mr. mcdonald: yes, sir. mr. isakson: if the other eight are doing as good of a job as those two are, i want to acknowledge them. in the meeting we've been having at the v.a., deal with the accountability issues, they're doing a great job and i appreciate the fact that they've been very responsive to us. thank you very much. mr. mcdonald: as you know, we have an i.g. nominee who we all think very highly of. i think the committee thinks very highly of. we would love that to get passed on the senate floor. mr. isakson: for the record, i'm meeting vidsy with people who i think need to be met with to try to get that to a vote on the floor. we're not there yet but we're making progress. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to first just mention the elephant in the room which is the potential hurdles and obstacles to approve this budget. in the potential gridlock and paralysis in the budget process overall. e v.a. illustrates to me the urgency of putting aside partisan differences, putting aside extraneous i

mr. mcdonald. thank you. [applause] alden mcdonald: thank you very much, mr. secretary. mr. secretary. distinguished guests, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen, i come before you this afternoon standing on the shoulders of historic men and women who recognize the need to build wealth in the african-american community to make us a strong and prosperous nation. today, the u.s. treasury department is dedicating its annex building as the freedman's bank building. this is a clear symbol of our country's continued commitment to inclusive prosperity. it is a special treat for me as mentioned earlier to be a part of this history making event, because on monday i celebrate 50 years of being in the banking business. [applause] alden mcdonald: i also want to share with you a piece of history. i was the first african-american banking officer to be employed in the state of louisiana in 1967. to be able to stand before you today and to share this bank's history makes me a very special moment for me. the tradition of inclusive prosperity has had it starts and stops in the history of our countr

mr. mcdonald 3 additional minutes. >> how many 3. >> first to address what mr. said they're ready to work with dbi i definitely sgraur ask you welcome others accepts i met with john ramming i annoyed i filled out a complaint which is the record i told him that well 33 he told me in inspectors were called for he filed a couple of letters with the builder but ever since then the office of the city administrator only inspectors was at ground floor inspectors so i begged to differ with inspector duffy the building inspection were - when the owner said they're ready to come will i with this i don't believe that is true their plying i'm a the cause of revisions none of them having has nothing to do with i simply pointed out to the building inspection if you compare the drawings with the existing conditions that their plans were misrepresentations and why were they misrepresented i believe they wanted 0 avoid neighborhood notification and cu authorization the building code is different for me to interpret it but i'll say from the rule is 5 unlightwell people can live i

mr. mcdonald, you can send it to an asteroid. sean: there's a lot. i don't think it's coming back. i'll take a picture of it. erin: i don't think so. erin: it is now 6:55. updating our top stories. sean: a massive fire in goffstown. the flames broke out yesterday. no one was hurt. firefighters say the building had been booned for almost two years. erin: two u.n.h. students charged in connection with a stabbing are due in court today. twice over the weekend. he is now in stable condition. the suspects, matthew gibbons, and eric denning, are facing assault charges. sean: a man is facing attempted murder and robbery charges after he attacked a clerk with a baseball bat. gedeon karsai assaulted a clerk during a robbery yesterday. erin: dartmouth college is joining dozens of other schools in banning hover boards from campus. it is intended to be temporary. kevin: beautiful sunrise for most out there this morning. still some linger clouds in inland and northern areas. those should give way to sunshine. it will be a cooler day than what we've had lately. highs today in the 30's with a nor

mcdonald, and a mandates no introduction ambassador young. ambassador young. , professor william spriggs could not be with us today, but they do send their warmest regards. our first speaker today will be mr. alden mcdonald junior, president and ceo of liberty bank and trust, a position he has held since the bank inception in 1972. he is the longest tenured african-american financial executive in the country, and on january 11, he celebrates his 50th anniversary in banking. he is recognized -- [applause] >> he is recognized as a passionate advocate and a dynamic catalyst in helping people own homes, build wealth, and develop as community leaders. to start us off with more on the history of the freedman's bank. i want to welcome mr. alden. thank you. [applause] thank you very much mr. secretary. secretary, distinguished guests, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen. i come before you this afternoon standing on the shoulders of historic men and women who recognize the need to build wealth in the african-american community to make us a strong and prosperous nation. today, the u.s. treasury department is dedicating its annex building as the freedman's bank building. this is a clear symbol

