School in new york city. Other speakers are the last reporter allowed inside the Detention Center, to attorneys that represent detainees, and carol rosenberg. This is one hour and 45 minutes. Ok. We are going to get started. If you could take your seats if you are not seated. I want to say, before we begin, as a cautionary note, that. Span is taping this tonight if you do not want to be on camera, you might want to move over to the sides and just keep that in mind in the q a, although i will remind you when that happens. Guantanamo is central to the work of the center of National Security. We are delighted to have yet another panel on guantanamo with some of the more thoughtful people about the issue and many of whom have been thinking about guantanamo since the day it opened in 2002. It is hard to imagine that, when it did open, you would say, in 2016, we are going to have a panel on the place and thinking about ending it. When guantanamo was opened, there was no idea of having it las
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United states, and we are grateful not only for his service, but for his family service. About what is supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the president of the United States nominates someone. The senate is to consider that nomination. Either they disapprove of that nominee or that nominee is validated to the Supreme Court. Historically, this has not been viewed as a question. Theres no unwritten law that says it can only be done on off years. That is not in the constitutional text. Im amused when i hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. Theres more than enough time for the senate to consider, in a thoughtful way, the record of a nominee that i present, and to make a decision. With respect to our process, we will do the same thing we did with respect to justice kagans nomination and Justice Sotomayor s nomination. We will find someone who was an outst
Vallejo. You talked with a pregnant mother who had to grab her kids and escape those flames from right next door. Reporter yeah, were talking about a woman whos eight months pregnant. She also has a 2 and 4yearold so she had her hands full. Those were her top priorities. And the neighbors said the very same thing. Firefighters got here around 11 30 last night at this threealarm blaze. Now you can see investigators inside the unit where they believe this all started. Now, the question is how did a baby get left inside . To cover all bases, investigators waited on a warrant before going in this morning while neighbors recall the frightening moments when they heard loud noises before they saw the smoke. There was an explosion, like a real big boom. As soon as i opened up the door there was a bunch of smoke. Reporter the threealarm blaze started in the upstairs left apartment. Neighbors learned there was a baby trapped inside. I dont know if it was the mom but she said theres a baby inside
He was 79 years old. The Funeral Service is scheduled to begin in just about an hour from now. Its open to the public, although the burial will be private. Here in the bay area, new this morning, a san jose bar is now a crime scene following a deadly stabbing. It happened shortly before 1 00 this morning outside of the elegant pub in east san jose. Two men were taken to the hospital where one of them later died. Were told the other victim is is expected to be okay. No word on what led to this stabbing. Police have not made any arrests. New details in the case of a missing bay area woman. It is now being considered a homicide investigation. Police say they believe this san jose woman was killed and vanished from a birthday party. She saw aguilar leave sunday around 1 00 in the morning and that was the last time anyone saw her. Police say they are following leads and looking at evidence to find answers. We dont have a body, which makes it more complex. And the other part is that we dont