u-s secretary of health and human services sylvia burwell will visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to those who have been affected by lead-contaminated water. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action to remove and but, governor rick snyder announced a plan yesterday to coat the city's pipes with a protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. despite having water tainted with lead, a new report shows people in flint were paying the highest water rates in the nation. the study by "the food and water watch" found flint residents paid, on average, close to 900 dollars a year for water service. that's nearly double the national average. one of the study's authors says the united nations recommends water and sewer service shouldn't be more than three percent of a household income. i n flint... those charges add up to about seven percent... here in iowa, college students will soon have to pay more. officials at all three iowa universities want to increase the cost for room and board. proposing a 3-percent increase. the plans wi

. >>> next, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell testifies at the senate hearing on herepartment's 2017 budget request. then mike pompeiio of kansas on the hillary clinton administrati administration. now, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell tests before the senate finance committee on capitol hill. she encouraged congress to fight the ebola and

sylvia burwell meeting with community leaders to talk about their response to this ongoing crisis. also, the michigan state house approving spending $30 million to help cover water bills of flint residents. let's turn to the 5:00 weather headlines. beautiful afternoon, turning to a great evening. chris: a gorgeous day. temperatures right about where they should be. not bad at all. sunshine continues as we get closer to sunset, 48, so you need that heavy jacket. 50 at rdu. 55 roxboro. 52 fayetteville. when the light, a nice evening, but it does fall fast temperature wise. 9:00, upper 30's. tomorrow before sunrise, 20's. it has been a few days. cold and frosty start to friday, a big warm up on the way. we will tell you how warm it gets over the weekend, coming up in a bit. steve: we will see you soon. than find out the unusual person she turned to for help when she lost the creative spark. steve: after the shooting of michael brown, his mom on a brand-new mission. we will have the details after weather. tisha: coming up new at 530 raleigh.announcer: the big stories happening this ins

today, the health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will be in flint to get a firsthand look at the federal response to the city's water crisis. she'll also visit a health center giving tests and health care services to families and children who've been affected by lead-contaminated water. new this morning: an iowa police chief under fire. an investigation by the mayor's office in dension found racist and pornographic pictures from -- the police chief -- on a shared city computer drive. that now has people protesting. former police officer claims he own employees -- putting pictures of their heads on different things. the city attorney says the lewd images were created on the police chief's own private computer. they don't know how it ended up on technology seen by co-workers. i think any reasonable person would agree. basically trying to get it out there saying he this they are and it needs to change." the mayor reportedly disciplined the police chief -- but so far -- no details are being released about that. the police chief said he would not talk about the allegations. thi

. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says the money is needed to finish the job against ebola. and health officials want to fight both diseases and that's what should be done. >>> we have funding, experts say it's likely to take five years before there's a vaccine against the zika virus. a san diego company is taking what they already know about the virus in the same family and using that as a starting point. they don't have the live zika virus to work with. they'll sure it will have unusual characteristics that haven't been thought about yet. >>> some players on the national soccer team are concerned about the spread of the zika virus in latin america. the u.s. team is ranked number one in the world and starts play in the qualifying tournament. hope solo is concerned about the virus. if the olympics were today, she wouldn't go to brazil. >> interesting how it's turning out. >> it's going to be interesting closer to the games. >>> the president is coming back to the bay area. in 20 minutes, what he plans to do when he touches down in san jose later today. >>> and the fbi

allyson: happening today, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will visit flint, michigan to get a firsthand look at the federal response to the city's water crisis. secretary burwell will talk with community members about the next steps to address the city's health challenges. she'll also visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to families and children who have been affected by lead-contaminated water. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action in flint to remove and replace old pipes in the city. geoff: after a weather delay, demolition wororon the boone bridge in chesterfield, missouri is scheduled for this morning. demolition is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on the oldest span of the bridge. both directions of boone's crossing will remain closed for about an hour. the bridge became obsolete last june when a new eastbound bridge opened. this will be the first of two blasts to demolish the old bridge. a second explosion will take yet to be determined. allyson: if you have been using your favorite, go to credit card for years

