Representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Brooks, for five minutes. Mr. Brooks thank you, madam speaker. Secretary of defense leon Panetta States sequestration, quote, would be a disaster in terms of the defense department. As far as our budget is concerned, as far as our ability to respond to the threats that are out there, it has a big impact, end quote. Over time sequestrations disproportionate cuts to National Defense will reduce our military to the smallest number of uniformed personnel since before
In the hospital and couldnt do absolutely anything. Shes a mess. But shes great. Over the course of a week, more than 1200 people were evacuated from the roof of the parking garage next to tulane hospital one of the largest evacuations of an American Hospital in recent memory. Six months after drew schaaf and William Wilson were flown to safety, the hospital reopened. Michael this is the war room, im michael shure. The sequester has washington on edge, as for the rest of the country, i guess whether your heart is in it or not, all depends on where you call home. [ theme music ] michael this war room is tracking all things politics. We start with what we have our mrit call eyes on today. One eye is on the sequester showdown. President obama and house respects have until late thursday to reach a deal or else 85 billion in mandatory cuts start rolling off of the chopping block. Its a an agreement the president and john boehner reached back in 2011. The think i was that democrats wont cut
Were told at least 23 tribesmen and isis militants have died in the fighting. The battle is happening close to the main government complex in the province. Reporter a critical battle for ramadi, the capital of iraqs anbar province, is being fought with isis militants coming as close as a couple hundred meters from the government complex in the city which includes the military command for anbar. Isis militants have cut off the main military supply line from the air base when they launched their offensive on friday. It was a coordinated attack on a number of areas. From talking to people in the city, including the deputy governor, the battle is fluid. While the army and tribes manage to put back isis from some of the areas, fighting is ongoing in the eastern suburb thats along the only military supply line into ramadi. Isis controls almost all of anbar province, living the sunni territory to neighboring syria. Officials are watching this battle closely. To win it, they say they desperate
Were watching a number of still developing angles to this story. A number of buildings are on fehr. Cnn is still going through the documents from the decision from the grand jury to not indict daryl wilson. We just want to take you through what we just heard from a Police News Conference. Basically we heard 29 people were arrested. At least aye dozen buildings were set ablaze and 150 shots were heard. The police were happy to report, though, no lives were lost, although some unfortunate incidents. An old man was carjacked and run over by some protesters. And at this stage, of course, were talking about smaller groups of agitators. For the most part, and we must emphasize this. For 100 days or so, there were peaceful protests taking part on the streets of ferguson there. But we did hear from captain ron johnson. He emphasized we cant blame outsiders for this. This is the community that needs to turn around and take responsibility for this and decide this is not what they want for their
One understood the extent of what happened and no one could believe there were bodies this that building waiting to be identified for over a day. No one knew that the people who were miss handgun stopped breathing long before any of us had known that a code red had been called. No one could comprehend the devastating aftermath or how far this would reach or where this would go. For those who still cant comprehend because they refuse to, im tell you where it went. Right into the ground, six feet deep. The demand for action in the shadow of our Nations Capital where lawmakers are clearly facing a new chapter in this pressure for change. Now we did not see President Trump weigh in on this today. His only tweet not ee even acknowledging the marches but did send a condolence to france. And here in washington the story is not silence. There was an unforgettable moment in Martin Luther king granddaughter when she took the stage and said this. My grandfather had a dream that his four little ch