The gunman was a combat veteran who suffered from mental issues. Although a motive is not known, the base commander does not believe it was terrorism related. It happened at ft. Hood where a similar incident happened a few years ago in 2009. Abc News Reporter mary bruce is onhe story. Seek shelter immediately. Reporter its an eerily familiar scene. A shooting at ft. Hood in texas. The nations largest army base. First responders with the military police and Emergency Services responded to the scene. Engaged the shooter. And the shooter is dead. From a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Reporter at least four are dead, including the gunman, a fellow soldier. More than a dozen injured. Their conditions ranging from stable to critical. We have received now a total of four patients who have been transferred to our facility. Two more are en route. Reporter president obama said the shooting reopens the pain of the deadly massacre at ft. Hood nearly five years ago. We know these families. We know th
A shooting on the military post. We are told one of the dead is the gunman, who is believed to be a soldier. The shooting happened just after 3 00 this afternoon and ft. Hood was immediately locked down. It is still under lockdown right now as authorities investigate and make sure the post is safe. Ft. Hood is near killeen, texas, just north of austin. President obama is following the situation from chicago where he spoke a short time ago. I want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. Any shooting is troubling. Obviously this reopens the pain of what happened at ft. Hood five years ago. We know these families, we know their Incredible Service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community. Its a terrible tragedy, we know that. We know there are casualties. Both People Killed and injured. We dont have all the facts yet. We will get those. As the president mentioned, ft.
This crisis. I look forward to our continuing conversation this morning, thank you. Thank you. I would like to take a few minutes away from this hearing to talk about someone who was a dear friend of mine, a mentor and a member of the house Judiciary Committee, my predecessor representing the sixth district of virginia congressman m. Caldwell butler passed away last night around midnight. He served with a special election in 1972 until his retirement at the beginning of 1983 he served on this committee that entire time, and he served here with great distinction at a time when this committee went through some very difficult issues, including his being very actively involved in the watergate investigation and in the impeachment proceedings relating to former president richard nixon. He was a Public Servant in the truest sense of the word. He has given immeasurably to his country, his state and his community roanoke, virginia, where he lived his entire life and to which he was extremely d
Brother, whatever of the child and have used that to try to traffic the children into the country for labor and sex trafficking. Right now, the policy is to separate extended policy. C. s. U separate the u. A. They do not have a parent or guardian available to them. This is not often cash but debt that the child is expected to work up upon arrival. Many of these children if they are not trafficked yet, they are on the road to be trafficked here in the United States where they are vulnerable with the people whom they are with or the smugglers they have paid to have their families back home at the but of a gun. Questions and comments . I understand the supplemental that is being proposed by the republicans in the house is 900 million, two thirds of the money dedicated to border security. The other portion to services to children. I understand it is not free and clear money. We have to cut other places in the budget and one area we are cutting our state Department Programs which would ass
Manner. That said, the Legal Standard to establish credible fear is obviously a threshold standard that only then qualifies the individual for later adjudication. Those later adjudications are now riser to approval rates that approach 70 , which is, to my knowledge, much higher than it has been in previous years. And in acknowledging that concern, chairman, i look forward to a continuing conversation about this issue. The chair thanks the gentleman. Time has expired and the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. Conyers for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Would you discuss director rodriguez, the sheer numbers we are talking about . How many young people have come across our southwest border so far this year and last year and the year before . Congressman, i apologize that as i sit before you, i cant tell you the specific numbers. Certainly those numbers have grown over time. They remain essentially in the tens of thousands, but it is the fact that those numbers cont