Griffin with our report. Reporter at 7 32 p. M. Local time in afghanistan, drop gbu43, a 21,000 pound bomb known as the mother of all bombs, or massive ordinance air blast. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, United States takes the fight against isis very seriously. We must deny them operational space, when key about. Reporter president said that top general in afghanistan did not need to ask permission to conduct the strike. We have given them total authorization, that is why they have been so successful, you look at what happened over la 8 weeks compare to what happened over the last 8 years, you wilsee there is a tremendous difference. Reporter former green beret say this is a dramatic shift in how the military being used. Our diplomats are now emboldened, when they come to table they can speak with authorities of u. S. Military behind them, and our opponent and allies know that we have political will to use it. Reporter target o
With a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Another deadly another deadly temperatures will begin to soar the next few days as High Pressure builds over las vegas. Fridays high of 105 is the coolest temp in the stays there monday. Next week, a trough slides south along the coast gradually helping to ease the hot temperatures and will try to push monsoonal moisture into our area. The uv index for friday is 10 or very high. Another deadly day on valley roads. Three pedestrians lost their lives in less than 24 hours. The latest happened inside a marked crosswalk on eastern near saint louis. This specific crosswalk requires the pedestrian to push it to get to the cut out in the median, then push the signal again for the other side of the road. None of those were working was crossing the road. Metro says a woman failed to activate the crosswalk signal before crossing the street. The woman was hit by a car and rushed to Sunrise Hospital where she later died. Police say the driver wh
Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. This is pbs newshour weekend. Good evening and thanks for joining us. President obama and leaders of the worlds leading economic powers, have wound up the first day of the group of 20 summit in china. This will be obamas last as president. Before a banquet hosted by chinas president xi jinping, obama had a full schedule of discussions on issues of vital interest to the United States. In his first meeting with turkeys president , recep erdogan, since a failed july military coup, the president alluded to turkeys demand that the u. S. Extradite a pennsylvaniabased cleric erdogan accuses of plotting the coup. Ive assured him that our Justice Department and my National Security team will continue to cooperate with
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee on oversight and government reform come to order and without objection the chairs authors to declare recess at any time. Preparing for this hearing and, im telling you is hard to keep your cool and preparing for this meeting. Let me tell you the at the heart of why we are here today. Immigration, immigration and Customs Enforcement, ive met with the men and women who work there, the wonderful hardworking dedicated people who do a hard and difficult job. But ive got to tell you whats going on at Homeland Security, whats going on with immigration Customs Enforcement is one of the most infuriating things i think i have seen in this government yet. In a threeyear period immigration and Customs Enforcement has released more than 86,000 criminal aliens into the american public. These are people who were here illegally, got committing a crime, were convicted of that crime in stead of deporting them they were released back out i
Add the department of homeland security, i. C. E. Has no smaller mission, no smaller mission than the National Security Border Security and Public Safety of our citizens. Like any Law Enforcement agency, we deal with serious and difficult matters every day. In the area of immigration, recent estimates are that there are about 11. 2 million Illegal Immigrants in the country. There are approximately 2 million, 2 million undocumented immigrants who are involved in some form or fashion in i. C. E. s administrative process. There are about half a million, 500 thon of those, who are part of active cases in the immigration court. I. C. E. Detention program booked in approximately 300,000 individuals last fiscal year. As you know, we have been funding at the 34,000 bed level for the last couple years. You, the congress, have not only provided the funds to carry out our responsibilities for which were very grateful, but you have also set forth the framework to execute those responsibilities. An