last week on january 8, secretary mcdunna of the -- mcdonough of the v.a. announced another five illnesses are going to be added to the eligibility structure of the pact act claims system. we are talking about very serious illnesses in terms of additional cancers and myelomas that today don't get the benefit of that fast track process of getting their claims approved and getting the help that they need. again, this is make ago big difference in my district, the second congressional district of connecticut, which is home of the oldest submarine base in our nation's history w. about 9,000 sailors, and many retirees serving in the area there. over 4,025 veterans in the district have filed pact act claims, more than double the rest of the congressional districts in the state of account d has made a meaningful difference in the lives of people who wore the uniform of this country. again, because of their service incurred service connected injuries that for many, many years had long been denied health coverage. i want to congratulate secretary mcdonough as he lea

before yielding to the ranking member directed sworn veterans affairs mcdonough. i'm grateful to secretary mcdonough for his hard work of the veterans and their families i wish him all the best in his next chapter. with that i yield to the ranking member, senator blumenthal. >> think he is mr. chairman for thank you for being here today congressman collins as well to your family. lisa, jordan, cameron to all the visitors or who are here today many are veterans. i'm thrilled to be ranking member i have is chairman and friend senator moran. he and i have a strong working relationship. it exemplifies the bipartisanship that characterize the work of this committee. in fact even a paragon of bipartisanship in the face of the buffeting when polarization on other topics. i look forward to fighting and advocating for veterans in the face of some pretty heavy threats. i was chagrined in the inaugural address by president trump about veterans. i was disappointed to see in executive orders the hiring freeze will be imposed apparently on the va. i am hopeful that you congress

. >> reporter: john mcdonough is a playwright and radio host and not a fan of the plan. >> it will notcongestion here. the street signs of new york now we have a bus lane on one side. we got a bike lane on the other, concrete barriers. so ten cars gives you congestion. >> reporter: but the money is going to go to public transport and that helps everybody. >> oh, it does? we had a woman that was burned on the subway. we have people being pushed on the tracks. there is robberies. if you take the subway in new york, jumping the turnstile is a public sport. >> reporter: it's called turnstile jumping, or more politely fare evasion. the mta projects it will lose eight million a year because of it around the same congestion pricing may bring in. 47% of people taking the bus aren't paying. >> people quit paying on the bus fares, et cetera. the mta has installed cameras so they can catch people. they're providing police. even the national guard is in our system to make sure people pay their fare. >> reporter: kathy wild is president of the partnership for new york city, which mobilizes a busine

denis mcdonough was the va secretary, a biden appointee.you know, huge hundreds of people at va to administer the pact act, which was a benefit for veterans. and this was really shocking and a huge embarrassment. and denis mcdonough took this very, very seriously and stopped it. >> thank you, lisa, for excellent, important reporting. more importantly, i'm sure you were up pretty late last night, and then we asked you to join us at 7:00 this morning to talk about this. and of course, we ended up covering the hostage release, which which sort of took the hour. so we've taken, i don't know when you last slept. and so i hope you get a bit of a nap. thank you for your important reporting. lisa ryan is a staff reporter at the washington post covering the federal government. all right. coming up, why we can't assume that donald trump's gambit to end birthright citizenship is doomed to fail and how it's designed, even in the meantime, to create division. and so a new imaginary subclass of people to imaginary subclass of people to be othered. the fi

the r s f. leadership confirmed that it had lost control of what mcdonough, a cross road of key supply lines that linked several states. the capital of alger 0 state, the town is strategically situated south of car. 2 analysts say it's recaptured could mark a significant turning point in the war which the army and the r s f. had been fighting since april 2023. the return of the army triggered scenes of joy across the country and in the retaken town. residents of wad mcdonny duns in the streets which suit the needs of the soldiers. 1 people here were celebrating the ouster, the rapid support forces. many have stories to tell of suffering, the looting of that homes and other abuse. if we had money or a scythe, took it saying, give us your money. they wore a site width or wherever you going. where are you coming from? what did you bring every day a new militia, new people appearing. once we got used to them, new ones came in. we don't know what the safety is restored with the control of the armed forces and allies in l. g 0 state. we are talking to you, but inside mcdonald's academy, i'm

was you to come in, mcdonough, and as i came back from the place where i had been displaced to the yarn, oak area and gauze, uh no. i had hoped to find my house or even part of it to live in, but we have no power or strength. as you can see, the houses destroyed and reduced to rubble. i will try to build a tent to live in to face the cold. as you know, it is winter now when the weather harsh over the other put the she had it and and nothing remained. the place here likes life, no water, food or anything else. we are exposed to the sun rays all day with no roof to protect us and in the night it is freezing and we have no way to wall myself. i said it had enjoy like 90 palestinians and being released from is way the prisons. red cross boss is pull them to the west bank with families waiting to be reunited with their loved ones. as despite warnings, when it's ready for assistance celebrations, which will be allowed by the city and joining us will among those released 32 year old bush. well, i'll tell will within the 1st group of prison is to be released thanks to the choice and working for

