And let me tell you what dishonors our soldiers. Let me tell you what is a dishonor to their memory and their service. It is to fly that flag i want everybody to remember this, im talking to all of my colleagues who think we must keep it up there because of heritage. Oh how i wish how i wish robert e. Lee general lees portrait is in the senate, i wish he was here right now at this podium he would tell you all, it is an abomination for his flag to fly as a matter of fact his very flag was furled it was furled when they surrendered at appomattox and it has never been unfurled and to do so dishonors those who fought and died and it violates the terms of surrender. General lee, when it came time, and the cause was lost, he called everybody to come back work, be good citizens and build a country together. Many times he was called to start start a gorilla war. The flag is furled. Maintain your soldierly honor, go back and serve your country. Never, never, never let the flags fly again. And y
The world. Fighting i. S. I. L. This is an iraqi led operation as it should be. The Iraqi Government launches a counteroffensive to retake Anbar Province from i. S. I. L after iraqis receive the first shipment of f16 fighters jets. And trying to recapture el chapo. Afs his daring escape from prison. After his daring escape from prison. Good evening im antonio mora. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin in greece where a new bailout deal is threatening to fracture the nearly bankrupt the country. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras returns to the country after receiving a 96 billion bailout package, and part of the deal is that the Greece Parliament must approve the plan by wednesday. Recent referendum and protested in athens. Without parliaments agreement it could be pushed back into a crisis. And tsipras faces an insurrection in his party. Jacky rowland appears in brussels. They avoided the worst scenario a greek exit from the euro. Today we had only one objective, to reach an agreement. Aft
Testify. Mr. Graham i wont mention the candidate that is not here. Is there any scenario you think if your generals and advisors are saying maybe we should have gone earlier, if we go in places in syria, we can knock isis back. If you know about this, is that a smart thing to do . Why arent we doing it if it is . Mr. Graham you have a weak president that is more worried about Campaign Promises than dealing with the threats to our country. He was told by all of his commanders, dont leave iraq without a 10,000 residual force behind. John mccain and i begged him not to. Everything we said has happened. It is hard, democracy is hard. Look how hard it is for us. You expect these people to get everything right in 10 or 15 years . It wont happen. He was told by all of his advisors, you need to help the Free Syrian Army while assad is on the rope, a nofly zone. He said no thank you. He said isil is the j. V. Teal. He drew a red line, and everybody thinks we are all talk. You need more troops i
Nice guy. Shock. It is shock. It is i dont know neighbor. Searching for a motive what led a new jersey man to fire fatal shots inside a Federal Building in soho it is our top story good evening everyone im antwan lewis. Im Christina Park investigators trying figure out what caused kevindowning to enter lobby of a Federal Building in fatally shoot a Security Guard before turning the gun only himself. Neighbors of downy and even a new jersey congressman are giving us a glimpse into life of the shooter. Lidia curanaj is live with the latest on this investigation. Reporter good evening antwan. All is quiet here now at downing home behind me. But earlier searched it from top to bottom and trying to figure out exactly what made him snap. Why did 68yearold Kevin Downing walk into this Lower Manhattan Federal Building yesterday and kill Security Guard and then turn the gun on himself . Downing fort lee new jersey neighbors are baffled and say they knew him as a kind man wife passed away from k
Defense secretary james mattis and general joseph doneford were on capitol hill this week testifying on President Trumps new military strategy in afghanistan and discussed the need to remove terrorist safe havens in other parts of the globe. It ran three hours. Committee will come to order. Committee welcomes secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today for a hearing on afghanistan and south asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been