capital while they will be giving a special remembrance to congressman dingell. his wife right now grading the arrival of her husband s casket outside of the capital steps. let s dip into this and see what we can pick up. neil: this is a formal goodbye, the nation s capital is
former vice president joe biden spoke glowingly about the congressman. admired almost everyone i work with, but a few that i look up to. who i knew that i were better n i was. more successful at what they set out to do than i was. and john dingell for that man. congressman dingell who served in the army will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery before a second funeral services held in d.c. on thursday. shepard: the north korean reportedly beefing up their bomb ingredients. but, the top commander of u.s. forces in that region says officials have made little to no effort i should say, have been made little no change to the country s military capabilities. he adds that overall, tensions there have decreased. he did say, the country s
lot of people are remembering today. there s a funeral in dearborn michigan. we re going to show you pictures right now with congressman dingell. i was speckiaking with her a we were speaking about him being in the hospital. people would come up to him and ask him what he thinks. he wasn t a congressman anymore. it was still in his dna to have that conversation with people. i think she ll be okay now with me sharing that. she s a congresswoman herself. that s why i was talking to her about the aca. that struck me he was a lot of people on this town on both sides are saying he was a great politician. he was still trying to serve. right up until he passed away. that s amazing. i appreciate that. nanceo nancy, you re talking about the idea that president trump may make his own moves unilaterally. the white house for the past
accomplishment, one of the greatest. he was a presence in the hearing room, a determined investigator and a true believer in congressional oversight. he loved the house of representatives. we remember him for his humor, charm, integrity and his fantastic twitter account. our thoughts are with debbie dingell and the entire family. chairman dingell will be missed. mr. chairman? can i add to that as well? as far as mr. dingell s service and our thoughts and prayers are with them and the service he rendered. i will agree with you on that. thank you. i will recognize myself for an opening statement. mr. whitaker, i want to begin by commending the tradition of independent law enforcement at the department of justice. as you and i both know it is the career officials at the department, the fbi and the u.s. attorney offices whose
i also would like to acknowledge the passing of mr. dingell. he was a statesman. the department is blessed with extremely talented, highly principled public servants dedicated to upholding our great constitution and the laws of the united states. i saw that up close during my 5 1/2 years as united states attorney for the southern district of iowa. our office put criminals behind bars and we kept the people of iowa safe. i personally prosecuted several important cases and worked with the men and women of the atf, dea and u.s. marshal s service, the fbi, and it was a privilege. in 2017 i returned to the department and served for 13 months as chief of staff to former attorney general jeff sessions, a man for whom i have great respect. he led the department with integrity, with dedication to