visit ncicap.org] >> health secretary sylvia burwell -- president obama is asking congress for over $1.8million in emergency funds to fight zik a and find a vaccine. we will have live coverage at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. the u.s. envoy to the collation against the islamic state said today that question airstrikes in syria are helping the military group because of the told they are taking on u.s. opposition fighters. that hearing is next on c-span. the house passed a drinking water safety built -- bill. that is later. ♪ >> i am currently on the fence between hillary and bernie, and the most important issue to me in this election is educatio

inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> health and human services kateri sylvia burwell on capitol hill tomorrow morning to brief lawmakers on the president's 2017 budget requests. we'll take it to the senate finance committee herein live at 10:00 a.m. live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. >> the reality is the best presidents, the greatest presidents have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with people who they thought were smarter than themselves. >> sunday night on q&a, former secretary of defense and former director of the cia robert gate discusses a book, passion for leadership. lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service. surrogates has served under several presidents, most recently george w. bush and barack obama. >> at the end of the cold war when i was director of central intelligence i came to believe very strongly that the american people had given cia up pass on a lot of things because of the existential conflict with the soviet union. i believe that after the end of the col

allyson: i can think of a few secretary sylvia burwell will visit flint, michigan to get a firsthand look at the federal response to the city's water crisis. secretary burwell will talk with community members about the next steps to address the city's health challenges. she'll also visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to families and children who have been affected by lead-contaminated water. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action in flint to remove and replace old pipes in the city. geoff: after a weather delay, demolition work on the boone bridge in chesterfield, missouri is scheduled for this morning. demolition is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on the oldest span of the bridge. both directions of boone's crossing will remain closed for about an hour. the bridge became obsolete last june when a new eastbound bridge opened. this will be the first of two blasts to demolish the old bridge. a second explosion will take place at a later date that has t to be determined. if you have been using your favorite, go to credit card for year

session already, they're on c-span2. >>> center of your screen is health and human secretary sylvia burwell. the senate finance committee hearing again this morning from secretary burwell. she'll be talking about the president's proposed 2017 budget request. including issues like cancer funding and of course the zika virus and they heard -- congress heard yesterday from the head of the infectious diseases, dr. anthony fauci and dr. frieden, the head of the centers for disease control. orrin hatch, the chairman of the senate finance committee. live coverage here on c-span3. >>> this is the senate finance committee. normally chaired by orrin hatch. and perhaps will be but he's right now on the senate floor speaking about the measure the senate -- the trade enforcement measure the senate is taking up. that's pat roberts in the chairman's position there. >> come to order. it's going to be my distinct privilege to introduce secretary burwell. it would appear that senator wyden, senator grassley, senator grapo, senator schumer are not here. they have conflicts. none intended. and i'm going to ask

. >> today the health and human services secretary, sylvia burwell will look at the city's water crisis. she will discuss the next steps to address the on going health challenges and will also visit a health center that's led testing. the mayor is calling for the old pipes to be removeed and replaced. but the governor announceed it protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. >> we now know about the florida cap couple that bought one of the three winning tickets earlier this year. david and marine collected their third of the record setting $1.5 billion jackpot. they chose a lump sum of 529 million. you can see check there. that came out to $328 million after taxes. they hid the message from everyone until last week. >>> that was hard especially when everyone was saying you are from melbourne beach, did you win, do you know who won. >> no. >> the first day a prieved late from work, she doesn't plan to surge. this thing. i don't think i could hold it secret. >> i am going to tell the world. >> and a massage. >> just one. >> maybe she meant one every sickle day for rest of

