in fact, in september of last year the v.a.amended its contract with prudential, contract with prudential, ratifying what had been a ten-year-long verbal agreement: to allow the insurance company to retain lump sum death benefits of soldiers and deposit that money into its own accounts >> the v.a. has a very solemn obligation to make sure that for-profit companies do not take advantage of the government or grieving families. >> couric: some beneficiaries who checked "lump sum" on this v.a. claim form expected to receive a check. instead, they received a checkbook and a packet from prudential saying the money has been placed in a secure interest-bearing alliance account. but the funds are held in the company's own general corporate account. some years prudential earned almost 5% interest while paying survivors less than 1%. >> so from 1999 until 2009-- a ten-year period-- prudential was sending out checkbooks holding on to billions of dollars of survivors' money, even though the contract required them to send out checks. >> cour

the v.a. has addressed some of my concerns, they continue to miss what i believe is the underlying reason for the bill. consumer service and usability. the v.a. should have a clear link that will take veterans to a listing of jobs based simply on zip codes. today if you are a veteran you are looking for a job, whether it is in the private sector or united states government, it can be a daunting task. the v.a. should not make it harder but make it easier to find a job. for example, when you go to the v.a. homepage under quick links, under, quote, federal jobs for veterans, end quote, this is close to what i want but private sector jobs are not listed since it only lists federal jobs and completely omits private sector jobs. to provide private sector jobs on this site you have to click on the veteran service dropdown menu and navigate 28, that is 28 possible links and somehow know that vetsuccess is the proper link while you're doing all these 28 links. there's no simple link for veterans employ

the first time i came to v.a. because it was in then one nine hundred ninety. i wanted to go back to puerto rico i used to live in new york for thirty years with my children some my wife and i decided to go to puerto rico with my friend. telling me why don't you come to v.a. because you know this is like a pot of i.c.u. you can buy a piece of land then build the house i said i would i would go over there and. have a look and see if i like it so i came and i like it. when i was in the yard i didn't know a thing about the problem of because. my friends than me knowing big as we got the navy don't want to have you come to vegas you don't we don't have nothing to do with the navy that's something that is over they are in the business we didn't pay attention to. what makes me change my mind was the case of my friend the one who mean to come into view because. he used to eat. shellfish. and these. fish was picked up by his father in though it was a fisherman. used to collect these fish from the new area and the not so own. he got sick. two years later he'd die in the

specifically in my unit right now there is one person who is an outpatient at the v.a. center in palo aalto for traumatic brain injury he received while he was in iraq. another officer who suffered partial hearing loss as a result of an ambushes he experienced in iraq. people like this need our help. they have problems. and part of the mandate of the veterans' affairs commission is to advise the mayor of the conditions affecting veterans in san francisco. i hope to fulfill that mandate as an active member of the commission. furthermore, i have attended several meetings of the commission as a member of the general public since february. i have been attempting and providing public comment when necessary and asked by other commission members and several of those commission members are present today. i believe they can speak on my behalf as to whether or not my input has been material to their discussions. and i'd like to entertain any requests that supervisors have for me at this time. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar

it showing the v.a.ecret deal with prudential that left the insurance company withhold lump sum payments. they used these accounts to earn investment income. >> in the meantime, apple is working on an updated version of the ipad that will have a video camera. its feature that already on the iocht phone 4. >> and bargain shopping for a new cell plan at wal-mart, offering unlimited text plan for $45 a month and second will cost 25, no long term contract necessarily. >> the dow and s&p 500 rose to the highest in the month as regulators wanted more time to beef up books. and today is the second anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. >> waiting for superman, a documentary about failing u.s. schools. highway says the u.s. isn't producing enough skilled workers like microsoft. toyota says the new models won't be available until 2012. >> governor swarzenegger is in tokyo is making a songer pitch for business ties with california. he rode a high speed train to tout the state's plan for the high speed rai

we think at the v.a. has resources as responsibilities to everybody.job is to take responsibility very seriously to be the watchdog, to make sure that they spend that money wisely, fairly, efficiently, but with responsiveness. that they spend it on veterans' needs. you are our eyes and ears. make sure that we know what is going on in the va. your guys in washington keep us fully informed and always on the ball to make sure we do the right thing by you. we have done some other good things. the legion took a strong stance on this to help make it happen. in the last 20 years, as the va ever gotten a budget on time. how can you plan a health care system without a budget? you cannot look ahead. now, we have put the va budget a year ahead. with all the politics, whether it be democrats republicans, the president of congress, the va knows what its budget is going to be no matter what its politics are. they can plan and a can make sure that we have a high quality health care system. we have done that. for our new veterans, i thought about my dad who came back

