Libby how are lawmakers reacting to this nomination . We can see in the oaf value office, by the way, he will be coming out in a second. So as you talk, if i have to interrupt you, i will. And you know the drill. Not in problem. Back in 2012 he gave a speech at Yale Law School that talked about american citizens could be included in attacks if they are part of alqaeda by drones. But by in large he has support in the senate. The portfolio is quite large at dhs, you are looking at everything from the borders to dealing with Natural Disasters, so many commit tease and many members of congress will want to weigh in on this one. Exactly. Since tom ridge was named the first head of Homeland Security, it has morphed into one of the largest federal agencies in washington. So it almost certain that a lot of people on capitol hill will have a lot to say about this nomination. Absolutely. We talk about immigration and what perspective he brings to that. His experience at the pentagon does not str
President tries to move forward with other issues including immigration. Libby casey us live from washington, and the deal calls for congress to come with a longterm budget plan by middecember. Are we keeping our fingers crossed . Thats right. It will be cochaired with [ inaudible ] and congressman paul ryan. What they bring to the table is a lot of baggage as they themselves admitted yesterday. Chairman ryan knows im not going to vote for his budget. I know that hes not going to vote for mine. Were going to find the Common Ground between our two budgets that we can vote on, and thats our goal. Our goal is for the good of American People to get the debt under control, do smart deficit reduction and do things that we think can grow the economy and get people back to work. The most ambitious would be to try to find over a trillion dollars in the next few years. But they are expected to take a much more modest approach, and just look for twice handle these cuts that are going to kick in i
We are learning new informing tonight about the two men that walked out of a florida prison with forged court documents. Police say a tip led them to the killers. Joseph jenkins and Charles Walker inside of a pa panama ciy hotel. Both men are back behind bars and are being held without bond. Robert ray is at that motel where the fugitives were caught yesterday. What have we learned today, robert . Yep, good evening, johnathan. Behind me the cok Coconut Groven where the two convicted murderers were caught last night in room 227 and we put together a little tick tock of the events that have occurred over of the last few days. If we can roll the video, here it is. For five days the florida authorities were on a na a manh. Investigating and searching for Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker. On sunday is we learned a tip led the police to the fugitives. Bay county Sheriffs Office deputies and the United States marshalls late saturday received Key Information through an associate of one of the
With outing. President obama says there is no excuse for the problems that have plagued the world out of those Online Health exchanges but he says now hes confident with the issues plaguing healthcare. Gov issues will be fixed. I was able to log on with no problems but there was a little drama as the president talked about his signature achievement. The per vasive fear that one illness youre all right, i gotcha. Youre okay. This happens when i talk too long. [ laughter ] i white house aide came to the young ladys aid and escorted her out. They have been helped by the program known asking obamacare. What was his main message . He sure did and we might add that that individual who felt faint was the directly recipient of obamacare in a very literal care. The president was a salesman in chief talking about the attributes of obamacare law, talking once again about preexisting conditions you captain be secluded, you can get your Preventive Care for free, you can stay on your parents plan un
Welcome to Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. The commuters in the San Francisco area are bracing them themselves for a long commute. Federal storie investigators are combing through the scene of a train accident that killed two transit workers over the weekend. Lisa bernard has this report. The train involved in the accident rolls out of here. And ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused it to plow into two workers checking the track saturday cig bolt of them. Cig killing both of them. And bart says this was an experienced operator at the controls. The ntsb will look at the employees voferld involved ande investigators will scrutinize the equipment. We do a thorough inspection every operation of the train itself. Inside and out. The wheels and brakes and the third rail and all of those things. The investigators spent four hours on sunday on the tracks between two suburban train stops. They were looking at a dip in the tracks when the train hit them. They will look at i