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will visit flint michigan today to get a firsthand look at the federal response to the city's water crisis. secretary burwell will talk with local leadership and community members about the next steps to address the city's ongoing health challenges. she'll also visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to families and children who have been affected by lead-contaminated water. governor rick snyder announced a plan wednesday to coat the city's pipes with a protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. a new feature film follows the life of a young man and his battle with cancer. up next, we'll meet the woman who made sure his story was told. and i'll have your complete << >> << wx timer @ 2:15 high wind watch in effect for holt county from 6 pm tonight until 6 am friday our warm-up resumes today with highs returning to the 40s and 50s (maybe a few 60s out west?)! there will still be a fair amount of cloud cover/patchy fog along with a few rays of sunshine and a brisk southeasterly

sylvia burwell with local world and members. announced $500,000 in funding for two health centers. they are working on expanding medicaid for children and women. it's not known how many of flint's children were exposed to toxic levels of led. >> what is likely to be the last criminal case in 2010 from the gulf of mexico is under way. the supervisor of the deep water horizon was facing 11 counts of manslaughter at one stage. now he's charged on a misdemeanour of violating clean air act. jonathan martin is live in new orleans to explain why. good eveninging. >> good evening to you. so far in this trial prosecutors say that he is partly responsible for the b.p. oil disaster from 2010 saying he ignored serious red flags, specifically pressure tests on the well. they say that the well had sealed off leaks. the tests showed that it was upword pressure from oil and gas. we remember that the macondo well exploded off lucyiana's coast. sending oil spewing. the attorney said that he did not make the choices to set off the explosion, he wa

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. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says the money is needed to finish the job against ebola. and health officials want to fight against both diseases and that's what should be done. democrats say action is needed now. >>> players on the women's soccer team with concerned about the spread of the zika virus in latin america. the 2016 olympics are scheduled for august in brazil. the tournament which decides which teams qualify -- but hope solo told sports illustrated she's concerned about the virus because she hopes to have a child some day. and if the olympics were today she would not go to brazil. >>> it's been a bad day on two of the bigger asian stock markets. japan's nikkei fell two and a quarter%. and the major market in australia is the down 20% from april. and those markets may not have hit bottom yet. many are concern that had the global banks are running out of options to promote growth. markets in china, hong kong -- are closed for the lunar holidays. >>> u.s. markets extended their losing streak, closing slightly lower after wavering between gains and losses.

. >> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell says the must be is needed to finish the jobebola. and health officials want to fight against both diseases. the republicans have scheduled a hearing to debate the options. and democracy say action is needed now. >>> with funding, it's likely to take five years before there's a vaccine against the zika virus. a san diego company is trying to develop one, taking what they know about viruses in the same family and using that as a starting point. they don't even have the live zika virus to work with. scientists are sure that zika will have unusual characteristics that they haven't even thought of yet. >>> many environmentalists are fired up. the decision today to bring big changes to the state agency in charge of california's coastline. >>> and federal agents raided two homes, we'll tell you about a bust that netted drugs, guns, and a fugitive who had been on the run for years. >>> and a little bit of activity on 237. on the side, it could be causing slow traffic and also slowing on the way to sunnyvale. >>> 49 degrees is 8 degrees

. >>> health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will visit flint, michigan today and talk with local leadership and community members about the next steps to address the city's ongoing health challenges. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action to remove and replace the old governor rick snyder announced the plan wednesday to coat the city's pipes with protective infrastructure study first, so we'll see who wins that. >>> a man could face felony charges this morning, accused of driving drunk, not once, not twice, but 11 times. officers say ramone corral's latest dwi, he slammed into a car head on. two people were seriously hurt. last two decades. this is his first drunk driving arrest since the new law went into effect last year making a fourth dwi a felony offense. >> wonder how that can happen. you wonder. >>> an arizona boy scout troop is offering a hand to those in need. literally. >> this is so cool. >> their efforts to earn merit thousands of dollars. >>> more on that in just a second. >>> marty winds back in full force? >> reporter: they are picking up around h