. >> my inclingation is to uphold the v.a.'s finding on the variance. five out of five is hard to knock down. i think that -- and for many of the reasons that vice president goh articulated, i feel the same way. the concerns of the family about financing and all that, that is part of the risk you take when you enter into a t.i.c. as someone who looked into housing and purchasing homes in san francisco, that is part of the risk. the timing isn't great right now. that doesn't mean you can't have alternatives. that is where i am thinking right now. >> i guess the starting point for me really is -- and also having been involved with various cases for 30 years, at least the ones that i've seen, most of them involved something that was not so different as this particular case is with regular planning tenants' of the code. we have seen where a lot that was 42 feet wound up splitting into two 21-foot lots. therefore, allowing additional housing in san francisco overwÑ >> in particular, the problems that this board is seeing, where such a substandard size is bei

blazing light older now where the marshall arlen's european countries south american countries look to v.a. crews as the place that really knows our organize whereas we thought it was pretty much ad lib all the way they see it as a successful erection for us. the last year old their security our bridges course there are eleven million dollars us prana raising the rent would sometimes close to get rid of our lives are able to think about. big is big and less important as it got more its friends and it got more expensive not only in dollars and cents or on the most paper led by me in the radio station that the rear of all the world were quite full. of. i think the essence of the struggle of a people in vehicles to rid themselves of being new still being abused being kept in the dark to get rid of that was such a liberating kind of thing and it was all down peacefully. and how a tiny little island could face a force as powerful as we did was intriguing but not only intriguing was really inspirational to a lot of people. our particular kind of struggle made it possible for us to to grow to exp

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. ben and his family live on this block. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. (announcer) new icy hot power gel. relief that's icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. new icy hot power gel. don't mess around with pain. >>> it's a quick trip at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. coming up, we'll take a check of mass transit and an accident reported in milpit

plays a large role given our the marshall islands european countries south american countries look to v.a. chris as the place that really knows our all grandmas whereas we thought it was pretty much ad libbed all the way they see it as looks as erection for us. the last year all their security our bridges course there are eleven million dollars. us prajna raising the rent which sometimes helps to get rid of our lives are able to earn a living but. figures began less important as it got more its friends and it got more expensive not only in dollars and cents or on the most papers read widely in the radio station let the reader will the world it will quite pull. i think the essence of the struggle of a people in a vehicle is to rid themselves of being used to being abused being kept in the dark to get rid of that was such a liberating kind of thing and it was all down peacefully. and how a tiny little island could face a force as powerful as we did was intriguing but not only intriguing was really inspirational to a lot of people. our particular kind of struggle made it possible for us to t

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. >>> this is the grand avenue exit and 58 a heading eastbound. what you can't tell, this is a very steve offramp. from what we understand the driver said he lost his brakes. you see the result there. several cars crashed right -- what's remarkable, we go to the camera live on the scene, no one was killed. if you go up and look at the car fit hirst -- hit first by the truck, it's really remarkable that that driver was not seriously injured. we know that one person has been taken to the hospital but from what we understand from police, the injuries are not life-threatening. you can only imagine, though, had there been people in the backseat of that car, we might be talking about some fatalities here. again, really

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. . >>> live in san bruno, investigators are asking the public for three specific things to help them with the investigation. i'll tell you what they are in a live report. >> also dozens of evacuees return to their homes in san bruno not knowing what they'll find. >> state regulators order pg&e

v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. but by the city council. how richmond leaders stepped in late la ep those schools >>> three west contra costa schools are not saved by the bell but by city council. we'll tell you how richmond leaders stepped in last night to keep the schools opened. >>> bp hands out the blame. the conclusion the company's gulf oil spill report just released this morning. >>> good morning. it's wednesday, the 8th of september. i'm john kessler. >> i'm sydnie kohara. good morning, everyone. it is 6:00. let's get you out the door and we'll get our first look at traffic and weather for this wednesday. elizabeth, how's the commute looking? >> well, first we are going to start in the south of market area in san francisco where they have shut down power to this

