Chicago, president as well. From the dea the special agent in charge is present and from the u. S. Marshals service the chief deputy and chief inspector. Also with me up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. Toms office and my office, we Work Together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And finally my colleague justin hurtman whos the u. S. Attorney in cleveland and Northern District of ohio is here and quarterbacking the u. S. Department of just nationwide efforts on operation legend. Were here today to discuss a critically important topic, Violent Crime in chicago. As attorney general barr has made clear the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens for those of us in Law Enforcement our top priority is to keep people safe. For much of this year chicago and many other cities have experienced significant
William barr held a News Conference in chicago today the federal response to protest across the country. It is what he had to say. Good morning and thank you all for being here. In the u. S. Attorney for the district of illinois. Id like to start this morning but taking it to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagu colleagues, some of whom you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr with us today. We have acting director, regina and the special agent, kristin here as well. We also have from the fbi, deputy director, dave. We also have special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago. The dea special agent in charge, robert u. S. Marshal sargent, david and chief inspector, diego. Also are two other u. S. Attorneys. My counterpart of the Northern District of illinois, tom. Tom sat in my office and worked together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. My colleague,
There was information that fighters of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement were able to destroy an israeli mirkava tank, which was confirmed using an antitank missile system, today, well, actually, you see, the terrain here is mountainous, using the terrain, hezbollah fighters destroyed another israeli tank, and today well, in fact, the flag of this Lebanese Movement appeared right at the entrance to the stronghold of the israeli army, of course. What is this military hooliganism, the hisba fighters were not going to take control of this object, Israeli Military personnel promptly removed the flag, but in fact the situation here is extremely tense, we are in the village of ainttashap, this village has been for two days, in fact , the Israeli Defense forces are periodically shelled, and israeli troops are using cannon artillery, using tanks to hit the surrounding area in this village, in fact, the situation on. The lebaneseisraeli border has been heating up in recent days, and the parties,
Hezbollah movements were able to be destroyed. Israeli merkava tank was confirmed using an antitank missile system, today the terrain here is mountainous, using the terrain, hezbollah fighters destroyed another israeli tank , the situation here is extremely tense, we are in the village of ainttab, this village has actually been under fire from the Israeli Defense forces for two days now and periodically , and israeli troops use cannon artillery, use tanks in order. In the outskirts of this village, in fact, the situation on the lebaneseisraeli border has been heating up in recent days, and the parties, first of all , are the israel Defense Forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, as well as palestinian groups that operate in southern lebanon, exchanging artillery strikes, in southern lebanon, and hezbollah fighters and militants of palestinian groups use mortars, use antitank missile systems, fire guided missiles at concentrations of personnel, in fact, the Israeli Defense forces re
Hezbollah movement were able to destroy, the israeli merkava tank was confirmed using an antitank missile system, today the terrain here is mountainous, the terrain, hezbayli fighters destroyed another israeli tank, the situation here is extremely tense, we are in the village of ainttab, this village has been for two days, in fact, the Israeli Defense forces have been shelled periodically , and israeli troops use cannon artillery and tanks to attack the outskirts of this village, in fact, the situation on the lebaneseisraeli border was heating up in recent days, the parties, first of all, are the Israeli Defense forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, as well as palestinian groups that operate in southern lebanon, exchanging artillery strikes, in southern lebanon, both hezbollah fighters and militants of palestinian groups use mortars, use antitank Missile Systems , fire guided missiles at Israeli Armored vehicles, at a concentration of personnel, the Israeli Defense forces respond