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will will visit flint, michigan today , to get a firsthand look at the federal response to the city' s water crisis. she' ll also visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to families and children who have been affected by lead-contaminated water. mark: president obama is going to cuba. the white house is expected to make an official announcement later today. the visit next month is part of the continued effort to cuba after 50 years without diplomatic ties. the last sitting president to visit cuba was calvin coolidge. lisa: pope francis is leaving mexico after a six-day trip that took him all over the country. the pontiff ended his trip in a border city by the rio grande river that separates mexico and the united states. the pope is rumored to be back in latin america later this year to visit his birth nation of argentina and other countries. a new york city man who lost his wallet, was surprised when the person who found it returned almost everything. mark: reilly flaherty lost his wallet at concert

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell will get a firsthand look at the s water crisis. she' ll also visit a flint health center that is providing lead testing and health care services to families and children who lead-contaminated water. flint' s mayor has recently called for quick action in flint to remove and replace old pipes in the city. lisa: a federal grand jury has bundy. the felony charges are connected to the standoff with authorities at his nevada ranch in 2014. bundy was arrested in oregon where his sons ryan and ammon occupation of an oregon wildlife refuge. both sons along with two other men were indicted along with the elderly rancher wednesday. mark: toyota is recalling nearly three million suv's worldwide because of possible problems with the seat belts. in a news release issued early this morning the company said a flaw could cause some rear seat belts to fail. the affected vehicles are the toyota rav-4, toyota rav-4 e.v. and toyota vanguard. most were built between 2005 and 2014. the plan to replace the aging western hills viaduct has taken a small ste

sylvia burwell announced the government will give $500,000 in emergency funding for more testing and treatment. >> it's is positive work being done. it's a big team to make flint better. >> getting to a place where there is clean safe water both in the short term and long term and supporting all those entities on our path to get there. >> governor stnyder hopes more collaboration can happen. >> local leaders pack their bags cuba. news 4's david kuld ver will also be on the trip to cover the visit. delegation visits like this this one are becoming more common since relations between the u.s. and cuba were re-established. the group will tour schools and hospitals during their five day trip, but local readers say this is also about networking as many local businesses want in on trade and tourism. >> we're going down now before the spotlight sort of makes all of its we're down there early. and i think that is critical. >> there is caution about doing business with the island nation following reports of human rights abuses. but the delegation says no deals will be made on this trip. they

now, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell tests before the senate finance committee on capitol hill. she encouraged congress to fight the ebola and zyka virus. stressing the need to prevent the viruses from becoming a problem. secretary burwell also presented the president's hhs 2017 budget request, calling for $82.8 billion in discretionary spending. this is just over 2 hours. >>> it is my distinct privilege to introduce secretary burwell. it would appear that senator widen, grassley, grapo, the indomitable senator schumer are not here, they have conflicts. none intended, and i'm going to ask unanimous consent that the statements by the distinguished senator from oregon, ranking member mr. wyden and our distinguished chairman mr. hatch be inserted into the record at this point, without objection. our witness today isle th and huchlage services second burwell. she's been leading the department of health and human services since june of 2014. she has a long history of public sector service including her previous position under president obama. in the clinton administratio

i want to thank -- sylvia burwell has been at the front lines of this at hhs. also, by the way, a native west virginian, so she's seen her own community affected by this. loretta lynch has been hugely active in thinking about how does the criminal element of this fit with the public health process. i want to recognize tom vilsack as well, though -- one of your own as a former governor -- who has been outstanding in chairing our rural council. and just two weeks ago, we convened -- tom convened a meeting in which we said, how do we get all hands on deck, all the agencies to focus on this in a comprehensive way? and my hope is, is that they've started to share with you and your committee what it is that we're looking at. i think there is going to be a lot of overlap. my suspicion is we're going to be seeing the same things. a couple of points i just want to make very quickly. number one, the most striking statistic that came out of that meeting, and i wasn't in the entire meeting, was that in 85% of rural counties in america there is insufficient or no drug treat

