John you appropriately note in your Opening Statement this hearing takes place against the of a heinous act of violence perpetrated by a troubled and evil person. Been assistingas conduct and has been provided a great deal of information on the status of the investigation. I know that your team, along with the Intelligence Community partners are also working to determine if the killer had any connections to a Foreign Terrorist Group like isil. Let me thank your officers for what they do and for the long hours that they are likely putting in to understand this tragedy while also focusing on a wide range of threats facing our nation. Director, i know your organization stands understands the threat posed by isil and theres been much public discussion about progress, the u. S. Led coalition has made to contain isil geographically, to degrade its finance in Media Operations and to remove its fighters from the battlefield, however, while progress may have been made against those goals you no
I believe he expressed an interest in joining Law Enforcement and were tracking that down. Tast been reported, again, we are following every lead. Im going to go to this gentleman here. [ inaudible ]. I dont have that information for you, sorry. Ultimately, were trying to obtain the autopsy reports for anyone who lost their life. And ultimately, his and depending upon the information there, we will see if we can release those. [ inaudible ] you know, whenever you look at someones motivation or intent, whether theyre living or dead, you look at their actions or activities surrounding the event. You look at what they said, you look at what they did. And come up with the interpretation. We do feel as we continue to build a time line and chronology and build his life well be able to determine this. I cant tell you if well be able to narrow it down to one motivation. This was clearly an act of terror and act of hate. Im going to go to someone who has not asked a question and come back to yo
Delegates trying to stop donald trump from a nomination. We want to hear from republicans only, your thoughts on the dump Trump Delegates. We want to get your thoughts on not only the delegates, but the role on the nomination process they may play. Four eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 four mountains and for mountain and pacific time zones. Ourou want to post on facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Ed okeefe in the pages of the Washington Post wrote about these efforts by dozens of delegates planning to go to the convention to stop donald trump from getting the nomination. Theseite up saying Republican Convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block donald trump. The move comes from amidst declining poll numbers from and growing concern over republicans that he is squandering his chance to beat Hillary Clinton. His recent controversies including his support for changing the nations gun law have raised fears among most republicans that trump is not really a conservative
That there should be a limitation on a Government Employee cost recognized exercise of their rights, there needs to be guidance and that needs to be clearly indicated on what the employee can do. Let me say a couple of thank yous. I can name all the people that participated but particularly the aclu. I do not know if he knew what he would be eyeing into, six and a half years of fighting the government over my job. Lee rowland was the last attorney from the aclu representing me over the last couple of years. Part of the deal when we were negotiating the settlement, i have a sub rosette agreement with lee because after talking to an attorney from the aclu every week for the last 6. 5 years, i could not go cold turkey. Job. Id a remarkable in the beginning it was aden abdo and there the aclupitzer,with in washington for a long time and stood me faithfully for six and a half years. The law firm of goodwin and proctor. They offered their services pro bono to assist as we moved toward court.
Increase. Stocks are holding up well in the face of that interpretation. We have seen them gyrate in the wake of the state. The dow remains the best performer of the major averages. The nasdaq remains in the red because earnings are very much a part of the equation today. The s p 500 over the last hour or so. You see some gyrations here. Immediately after we got statements, stocks came back down again and are now back up again. All over the map. I want to look at other assets and see how they have reacted. The u. S. Dollar is little changed. It is not necessarily what you would expect, and if you are expecting the fed to raise rates for the dollar, to not do much of anything. Overall, not much is changed. As for the rates market, lets take a look at the tenure for the treasury market. We see a little more of a dramatic reaction. It goes against the hawkish interpretation where we see the 10 year yield dropping off and now 1. 86 . In context, we had seen the yield going higher for sever