in a nearby county have arrested a man whom they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief, bill lee. he s stepped aside temporarily yesterday. today, the man who could fire him but hasn t, city manager norman bonaparte, spoke about the force that chief lee runs. he said any trust in the police department is gone and this for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was shaky to begin with. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues that have been brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford community go back many years. we have been looking into that, including the brutal beating of a homeless man, in which they let the son of a sanford police lieutenant go free. that led to the early departure of the police chief. we re going to detail that incident and others shortly. and you re going to hear from sanford s mayor, jeff triplett. and meantime, president obama who hasn
today, the man who could fire him but hasn t, city manager norman bonaparte, spoke about the force that chief lee runs. he said any trust in the police department is gone and this for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was shaky to begin with. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues that have been brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford community go back many years. we have been looking into that, including the brutal beating of a homeless man, in which they let the son of a sanford police lieutenant go free. that led to the early departure of the police chief. we re going to detail that incident and others shortly. and you re going to hear from sanford s mayor, jeff triplett. and meantime, president obama who hasn t spoken publicly about the martin case until today speaks now. but my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he d l
even in april, secretary geithner said we can have a parallel conversation about the debt ceiling excuse me, a parallel conversation about reducing the debt and the deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in the spring with the republican leadership. he put forward a brought the leaders in. vice president biden put a process together, congressman cantor, senator kyl, representatives, all the leaders. they went for two months. they dealt with serious discussions on cuts, real cuts. when they got to the revenue s
parallel conversation about the debt ceiling excuse me, a parallel conversation about reducing the debt and the deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in the spring with the republican leadership. he put forward a brought the leaders in. vice president biden put a process together, congressman cantor, senator kyl, representatives, all the leaders. they went for two months. they dealt with serious discussions on cuts, real cuts. when they got to the revenue section, the republican leadership said, nope, we re o
parallel conversation about reducing the debt and the deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in the spring with the republican leadership. he put forward a brought the leaders in. vice president biden put a process together, congressman cantor, senator kyl, representatives, all the leaders. they went for two months. they dealt with serious discussions on cuts, real cuts. when they got to the revenue section, the republican leadership said, nope, we re out of here, sorry, that s the end of that. we ll deal with c