On their respective budget proposals for fiscal year 2024. Theyre praying for the center probation on commerce injustice. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Subcommittee on unrelated agencies will come to order. Senator moran who is the Ranking Member will join us shortly, hes on the phone. There are also votes going on right now, two votes. We expect members of the subcommittee to come in and out. We want to go ahead and begin because we know that they have a hard stop at 4 30. Want to make sure we can get as much of the hearing is possible. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing to review the president s fiscal year 2024 funding request for the federal bureau of investigation and Drug Enforcement administration. Our Witnesses Today our fbi director christopher wray. And the dea administrator, anne milgram. Its nice to have you here, again thank you for joining us. I want to begin by saying how deeply saddened i am that once again, we have our hearing with the fbi in the afte
Acted alone and according to witness accounts, the suspect retrieved from his luggage in a baggage claim area he retrieved it, he went to the bathroom, and then he just started shooting as he opened the door. And joining me now to discuss mayor of miami. Bill stanton, jonathan, mike barrett, and mike baker. Got a big panel for a big story, guys. I want to from the audience in on what we do know so far. The suspect name Esteban Santiago. He apparently arrived on a flight from air canada, although there are some reports out saying that they cannot find any connections of him to that country or that flight. Were checking on that. Obviously, he had some type of gun. They think he checked that in with his luggage. He apparently unpacked it, loaded it in the bathroom before firing it on the entire area. His background . He joined the Puerto Rico National guard in 2007, he was deployed to iraq in 2010. He received a general discharge from the National Guard for unsatisfactory performance. He
Evergrades. The Broward County staff and red cross will assist those passenger to get to their destinations and hotels and food and shelter. We will continue to work with Law Enforcement partners here as we continue to try to get the airport back into an operational status. Working with all of our airlines. The Transportation Security Administration and others to try to get the ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International airport back in operation tomorrow morning. The goal will be to have Us Operational at 5 a. M. Tomorrow morning. But we will be encouraging all of our travellers to check with their individual airlines. Some may not be operating right away. Clearly this incident caused a lot of disrupt not only in their schedules but other schedules across the country. We encourage everybody to contact their airlines. We will continue to provide information through social media, through twitter through our web page. Keep checking sources for any changes. Thats all i have. Good evening. Good
The neighborhood of 10,000 folks over there. Broward county staff and red cross over there to assist those passengers and get to destinations, assisting with hotel accommodations, providing food and shelter. Through this evening continue to work with Law Enforcement partners here to continue to try to get the airport back into operational status, working with all the airlines, Transportation Safety administration and others to get ft. Lauderdalehollywood airport back in operation tomorrow morning. Goal is to have Us Operational at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, but encouraging all travelers to check with individual airlines as some may not be operating right away. Clearly this incident has caused a loot of disruption in their individual schedules and other schedules around the country. We encourage everybody to contact their airlines. We will continue to provide information through social media, through 2003 fllflier, at our web page and contact those sources for information. Thats all i
Were waiting to hear from the field office in anchorage. A source says Esteban Santiago told authorities during the visit to the fbi office, that an Intelligence Agency was instructing him to watch isis videos and he was hearing lots of voices in his head. This new detail emerging as Police Records shed light on the suspects violent past. Meanwhile in Florida Police are trying to get answers from santiago himself. And they tell us so far, no motive has been ruled out, including terrorism. And were learning more about the victims. Five people dead, six injured. Let me begin with my colleague on the justice beat, cnn crime and justice producer simon. What are you learning . Well now that were into about 24 hours since the attack, the fbi has learned a lot more about the shooting suspect, about his frame of mind, perhaps what he was thinking, where he was mentally and weve learned that it appears that he had been planning this attack for some time. This comes off interviews with family me