This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome general kelly. It should come as no surprise that the security of our border has been a top priority of this committee. A top priority of this committee. In november 2015 after about 13 hearings and three round tables we published a report if state of americas border security. Weve got a bunch of copies, so any new members or old members that didnt get a copy, id be happy to give you one. Weve learned an awful lot. I would ask that my Opening Statement be entering into the record. Ask for consent for that. No objection. Ill the take silence as conse consent. Thanks. But id like to read some of the findings out of that Opening Statement as well as just some other things weve learned. Just kind of bullet points. First and fore most what weve learned between now this is going to be our 23rd hearing on various aspects of border security. Our borders are not secure, number one. Number two, americas insatiable demand for drugs is one c
168 points to the down side. At the lows we were down about 185, 186 points. So were off the worst levels of the session so far. But an interesting carry through from yesterdays trade when it was all about the fed minutes and the idea. The possibility of a june rate hike from the Federal Reserve and that really drove markets kind of a little bit more towards the volatile side. Today, most is to the down side in terms of moves. You can see theyre off by 1 for the s p 500. Utilities and staples have taken up the lead if can you call it. That up about a quarter to a third of a percent. Theyre showing signs of life here in this particular down day. The financials are interesting to focus on because so many of them, including regional banks, were such big gainers in yesterdays trade. On the idea that Interest Rates could rise on the longer end and the shorter end and maybe expand the yield curve and give them a profit margin. The net interest margins, youll hear traders talking about financ
Iran nuclear deal. Farmers get relief in ethiopia. Austria and germany have agreed to allow refugees to cross their borders from hungary. Were going to take you live. These are the latest pictures from the hungary austria border where the first buses have arrived from the town of 96elsdorf. Refugees are receiving food and being registered and processed. Austria is expecting up to 1500 people to arrive at the reception center. People were allowed to board buses after spending much of the day walking from budapest to the austrian border. Andrew simmons has the story. Its taken the hungarian authorities by surprise. Particularly the police. This march is bigger than expected. It may be far fetched to think they could reach the austrian border by foot, more than 170 kilometers by foot. We are walking. Its a long way. Interbut we have no choice. The mood is upbeat remarkable for people under such stress but some of the refugees say theyre worried that the police could be leading them into a
Good morning. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on u. S. Strategy in the middle east, and i want to thank our distinguished witnesses for appearing this morning and for their service to our nation. Before i proceed, id like to remind our witnesses this committees rules require written testimony be submitted 24 hours in advance of a hearing, and id like to try from now on for our witnesses to adhere to that. The tragic loss last week of Master Sergeant joshua walker, a veteran of 14 combat deployments reminds us of the high stakes of our mission in the middle east and how grateful we are to americans serving there. We need a strategy worthy of those who carry it out and, unfortunately, we dont have that. Whats worse it appears the administration has not even defined the problem correctly. A policy of isil first fails to understand that eye significant for all of the threat it poses is actually a symptom of another power thats now raging across the middle east. The epicenter
University of missouri and brought solidarity protests on campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at Ithaca College in upstate new york. All over the nation, both on and off College Campuses, we have seen young and old fighting against injustice. We stand here in solidarity stop our hearts are heavy with the pain of mizzou and yale in every person on college canvases simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair. However, how can a cap is dedicated to preparing us for the real world not actively foster growth . Amy on wednesday, thousands of faculty, students and staff staged a walkout to call for the resignation of president tom rochon. The protesters, led by students of color, lay down on the rainy walkways in a mass diein. Well get an update from Ithaca College student body president Dominick Recckio, and peyi shoyinka irawele, professor of international and african politics at Ithaca College. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra