underserved communities tend to have underserved schools. found is that as arts programs began to disappear in america with a greater focus on a technical approach is that particularly underserved communities lost the arts programs. a study said 6 million students in our most underserved communities have no arts program whatsoever. so your caller is right. thegood news is that education bill that was passed is going to make title i federal funding available now at the state and local level. so i would say to every parent out there who has the same thoughts that you have, think about talking to your school district and your mayor about accessing this title i funding. you can use arts integration in your local schools. host: the every student succeeds act? is that what you are for into? which replaces no child left behind. roger in miami, good morning. caller: i have some comments. the caller that just went was spot on. there is an overarching lack of investment in the art infrastructure in our communities. you mentioned walker elementary scho

potrero hill now is no excuse any young national black anthem e african-americans or latino that underserved to take the lives of another human being so as pastor of third baptist for 40 years seeing things come and go as president of the naacp we're saying 2509 world san francisco is showing that it is a city and knows how to deal with a flawed situation knows how to touch a messy situation and leave that better than that was before we touched that. >> thank you very much he is a director of program called road map to peace and working us on the ground with young people. >> thank you, mayor and thank you all for joining us today i'd like to acknowledge reverend brown and thank you very much for the words you've impaired as usual your strength and words are received well and want to show respect and appreciation for you the road map to peace as you may know we call it the rp example t b public works to address a series of untimely and sense of death occurring in your community from go young latinos and not only in the mission but throughout san francisco the initiative grew out of a series o

inspired a bible quote their salter than sodom and gomorrah your jump start with the careers of underserved people in this city that are boston and chicago and dallas and san francisco and miami and new york city saint lose and us now working in a look at branch i work on policies the store for citibank and has fweven me a prospective on the value of not only helping the youth to find summer jobs but giving them what we may consider the 6 skills two basics; right? but really those skills are critical things like how do you use your phone than more than text our friends l o l maybe use your phones to text our bank and consulting communicate with your bank and in the process manage our finances better so these light skills are what the city foundation provides and we provide financial education and financial tools to assess space and products today through pathways to progress more than one thousand employees have donated 7 thousand hours of our time >> (clapping.) >> and we've created 5 thousand plus jobs. >> so today city foundation renews our commitment to our youth we are donating $960,00

however, in the property-stricken areas of baltimore and the areas that have been underserved by thegovernment, those were areas where there was increasing violence and hostility towards the police. a tale of twost cities. in certain pockets where there was widespread poverty, there was writing. there was unrest. there were fires. there was destruction. in areas that were more affluent or in areas that were more stable, there was relative calm. i must say that in baltimore dilapidatedny, many houses.lict there are about 16,000 vacant homes. and many of the communities of color, those homes remain. there is no development, has not been development. and so you have a cycle of poverty that continues. so that is unfortunate but that is just the way baltimore is situated at this point. laura: now, there is a nationwide concern about the treatment of blacks by white police officers. does baltimore have a problem? james: yes. i would say that there is a widespread perception, and it is born out of actual data. baltimore has paid millions and millions of dollars to settle lawsuits brought by

is an historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment for people living in underservedrban communities. >>> and another major name has surfaced in the deluge of flint water lawsuits. the naacp is now suing the state of michigan, and the baltimore based civil rights organization says the suit seeks property damages, pain and suffering damages, and emotional distress damages and medical monitors for flint residents and businesses. it names governor rick snyder and other officials, along with two officials hired to evaluate water quality. the naacp is seeking class action status in what is just the latest civil suit to be filed over the water crisis. >>> now to a story you will only see on wu couple is reunited with a stolen puppy after offering a reward to anyone who returned her, reunited with the 4-month- old boston terrier maggie thanks to a senior in high school and wusa 9. >> rojita? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you all so much. >> aww. >> come here. >> maggie. >> come here. >> you guys are so welcome. >> aww. >> come here, my girl. >> you guys are welcome. >

no matter what walk of life you're in, but particularly the underserved population of santa clara county really need our help and if we're in a position to help then why wouldn't we do it? >> supporting mamas also runs a drop-in support group and connects moms in need with the professionals who can help them. carol knows there are other groups that do similar good work and she worked to create her own because it's her own experience that's behind it and there are just some things that books and magazines can't teach you. >> i felt like i was driven to do this work. >> and she thinks the south bay in particular, silicon val set place to do it because the economic disparity between the rich and the not so well off is so tough and that makes, as you know, as you know beginning new motherhood tough. >> it's tough to begin with. >> she thinks these supplies can make it easier. >> that's nice. >> thank you, garvin. >>> let's change things over to jeff ranniery and talk about those clouds. we haven't seen clouds in a couple of days. quite a few raindrops moving in throughout the area and some i

. >> the organization holds educational seminars, hosts a christmas party for underserved children, andives out college scholarships. >> we have about over 160 young asian women in college with our assistance. >> and 6abc's community advisory board celebrated asian american and pacific islander heritage month with a dinner and dance performance. >> this year, the advisory board honored local asian americans who've served in the military and gave awards to several veterans. >> our thanks to maido japanese market for hosting us as we celebrate asian american history and culture. >> you can find information on maido and all of the places we featured on the visions page of 6abc dot com. good night everyone.

my assumption is that the people who want money are underserved or just not happy with the service they get at traditional banks. maybe they're less creditworthy, maybe they just don't like dealing with banks. tell me about who's getting the money and whether this business model can actually scale up big. >> well, i think scale up big is really an overstatement. it's not a threat to the traditional banking. this is very special-burn type of lending to borrow who wants to get money fast, doesn't want to go through the paperwork a bank would have to go through from a regulatory standpoint. so it is something that's a special need that they are addressing. but it isn't big enough at this point to be really threatening the overall traditional banking model. >> is the advantage the lack of regulation that this particular arm of lending falls under? >> it is. consumer finance is all driven by the regulation that when that box gets so tight for traditional banks that these lenders can kind of get away with less paperwork or a little less stringent in the sense of an operation model capital or

zuckerberg says he'll focus on underserved communities and personalized learning. >>> authorities areore than doubling the size of the takata recall. >> michael finney says this is the largest recall in u.s. history. >> this thing is really huge. it also mean that's more of us are going to get notified that we're driving cars with potentially dangerous takata airbags. there won't be enough replacement parts for everyone until, get this, the end of 2019. a defect in the airbags can cause them to explode in a crash sending shrapnel flying through the car. explosions are blamed in 11 deaths and at least 100 inju injuries. the national highway traffic safety administration had already recalled nearly 29 million bags. today the company added 35 million to 40 million more. >> vehicle owners who have received notice that there are parts available for their repair should take action immediately. >> takata is -- older cars will get priority for repairs since they are most vulnerable. age is a factor. >> all affected cars should be repaired by december 2019. >>> if you've had to wait in long se

whether they're thinking how to change the criteria for allocating those awards so some of our most underserved have a shot. >> thank you dr. murase. >> yes. the issue of quality has been brought to us the oversight committee in terms of the panel that works on this this is quite a board cookies of strrmdz representing walk sf and u a sf are involved we have feedback from the quality issues stakeholders looking at the geographyic and the tier 1, 2, 3 schools to be considered i can telling you we've actually begun the discussions i personally had a meeting with president anita wong and brought the issue of quality i think that need to be a consideration in our talks but the impact innovation awards are between aussie other communities as we sort to that we're positive this is very much on everyone's mind and moving with the cooperation. >> gas stations to all part of teachers residents program the collaboration we need to attack teachers to our school district and address the teacher shortage so glad to see retention rates that higher than the average so want to acknowledge the work that goes in

each year and despite this being the largest population of athletes, this group is one of the most underserved when it comes to research related to head injuries, which brings us to our task for today. we want to examine what is being done today to reduce the amount of head injuries to young athletes, how are the policies developed, do they go far enough , how does the large number of clubs,nt league teams, and recreational activity complicate efforts for injury prevention. progress has been made in recent years. all 50 states and the district of colombia have enacted concussion laws. and others of them for months policies to reduce the amount of had contact in practice and games. others provide education and guidance for training and awareness for coaches, parents, and athletes. based on the experience thus far, are we doing enough and what does the science tell us? the last question is particularly interesting and important. there is a lot we do not know about concussions, but pediatric populations are severely underrepresented with existing research. and there is the challenge. dramatic't k