mr. secretary. thank you for coming today. bringing you cast of thousands. you've got a lot of support here today. big budget, big support. we're proud to have secretary mcdonaldbe here today. we were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. ronald waters. laverne counsel. ed murray. we appreciate all of you. with all that support, mr. secretary, i'm sure you're going to do a great job. i'll make my opening statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. i don't want you to feel compelled by any five-minute light. i want you to say what you've got to say. i understand the average ñr attention span of the united states senator is about nine minutes. after that we all start blinking. speaking for myself. that's self-imposed limitation. thank you very much, mr. secretary, for being here today. we're looking forward to discussing the $182 billion budgetary appropriation. it would be an 8.9% increase. should it be adopted, medical funding would increase by $3.8 billion or 6.3%. i.t. would be increased by $145 million. i'm very encouraged that you've braced the program to merge the programs. we look forward to that. your testimony also talks a lit

mr. secretary. thank you for coming today. bringing you cast of thousands. you've got a lot of support here today. big budget, big support. we're proud to have secretary mcdonaldbe here today. we were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. ronald waters. laverne counsel. ed murray. we appreciate all of you. with all that support, mr. secretary, i'm sure you're going to do a great job. i'll make my opening statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. i don't want you to feel compelled by any five-minute light. i want you to say what you've got to say. i understand the average ñr attention span of the united states senator is about nine minutes. after that we all start blinking. speaking for myself. that's self-imposed limitation. thank you very much, mr. secretary, for being here today. we're looking forward to discussing the $182 billion budgetary appropriation. it would be an 8.9% increase. should it be adopted, medical funding would increase by $3.8 billion or 6.3%. i.t. would be increased by $145 million. i'm very encouraged that you've braced the program to merge the programs. we look forward to that. your testimony also talks a lit

mr. mcdonald. >> thank you. i understand you did some work -- >> no. just that exhibition i was talking about. >> just exhibition. okay. you've talked about your concerns and about the lack of depth and actually you're concerned about recommendations would be the same as both previous years this is post paris and that they lack -- could you just expand on that? >> yeah. again, i would say so if i take work in criminal justice for instan instance. this was commissioned and it's therapist and communities it isn't work that translates directly from depression or to -- with the record around the criminal justice system we know speak to young people there's probably quite a large number of young people who have undiagnosed mental health issues in the criminal justice system. and i think people are too often seen as they're a criminal justice problem. and the mental health issues might be ignored. you know, all these issues around underachievement and education, what was going wrong in ages 11 and 12 that led them down the path that might have ended up in pr

mr. mcdonald? >> thank you. i right in understanding that you did some work around [ indiscernible ] ? >> no, we just that exhibition that i was talking about. >> yeah. >> you talked about your concerns about the lack of depth and you're concerned about recommendations will be the same as previous years. this is post-paris and that -- [ indiscernible ] . could you expand on that a bit when you say they're fixed in silos? >> i would say so. if i take our work in criminal justice, for instance. a few years ago we created a resource around depression, now there isn't a word that translates directly. from depression into urdu, arabic, pun jabbi. we know there's quite a large number of young people who have undiagnosed mental health issues in the criminal justice system. i think people are too often seen as they're a criminal justice problem and the mental health issues might be ignored. all the issues around under-achievement in education. what was going wrong at ages 11-12 that led down a path that might have ended

15 by today -- buy and then next week, and said, a hamburger at mcdonald's. mr.ton: and it worked. did you get one? >> we were already buying them. [laughter] mr. deaton: good story. yes ma'am? thank you for being here. my students watch you every day and they really are excited that you are in town. can you address how georgia business leaders helped jordan navigate -- georgia navigate the civil rights movement without some of the negative things people saw on television in other places? mr. deaton: i think they recognized what was at stake in georgia business and the future, what was playing out on television was bad for business. georgia during the early 1960's, , with alanleadership in atlanta, they had visions for what georgia could become and they were talking about the major league sports teams, football, baseball, basketball and hockey. e play out would not have been good for business or the sports, nfl, eventually baseball coming here. they wanted an environment where people could invest. georgia could have easily gone down the road of mississippi or ala

home he is building driving his son to home depot to shop f mo me building supplies, to mcdonald's and around town. >> mr. continuebit we were like to speak with you police report report eveon january 13th wle mayor was planned by seven of the nine council members who chose to join him at this state of the city eh, aut as pending bankruptcy, noticeably absent was tibit. >> why weren't you at th meing. >> i was a at work. >> wereou atork here. >> i have inspection days to meet. >> possibly big'sot was allowing his son to dve his city owned c. >> why was your son driving the ca is that led? twoaysfter "action w alertedhe mayor about our investigation, don guardian and city council president martymall called a quickly scheduled press conference. eop ng, ta home rs. >> today we wanted to te everyone that t cars are back in. >> council president small announced he to all ys from council mbers as well aspe keys from cy lots. >> they have to gto the clerk's fe get permission by me t is ahorizedity business. i will approve it. >> if the citylerk was never able to find "action news" any rerd that thea were previo

