Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the life and service of alan al pingy. He passed away tuesday, april 23, at home. He was mcking county commissioner and i flew a flag over the capitol to be presented to his family and colleagues. Prior to becoming commissioner, he was part of the bradford professional firefighters and retired as captain in 1988. He then served as bradford township supervisor, 11 years as chairman. He enlisted in the u. S. Marine corps and honorably discharged as a corporal in september, 1970. Mr. Speaker, al pingy has served his nation and community. Above all else, he was family man, a loving husband of 36 years to his wife, deborah, and father to his four children, andy, scott, jeff, and jody. He was a grandfat
zawhahiri is stomach churning.ch he was the ideological master behind behind the turn of al qaeda andnd groups like that toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety and how he got there, we now, looking back at it, it seems like a straight shot, but if he dropped in at any time of his biography, you wouldn t have known, trained as a doctor, as a surgeon, a respected family in egypt, born and raised in cairo. by the time he was 15 years old he was a committed radical who wantedic to impose islamic theecacy by force all of 15 yearsfo old. when islamic militant disassassinate egypt s president anwar sadat at a military parade in 1981, he was one of hundreds ofe islamic radicals who was tried and imprisoned and tortured for years in egyptian prisons. while there he became an informant, supplying information on hisin comrades, and released fromra prison in egypt in 1948 d even more radical than when he had gone in an
Flash flooding and denver causes a mann hold to explode like a guyser. The milehigh city could be in for more Severe Weather. Im stephanie sy, and im del walters. After 50 days of wore theres relative calm in gaza, israel and hamas agreeing to a ceasefire. There were celebrations in gaza with hamas declaring victory. Details of that extended truce in a moment. Well begin with two developing stories out of syria. Opposition fighters have taken control over a border between syria and israel, and new details about an american killed fighting for the Islamic State group. John terrett, what have we learnt about the american. His name is douglas mack karthier mccain. Good morning. Doug lace Mcarthur Mccain is the First American to die while fighting for the Islamic State group. A spokeswoman confirmed his death, saying the u. S. Was aware he was in syria. According reports he died in a fire fight with the Free Syrian Army. The question is why did this young man leave relative safety of the U
Melissa we are starting off tonight with an exclusive on a company in overdrive. Tesla motors is the talk of the town and as the stock speeds higher it is already up an astonishing 336 so far this year. Wow, good for them. This week elon musk and investors are flying even higher. Teslas model s just received the best safety rating of any carver. A little earlier i spoke to tesla board member from d. C. Giant draper fisher, in a fox business exclusive. So, steve, welcome to the show. Very exciting day. The model s just received five stars from the national highway Traffic Safety administration. By five stars, i mean five in every single category which never happened before. In fact, the roof of the model s was so strong, that when it was tested by the roofcrushing machine, it broke the machine, not the other way around. I mean this is really astounding. The car though, is really expensive. And i wonder, did you go too far . Should have saved some money . Well, i dont think anyone who dr
Eight civil and criminal investigation. Looking at the efforts to sell mortgagebacked securities. 20052007. Liz according to a person close to the matter, Soros Fund Management has withdrawn all of its money from the Pershing Square company. The fund had less than 250 million with the firm. Of course they will battle over dillon the sec. David the family that owns the New York Times is declaring that the newspaper is not for sale. The chairman and publisher added that they were stunned by the announcement of the Washington Post sale to amazon ceo. Liz cbs confirming that the network has resumed talks with Time Warner Cable. Cbs has been blacked out for more than 3 million Time Warner Cable customers for a whole week david the president of the fed reserve bank of cleveland announcing that she will retire early next year. Also joins that the cleveland fed has led the bank since 2003. Right now in a nonvoting member, but there will mr. There. After the bell starts right now. Liz we begin