yakima county sheriff's detective sam perrault. >> did you know vern holbrook? >> i knew of him.s just known to be one of the big movers and shakers in the real estate industry in the yakima valley. >> reporter: the detective had been called to the house where vern was found that saturday night. he'd heard from the responding officer, the one who wore this body camera and captured these scenes from the moment he arrived just before 8 p.m., that a colleague had gone looking for vern when vern's wife had become worried that he didn't return from the showing. the colleague had found him here lying in a pool of blood at this rural home near the small town of cowichie. >> the last people talked to vern around 11:15 and so we could surmise that he had likely been attacked sometime around noon. >> so he'd been lying there, for what? maybe seven or eight hours? >> yes. >> not a whole lot of evidence to go on at the beginning? >> no. >> reporter: vern's truck, still parked outside, offered little. >> his wallet was in there with his id and his credit cards. >> so presumably not robbery? >

and interior secretary to this yakima basin project. but it does reflect so much of what we are asking people to do. i mean, integrated plan is part of an ongoing water enhancement program through the bureau of reclamation. and so my question is what do we need to do to not only use the resources to implement this plan through the department of interior, but providing adequate levels of funding not just for projects like the yakima basin but for other areas since this is -- you know, you could say the same of ka lamb after the, i'm assuming california has more in the san joaquin valley. knowing we are facing serious drought in these areas. >> thank you, senator cantwell. you're absolutely right. yakima is a great model of what we need to be doing from a strategic standpoint. the federal government working closely with the state and all the different constituencies in developing a plan of action to deal with the long-term imbalance between water supply and demand in the yakima basin. i think the bureau of reclamation helped fund a lot of

when i get a chance to the "q" and "a" i'll ask you about the yakima river basin watershed and the arean, users of irrigated water such as farmers and ranchers along with tribes and conservation groups plan to utilize in a better fashion the resources of the yakima river watershed in a time of increased demand and growing scarcity. i believe this effort will be successful and i also believe that as a model for how other watersheds in the west are experiencing these challenges an how if they work together and we work with them, that we can have better resolution of these issues so i look forward to discussing these and many other issues when we get to the questions but, again i appreciate your commitment and the president's to creating jobs and building partnerships and investing in our lands for future generation,k >> thank you, senator cantwell. thank you and good morning. >> good morning. chairman murkowski, representative can'ttwell, thank you for letting me testify. joining me mike connor who certainly is no stranger to this chamber or the senate. i've submitted a detailed statement

ranchers and tribes and groups plan to develop and utilize in better fashion the resources of the yakima river water shed in time of increased demand and growing scarcity. the reason i bring this up is because i believe this effort will be successful and also believe will be a model for ow other water sheds in the west are experiencing these channels and how if they work together and we work with them we can have better resolution of these issues. so i look forward to discussing these and many other issues when we get to the questions i i appreciate your commitment and the president investing in our public lands for future generations. thank you. >> thank you senator cantwell. with that let's turn to the secretary for your comments. thank you and good morning. >> good morning, chairman murkowski, ranking member cantwell and the other members of the community. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. joining me deputy secretary mike connor whose certainly no strange torer to this chamber or the senate. i've submitted a detailed statement for the record. this is a forward looking bu

. >> host: matt, yakima, washington. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hi, chris. thank you so much for taking so much time and talking with us and speaking today. thanks for your service, thanks for your sacrifice, time away from your family and everything you've done. for the story, i can't wait to read your book. and for your advice that you're giving just with what we can do for really our neighbors, our family members that are coming back not just a is simple hey, thanks for the service but, you know, what can we do for you. can you go more into that? and did you see "act of valor"? did you like that? >> guest: i did see "act of valor." i do like it. i watched it one time, it was a -- i don't know what they called it but they gave us a special showing of it, and it was all us military guys in there. and it was definitely emotional. a lot of those different things. i was involved with because each of those missions were true missions. but it definitely hurt to watch it, and the next time i watch it, it will be in my own home with no one else around. as far as g