i feel like i underserved the viewer. i want to fact check ourselves. here's donald trump again.p. 2% true. 2% here's clinton. second clinton is 23% crew. 27% mostly true. 1% false. that was a number of namts that he this could we do that in real time? is that possible? >> i'm sure and to kaley's point, it all depends on context and substantial, sampling,over sam bling, the things that you look at. i think like to all positions lie but no politician has tried dooring up but truth is important. poll is are important is he going to round up 11 approximately people, separate children from their parents or is he going to dial that back? is he going to have a temporary ban on all muslims or is just a suggestion? these things are important. >> but why to people seem not to care? >> bob, go ahead. you've seen the -- >> you're talking about the trump voters. >> you heard donald trump saying he could shoot a cannon or something down fifth heave and he would not lose one supporters. >> of his supporters, which are 9%. he doesn't have voters. >> i'm going to disagree and agree with kaley on

it is a huge category that has been underserved by the exist in situations.d for banks to lend to him -- individuals and small business. there was a huge amount of excitement about it among venture capitalists. $3 billion invested last year, devon billion dollars of underwriting against the balance sheet, and as things go up, we also can go down. we have seen this in the past four. post paypal companies that had been created ran into trouble and a number of them are five. there was skepticism around lending club before this happened, just about the risk involved in peer-to-peer lending . >> it's a good question. if you look at one of the challenges for the business the balance sheet risk is being born not by the companies ultimately with institutional investors of hedge funds, and his third parties have gotten scared, liquidity has gone away from that market. there has been a misalignment between the keepers of the balance sheet and the creators of the balance sheet. the long-term survivors will maintain some of that risk on their balance sheet. emily: david,

brought more diversity to the schools and the district says a better academic outcome for some of the underserveddents. the superintendent says parents shouldn't give up. >> i would encourage any parent that doesn't get an assignment they would like or to try to change the assignment to contact our enrollment office, etc, and come in and speak with a counsel lore. >> but o'sullivan has already gone down to the district to fill out the wait pool form. a counselor suggested she fill out a medical form to increase the chances. one twin had been an operation. >> i don't think i need to do that to make a decision. >> reporter: the family is considering moving out of san francisco. >>> happening today, an apple flag ship store opens to the public. it will be a new vision for retail. the new store includes 42-foot sliding glass doors, living trees in the customer support store and a 47-foot sculpture. the doors open at 10:00. >>> we're waking up to cool conditions throughout the bay area. let's head outside and get a full check of the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. you're tracking rain chances

that time is underserved by institutions.re's a company called we work that gives all the people doing in starbucks a place to come to work. charlie rose: they believe they understand millennials more than anyone alive. david brooks: that is one big shift. 54 i'm hoping to have another 30 years of active life ahead of me. charlie rose: the actuarial tables suggest that's true. even brooks: i'm trying to stay healthy. i can think that i have a moment now where i can do 25 years of something such as satisfying and may be significantly new. so maybe you think of another chapter. charlie rose: john my memory. you read about people in their 70's they were writing to you about the perspective they had at that time. i asked 5000 readers to send in essays and great themselves on their lives looking back to give themselves a minuses for career and be minus for personal life. some things they did have some common traits. for a few people regret risks. they divided their lives into artificial chapters. some people said ok this is the be