as to their shooting gallery and v.a. for any size you and i. may wonder if a fleet of the. world as wide as inventory of venture and non conventional weapons. figures has no traffic jams there are no chimneys there are no plastic factories on the hills dumping stuff and so the old mill stream. there's nothing between us from the coast of africa. three thousand miles of open ocean and one bombing right. meanwhile where are. all these heavy metal oracles which you're identified as the explosive residue. i played soldiers or. i had no idea of heavy metals on p.c. be. the continue to fight for them so forth. we're talking about a silent invisible killers in the air that i get angry i get angry and a very has poisoned me. always on my wife or even my children poisoned my grandchildren my neighbors and so forth. rebbe. my name is me and i am leader not a guy. i've been living in vehicles for thirty seven years. i moved here with my husband charley to drop out and because it was the perfect place for what we wanted which was to live off the land while the sea trolley was fishing.

the navy had a v.a. can see who was there in charge of delivering the terrible messages. and he said to my mom looks trina that was my mother's nickname i come to give you the message that you have to move from this area because the navy has bought it and my mother who never went to school was not a professor who understood that she was born in this area and was raised there because she said to him look this is mine this is my house i have lived here all my life she did not believe him because she thought it was unheard of. and we stayed the next day the bulldozers arrived to knock down the house. on the muscle and my mother only had time to run into the house and grab a bed sheet and i don't know because we were not rich we were poor and humble people but it was our. pick up some john is it some pots tied to bed sheets by the four corners and run to the street to watch the machine knocking down the house. and police and first i thought it was a big toy four years old totally innocent but my mother when i looked at her face she was crying. i invaded three acres here i am

told me why don't you come to v.a. because you know this is like a pot of i.c.u. you can buy a piece of land then build a house i said i will go over there and. have a look and see if i like it so i came and i like it. when i was in the yard i didn't know a thing about the problem of because i knew all that my friend and me knowing big as we got in the navy don't want to leave you come to vegas you and we don't have nothing to do with the navy that's something that is all that they are and that's their business we didn't pay attention to that. what really makes me change my mind was the case of my friend the one who mean to come into vehicles. used to eat. shellfish. and this shellfish was picked up by his father in the who was a fisherman he used to collect these fish from the naria and the fact sown. he got sick. two years later he died in the central many goings on one. couple of months before he died they did the hay stool and blood test for heavy metals and he came out point six single point twelve of you running them you came on point six zero lead. and arse

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.edical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. >>> good morning. let's go out to san br

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. freeway express lane. it opens monday morning on interstate 680, and today there was a ce . >>> in a few days the bay area will have an express lane. it opens monday morning on i- 680 and today there was a celebration for it. it's a carpool lane that solo drivers can use if they are willing to pay a fee. it's done electronically so drives need fastrak. >> anything we can do to get people to work sooner out of their cars faster, get the students to school on time and get them off the road so there is less pollution is very important. >> the southbound express lane will run from highway 84 south of pleasanton to highway 237 in milpitas. >>> sales taxes, property taxes, income taxes, they are all too familiar to mo

we may never know but check out this speech from the prime minister in jen knee that v.a.e is doing the swiss equivalent of the blah blah blah when he starts to lose it [ laughter ] he does it again. he just can't seem to get it together. the crowd seems to be in on the joke, whatever it is. if only we spoke german, which is, by the way what they speak. [ music throughout ] [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a calendar that shows you all your finances at once. it lets you know when your money's going out. and when it's coming in. it even tells you when you're running low. we call that danger days. it's built to help you see your money in a whole new light. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc. for the achiever in us all. ♪ pnc. for the achiever in us all. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill

it's inside the v.a.etery, it's a water main but running across the road, so traffic is getting by. since they did locate that quickly, they should get a cap on that. i'll let you know if lanes are blocked, but so far traffic is getting through the area. across the bay bridge, nice drive from the north bay. folks heading north across that bridge, 101, wine country weekend, huge issue as well as we're sending a few winners over there from our contest. keep that in mind. heading out to tahoe, interstate 80 or 680 through sunol, livermore, the slowing there. live look at sunol, smooth drive now northbound with the taillights. yesterday evening and likely this afternoon things will back up toward 580, jammed solid. very tough to get through this area. i would suggest 580 via 880 and cutting through san leandro and 238. a live look at the south bay no major issues now. i'll tell you about how some folks may travel through this area on their labor day weekend as welcoming up. >>> stanford hospital and the 49ers

