mr. lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and caree

mrs. justice lambert, they have today been hearing this application to appeal for lucy letby.w essentially, this panel of three judges have got two options going forward. they can either approve the application or they can deny the application or they can deny the application if they were to approve it, then it's likely that over the coming days, we would also hear the substantive appeal. so the next stage is of the application. however, if they were to deny the application, then that would be the end of the road for lucy netbeez appeal. she would no longer be able to make any kind of appeal against those convictions that she faced in august of last year. she wouldn't be able to go with to any other court or anything of that ilk . in fact, she would that ilk. in fact, she would then be guaranteed to spend those those 14 life sentences in prison, that is, of course, unless new evidence were to come to light . now, letby did unless new evidence were to come to light. now, letby did appear here at the court of appeal today via video link from hmp bronzefield . she spoke twice bro

mrs. justice lambert . they will hear justice lambert.s they're in a position where they will either approve this application and then it's likely we will hear the substantive appeal over the coming days, or they will deny that application to appeal. and what that essentially means is, unless there were to be new evidence come to light in the coming years , then that will coming years, then that will mean that lucy letby will be serving those 14 life orders. there are no other options . if there are no other options. if the panel of three judges were to deny the application to appeal. now, letby did appear to this morning here at the court of appeal via video link from hmp bronzefield , and she spoke hmp bronzefield, and she spoke just twice, once to confirm that she could hear the court and wants to confirm that she was indeed lucy letby. but other than that, she sat silently throughout what we heard here this morning. now what we can bnng this morning. now what we can bring you over the coming days is really quite restricted . and is re

mrs. kiggans: i rise in support of h.r. 3722, the daniel j. harvey jr. and adam lambert improving service member transition to reduce veteran suicide act. i commend the gentleman from iowa for his leadership on this important issue. h.r. 3722 seeks to improve the transition assistance program run by the department of defense and the solid start program run by the department of veterans' affairs. both programs provide critical assistance to the over 2,000 war fighters who transition to civilian life each year. every departing service member is required to complete the tap program before leaving the service. the program provides valuable education and training on veteran benefits, financial planning, how to find a job and start a business, as well as mental health resources available to service members and their families. departing military service can be very stressful times for service members and their families. service members often experience feelings of isolation and loss of community that can exacerbate other mental health conditions. h.r. 3722 seeks to ensure all d