need, children in traumatic crisis, a heroes and helpers shopping spree in december where we take underservedchildren shopping with a police officer from the bay area. more children, more books, reading books for children. >> thank you very much. take a look at the number. let me see if in the past 30 seconds we bumped the number up. we are still at $1.265. almost at $1.266. let's see if we can't get that number up in the next five, four -- >> grit charities. >> by the way, we are at safeway. a couple of safeways throughout the area will have tables out front to get more information about sv gives.org. >> we'll provide information on facebook and twitter. >>> thank you. get up and give. get out there. >> the morning is young. kari is giving us a little sunshine later today. >> a little bit. it won't be as bright and sunny as it was yesterday. you can see those blurry lights. we will have clouds rolling across as we go through the morning and early afternoon. i don't think it will clear very much in san francisco. take a look at these temperatures now at 51 in the north bay. in the east bay it

organization working with the local groups to reduce health disparities among underresourced and underserved women. >> raising funds. supporti for women in our community. mike: because she understands, because she empathizes her patients adore her. alison: what strong woman. abc7 and newschannel8 are the media sponsor for saturday's komen race for the cure. you can track the stories we'll run leading up to the event. use #seeitpink. we have live coverage from the race from the national mall on our sister station newschannel8. leon: it gets bigger year after year. still ahead on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- an exact replica of stonehenge. would you believe there is one in virginia? we tell you why the artist who built it says he will give it to you on one condition. alison: plus, getting despite not breaking the law. the action that will get you an unusual ticket from d.c. police. why many say it's a good idea. horace: "7 on your side" is at it again. this time we are going undercover to put air duct cleaning companies to the test. we will take you where you likely have never been before. inside an

xfinity will send an underserved child to the zoo, or someone in need.he company has improved the zoo's wifi network to help guests stay connected. >> up next on "action news" today. federal investigators had a stern warning for parents on a child pornography bust. >>> and flames tear through a warehouse in texas sending chemicals into the air. >>> and we -- this picture giving new meaning to the phrase finger licking good, the new nail polish ahead. but now we want to take you to the press conference that is happening we believe in barnegat township where they have an announcement in renks to the fountive they are looking for. >> out of concern for the community and to ease ourselves back to the normal wonderful life we enjoy here in barnegat. the police department will have an officer in every single school tomorrow. this is just purely a precautionary measure to ease ourselves back to normality. the other thing i will indicate to you, we are poised, we are ready to remobilize should we find mr. buckle is back in the barnegat area. and if any leads, i

and those who are underserved. ceos are responsible. we have to change from being shareholder base.nd that's what i'm an advocate of. when employees call me and they feel that there's a problem, it could be in their personal lives or their health. it could be in their communities where they're being repressed by politicians. i have an obligation to step in. which is what you've seen with reason activity. >> senator josh mckeown says marc is the ring leader for ceos who are exercising power over public policy than the vote here's use the democratic process. are you usurping the democratic process. >>? well, we said in it georgia and in. if if you are going to describe name against our lgbt employees and our customers, which is going to impact our ability to hire in your state, as well as to invest in your state, bring people from out of your state into your state, we're going to have to reduce the investment in your state. a year ago, the governor signed a law. i don't think he understood the implications of that law. there was a dramatic response from the business community. he chan

but particularly the underserved populations of santa clara county really need your help.'re in a position to help, why wouldn't we do it. >> she runs a drop-in support group and contacts moms in need with the professionals that can help them. carol knows there are other groups that do similar work but she was moved to create her own because it's her own experience behind it and there are some things that books and magazines can't teach you. >> i felt like i was driven to do this work. >> carol says supporting mommas clothing drive and mother's day delivery this year is just the first of what she hopes are many to come. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> well if you know of someone doing something nice for other, garvin would love to hear from you and share that story. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> we'll be right back. the 142nd run for the roses gets underway tomorrow. this morning, the "kentucky derby" horses t >>> the 142nd run for the roses gets under way tomorrow and this morning the kentucky derby horses and their jockeys got in s

wherever it underserves a veteran. . v.a. supervisors instructed them to falsify wait times. this is a slap in the face to our vets. the house passed the v.a. accountability act of 2015, h.r. 1994, legislation that i co-sponsored that will make important reforms to the v.a. system which will provide the necessary resources and flexibility the v.a. needs to hold poor performing employees accountable. while i believe that the v.a. has 99% of employees generally caring about the work they do and wanting to help veterans, we must always ensure that the other 1% of those who are not acting in the best interest of veterans are held accountable. our veterans deserve only the highest quality of care at our v.a. facilities. fighting for our veterans who fought for us will be one of my top priorities and i'll continue to work in congress to improve our veterans' quality of care any way i can and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. curbelo, for five minutes. mr. curbelo: mr. speaker, i rise today t