and since my dad had been in the army, mom qualified for v.a.arliest childhood memories were formed right here in this housing project called berryland. to my amazement, it seems wonderfully preserved. this goes down to the basement. and, you know, down there was my rocking horse trigger. put some miles on trigger. another single mom, joan, has taken loving care of our old home and i meet another product of these sheriffs, the milwaukee county sheriff. between flashes of nostalgia. >> it looks so small. >> reporter: he shares the grim reality. >> we're part of that rust belt. the manufacturing basis left. the new economy is the computer. we're still chasing smokestacks. >> reporter: i roll to my elementary school, smiling at the memory of goofy faces on picture day. but it is now a depressing symbol of boarded up decay. back in '77, we had no idea that a five-week teacher strike would begin a spiral to the bottom. as the new documentary "waiting for superman" shows, there were years of classroom anarchy, and 80% of schools here can't afford scho

later in the third, roughing the kicker gave v.a. tech new life.ylor to jarrett boykin, breaks a tackle and takes it in. and it's 27-26, virginia tech on top. 1:14 left, fourth quarter. boise state, down by four. moore, back to pass. finds austin pettis in the end zone. and the broncos take a 33-30 lead. with 41 seconds to go, it's fourth down and 11. last chance for virginia tech. tyrod taylor back, steps up. he has jarrett boykin. but jarrett boykin doesn't have the football. boise state hangs on for the 33-30 win. a great game. >>> that will do it for us, on the espn news update. i'm paul severino. back to you in new york. >> all right. thanks a lot, paul. >>> san francisco police have arrested a daredevil climber who managed to scale a 58-story building. >> stuntman, dan goodwin, who is also known as the skyscraper man, managed to climb up the city's millennium tower. it took goodwin about 3 hours to scale that 345-foot building. goodwin used suction cups but no ropes for his big climb. >> amazing. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following to

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.edical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad.

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.ical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. they're convenient, when you re always on the go. but restaurants in one bay area city are fed up with >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for eyewitness news at 6:00. they are convenient when you're on the go but restaurants in one bay area city are fed up with food trucks? what can be done to cuts out the competition. >>> off the air. the campaign ads pulled from several stations across california. we'll have that and much more tonight at 6:00, allen. >> all right, dana. we will see you then in 30 minutes. >>> covered, head to

s ha when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilton. [ brakes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your iphone when you get at&t u-verse tv. at&t. rethink possible. our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats

long time mayor you are the wish god has given the sack after nearly two decades in power richmond v.a. out of sight of the loss of confidence in the mayor as a reason for his dismissal. malians have control over the world's nuclear weapons a group of retired u.s. air force officers thinks so and they've given sworn affidavits claiming that strange events from ukraine to the u.s. to meet plane by looking to the stars. while russian officials are doing all they can to stem the inflow of drugs from central asia police are also dealing with a problem of a modern chemistry making their own and they're finding that simple household products are all that's needed to make an illegal back to. the top stories here in our back at the top of the hour in the meantime our team discusses international policy with the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee constantine. hello again a welcome to spotlight the into the show on r.t. i'm elder knob and today my guest in the studio is can study. russia has joined in with the u.n. sanctions against iran and stop the delivery of weapon.

brings you the story of a caribbean island called v.a. case which is used and abused by the u.s. navy. this. is paradise center. when not for the military presence which occupies almost two thirds of the island's temperature and overshadows the people's everyday lives. when with all the sand so people could use their land. is worth everything. well dangerous work is underway at the bottom of the baltic sea to remove world war two munitions is expected to take at least two years to dispose of thousands of mines and mortar shells piled up on a sunken german checked their. house more. cold weather but determined to do what is a man on a mission and that mission is to monitor the state of all german munitions. even with militia totally visibilities low just a couple of mates is their missiles every web somewhere in boxes and tightly packed together the value could be from world war two it's racks some shells actually laying on the seabed but. one and a half kilometers of shore seventeen meters underwater and ten soudan me sile still on board this german shape is just one of the many

