Id like to start today by bringing up acting assistant attorney general john cronan. Mr. Cronan supervises the criminals division more than 600 federal prosecutors who conduct prosecutions involving organized and transnational crime, Gang Violence and other crimes. Hell make a statement regarding ms13 and well take wes on this topic and ill be back after that to finish and answer questions on the news of the day. John . Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Again, my name is john cronan. I am the acting assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division of the department of justice. Before serving my current role i supervised the terrorism and International Narcotics unit of the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york. Prior to that, i sfshed as an assistant United States attorney in new york where i prosecuted violent criminals and National Security defendants including osama bin ladens soninlaw and the attempted times square bomber. On the day that attorney general Je
Good morning and thank you for being here. I am deputy just Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. I am joined by the acting dea administrator, the acting ice director peter edge, assistant commissioner of the royal police and kenneth long coke, Michael Hearst from southern mississippi, u. S. Attorney christopher myers, u. S. Attorney Billy Williams and special agent in charge alex [inaudible] from st. Paul. We are pleased to announce two indictments that mark a major milestone in our battle to stop deadly fentanyl from entering the u. S. For the first time, we have indicted Major Chinese fentanyl traffickers who have been using the internet to transport fentanyl and fentanyl analogs to drug traffickers and individual customers in the United States. These cases reflect a new and disturbing trend. It is part of the Opioid Crisis we face here. More and more of our citizens are being killed i fentanyl. These are synthetic opioids that are much stronger and much more dangerous than heroin
Joann crampton of the Royal Canadian mounted police and acting assistant attorney general of the commission Criminal Division. I want to thank you all for being here. Today we are pleased to announce to indictments that mark a milestone in our battle to stop fentanyl from entering the u. S. For the first time we have invited Major Chinese fentanyl traffickers who have been using the internet to transport fentanyl to drug traffickers and to individual customers in the u. S. This reflexive new and disturbing trend, part of the crisis we face here in the United States. War of our citizens are being killed by fentanyl. These are much more dangerous than heroin. A few grains of fentanyl can be a lethal dose. That more thanes 20,000 american citizens lost inlives in 20 weeks to 2016 lost their lives due to fentanyl. Rising at ais dramatic rate. Sentinel and phenyl analogues are coming into the country in numerous ways including shipments from factories in china direct to u. S. Customers who
The offers a few hours ago one of several thin ethic opioid or oxycodone buses in the area, people would come and go at all times every day to get prescriptions from this location works lead to drug dealing in the parking lot and other related crime. We know at least one of the other locations being busted is at 9432 roosevelt boulevard thats also set up as an advanced urgent care, and it is also believed the advanced urgent care on the boulevard is part of this bus. But still just getting very few details from federal authorities, so well keep digging for more, as soon as we have more, we will pass it along to you. Live in willow grove henry rossoff, cbs 3 eyewitness flues. All right henry thank you attorney general Jeff Sessions just wrapped up a speech as a Law Enforcement conference here in philadelphia. Sessions took the stage this morning, at the Pennsylvania Convention center he delivered an address to the International Association of cleve of police about the plan to combat ms1
Husband remembering him as a brave and good soldier and defended congresswoman wilson a long time family friend she was only one of four people who listened to the president s conversation on speaker phone. Myeasha buried her husband with a final kiss goodbye. She spoke about the man she loved. The call from the president that created a political firestorm. I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it, he couldnt remember my husband name and that will hurt me the most, if am i husband is out here fighting for our country and he risk his life for our country why cant irma his he remember his name. Reporter he said i spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. I heard him say well, i guess you know he knew what he was signing up for but it still hurts. And i couldnt believe that he said that. Reporter what she said was 100 correct. Reporter the special forces soldier was one of four killed in niger earlier this month by isis militants. She said she has questions