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bethany: did you know breast cancer kills more than 41,000 people every year in the u.s.? jacqueline: that's 113 people every day. catherine: that's unacceptable. jacinte: african-american women die from breast cancer nearly 41% more than caucasian women. wendy: that's unacceptable. gordon: nearly 250,000 men and women in the u.s. catherine: will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. emily: that's unacceptable. laura: breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths for hispanic women. jacinte: breast cancer is unacceptable. bethany: unacceptable. lesa: unacceptable. jacqueline: unacceptable. wendy: help us save lives. lesa: together, with susan g. komen we're committed to reducing u.s. breast cancer deaths by half. melissa: and we're going to do it by 2026. catherine: support susan g. komen. catherine: join our fight. save lives. visit komen dot org slash unacceptable. lesa: failure is unacceptable. lou: in our poll question last night we asked you this, do you support president trump's efforts to secure our borders and change bracing policies? 97% answered ye

next, i'm delighted that we will hear from bethany ham, the acting commissioner for the maine department of health and human services. commissioner ham has served in the department for more than 30 years. currently the maine department of health and human services has legal guardianship and conserve toreship relationships with approximately 1,300 adults. i look forward to your testimony this morning. i now will turn to our ranking member to introduce our next witness, from the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> thank you, chairman collins. i'm pleased to introduce karen buck. karen, from philadelphia, pennsylvania. as one of our witnesses today. but more importantly, for purposes of today's subject matter, karen is the executive director of the senior law center, which is located in philly. it provides legal services to older pennsylvanians, it provides as well direct representation, referral services, advice and many other services to help ensure that seniors have access to justice. in addition to her role at senior law center, karen serves in many leadership positions promoting access to

bethany: did you know breast every day?ls 113 people catherine: that's unacceptable. jacinte: african american women die from breast cancer nearly 41% more than caucasian women. gordon: that's unacceptable. laura: breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths for hispanic women. jacinte: breast cancer is unacceptable. lesa: together, with susan g. komen we're committed to reducing u.s. breast cancer deaths by half. melissa: and we're going to do it by 2026. lesa (vo): failure is unacceptable. >>> california wildfire disaster zone we are getting a look at the devastation left behind. the death toll rises to 79 people dead. 1300 are still unaccounted for. devin is here from the world ag expo in california once again. it's good to see you. thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you maria. >> you are situated between the two fires. what you are seeing where you are in terms of air quality and smoke. i know you are not there. yesterday the president toured the campfire responsible for most of the deaths. he was with kevin mccarthy and other officials looki

miss you, you know ♪let me go home ♪it will all be alright ♪i'll be home tonight ♪i'm comin back home bethany: did you know breast every day?ls 113 people catherine: that's unacceptable. jacinte: african american women die from breast cancer nearly 41% more than caucasian women. gordon: that's unacceptable. laura: breast cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths for hispanic women. jacinte: breast cancer is unacceptable. lesa: together, with susan g. komen we're committed to reducing u.s. breast cancer deaths by half. melissa: and we're going to do it by 2026. lesa (vo): failure is unacceptable. lou: breaking news from california where president trump just approved. >> disaster declaration. look at these pictures. these fast-moving flames killed at least five people now. thousands of homes, commercial buildings are in danger of burning. more than 100,000 people have been evacuated. thousands of residents in malmalibu. the fire overtaking some of their homes. it's the way they get there that has a number of people concerned. among those concerned. former reagan white house political dir

trish: bethany? is that what he's signaling? what else is going into his decision making from your viewpoints. >> what happened to khashoggi is re prehencible. it shouldn't be taken lightly. we know the saudi government denied any sort of idea that the crown prince ordered this murder. and the saudi government says it was government officials who committed this crime and they are going to be punished and they sentenced five people. they are facing the death penalty now. so president trump's question is whether the crown prince ordered this or not. he's not 100% sure we have all the facts surrounding this. president trump wants to keeped in mind they are one of our strongest allies in the middle east. trish: i hear you, liz. this is why i would never want to be president of the united states because i think it's this kind of complicated stuff that causes you to not be able to sleep at night, and believe me from all we have seen and heard about the president, he doesn't sleep much at night. but you think about the challenge. let,

you can enter a drawing for a free $50 gas card, chances are, you have a better chances of winning bethany mega millions a couple weeks ago, right? >> oh yes. for sure. >> a pretty good chance, better than nothing -- winning the mega millions a couple weeks ago, right? >> oh yes, for sure. >> a pretty good chance, better than nothing. >>> an accident reported, you can see vehicles are starting to stack up, you will need extra time as you travel along highway for this morning, a member that as you head out the door, at least one lane is blocked until further notice, chp and crews are on the scene. once you get past the mess, if you are commuting all the way to the freeway, so far so good, here's a live look at the conditions come all the tail lights are working from the westbound side of the freeway, from the bridge to the maze, and easy 18 minute drive, once you hit the bridge heading towards the toll plaza at the bay bridge, you will see cars starting to stack up right around the add overpass, 12 minutes to go from the macarthur maze, the 101 still moving, lights should be on the next cou

started getting into this issue for the improved oversight next i am delighted that we will hear from bethany the acting commissioner for the department of health and human services commissioner served in the department for more than 30 years they have the legal guardianship and conservatorship relationships with approximately 1300 adults. i look forward to your testimony this morning. the ranking witness from the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> i'm pleased to introduce karen from philadelphia pennsylvania and as one of the witnesses today but more importantly the purpose for the subject matter. the referral services and advice and other services to help ensure seniors have access to justice. the leadership promotions are justice itself. we thank you for being here today and look forward to vista to be co- -- the testimony. the work that senator has done on this issue and the state of nevada has done as a leader. we appreciate all the work that you have done on this report. thank you we are fortunate enough to have barbara buckley who is not only a friend of mine that is one of the chief arc

next to ces is bethany james, an associate professor at salem state, a public historian and expert in educational history. she has also spent a lot of work in local history looking at salem and the rich fast and in many ways she's out of time, but she really is an expert and is a renowned author and scholar who is one of the leading experts in the country on the teaching and interpretation of museums on slavery. we have asked her to put your thinking cap on about a troubled part of our past, not slavery but how we interpret the salem witch trials. next in line is our department chair, donna seger who you've met before. donna is the heart and soul behind today's event and in many ways, everything having to do with salem and its rich history and a dishing to being a expert, she teaches courses on the european witchhunts and also has an amazing blog called streets of salem, where she regularly blogs about all things having to do with salem's history. in fact, i joked with her and said she could just read her blog entries with some of the amazing things she's hit on on which city. last bu

you would be aware of the harrowing story last week of a teenager, bethany, in solitary conditions for almost two years. her father was on the programme talking about the fact that he spoke to his daughter through the vent in the bottom of a door and part of the interview and that i want your reaction on this. for the last 22 months, her treatment has been to lock her in a cell and when i go to see beth i have been kneeling down and talking to her through a hole in the door. it has been horrific. will there be a review into the treatment unit? that had a huge reaction. many people saying, how can we have a situation like that? i agree. i have been indicating where jeremy situation like that? i agree. i have been indicating wherejeremy and will contact him. i have been hugely affected by the stories, really horrible stories about how people, usually young people, with learning disabilities are treated when they are insecure —— in secure hospitals. is something we will absolutely get to the bottom. i want to keep that target, but want to see if we can get much further. i think it is