and has a better outcome for some of the underserved students. parents shouldn't give up. >> i would encourage that any parent that doesn't get an assignment they like be or they would like to change an assignment to contact our enrollment office and to come in and speak with a counselor and come in and lay out what the circumstances are. >> but she has already gone down to the school district to fill out the wait forms. and she filled out a medical form to increase chances. one of the twins recently had an operation but no longer needs medical attention. >> i don't feel the need to lie on a government form to fix a wrong that's being done by the school district. >> a decision may come late in the summer or the beginning of the school year. meanwhile the family is considering of moving outs of san francisco. abc7 news. >> members of are san jose's japan town celebrated the grand opening are a new low income apartment complex called the japan town senior apartments. it took 8 years and more than $27 million to build. the 75-unit building is locate

been competing for charity of their house giving his winnings to a san jose foundation that helps underservedthe world. >> women in africa and asias give picture and they get injured, so they are incontinent so they become shunned and no one will hire them or educate them or marry them. it is terrible. >> the foundation makes sure the women get an operation that could help. you will find out more information of the charity and how to help on our website at abc7news.com. >> large and rare blew diamond bail the most expensive jewel sold, you can look at it right there, 14.6 kates. it soiled for a record $57 million at the auction in geneva . it is said to get its name from the lake sir philip oppenheimer acquire it in the 1950's and gave it to his wife. >> gorgeous. >> we have another full 90 minutes news including a big remember for wal-mart shoppers while the prepaid debit card may not be working. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> a passenger jet carrying 66 people disappeared from radar. this morning, new information including the strange move made just before

they say it has a better academic outcome for some of the underserved students. parents shouldn't give up. >> i would encourage that any parent that doesn't get an assignment they like be or they would like to change an assignment to contact our enrollment office and to come in and speak with a counselor and come in and lay out what the circumstances are. >> but o'sullivan has already gone down to the district to fill out the wait forms. a counselor even suggested she fill out a medical form to increase her chances. one of the twins recently had an operation but no longer needs medical attention. >> i don't feel the need to lie on a government form to fix a wrong that's being done by the school district. >> a decision may come late in the summer or the beginning of the school year. meanwhile the family is considering of moving out of san francisco. lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> happening today, apple's remodeled flagship store in san francisco opens to the public. on thursday some lucky people got a sneak preview of the store in union square, the company said i

so whether you're a member of abu sayyaf, local run, underserved, al-qaeda, aqim come is all part of the same. even if the shia. they are hezbollah. that's a version of jihadism. it's just a competing branch. it's the one that serves the shia interpretation of extremism. so these are all things we should remember. it's not the connection between individuals that matter. intelligence community is always looking, before the san bernardino, irrelevant. do they share the same ideology is the most important thing. so if that individual chairs the ideology of jihad whether it's major nadal's, that means they're members of the same movement and that i think is the best label for mobile jihad movement. in the middle right there. >> have you reflected on -- [inaudible] >> sufi -ism is often thought of as the antidumping all we need is more of that. as you said you haven't read a history book. the whirling dervish's animistic version of islam seems very intuitively attractive as a nonkinetic. some of the nastiest, most violent muslim sects in history of the religion were linked to sufi -ism. i

so we look for families across the board, sometimes from underserved or unrepresented and invite themlearn all aspects of documentary film production. and they in turn come and bring story to the table and often that involves their own kind of lived experiences. >> so you obviously felt this would help to enrich their own personal lives and help them as they deal with their peers. >> absolutely. and also i think people sometimes negate the views and beliefs and attitudes of young people, and of course they can't vote until their 18. this is a powerful vehicle for young people to kind of find their voice and amplify that voice. and engage peer-to-peer with h know, most hot button issues in society. >> well, they've done some great work. looking at yours you call it shade. and you deal with skin color and the damaging stereotypes. tell us a little about it as we take a look at the film. >> for me, we're all brown. that's what i think. there's no team white skin, no team dark skin. >> why did you decide you wanted to tell this story? >> i decided to tell the story in fact it was an insec