police officer, your a refugee from iran mr jamishid leo go buy 10 coffee from mcdonalds while leo planned on doing just that, others are trying to avoid the effects of what happens during cold weather namely getting sick. common sense goes a long way in reducing the threat of a cold, flu or something much worse according to dr. daliah wachs you want to hydrate, you want to wash your hands you want to make sure you aren't touching something another sick person can touch, you want to be careful with the close proximity's with people who are sick. if there is somebody at work who is recommend they go home. and with overnight temperatures dropping to the low 30's the next few nights, barry pierce from the national weather service recommends also has some words of wisdom if people have unwrapped their plants or pipes, they may want to remember tonight and again wednesday morning we're looking at our coldest temperatures to protect the pipes, pools, plants and the overnight temperature at mccarran is forecast to be in the low 30's, it will be even colder in other parts of the valley up on mt ch

is building driving his son to home depot to shop for more home building supplies, to mcdonald's and around town. >> mr. continuebit we were like to speak with you police report report even on january 13th while mayor was planned by seven of the nine council members who chose to join him at this state of the city speech, about ac's pending bankruptcy, noticeably absent was tibit. >> why weren't you at that meeting. >> i was a at work. >> were you at work here. >> i have inspection days to meet. >> possibly big's boost was allowing his son to drive, his city owned car. >> why was your son driving the car? is that allowed? two days after "action news" alerted the mayor about our investigation, don guardian and city council president marty small called a quickly scheduled press conference. the top inning, take home cars. >> today we wanted to tell everyone that the cars are back in. >> council president small announced he took all keys from council members as well as spare keys from city lots. >> they have to go to the clerk's office get permission by me fit is authorized city business. i will approve it.

i'm hopeful in a very short period of time that secretary mcdonald and i will together visit the va in cincinnati after the hearing... mark: hi mr. secretary, mark greenblatt with scripps news we followed up about the v-a.s investigation. secretary mcdonald: we take these allegations very seriously and that's why we're digging into them. when we have more to report we will obviously report it. mark: deputy secretary gibson said yesterday on a reporters call, after a few days on the ground omi investigators quote unquote, saw something which lead them to them to want to call... led you to want to call in the ig. what is it? secretary mcdonald: that's not appropriate for me to tell you what that is. --pretaped tag-- mark greenblatt scripps national investigative correspondent runs = 1:35 - 1:43 so now it's a waiting game... leaving whistleblowers on edge, and veterans continuing to question cuts in care. mark greenblatt scripps news on capitol hill. police say he left a man paraylized -- and now a shooting suspect will have to jail.a judge set john white the third's bond at more than one million dollars.he's accused in a shooting

metro officer also gave him a helping hand officer, your a refugee from iran mr jamishid leo go buy 10 coffee from mcdonalds while leo planned on doing just that, others are trying to avoid the effects of what happens during cold weather namely getting sick. common sense goes a long way in reducing the threat of a cold, flu or something much worse according to dr. daliah wachs you want to hydrate, you want to wash your hands you want to make sure you aren't touching something another sick person can touch, you want to be careful with the close proximity's with people who are sick. if there is somebody at work who is recommend they go home. and with overnight temperatures dropping to the low 30's the next few nights, barry pierce from the national weather service recommends also has some words of wisdom if people have unwrapped their plants or pipes, they may want to remember tonight and again wednesday morning we're looking at our coldest temperatures to protect the pipes, pools, plants and remember your pets. look at all the snow that fell overnight near the top of mt charleston at lee canyon. by the time

mcdonald >> mr.speaker, could i thank the prime minister for his statement, does he accept with ireland and britain so closely connected economically and living in each other's shadow, and exit from the european union would be the protector of applications for the north side? if you look at the financial stock indications suggest there may be initial financial savings for the new k or huge losses likely to follow to have seen the impact yet we note of financial impact, and 75% they don't want to visit them is the prime minister exit from the e.u. will have a detrimental impact on north american economy. >> the leader of a republic, one of the strongest voices of the renegotiation, everyone in northern ireland will have a vote, every vote can't sustain and i urge people exercise the democratic vote, going to the campaign to talk directly to people about why i believe it should stay. >> some people believe european neighbors want to do it down at every turn. is it credible to suppose these same people

