10 00. The subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement, but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to hear the witnesses so that they all are able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So, without objection, all Opening Statements will be placed into the record at this time. We have a very distinguished panel this morning. And i will begin by swearing in our witnesses before introducing them. Would you all please rise and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show that all of the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. I will give an abbreviate
Vote. Donald trump pushing hard for a yes vote. He says there is still time to do the right thing. He tweeted republicans should step up to the plate, crunch time has arrived. Todays vote dominates politics. How about money . A race to be the richest person in the world, jeff bezos close to exceeding bill gates after another high for the stock. Amazons founder is 3 billion behind. This guy, mark soderberg, is worth 70 billion. Facebook stock hit another record high and that stock has made him an extra 20 billion this calendar year. Watch out larry page and sergei brin, the google guys, their stock will come down and network will take a minor hit. The money story of the day, the massive wealth and power of the five Big Technology companies, the political story, the senate vote crucial to the Trump Presidency and political future of the Republican Party, highstakes indeed. And we are looking at another new high for the Dow Jones Industrials, up 100, 29 minutes from now. Varney and compan
Will come to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to the witnesses so that they all are able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So without objection all Opening Statements will be placed into the record at this time. We have a very distinguished panel this morning, and i would beginning by swearing in our witnesses before introducing them. Would you all please rise and raise your right hand . [witnesses were sworn in] let the record show that all of the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. I will give an abbreviated introduction for all of the witnesses so that we can hear them and get to as many questions as possible. The first witness is Kenneth Blanco who is the acting assistant attorney general for the C
Hope you enjoyed your time in theon producers andy saul and paul. Have a great night. Tens of thousand of visitors took to ferries and roads this weekend, evacuating two islands off north carolinas coast. We didnt get to do everything that we wanted to do. Thought we would have more time. Reporter crews working on a bridge thursday damaged three electrical cables, cutting off power across the islands. Its not clear how long it will take to repair the underground lines. It could be days, even weeks. Thats bad news for Business Owners like Sherman Goodwin who are bracing for big losses, at height of the tourism season. This is summertime. Right in the peak of summertime. Definite leave affects. Across both islands millions of dollars in revenue could be lost. Local electric come pans are bringing in backup generators, but authorities are asking people to turn off air conditioners, and use less water. Were not showering. There is a hose outside. Some are making the most of unexpected situ
And to date, just 69 rapists are off the streets. But we found a different story in cleveland. Where the state paid for testing so the city could afford to hire more staff. They could proceed almost like to second base where they could, focus on investigating and prosecuting. Senior research associate, Rachel Lovell of case western reserve, studied rape kit testing results. Savings doesnt come with the testing, the savings comes with what you do with the test. County hired 25 additional investigators and six prosecutors. That got results. After testing 5,000 kits, they got 239 convictions. More than the other three cities combined. Janes kit was submitted over a year ago for testing. Its possible her rapists profile could match another assault by him over at the national database. He might be dead, which i hope. He might be behind bars. I might not be able to find out. I need to know. The statute of limitations for janes case has expired. And she has joined a lawsuit suing the city for