was you to come in, mcdonough, and as i came back from the place where i had been displaced to the yarmouth area in gauze north, i had hoped to find my house or even part of it to live in. but we have no power or strength. as you can see, the house is destroyed and reduced to rubble. see if i will try to build a tent to live in to face the cold. as you know, it is winter now when the weather harsh and the other put the she had it and, and nothing remain. the place he likes life no will to food or anything else. we are exposed to the sun rays all day with no roof to protect us. and in the night it is freezing and we have no way to go myself. i said it had enjoy like, i'm sure this is a of the yeah. all blah is central guys. the civil defense team say they have almost no equipment left to continue that work. this is many of that stuff. members have been killed over the course of the will, making the task really impossible. local correspondents, such as this report from the gauze history. we are here at the civil defense serve as a premises and the center the goal is to serve mainly and the du

guy: fox meteorologist adam klotz live at msg alongside sean gleason and yellowstone actor neal mcdonoughs fun. reporter: it's been a lot of fun, guys. i'm kind of with you, i think country is cool again. that's what they were saying in the introduction there, and talking about one of the anchors back in studio, charlie, he wanted to know how does all of the dirt find itself in the middle of manhattan? >> it's jersey dirt. we track it in and bring it up five stories and dump it up and spread it around. it's a little process and we pay more in tolls to get the dirt in town than most people pay for an argument for a year. reporter: we have con question pricing and sure that was an issue. the dirt now all over the ground, 1.5 million pounds and insane to think about dirt in the middle of manhattan for bull riding. what's the popularity been like and reception been like? i don't think a lot of folks picturing this as a thing, but seems like it's growing. >> yeah, 18th year here and set another record last night. we have two days to go to even pile on top of that record and it's been just a gr

as neil mcdonough said, america loves americana, so what better place to go. we're doing some dance exercise later this hour? rachel: we're doing some zumba. he's giving up the treadmill. [laughter] guy: he's speechless. charlie: truly speechless. [laughter] i know what a roomba is, i don't know what zumba is. rachel: let's see if charlie can make zumba madly. charlie: i brought my shoes, and there's something on the bottom -- rachel: he's got his blank kickers -- charlie: these are not cowboys, these are red wings. it's a minor distinction. guy: all right. a fox news alert here. the first of what could be multiple lawsuits soon to be filed against the city of new orleans, this over the failure the secure bourbon street before that terror attack the on new year's that left 14 innocent people dead and dozens more wounded. rachel: the looming legal action comes as grieving families and the community hold vigils honoring the dead. charlie: a madison scarpino is live with more. madison. >> reporter: the local law firm filing the suit is representing one of the sur

rachel: neal mcdonough is on here and i'm a big fan of him as an actor. he's a very devout catholic and plays villains because he doesn't want to kiss other women as the hero because he's married and loves his wife. got to love that . charlie: this is the second time in two weeks that i've learned this piece of trivia. both times from you. rachel: says everything about the guy. i love it and looking forward to his movie coming out. guy: he's got a pretty good villanuevaen look, not to take -- villain look, not to take that away from him. rachel: him kissing other women and says no thank you. charlie: only leading men heros that kiss women? guy: villains don't kiss women? rachel: he plays villains that don't kiss people that aren't his wife. guy: trying to understand it a bit better. i've never taken an acting claman countdowns. rachel: would you do that. if you were an actor, would you kiss an woman? charlie: i'm not an actor for many reasons. guy: would definitely be acting for me. rachel: would be for you. moving on. charlie: president elect trump is ch

findings, nearly 3600 different types of bacteria, viruses, fungi into power sites can be found in mcdonough. each person is a carrier for about 300 to 500 of these species. which way a total of roughly 2 kilograms? the rule of thumb is the more diverse to micro biome, the better it's exact makeup is highly individual. it's still being investigated whether the micro biome begins to form and the what's clear is that the b b requires the mother's micro biome at the latest during birth, the yeah on, on some of them to and i gave them so all right, now let's take a look at your results as, as far as the just do analysis goes over fit as a fiddle. there is no acute explanation this yeah, that's important because inclination always saps a lot of energy. however, there is a room for optimization in other areas. specifically, there's a slight shift in your guts, p h level, that's as high as nice as a compass. that doesn't mean that it just means the so called unusual modul leading bacteria moving have likely decrease a significant stock. if we can get these back into their optimal range and then we

my name is ellie sweet and i'm a freshman in the mcdonough school of business here at georgetown universitye arriving on campus i've always seen a large -- whether that means campaign, site visits to the rnc, dnc or c-span. speakers like senator rubio visiting our campus of the fellows and presence holding discussion groups. geopolitics provides home for many georgetown students. almost three years ago now i've started knocking on doors for marco rubio, helping what hope would be his successful run for the presidency. well, sorry, marco. nevertheless, i persisted, evidence of senator rubio in the senate. first as a u.s. senate page when i was in high school and then this past summer as an intern in his d.c. office. i've always been proud to work for marco rubio. senator rubio his parents came to america from cuba in the 1950s. his father a bartender as anor inmate they provide an amazing example to their children about the importance of hard work and family and develop the belief that all things are possible in america. marco rubio was first elected to the united states senate in 2010 and r

