Im proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. The second highest percentage in our entire country. We owe them such a great debt. The gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. A truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this committee has highlighted in recent years such as the irs imposter scam, the grandparent scam, the romance scam, the jamaican lottery scheme and Identity Theft. Theres also troubling evidence that some fraudsters are deliberately targeting veterans and theyre structuring their scams in order to reach our veterans. For example, in a case that we will hear more abo
Noontime. Hitting upper 60 stzine. Look at how much longer this warm trend will last. That jt a few minutes. Well check in with the events. 9 01, this developing story in manassas. Police investigating a deadly stabbing. Someone attacked and killed a woman last night around 6 30. This was on forester lane. They say another victim, a man is in the hospital fighting for his life. Police say it appears to be domestic related. Head of the district, investigating a deadly shooting. Youre looking at where this happened. Around 9 30 last night. They have not released his name. No ones been arrested in this case. The districts death with dignity law is expected to take effect today despite attempts by republicans to shut down the measure. Ended without a joint house and Senate Measure that would have blocked it. The law allows doctors some terminally illen. D. C. Now becomes the seventh jurisdiction in the nation with a similar law. President trump hoping a rally today will give him new moment
Noontime. Hitting upper 60 stzine. Look at how much longer this warm trend will last. That jt a few minutes. Well check in with the events. 9 01, this developing story in manassas. Police investigating a deadly stabbing. Someone attacked and killed a woman last night around 6 30. This was on forester lane. They say another victim, a man is in the hospital fighting for his life. Police say it appears to be domestic related. Head of the district, investigating a deadly shooting. Youre looking at where this happened. Around 9 30 last night. They have not released his name. No ones been arrested in this case. The districts death with dignity law is expected to take effect today despite attempts by republicans to shut down the measure. Ended without a joint house and Senate Measure that would have blocked it. The law allows doctors some terminally illen. D. C. Now becomes the seventh jurisdiction in the nation with a similar law. President trump hoping a rally today will give him new moment
Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. Hes a lame duck. He has a congress dominated by the opposing party. But despite rumors of his political demise president obama is kind of on a roll. Since his party lost the senate in november the president has allowed 4 million undocumented immigrants to come out of the shadows. Hes rebuilding relations with cuba. Hes pushing congress to catch up with the rest of the world and force employers to offer paid sick days for their workers and give paid parental leave to federal employees for the first time. Just this week the president s department of justice put major restrictions on a program that has allowed police to seize 3 billion worth of cash and personal property since 2008. The Washington Post called it quote, the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property since the seizures began three decades ago as part of the war on drugs. And hes trying to give free college to the people. Free college now, republicans with their