Concept of selfdefense. It is a reference known as certain laws and he said it was time to question those laws before the first 45 minutes, your views on selfdefense laws. The attorney general is questioning those type of loss. Here is how you can give your comments this morning you can also join us on social media you can also send us email. Lets take a look at the speech as far as the headlines of the papers dealt with it. This is the wall street journal in the pages of the Washington Post said as and in the Washington Times was made in orlando, florida. Attorney general eric holder referring to expanded selfdefense laws. [video clip] examine laws to that expand the ideas of self defense. [applause] these laws try to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a Legal Defense for using deadly force if, and the if it is important, if no safe retreat is available. We must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense that people who feel threatened
This rule and the underlying legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas. Reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, before i yield time id like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the article from the New York Times this morning entitled Health Plan Costs for new yorkers to fall 50 . The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Slaughter i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the premise of h. R. 2667, the employer mandate bill, which is part of the rule here today, is that somehow that the administration overreached by announcing this postponement of the employer tax measure which was part of the Affordable Care act. The fact
Believe that the situation we have and why were here this morning is because this case is unique and unprecedented. So why are cases normally not handled out in the public . All the other cases that came before either this committee or the Senate Committee whether or not they met the criteria of urgent concern were forwarded because they involved members of the Intelligence Community who were in organizations underneath the dnis authority and responsibility. This didnt come that way because it involved a member, an individual, who is not a member of the Intelligence Community underneath the authority of the dni. S they is different from all others in the past i am aware of. I want to get into how this all got out in the public. This has been orchestrated effort over two weeks. We were first told about it a week and a half ago. We were told specifically that whistleblower did not want to get this information out, they did not want it to leak out. There were only a few potential groups o
Hello and welcome to the bbcs special coverage of the second day of President Trumps impeachment trial. Im katty kay in washington. Senate republicans set ground rules, rejecting democrat demands for new witnesses to be called. President trump weighs in with his view. Its a total hoax. Its a disgrace. But anger from democrats. They say theyre trying to uphold the rule of law. Part of our strength is not only our support for our allies, is not only our military might, its what we stand for. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Its day 2 in washington of President Trumps impeachment trial. He is accused by democrats on two counts one of abusing his power and the second one of obstructing congress. But with republicans in the majority in the upper house, its unlikely the president will be removed from office. That will resume shortly with arguments by the prosecution, for about three days, to be followed by the defence and questions. Sometimes next week, there will be questions from the senate.
National intelligence Joseph Maguire. Maguire has been replaced by a trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. And that loyalist is bringing in one staffer who worked to discredit the Intel Community that russia interfered in the 2016 election. And to be clear, again, the Intelligence Community told this House Committee that the russians prefer donald trump. Much more on what that means ahead. Also, we have more in the democratic race. We have new word on how the Bloomberg Team is trying to adjust after the debate performance. And we have Surprising New reporting on how the financial strain of the campaign led one leaning candidate to take out a line of credit in january. We want to begin with our top story though. The information from the Intelligence Community that the russianings prefer donald trump in the 2020 election. The president doesnt seem to like that fact one bit or want anyone to hear about it. Laura jarrett here with us now to explain. Its like dejay view. Here we g