploe bay and -- san pablo bay. all the way out to bethel island, hit up with thunderstorms to vallejo. there's some here. we got another system. temperatures are in the 50s. i would not be surprised if later today, maybe some more thunderstorms pop up. i will tell you why. the little low up towards eureka is still in northern california. i will have more on that coming up in our

northbound 208 at hickey. it's a head-on collision near hickey boulevard.meone on the freeway was going on the wrong way. they got into a crash there. so 280 will be a mess in this area. at 8:03. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal. thank you. well, some sun to the south but a good rainband moving through. not too shabby. some of the rain totals have been more -- have been more than an inch. we have one band going through -- well, right now. but it's -- most of the rain is moving south. san jose is under mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy now. but still some rain on the peninsula, union city, hayward, right over marin county, right over san francisco, oakland, berkeley, richmond, san ban ploe bay and -- san pablo bay. all the way out to bethel island, hit up with thunderstorms to vallejo. there's some here. we got another system. temperatures are in the 50s. i would not be surprised if later today, maybe some more thunderstorms pop up. i will tell you why. the little low up towards eureka is still in northern california. i will have more on that coming up

hilbtion hickey is here on the chief's behalf.a is here today and donna is going to tell you why. (applause) * >> good evening. my name is dianne rivera, and i have a cold. so, i hope you'll bear with me. i'm a member of the neighborhood emergency response team, and i am so pleased, as we all are, that nora has been chosen as the exemplary leader -- for receiving the exemplary leadership award for 2012. nora is a leader in her neighborhood and we all recognize her as a leader throughout the city. as a past coordinator nora has led her team in all aspects of nert training. nora does many other things for the nert program. she has organized youth groups, namely the red cross youth group, so they can act as victims during our triage drills. nora also participates in mini drills, outreach tabling programs, and she does continuing training. when nora is not doing this, she's working in the nert office organizing volunteers. nora is our resident ar extraordinaer. and what do i mean by that? nora has the ability through use of makeup to

thomas hickey turned aside by lundqvist. >> this is lundqvist at his best. the islanders came on a heavy charge against the new york rangers, but he held them off. >> second period, ryan cal athan with the open net. and in overtime, derrick broussard for the goal. and lundqvist gets the first shutout of the year. lightning/caps, out to a quick start, leading 2-0. alexander ovechkin, seven goals in the last five games. he leads the league with 27. tampa is trailing 5-4. there was a back hander to force overtime. then it was washington in overtime. >> mike green ends up blasting away. and makes up for that. continues to be red hot. with another snipe for the caps. >> sharks/stars. dallas up 1-0. ray whitney tipped in by alex chasen. six goals in six games. the stars are streaking. the final 2-1. >>> a peek at the west standings shows that dallas jumps to the good side of the dividing line. the red

including linda and grant hickey who ended up adopting her. >> good girl!ust fell in love with her off her facebook. yummy! >> reporter: but little did they know that the survivor would end up becoming a savior. for their 8-year-old son, johnny, who has autism. >> the relationship between them is unlike anything i can describe. he had issues with -- you know, social issues having autism. and she breaks that barrier for him. they are best friends. johnny talks to her. johnny sings to her. it is really remarkable that what this dog has done for johnny. >> most kids with autism really want to socially connect. they're really socially motivated and interested but they lack the skills to do so. sometimes a therapy dog can be a really amazing tool in order for foster social relationships. >> how do you explain the gift that this animal has brought to your family? >> you know what? i don't even know if i can explain it in words. it is just so heart warming to see it. i believe god has a plan, you know? and on february 11th a dog walked into my home. a dog walked i

you can turn around and get a hickey from a stranger. >> reporter: the unofficial unpermitted pot fest called 4/20 created a huge mess, the worst city workers have seen for the annual gathering. one park and rec employee said the revelers left 11 tons of trash. many employees came iny off their day off to clean it up. the event participants though said the number of people who came to the city that make up for the thousands of dollars the clean up is costing taxpayers. >> how much money did they bring in yesterday. did you see them? >> you didn't see them spending hoin though. they were buzzed and walking by. >> he says tour/20 participants -- 4/20 participants should get permits like anything else. >> don't go there and make a mess and think this childish behavior will be tolerated by the city. it won't be. >> the supervisor wants to take it a step further. she is considering persuading other city leaders to ban the gathering altogether. the 4/20 crowd was responsible for vandalism in surrounding >> it neighborhoods. >> it is not for medical reasons. it is for recreational reasons. we