so i included a quote from a patient to point out in the past we might think underserved individuals are not online and they are not digital. we might have also thought that our older patients were not online and not digital and neither of those are true. we have a curry patient saying it's about time they try this, with texting. people want to be connected a lot with their provider and with their health care. given all that, we want to talk a lilgt -- little about our strategy. any questions so far? should i pause? we are starting with one premise, which is navigating health care is one of the most confusing things any of us have to do. regardless of what our health care coverage is, when we realize we are sick or our daughter is sick, we want to take better care of ourselves, we go into a series of questions where do i go, do i ask my mother, is it on google, what was that billboard i saw, is there a place in my neighborhood and then more questions from there. if you look at our patient population they are grappling with two or three jobs, they are grappling with language, how urge

reporter: it's affordable but you want to make sure you are providing healthy options especially in underserved communities that make don't have as much access to healthy foods have access to this? >> yeah. these communities are my family, you know. we started in watts. even though we are in uptown oakland, our work force is from east oakland, north oakland, west oakland. we haven't found a spot in east oakland yet. >> reporter: your partner in crime is daniel patterson of coy. fantastic restaurant in san francisco from what i under. where did you guys come up with this idea? why did you decide this is what you want today do? >> we both been cooking 20 years. i think our lives led us to this. we now have the knowledge and the ability to share. you know what i mean? we don't need to open another fancy restaurant. our whole career has led us to this moment to feed as many people as we can, to provide as many jobs as we can and change communities and lives. that's what it's about. >> reporter: i know you want to take this concept nationwide. how do you make sure -- i mean, the struggle is going to

brought more diversity to the schools and the district says a better academic outcome for some of the underserved students. the superintendent says parents shouldn't give up. >> i would encourage any parent that doesn't get an assignment that they would like or they would like to try to change an a assignment to contact our enrollment office, epc, and to come in and speak with a counselor and to lay out what the circumstances are. >> reporter: but o'sullivan has already gone down to the district to fill out the waive pool forms. >> they told me there isn't an alternative, that i had to put their names into the lottery of placement for the next round. >> reporter: a decision may come late in the summer or at the beginning. school year. mean bhiel while, the family is considering moving out of san francisco. lian lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> we learned about this story through a viewer e-mail. tell us what's happening where you live by e-mailing us. >>> there was a plot twist today in the saga over the future of george lucas' museum. >> bay area leaders now waging a new battle to try to lure the

donald trump does, let's reunite around policies that will bring jobs and opportunities to all these underserved communities. so for example, i'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean, renewable energy as the key into coal country. because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right, tim, and we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people. those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives, to turn on our lights and power our factories. now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels but i don't want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on. >> joining me now from charleston, west virginia, bob kincaid, radio host and cofounder of the appalachian community health emergency campaign. watching you on our monitor as you listened to that, i couldn't make out what your face was. what's your reaction and what is the reception hillary clinton is getting in coal country

they did that in an area that was, as it's called, underserved. to tread, where others preferred to abandon, koreans moved in. so, 1992. [ shouting ] four l.a. police officers are on trial for what sure as hell looked to me like a wildly excessive and prolonged beating of an unarmed rodney king. in april of that year, they were acquitted. for me, it was a, "holy shit, i never saw that coming," moment. for african americans, it was a somewhat ruder surprise. to say people were angry would be an understatement. >> protestor: they don't represent the people no more. >> roy choi: south central is that way. so, you could almost -- >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: -- feel it like a tidal wave coming. >> anthony: the l.a.p.d. were completely unprepared for what happened next. >> roy choi: everything you see right here, all this, was being looted. chairs and rocks and everything being thrown through walls. if you go straight down western, on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911 and there was no response. >> anthony: did cops come at

