We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We are heart broken. There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city. Its a sniper . Dallas mourns after the ambush. We got a guy with a long rifle and dont know where the hell he is at. Police identify the gunman as Micah Xavier Johnson. A lonist and army rvreseist. They think the Police Shooting this past week were the triggers, if you will, that prompted him to act. Demonstrators taking to the streets again in several cities. Trouble in phoenix. Pepper sprayed children. You have to go as far as doing that, youre the problem. The two murders must be addressed by the Law Enforcement in congress. If we fail to act, this will be a long, hot summer. We must stand in must remember is the force between civilization and total chaos. We have got to start treating each other with respect and dignity. All that. Pderesibant oma will cut short his european trip to return home sunday and he wil
All human. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from dallas. The gunmen and engaged them in a firefight. Seconds later, the officer was hit, and the gunman fled. The shooting started at about 8 45 p. M. Central time just as the peaceful protest was ending. Chants turned to screams as the crowd ran for cover. Eyewitnesses reported shots coming from above. We started telling people to go back that way. We have a guy with a long rifle we dont know where the hell hes at. Weve got one more shooter out here. Theres one on the wall with the rifle hanging out. [ gunfire ] pelley throughout the shooting, the gunman continued to target police. In the chaos, officers ran to the aid of fallen colleagues. The suspect then fled to a say he shot through windows and doors to gain access and eventually holed up on the second floor of this campus building. It was there that police attempted to negotiate with 25yearold Micah Xavier Johnson an army
Told troops as they went into thunderthey must be the and lightning of desert storms. Among those deployed was Sergeant Stephen we Sergeant Stephen d. Wiehe of the 101st division. He was on the front lines to direct artillery and air support. A rendezvous with the eagles describes the Critical Mission of the First Battalion of the historic regiment. It has been called one of the best firstperson narratives of the gulf war. Stephen earned many awards for his service, including four Army Commendation medals, three Army Achievement medals and other metals. He lives in austin, texas, where he is active in veterans affairs. He is joined tonight by his wife and his two children. Welcome. He has a deep love of country and family and is proud to serve the the greatest division, 100 first Airborne Division, screaming eagles. We will show a video to begin me program and then stephen will come up to the podium. There will be a reception afterwards and stephen will leave enough time at the end for
Maybe she would have stood by them, but well never know. So, mr. President , it is for these reasons i regrettably cannot support her nomination. Ms. Saldana, as i said, is somebody who i admire and respect, but if she is determined to help the president implement this deeply flawed executive action and refuse to enforce the law that congress has written and has been signed by previous president s, i cant support her nomination. I will not aid and abet a president dead set on unilaterally defying our nations immigration laws. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask the chair report the saldana nomination calendar number 1084. The presiding officer is there an objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the nomination. The Clerk Department of Homeland Security, sarah r. Saldana of texas ton an assistant secretary. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr
You again and welcome you here to the park. I was remarking a few minutes ago, much like it was for the soldiers 150 years ago who were in the oberlin campaign that started in 1864, it has been a long road to petersburg. We started this 150th event for 3, atparks on may spotsylvania courthouse. We have moved south ever since. T has been quite a feat it is the first time three parks within a process of these commemorations have shared programming where we have tried to make a continual program of the oberlin campaign rather than look at it as the wilderness, spill something you spotsylvania, that this was one continual process for the soldiers 150 years ago. For some of you in the audience we have senior faces before. We know you have been on the road with us, and we appreciate that. [applause] this morning i would like to introduce to you the superintendent of Petersburg National battlefield, lewis rogers. In 1984,an his career a park ranger. He took his first herman it position at tho