in seal beach, ilene prayer, abc 7 news. >>> a fire at the world's largest solar thermal power plant located in the mojave desert was likely caused by miss aligned marors. the mirrors focus sun beams on the wrong part of the plant's tower igniting some electrical cables. the fire also scorched some theme ducts and water pipes. official s say it's too early t comment on the cause of the fire. the plant is currently running at only a third of its compassesty. >>> an exciting edition to a san jose neighborhood. today folks in the neighborhood came together to celebrate a new housing complement. chris woonguyen explains why it such a big deal. >> reporter: in america's oldest japantown, the grand opening of the japantown senior apartments in san jose. some members of the japanese-american community helped welcome new residents to the neighborhood. >> we are a jewel, and we are proud of japantown. >> reporter: at a cost of more than $27 million, the housing project took nearly eight years to finish, a 75-unit community made possibl possible by the lo tax credit. >> the rent has been skyro

jackie maffucci, joy ilen, thomas berger, the executive director of the veterans health council for the vietnam veterans of america and kim ruocco, the chief external relations officer for suicide prevention and post-prevention for the tragedy assistance program for survivors. and we're also joined by dr. maureen mccarthy, v.a.'s assistant deputy undersecretary for health, for patient care services who is accompanied by dr. harold kudler, v.a.'s chief consultant for mental health services, and dr. caitlin thompson, v.a.'s national director for suicide prevention. thank you all for being here today to testify before our committee. dr. maffucci, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. chairman miller, ranking member brown and committee members, on behalf of iava, thank you for the opportunity to share our views on this critical issue. in 2014 iava launched the campaign to combat suicide, a result of our members continually identifying mental health and suicide as the number one issue facing post-9/11 vets. this campaign centers around the principle that timely access to high qu