the early 20s now, you don't have unemployment, you're finding your identity, and that segment is underserved. we have a structure coming into being to serve them. >> rose: they believe they understand millennials for than anyone. >> so that's one big shift in how we think about a certain age. but then if you're 54, i'm hoping i have 30 years of sort of active life ahead of me. so that means instead of -- >> rose: the actuarial tables suggest that's true. >> i hope so. i try to stay healthy. >> rose: yeah. i can think, i have a moment to have at least 20, 25 years of something substantive and satisfying and maybe something totally new. so if you're in that age group, suddenly you're okay. you have a chance to think of another chapter. so that's just -- >> rose: so let me refer to something weren't talk about in a while. you chronicle these people in terms of -- help me jog my memory -- basically, they were in thei their 70s and writing yu their perspective at that time. >> i asked my readers to grade themselves on their lives. a minuses for career, b minus for personal life, so they didn't th

cardiovascular in a host of other problems and but as they suggest who participate it is the most underserved population with research with head injuries. we want to examine and is doing it today in the policies and compliance are in place and how how does the club's complicate efforts but progress has been made recent years all 50 states have concussiondistri and was u.s. say football, hockey, as it will dash soft kurt to reduce newt of head contact we're looking forward to hearing are we doing enough but pediatric populations are severely the there are not yet ready to provide so immense struggle homage -- involving research. don't it makes it that much more challenging. and shu lacked any form of surveillance yen per then high-school age given ande had different factors such as age or gender or sports affects the outcome cautery nowhere making the best decision? in and out of some losing there in jake was a promising and played football from the moment he s could pick have a ball from and is supported. >> usanization, us football, hockey, lacrosse, to provide guidance. we will also hear i

systems who lend the money actually survey bear territory and make sure that they are addressing underserved folks within the territories. >> thank you. would anyone else like to respond the new beginning farmers? >> i think it's been for the systems mission it's been a success story to look at the data that has been accumulated regarding the growth in those loans in those areas and i think the system has taken very seriously and my discussions with them their requirement to do this and they have taken it to heart and aggressively pursue this program. they each have their own individual programs designed for their region. we examined for them to execute those programs. the report is given to us each year and we in turn report to congress each year about the results of that effort. >> mr. hall did you want to add anything? >> one comment two day summit previous experience working with the agency their partnerships on guaranteed programs that are available. i know the system is very active in working with other partners in making sure the best population assert. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> s

us recognize the benefits and the crucial role that they serve in meeting the needs of rural and underserved communities, allowing patients to receive local treatment instead of being forced to travel far from home for treatment. so steps like these that help to improve access are just some of the ways that i think we should be rethinking our approach to health care in the broader sense as we seek to alleviate the burdens that have been imposed by the a.c.a. i have continued over several congresses now to introduce the medicare patient empowerment act. this is legislation that would give patients the option to negotiate with their provider so medicare would pay the typical fee the patient negotiates for the difference there, but we face a very unique situation in our state. again, a one-size-fits-all prescription doesn't work for us. we have incredibly low reimbursement rates for medicare in alaska, and so you have very few providers that will accept medicare. and so when you are newly medicare eligible or you come into the state, it's tough to find anybody that will see you. so if there is

as the university of new mexico's project called echo and medical centers to ensure patients in underserved communities get the care they need. the v.a. should increase its focus to improve clinical outcomes and reduce treatment costs. i urge members to support my amendment to prioritize funding to the v.a. telehealth program. the chair: the gentlelady yield. anyone claiming time in opposition? mr. dent: i claim time in opposition but i do not oppose. mr. dent: i share the gentlelady's concern about the importance of telehealth to provide health care to patients and especially useful in the treatment of behavioral health issues. v.a. is providing 2.1 million consultations to veterans in 2015, many of whom who were in rural areas. v.a. funding will get to $2.1 billion. i urge adoption and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: i thank the pennsylvania. and i support access to quality care. we need to recruit health professionals and telemedicine is a great tool to deal with the shortage of health professionals. i support this amendment and i urge all the members to do