Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman neal ryan and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. Brian november, 1978. Why were you there . Rep. Speier i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. He had decided he wanted to take a codel down to jonestown, guyana. Brian congressional delegation. Rep. Speier congressional delegation because there were many constituents of his that had loved young Adult Children ones. Who ha
Eastern on cspan2. Washington journal continues. Host this is the headline from the washington post, is the president stepping up his divisive rhetoric as the president slams baltimore and representative Elijah Cummings. The sweet yesterday morning, representative Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, when actually has Baltimore District is far ,angerous and more dangerous considering the worse in the usa, so sad that he has been able to do so little for the people in baltimore. Statistically, Baltimore Ravens lasted almost every major category jury he has done nothing but milk baltimore. He is calling it a disaster, rat infested, that is from the president yesterday. Look at a series of tweets in recent weeks, when the president is taking aim at socalled squad, and here is carole king, the host of michigan matters in detroit your thanks for being with us. Guest steve, it is so great to talk with you. In with want to check reporters from those four representative districts, members
thepresident s. Connor obrien is a defense reporter for politico. He joins us for a look ahead at the week ahead and the 2020 defense bill. Remind us of what that means and why it is important. It is an authorization or policy bill. It does not spend any money, but it is one of the really big bills, one of the few major bills that passes congress reliably each year. It lays out what the Defense Budget should look like for the coming fiscal year, how big the military should be, how many fighters, troops, ships the military should have and the pay raise our troops get. That will be the center of this debate this coming week. The House Armed Services Committee Approved in committee after a 21hour Committee Last month and we are looking at some spirited debate, i think, on the house floor. Host what are some of the key provisions you can tell us about in this years bill . Connor sure. Sure sure the highlights of the house version of the bill is it would authorize about 733 billion for the
Ago. How many others are left . Patrick im sure there are some of the young men around nixon, what we would call back in those days like Dwight Chapin and others who havent written memoirs yet, but im not sure they are going to. But i do think in terms of a written memoir, this is brian, this is probably the last of someone who was right there and knew it from the beginning. Brian what did you put in this book that you had never talked about before . Patrick well, i put in the origins of the agnew speech my memos on that. There is a number of memos in there then i went to my files and got out that i have never published before a great number of them and theres a description of how i almost defected on the china trip. I was so unhappy with it, and theres also the end of it, you know where you put in that quote by john osborne and it looks so he said, he saw i had seen shelly and me when first day, the Inauguration Day in 1969 looking up at the portico and then he had seen how it all end
Medical examiner ruling his death a homicide. District attorney now says the officer who fired those fatal shots could face murder charges. Jonathan serrie all over this city as the citys mayor sounds off on the unrest. Jonathan . Good morning to you. The shooting went down in the parking lot of this wendys. Now burned down wendys across the street from where im standing. The medical examiner has indeed ruled this case a homicide. Cause of death was the shooting. The gunshots. Autopsy revealed 27yearold rayshard books had two gunshots to the back organ failure due to gunshot. Brooks grabbed an officers taser and pointed it at the officer during a brief foot chase that ensued and thats when the officer shot him. Officer Garrett Rolfe has been terminated terminated immediately and fellow officer Devin Bronson placed on administrative duty. The district Attorney Says he expects to make a decision midweek on whether to pursue charges against the police. At a recent town hall forum, atlanta