To be learned from that event or is that just the way that system works . Are there lessons to be drawn . Rep. Mccaul they were all on such high alert, they came out with their van and they were automatically taken down. They were kind of waiting for them. If there was any breakdown i could analyze, it is that, typically, the argument is that they would share information. In this case, the fbi did. It would be an issue of locals sharing it with their counterparts. The model, when it works well, works well. Sometimes you have breakdowns. I went say it broke down in that case, but if there was, it was on the part of the locals. Is there any reason to think that these guys were activated ordered it to do this . Or was itself inspired . Rep. Mccaul it is a matter of semantics. What they were trying to do was activate through calls to arms over the internet. They identified the contest, and they went to their followers on twitter, and this is the do age of terrorism, where they send out a d
And i do know that its up nearly 90 so far in the First Quarter of this year. Around 54 officers killed in the line of duty. The exact total i dont have. Judge poe i have more questions and i will submit them in writing. Thank you. Chairman the gentlelady from texas has a unanimous consent motion. Representative jackson lee may i just say one or two points, mr. Chairman . First of all, let me ask to have unanimous consent to enter into the record the following documents and statement from the aclu, statement of the National Urban league, executive order 136 88 which provides federal standards for acquisition of military equipment, a letter from mr. Scott and colin requesting a hearing for myself, im sorry. For mr. Scott and mr. Cohen. And an article entitled, Law Enforcement warrior problem to be added into the record. Chairman without objection. Rep. Jackson lee and if i might make one simple comment. That is i want to express to all of you, the significance of your testimony. That th
Their website, www. Cspan. Org a emeicanhistory. You can get the schedule. To mark for being with us and enjoy your weekend. Thank you for being with us and enjoy your weekend. Vice President Joe Biden is speaking this week at the u. S. Naval Academy Commencement exercises. He will also be handing out diplomas to the newly commissioned men and women at the academy in annapolis maryland. We had hoped to bring you like coverage of the remarks by the Vice President in the commissioning but we are having problems with our live signal from annapolis. We are recording the event and we will show it to you later in our program schedule. This tweet from New York Times julie davis this morning, a line around the corner here at the dos israel that rivals any high holidays crowd to hear obama speak this a. M. Referring to remarks by the president at the adas israel conversation at washington, d. C. We will have that live at 11 00 a. M. Eastern time today on cspan. Here are some of our featured tok
Soldiers from niger and chad have joined the fight against boko haram in nigeria. Recaptured the town of damasak. Crossing the border into borno state on saturday. This is latest offensive inside nigeria. On friday the African Union introived theapproved the force of nations. The joint force has made great progress so far. Bring us up to date on the latest fighting. Absolutely a lot of progress has been achieved by troops from chad niger also the Nigerian Army is claiming victory over boko haram from a lot of areas. Attacking boko haram positions. So the latest offensive against boko haram by chad and niger is a good report. At least within the nigerian border so they can launch a major offensive against the group. It was thought to be a major nigerian problem until boko haram started expressing its ideas into cameroon, establishing base he there. Of recent last month and early this month we have seen how boko haram fighters attacked positions inside chad. Has that given fight against
Plus im jonah hull with the story of how war in ukraine is is doing great things for fish farming here in the faroe islands. There have been further air strikes by saudilead forces in yemen targeting shia houthi fighters and their allies. Here are the latest developments. Jets launched three strikes on the red seacoast city. The northern strong hold was hit on friday as well as key military installations in and around the capitol. Elsewhere there are reports that houthi fighters and forces loyal to the former president saleh, have started shelling residential areas just outside of aden. And the 12 houthi fighters and three tribesmen have died in clashes. Reporter this is the aftermath of a new round of saudilead air strikes on houthi targets in yemen. This is all that is left after the raid that happened on friday morning, according to witnesses. Air defense batteries southwest of sanaa were destroyed. For a second night, the Alliance Says it hit military positions in the capitol sanaa