you can turn around and get a hickey from a stranger. >> reporter: the unofficial unpermitted pot fest called 4/20 created a huge mess, the worst city workers have seen for the annual gathering. one park and rec employee said the revelers left 11 tons of trash. many employees came in on their day off to clean it up. the event participants though said the number of people who came to the city that make up for the thousands of dollars the clean up is costing taxpayers. >> how much money did they bring in yesterday. did you see them? >> you didn't see them spending hoin though. they were buzzed and walking by. >> he says tour/20 participants -- 4/20 participants should get permits like anything else. >> t and make a mess and think this childish behavior will be tolerated by the city. it won't be. >> the supervisor wants to take it a step further. she is considering persuading other city leaders to ban the gathering altogether. the 4/20 crowd was responsible for vandalism in surrounding neighborhoods. >> it is not for medical reasons. it is for recreational reasons. we have to crackdown be

paul hickey was on air last week and said one of these companies n particular, is the one to watch. >nd which one was the most high liquor lated to how earnings season played out five weeks after the stock reported. and ibm is the highest in the s&p 500. the key is to watch how big blue reacts. if there's a positive reaction, that's a positive sign for the market. >> dr. j., is that the stock to watch? >> when we talked microsoft and zboogle, i said google. now i will agree to say ibm is the stock, not for tech but for the s&p 500. >> why do you differentiate it that way? >> because it is so much dividend pay or dow stock not into nasdaq, but let me say this about ibm, there's not much to get excited. it's a 0% revenue growth rate. they have been missing on the top line. >> you don't pay for this company for revenue, though. you never have. it's a double-digit earnings grower because they have other things. 50% of their business occur in revenue. they are buying back a lot of stock and cutting costs. and they are in the process of shifting from this commodity hardware business, pcs in

the second one, hickey boulevard. >> the altamont pass, a slow-go.have an accident heading into livermore. the second concern is on the south ball, 110 northbound and tully road. >>> it is 5:39. a scary close call here. a plane forced to land without one of its wheels. we have the amazing video showing the landing that pilot was able to pull off. >>> the korean peninsula, it is possible the north may have already had missiles aimed at its neighbors to the south. "today in the bay" tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill with what the obama administration is doing to counter act the move. >>> the obama administration is placing a defense missile system to guam, our closest big milita military base in the region. they don't think north korea can hit guam. there are reports that a mid-range missile is being moved east in north korea, east towards a launching pad. that could mean these nuclear threats could now have something behind them to back them up. what does that really mean? the state department says they are in violation of international law.

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including linda and grant hickey, who ended up adopting her. >> good girl. >> i just fell in love withr facebook. yummy. >> reporter: but little did they know that the survivor would end up becoming a savior. for their 8-year-old son johnny, who has autism. >> kisses. >> reporter: the relationship between them is unlike anything i can describe. he has issues with, you know, social issues, having autism. and she breaks that barrier for him. they are best friends. johnny talks to her. >> xena! >> reporter: johnny sings to her. ♪ it's really remarkable what this dog has done for johnny. most kids with autism really want to socially connect. they're socially motive and interested. but often they lack the skills to do so. sometimes a therapy dog can be a really amazing tool in order to foster social relationships. >> reporter: how do you even explain the gift that this animal has brought to your family? >> you know what? i don't even know if i can explain it in words. it is just so heart warming to see it. i believe god has a plan, you know. and on february 11th, a dog walked into my home.

. >> congressman van hollen, robert hickey, the co-founder said this.'s one part of the proposal that is just, quote, stupid. those are his words. he has taken a republican idea, cutting social security benefits through the so-called chain cpi and made it his idea. less about the compromise or lack there of, that the republicans may be offering up. are we seeing now a battle between the progressives and the president? >> well, clearly you're going to see some very serious differences. the president has said this will reflect the real inflation, the real cost of living adjustments. >> what is the compromise? >> the concern many of us have is with respect to seniors who use an unusually large share of their income in the area of health care which rises more rapidly than other costs. that it may not be an accurate reflection of true costs and it may not capture their true costs. this will be something we'll look at in the coming weeks. the president will be putting his budget forward as you said on wednesday. that's when we'll get to see all the details. a

