Chicago, president as well. From the dea the special agent in charge is present and from the u. S. Marshals service the chief deputy and chief inspector. Also with me up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. Toms office and my office, we Work Together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And finally my colleague justin hurtman whos the u. S. Attorney in cleveland and Northern District of ohio is here and quarterbacking the u. S. Department of just nationwide efforts on operation legend. Were here today to discuss a critically important topic, Violent Crime in chicago. As attorney general barr has made clear the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens for those of us in Law Enforcement our top priority is to keep people safe. For much of this year chicago and many other cities have experienced significant
William barr held a News Conference in chicago today the federal response to protest across the country. It is what he had to say. Good morning and thank you all for being here. In the u. S. Attorney for the district of illinois. Id like to start this morning but taking it to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagu colleagues, some of whom you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr with us today. We have acting director, regina and the special agent, kristin here as well. We also have from the fbi, deputy director, dave. We also have special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago. The dea special agent in charge, robert u. S. Marshal sargent, david and chief inspector, diego. Also are two other u. S. Attorneys. My counterpart of the Northern District of illinois, tom. Tom sat in my office and worked together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. My colleague,
Good morning, and thank you for being here. Im the United States attorney for the Northern District of illinois. I would like to start this morning by taking a moment to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagues, some of them you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr here with us today. From the atf we have acting director Regina Lombardo and a special agent in charge in chicago is here as well. Dave. E Deputy Director we also have the special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago present as well. From the dea, special agent in charge is present. We have chief deputy u. S. Arshal and the chief inspector also up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. And my office, we Work Together frequently combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And my colleague justin, who is the u. S. Attorney in cleveland, the Norther
Firing twice hitting the 3 year old in the neck. 16 days liter mayor Muriel Bowser identified brian trainer as the officer who fired hishis weapon that day and release thee video recorded by his body worn camera. Now just under two months sincet that shooting, a grand jury. Theyve had enough time toe interview witnesses, to get thet autopsy report, to have the autopsy report reviewed by r another expert, to review forensic evidence. At crime scene photos or video and do a further forensic analysis of that. An after doing all thatll investigation that a grand jury investigation is being opened leads me to believe that there are vigorously pursuing a charge. David been wits is a veteraneran defense attorney who has represented individuals who have gone before grand juries. Essentially what the grand jury is a room inside the Us Attorneys Office where members of the Community Sit and listen down there whether youre represented by a lawyer or not. You would go down there andere eventually
President obama is fighting back at isil, and at critics of his strategy to defeat the group. Today the president made a rare visit to the pentagon to discuss the u. S. Militarys plan in syria and iraq. Al jazeeras National Secure if i correspondent Jamie Mcintyre has the story. Reporter bisi after a more than twohour meeting here, president obamas message was essentially this, read my lips, no new strategy. Trust me the old one is working. President obamas motorcade left the white house midmorning, for the short trip across the potomac. The rare pentagon meeting of his entire military and Homeland Security team was intended to show that defeating isil remains among the president s top priority. Afterwards in the pentagon Briefing Room, obama talked tough but took no questions. As we squeeze its heart, well make it harder. Reporter he offered no new plans just a promise to pursue his current strategy. I ordered more actions to intensify our war against isil. Reporter thats very similar