corporate loans have jumped to twenty billion dollars from just under seven billion dollars from the v.a. before for example look oil took an unsecured loan this year at about one percent of interest into bankrate a similar but secured loan by the same company had an interest rate four times higher. and that russian call markets could return to pre-crisis levels in three years time that's according to a new research from after stop russia would be on the road with other top car markets like germany's however many market watchers warn growth won't be quick after stock predicts russian sales will be less than two million vehicles this year . and russia's economy has a long way to go before the ruble becomes an international reserve currency that's the dominant view from a conference focused on the prospects for the russian currency he steps according to some analysts to boost the government point market stabilize and diversify the worship economy and lower the inflation but whether the president of the mice it's strange says russia is making progress. getting ruble to be accepted in settle

paradise lost well throughout the day here in our team we bring you the story of the caribbean island of v.a. case used and abused by the u.s. navy. blue. he's. been known for the military presence which occupies almost two search of the instruments and overshadows the people whose everyday life. where all the sounds so people could use or like to see with. you is worth every. one of our teeth. dangerous work is underway at the bottom of the baltic sea to remove world war two munitions it's expected to take at least two years to dispose of thousands of lines and mortar shells piled up on a sunken german ship there are some of the reports. cold word but determined to do what is a man on a mission and that mission is to monitor the state of all german munitions. even with knowledge of god visibility is low just a couple of meters there missiles every web somewhere in boxes and tightly packed together before you could be from world war two it's wrecked some shells actually laying on the seabed maybe but. one and a half kilometers of shore seventeen meters underwater and turned suddenly sile sti

now it turns out the v.a. not only knew about it but agreed to it. the other oil spill.ichigan homeowners say the own of a ruptured pipeline deceived them into signing away their rights. and a photographer who won the trust of civil rights leaders is exposed as a paid f.b.i. informant. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric.

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. warrener developing story an overnight shooting outside a nightclub in san francisco at 2:00 a.m. this morning oh i'm sorry that's in oakland. 53 rounds were fired two people injured they are expected to survive nor ross. >> there is a gas leak pg&e is working to cap the leak it said brooke would road. some residents were evacuated they have been allowed back into their homes. >> all of those people love summer sad that today is the first full day of fall. but no need to be sad we have a string of summer like days ahead. we're talking about triple digits in this forecast. san jose nice that 50 by 76 a high today of 78 back down to 70 by 8:00 p.m. as we take you through the weekend we will start to heat things up

and i wasn't surprised when they told me we didn't have a v.a. hospital in the southern nevada area or that we had a large number of momentless veterans but what surprised me -- number of homeless veterans. but what surprised me was when families told me how difficult it was for them to bury their family member quhoffs a veteran, that they had a difficult time finding the money to -- that they could make a decent burial for this veteran. so i couldn't understand exactly why that was. i knew that we were providing veteran benefits in order to bury our veterans and to give them grave markers and then i came to congress and started serving on the veterans' affairs committee and i learned that the original bill that provided this funding was not indexed to inflation and consequently the value continued to diminish with every passing year. we have not changed the amount of money that we provided families for bureauying their veteran family members since the early 70 -- 1970's. this bill finally, after introducing legislation year after year that i've

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.acility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. with my citi thankyou points when it happened... [ glass breaks ] ...again. ♪ [ child ] run! [ man ] first it was the mailbox. then my squirrel. and now, this. so i used my points to make a donation to get the park down the street built. when it finally opened, i also used my points for... car repair. [ male announcer ] use your citi thankyou points for almost anything, even local charities. what's your story? citi can help you write it. saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.acility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. 29 is it time the new york stock exchange they're ringing of the opening bell is under way. futures not so hot in pre- market trading. we have jobless claims it fell to four under and 50,000 and that maybe what has turned the markets around. beginning trading not nearly as often as we expected. it is only down 5.3 now. pre-market trading it was down quite a bit. maybe we can get into a rally mode like we did at the end of the day yesterday. >> 6:30 a.m. out of these bay one person has been injured in an officer involved shooting in concord zooming in to the area where this happened. it was 2:30 a.m. officers attempted to stop and not suspect suspect took off on foot at some point during the chase police say he took out a

when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a.cility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. the new 2011 cts coupe from cadi