ernest hickey. story. he can imagine i wasn't surprised. said tom we're paying tens of millions of dollars to a lobbyist. i said jack abramoff, he said yes. i don't know what we're getting for it. that was the constant narrative. >> how did he play such a significant role? >> if you look at the -- there's two movies. tom rogers was in there and neil my former chief of staff has a book. there's the movie by kevin spacey, who plays jack abramoff, i like spacey. in that movie it shows emilie miller scorned by mike. the business partner of jack bob nabramoff. >> had to work for tom delay. >> that was a hollywood version. tom rogers started all of this. i praise him for starting all of this. he stood up on behalf of native-americans. he found out something was going on that didn't look like. -- it didn't look right or smell right. when you get to a certain level and you use members of congress to verify that this is a great lobbyist. keep hiring him. the native-americans unfortunately aren't getting that much a return, then it's not a healthy si

brian hickey, you are out there in blue canyon. i saw you out there and i know some of the drivers were caught offguard by this. and you said it's not blustery and windy. >> reporter: you can't blame them too much. it is spring. it's pregot a couple of inches of snow sheer at the 5,000 -- here at the 5,000-foot level. no wind yet. we've sort of just seen the wind pick up, occasionally blowing the snow out of the trees. i would say in the last hour temperatures have dropped. my forecaster agreeing with me that definitely colder here in the last hour. that's that cold air mass. sugar bowl ski resort reporting about 4 inches of snow. that's right at donner summit. chain controls are required to donner lake interchange which is over the summit. you can see here behind us at blue canyon 5,000 feet. the roadway is clear. conditions improvingen 0 the road -- improving on the roadway. but definitely come prepared. a springtime powder day who can complain about that? certainly not this guy. [laughter] >> all right. thank you. you can get th

brian hickey, you are out there in blue canyon. i saw you out there and i know some of the drivers were caught offguard by this. and you said it's not blustery and windy. >> reporter: you can't blame them too much. it is spring. it's pregot a couple of inches of snow sheer at the 5,000 -- here at the 5,000-foot level. no wind yet. we've sort of just seen the wind pick up, occasionally blowing the snow out of the trees. i would say in the last hour temperatures have dropped. my forecaster agreeing with me that definitely colder here in the last hour. that's that cold air mass. sugar bowl ski resort reporting about 4 inches of snow. that's right at donner summit. chain controls are required to donner lake interchange which is over the summit. you can see here behind us at blue canyon 5,000 feet. the roadway is clear. conditions improvingen 0 the road -- improving on the roadway. but definitely come prepared. a springtime powder day who can complain about that? certainly not this guy. [laughter] >> all right. thank you. you can get th

i'm going to call on secretary hickey to add some detail. let me just describe the situation that exists. we are in paper and have been for decades. a continued the paper today. if you are going to manage a situation it takes a certain kind of approach and resources. we thought that for the long term, the benefit that veterans and the backlog. and so we set the goal of ending the backlog in 2015. we did some rough calculations. and the backlog, when we arrived, was not defined as 125 days, 90 percent accuracy. if we want to make a bold move here and help veterans and we have to move quickly. and so we set ambitious goals. we did our best estimates, and we have laid out a plan in this budget that is resources that drive those numbers toward ending the backlog in 2015. i think all of you will remember , after we established that goal of ending the backlog we also took on some unfinished business. we had vietnam veterans, my first year here as i moved around who were not very happy with the fact they had not had their issues addressed. you know

hickey that the justice department has some role and that we weren't about taking the trial, which i did, remember a comment you made in the past about ksm and being brought here, that i don't know if you actually use the term slam dunk but it was along those lines that we have every confidence that his conviction will be a foregone conclusion. and i thought that that was a little bit interesting because he had yet to go through trial and that there could be a taint issue there. so to worry about there being a taint issue with the hasan case, and labeling it a workplace violence versus an act of terror, i co'tea those too. but if youeo our mmittee that you were not aware, that you are not aware of mr. mchugh saying that there was an interaction between dod and you on this case, then i guess that is made. >> yeah, i'm just not aware about that. let me just also say with regard to ksm, i never said what it is you said, used the words to that effect. >> somebody did. i just remember hearing that and thinking it was kind of interesting that we were, we were basically patting ourselves on