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we hope you will join us on october 29th when we welcome veteran affairs secretary dennis mcdonough willeliver an update of the of americans, veterans and their family at the national press club. headliners breakfast. and now we have the mug. this has been awarded to superstar cars, to diplomats, to rulers, to very influential people. and we think it belongs with you as well. so thank so much for being here today for, taking the time. thank you for having

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me now is paul mcculley, former chief economist at pimco, now an adjunct professor at georgetown mcdonough school of business, along with cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman. paul, it almost sounded like you think there's a chance they might cut this week. or maybe we're putting it too strongly. welcome. >> good to see you, kelly and steve. >> no, i don't think. >> they're. cutting this week at all. >> i think this has been the most well advertised pause that. >> we've had in. >> a long. >> long time. so there's not that issue. >> but i do. >> think that. >> the direction. >> of travel. >> to. >> use mr. powell's. >> expression from december. >> is unambiguously. >> still down. >> and i think they. >> still have. >> a disinflationary. >> scenario in their mind. >> and i think that is justified. >> so i think that's. >> what he. >> will do this week is basically say we completed the recalibration. >> it's over. >> it was 100. >> basis points. >> we got. >> from the wrong. >> neighborhood to. >> the right. >> neighborhood. >> we're at four and 3/8. and now we're going to sit here an

my name is ellie sweet and i'm a freshman in the mcdonough school of business here at georgetown universityn campus i've always seen a large -- whether that means campaign, site visits to the rnc, dnc or c-span. speakers like senator rubio visiting our campus of the fellows and presence holding discussion groups. geopolitics provides home for many georgetown students. almost three years ago now i've started knocking on doors for marco rubio, helping what hope would be his successful run for the presidency. well, sorry, marco. nevertheless, i persisted, evidence of senator rubio in the senate. first as a u.s. senate page when i was in high school and then this past summer as an intern in his d.c. office. i've always been proud to work for marco rubio. senator rubio his parents came to america from cuba in the 1950s. his father a bartender as anor inmate they provide an amazing example to their children about the importance of hard work and family and develop the belief that all things are possible in america. marco rubio was first elected to the united states senate in 2010 and reelected for

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i have had a great -- a great working relationship with secretary mcdonough. i have concerns. before he went on to be a v.a. secretary. the implementation of the electronic health record is a bipartisan disaster. there is no way that we should have spent $10 billion to have only a fraction even touched. do have your commitment to go through that program to get an integrated health chart that also can integrate with the dod so we can finally have a seamless transition from active status and provide vimy and jet premium care the v.a. -- provide premium care at the v.a.? rep. collins: what you said about seamless care is a safety and security issue for our veterans. sen. tillis: the electronic health record -- i have a problem. we need to have a reveal. i did large-scale systems implementation work for the majority of my career. i have done that more than i have done being a u.s. senator or state representative. this is a disaster appear and i would like the people involved, not only the contractors but having been a contractor before my guess is it is rooted in drucker c and peo

i always respected secretary mcdonough and let him know when we disagreed on policy. i never questioned his team's desire to help veterans. unfortunately, this whole budget shortfall has shaken by trust in v.a. leadership. as usual i just call things as i see them. you are accustomed to that. the white house and v.a. did not initially submit an accurate request for the 2025 fear because i -- fiscal year because i personally believe they wanted to sneak by the spending caps established by the fiscal responsibility act. the biden administration knew if they submit add hire v.a. budget request, congress would appropriate the money. we always have. we always have. however, it would result in lower funding for agencies like the department of labor, department of housing and urban development, and the department of justice. i know some of my democrat colleagues think that that would be a terrible thing. i don't necessarily agree with that. but it's called budgeting. and no matter what the organization is, it has a certain amount of money to allocate. if you spend more in on

often barack obama had moved his foreign policy apparatus basically into his chief of staff, denis mcdonough rhodes. and often it was kerry flying around the world trying to get direction, trying to get guidance, trying to get inside to, to have influence. and kerry, like many other secretaries of the state, recently just found themselves on the outside looking in. >> so as the world has gotten more complicated power over foreign policy, power over the interagency as people in government always like to call it, meaning the cia, commerce, all the other departments has shifted to the white house. the national security adviser has played an increasingly decisive role. going back to, i'll be frank, to the days of mika's dad, zbigniew brzezinski, who was a very powerful, centralizing national security adviser who clashed often with his secretary of state, cyrus vance. that friction continues. it was a feature of the biden administration. tony blinken and jake sullivan were always nice to each other in public, but there was an underlying tension about how foreign policy would be directed. and in t