mcdonald >> mr. speaker, could i thank the prime minister for his statement, does he accept with ireland and britain so closely connected economically and living in each other's shadow, and exit from the european union would be the protector of applications for the north side? if you look at the financial stock indications suggest there may be initial financial savings for the new k or huge losses likely to follow to have seen the impact yet we note of financial impact, and 75% they don't want to visit them is the prime minister exit from the e.u. will have a detrimental impact on north american economy. >> the leader of a republic, one of the strongest voices of the renegotiation, everyone in northern ireland will have a vote, every vote can't sustain and i urge people exercise the democratic vote, going to the campaign to talk directly to people about why i believe it should stay. >> some people believe european neighbors want to do it down at every turn. is it credible to suppose these same people

mr. secretary, it's all years. secretary mcdonald: thanks for the opportunity to present the president's 2017 budget and 2018 advance appropriations requests for the department of veterans' affairs. i have a written statement that i ask be submitted for the record, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the president's proposal is another strong, tangible sign of his devotion to veterans and their families. it proposes $182.3 billion for the department in fiscal year 2017 which includes 78.-- which includes $7 .7 billion in discretionary fund, a 4.9% increase above the 2016 inactive level, largely for health care. it includes $12.2 billion for care in the community and a new medical community care budget account consistent with the v.a. budget and choice improvement act. it includes $103.6 billion in mandatory funding for veterans benefit programs and $103.9 billion in advanced appropriations for three major mandatory veterans benefits accounts. it supports the v.a.'s four agency priority goals and our five my v.a. transformational objectives t

mr. penza? these detectives need some information. thiss kevin mcdonald. he's one of our counselors. how can i help you? tell us about the ramos brothers. two great kids. luis is one step away from his red belt. he's got a mean flying side kick. you ever see their mother pick them up from school? yeah, she was here yesterday. comes by, ke, once a week. the rest of the time luis is more like miguel's father. he makes sure nobody messes with him. anybody know where they live? i walked miguel home one night when luis s out sick. benson: nobody named ramos on here. i lived in a building for four years they never put my name on the buzzer. i'll ring the super. liv... what's that look like? it goeall the way down the building. shooter either got him going into the building... ...or coming out. there's no blood on the stoop or the sidewalk. i don't see any blood on the walls. doesn't look like there's any in the street, either. but there's some over here. trajectory of the slugs show the weapon was fired at a low angle. someone crouching down across the seet? nah, more likely a drive-by. we

mr. earnest: most importantly, the v.a. secretary has looked into this. this is a situation that the white house is aware of. but secretary mcdonaldhas worked acid white housely in the couple of years he's been this that role to implement some overdue reforms in making sure that we are keeping faith with our veterans. and there's important work that needed to be done to make sure that those health care services were being provided in a timely fashion and that they were getting the kind of high-quality attention that they deserve. it's been pain staking work. but secretary mcdonald has been serious about implementing these reforms and improving the performance of the v.a. we certainly are pleased with the progress that has been made under his leadership. but i think everybody around here acknowledges that there's more important work that needs to be done in this regard and i think when yurne you're talking about something that's -- when you're talking about something that's as high a priority as this, trying to meet the health care needs of millions of our bravest citizens, i don't think that work is ever going to be finished. and

mcdonald. i also want to thank my colleagues. in 2014 the ranking member, ms. rown, mr. webster, mr. grayson and myself all wrote the secretary at that time and asked that this be done. it's taken a little bit of time, but we're getting there. so, again, i ask concurrence in passing 4056. it will, again, expedite and make available the needed nursing homes with our aging veterans population and many thousands of veterans moving to the state of florida and particularly central florida. with that i thank you, again, for expediting this. and ask, again, for the house o concur in passing h.r. 4056. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. brown: i want to once again thank mr. mica for his leadership in this area and with that i would urge all of my colleagues to support h.r. 4056 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back

mcdonald's. the doctor told me i had to eat. >> you need to eat. >> i feel so stupid now. >> no. the doctor was concerned about you at that morning. forget mrs.tell anybody i did that. that's between the two of us. >> that also is very successful. they are funny. they make you laugh because you see something in yourself. >> right. i was so embarrassed. >> great. >>> coming up on "the 9" the doritos dog commercial, we are going to talk with the inning man who made that commercial. he won that contest. made a million bucks. >> that's great. >> thank you, pam. >>> time is 8:40. well, we switch because there was some tense moments in london. a bus exploded on a bridge. up next you will see it and the big concerns about what turned out to be part of a upcoming movie. >>> we are talking about the mayor about not only the super bowl and the latest on apple's plan to build a new campus. >>> and we do have a lot of slow traffic this morning. we have had a couple of incidents that have made traffic slow on the east shore. i will give you a drive time for this commute coming up. >>> spring-like weather will continue as we get back to work on this monday