the senate finance committee thursday when they question health and human services secretary sylvia burwell. watch it live here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> every weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, we feature programs that tell the american story. here are some of the highlights for this president's day weekend. saturday afternoon at 5:00 eastern, author margaret oppenheimer talks about one of the richest women in the 19th century new york. her unusual life, including a second marriage to former vice president aaron burr. >> what brought these two celebrities together? on both side of the altar, the undoubted attraction was money. a marriage to eliza jumel will give him a big pot of money to spend. she had her own motivations for the marriage. on the one hand, she would soon have to begin settling her first husband's estate. burr, with his knowledge of the law could help her protect her assets. but the main attraction of the marriage for her was the opportunity to enter social circles that had been previously closed to her. >> at 6:00, on the civil war, historian den

. >>> tomorrow morning we'll bring you live kovrmg as health and human services secretary sylvia burwell goes before the senate finance committee to explain her budget request for 2017. the administration is proposing to increase spending on biomedical research, cancer research and combatting opioid abuse. >> the reality is the best presidents, the greatest presidents have been willing to recognize they weren't the smartest person in the room. and to surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. >> sunday night on q and a robert gates discusses his book a passion for leadership, lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service. mr. gates has served under central presidents most recently presidents george w. bush and barack obama. >> at the end of the cold war when i was director of central intelligence, i came to believe very strongly that the american people had given cia a pass on a lot of things because of this existential conflict with the soviet union. and i believe that after the end of the cold war we were going to have to be more open a

human services will visit flint michigan today to get a firsthand look at the federal response to sylvia burwell will talk with local leadership and community members about the next steps to address the city's ongoing health challenges. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action in flint to remove and replace old pipes in the city. but governor rick snyder announced a plan to coat the city's pipes with a protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. after a weather delay, demolition work on the boone bridge in chesterfield, missouri is scheduled for this morning. demolition is scheduled for 10 a-m on the oldest span of the bridge. the bridge became obsolete last june when a new eastbound bridge opened. this will be the first of two blasts to demolish the old bridge, and a second explosion will take place at a later date that has yet to be determined. enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. rain returns to the forecast wednesday of next week. the time is now 5:--. we are back with a

health and human services secretary sylvia burwell due to brief senators this afternoon during a closed-door session. >> good afternoon, everybody. it's nice to see you all. i hope you had a good weekend. i see we have some broncos paraphernalia in the crowd today. so congratulations on the big victory, guys. as many of you may have seen, prior to the big game last night, the president had a conversation with gayle king from cbs, and he noted that the administration will be putting forward today a legislative proposal to congress to fortify our efforts to combat the zika virus both overseas and here at home, and making sure we're taking the necessary steps to protect the american people. so given the frequency with which we have discussed this issue over the last couple of weeks, joining me today at the podium are two of the u.s. government's foremost experts on this issue, and they can describe to you both some of the risks associated with this public health issue, but also describe to you the steps the u.s. government is taking to protect the american people. to my immediate right is dr. a

the senate finance committee thursday when they question health and human services secretary sylvia burwell watch it live here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> every weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, we feature programs that tell the american story. here are some of the highlights for this president's day weekend. saturday afternoon at 5:00 eastern, author margaret

hhs secretary sylvia burwell will brief the members of the administration's response to the will l virus. now live to the senate floor. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come. thank you for our nation and for the freedoms we enjoy. thank you also for the men and women who gave their lives that we might be free. forgive us all when our preoccupation with selfish dreams keeps us from surrendering to your will. help us to strive each day to give you our best. guide our senators. may nothing deter them from doing your will. give them faith to meet each challenge with your wisdom. help them to give themselves completely to you, permitting your peace to guard their hearts. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcc

the senate finance committee thursday when they question health and human services secretary sylvia burwell watch it live here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> every weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, we feature programs that tell the american story. here are some of the highlights for this president's day weekend. saturday afternoon at 5:00 eastern, author margaret oppenheimer talks about one of the richest women in the 19th century new york. her unusual life, including a second marriage to former vice president aaron burr. >> what brought these two celebrities together? on both side of the altar, the undoubted attraction was money. a marriage to eliza jumel will give him a big pot of

sylvia burwell is expected to be asked about this when she testifies before congress tomorrow.thank you very much. highmark have announced a new plan that cuts payments to doctors because of the cost of obamacare. this is another negative for obamacare. betsy mccoy is here, author of "beating obamacare." there's the book. all right, or betsy, they cut the payments to doctors, so will doctors be leaving the obamacare system? >> oh, yes. and watch for other insurers whether it's aetna or united health care or cigna or the blues, they've all been losing a lot of money, about $2.5 billion a year total, among the commercial insurers trying to sell these unpopular obamacare plans. and you're going to see them all paying the doctors less, right? and in some cases doctors will stop taking obamacare. some insurers will require that they continue in order to have other business. but you will see all of the doctors avoiding obamacare patients like the plague or cutting corners on their care. this is what i really worry about because whether you're a patient or you're getting your kitchen

sylvia burwell said the sign-ups exceeded her goals and her expectations. travis is in centerville, virginia. good morning. please go ahead. caller: i am a progressive. my idea of progressivism is almost like a scientist. a person who will experiment and try new things. unfortunately, conservatives have the mindset that tradition is tradition is tradition is tradition. in thenately, tradition natural world changes and if you can't adapt to the natural world, you die. for example, climate change. many refuse to ignore knowledge that climate change is a real problem pretty much almost everyone on that stage is a conservative. urge people to vote for a real progressive, bernie sanders. post""the washington chief justice robert says bipartisan few are covering coloring the public perception of the role of the supreme court, recasting the justices as players in the political process, rather than its referees. divisive battles over confirmations and mischaracterization of the merits of the court's decisions where it him. robert told a ballroom crowd of about 1000

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. >>> next, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell testifies at the senate hearing on her department's 2017 budget request. then mike pompeiio of kansas on the hillary clinton administrati administration. now, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell tests before the senate finance committee on capitol hill. she encouraged congress

health secretary sylvia burwell -- president obama is asking congress for over $1.8 million in emergency funds to fight zik a and find a vaccine. we will have live coverage at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. the u.s. envoy to the collation against the islamic state said today that question airstrikes in syria are helping the military group because of the told they are taking on u.s. opposition fighters. that hearing is next on c-span. the house passed a drinking water safety built -- bill. that is later. ♪ >> i am currently on the fence between hillary and bernie, and the most important issue to me in this election is education. i'm a high school teacher and an elementary school teacher. and i want to know where their stance is on the common core and what they want to do with that. >> what's most important to me is our national debt, because it is going to effect us teens. and what i find most important is not who you are voting for, because i'm not endorsing anyone. i want you to just get out to the polls and use your voice, because your vote is your voice. use it. >> my number one issue in t

sylvia burwell wants to see the city's response to its lead- water... including its efforts to get bottled water to residents. the state's governor has hired new engineers and deadline of one pipes that are causing the trouble.... so that they can be replaced. for the first time in more than 8- decades... a sitting president will visit cuba. the white house says president obama will make the trip.... as a sign of the restored ties between the two countries. president obama's trip to cuba will be apart of his trip to latin america next to visit was calvin coolidge... in 19-28. comedian bill cosby is firing back at a woman who accused him of sexual assault. andrea constand and bill cosby settled a lawsuit back in 2005... and the settlement had confidentiality clauses. but - when other women recently came forward with their allegations of sexual assault against cosby - constand spoke out too. now - cosby's suing her, her lawyer, her mom and a tabloid for a breach of contract. rocky mountain national park has a new claim to fame: america's third busiest nat