Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. Th
Firestorm erupted following fridays release of an audio conversation trump had in 2005. Trump who was married to his current wife at the time is heard bragging about making unwanted sexual advances toward women. Giuliani says i think the point that we make is, he has apologized for this, and we believe if you get to the issues, hes the candidate that is much better suited to run the country. Despite calls to step aside trump says there is no chance he will drop from the race. And instead has been threatening mook says this race is between donald trump and Hillary Clinton, not donald trump and bill clinton. If we need to discuss the issues that were raised in that video with donald trump, that is fine. Clinton has also come under fire after a wikileaks email dump that included alleged excerpts of her speeches to wall street banks. Podesta says what she wants to do is crack down on the system and make sure that there is no institution thats too big to fail and and theres no person thats
They hope to make arrests soon. Meantime reading is being held without bail. The reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you, rahel. Freak accident on the lawn more claims life of the former fire fighter and tonight many are wondering what went wrong . It happened in jobstown new jersey. Eyewitness News Reporter Steve Paterson is live at Springfield Township Fire Company and today he spoke exclusively with the victims wife, steve. Reporter we did, and jessica, this was the couple that was gathered for 57 years of marriage. Nearly six decade, for teta and her husband who died in, that accident. We spoke to the wife there and she spoke for the the first time in a long time that they are apart. Im at a lost for words it was a great shock. Reporter after 57 years of marriage, tet lipincot can find herself in a place she can barely fathom suddenly without her best friend. I dont know were still all in shock. We do not know thousand react. Reporter friend and family mou
For Sewells Point that is 8 30 am and newschannel 3 has Team Coverage of the winter storm starting in williamsburg where the snow has been coming down for hours. Newschannel 3 s margaret kavvanagh is live there with more margaret what are you seeing . It has been coming down and making a mess on the roads like this one making it difficult for people that were Walking Around today look how deep it is right where we are standing on the side of the road. We talk to a lot of people who are bundled up and one guy who definitely was joel carver gave me a philosophical answer when i asked if he regretted not putting a coat on before you left the house today. Sot joel carver wearing tank top 06 12 the difference between an ordeal and an adventure is the attitude. Track he admits the first embrace with Mother Nature was a bit much. Sot joel carver wearing tank top 05 50 walking in it in the last 20 minutes has been a little chilly chilly. But it s proof that i can get out there and do something