Speaker pelosi and threatening taiwan with new military action. Dangerous acts to a new level. You have the ability to stop this from ever doing it again. Making alex jones pay and the punitive damages and the amount ordered. The return of wolves to colorado. The report on the contentious fight underway as ranchers fear the worst. These are smart, cunning, predators that know what they are doing. Russia makes a move on the request of jeffrey Brittney Griner and new blowback over the decision to cancel the batgirl film. And what religion looks like in the metaverse. Good evening, everyone and welcome. President biden touting a surprising jobs report that rebuts concerns that the economy is headed towards a recession. According to the labor department, the economy added a half million jobs in july, more than double what economists predicted. In the meantime the Unemployment Rate dropped slightly and that matches a nearly 50 year low from before the pandemic. This is how Cnbc Jim Cramer r
Effectively and with integrity. What does your background have to be . Well, the statute that created inspectors general stetz that iegs need to have generated expertise in a number of professions, any one of them, auditing, investigations, Law Enforcement, public management, and above all, be people of the integrity. How long have you been the Inspector General for the Agriculture Department. Since december of 2002. How would you drip this specific job at agriculture . At agriculture, my job is to oversee the operations of all of usd as programs to make sure that they are being delivered as effectively as possible. And so what that means on a daytoday basis is that we in the iags office conduct audits to make sure that programs are running effectively, that improper payments are not going out the door. And we also conduct investigations. When ever there are allegations of wrongdoing in a program, either by a Department Employee or by a person whos receiving benefits, its our jurts dic
Activities. How long have you been there . Since 2002. Who appointed you . The president. The president i believe it was president george bush appointed me to the agriculture position. What kind of autonomy do you e . Igsas you know by statute are considered to be officials who must operate independently. What that means is that although we are located within our own agencies and departments, we are under the general supervision of agriculture. We have professional independence to exercise our judgment as to what issues no ed to be looked at, how were going go about looking at them, and ultimately what we report to congress, the president , and the secretary. How many people work for you . Currently we have 530 employees at usaig. Where are they locate . Our staff is located around the country. We have a large presence for washington, d. C. We have a large presence in the major federal cities around the country, chicago, atlanta, california, San Francisco bay area, texas, and kansas ci
Good morning, everyone. We begin with new details in the shooting at an atlanta area elementary school. Michael brandon hill is in custody after surrendering to police. The police dont have a motive. But the 20yearold apparently had stopped taking his medication. Theres the school clerk who managed to talk hill into laying down his weapon and ammunition, most likely saving many young lives. We begin our coverage with abcs kristin fisher. Reporter 20yearold Michael Brandon hill is in Police Custody this morning. But his motive for terrorizing this Atlanta Elementary School may never be understood. Even his own brother is at a loss. I couldnt tell you what his mindset was when he went up in there. I honestly can tell you he has a long history of medical disorders and everything. Going to including bipolar. Reporter timothy hill says his brother has a troubled past. He was arrested earlier this year for alleged terrorist threats and acts and sentenced to probation and anger management. An
The investigation. Is that right . Thats correct. And you have a citation . Page seven, volume two. Thank you. One of these witnesses was michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer, who ultimately pled guilty to Campaign Violations based on secret hush money payments to two women the president knew and also to lying to congress about the hope for a 1 billion trump tower deal. After the fbi searched cohens home, the president called him up personally, he said to check in, and told him to, quote, hang in there and stay strong. Is that right . Do you remember finding that . If its in the report as stated, yes, it is right. Yes. Also in the report, actually, are a series of calls made by other friends of the president. One reached out to say he was with the boss in maralago, and the president said he loves you. His name is redacted. Another redacted friend called to say the boss loves you. And a third redacted friend called to say everyone knows the boss has your back. Do you remember