Current news from northeast syria. We have great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollack, dana stroul and were also pleased to welcome back in the eye senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program bilal saab after a oneyear fellowship in the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue of the washington quarterly entitled broken partnerships can washington get Security Cooperation right . Moderating todays panel of the six experts is eric schmitt. Eric is a writer covering terrorism and National Security for the new york times. Since 2007 he has reported on terrorism issues with assignments to pakistan, afghanistan, north africa, southeast asia, among others. He is a coauthor of counterstrike, the untold story of americas secret campaign against alqaeda. Published in 2011. Before joining the times, eric was an education reporter at the tricity herald i
Exploit the eb 5 visa program. Investors in china, india and vietnam each paid henderson 500,000 thinking they were funding one of seven businesses that qualified for the program. The federal Program Gives green cards to investors that contribute to a u. S. Business that creates at least ten fulltime jobs. Henderson diverted the money to buy the historic tower in oakland. The building and other properties, businesses and restaurants. All of these representations, all of these promises were made in the course of this scheme and those promises were not kept. According to the indictment, henderson lied to investors and the government for years providing paper work and Business Plans that seem legit from 2011 to 2017. I asked the u. S. Attorney how it was able to go on for so long. One of the ways the scheme was going is the diversion of money raised from later investors to cover over the losses that were being suffered by earlier ged wit conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Henderson pleade
So i ran back there, ran outside with the bat and then i held it up like if i was going to hit him. The bold attack and the daring escape that has a 13yearold being called a hero. And the heat is making a big comeback. When youre going to switch the a c back on. The news begins now. We begin with that rare and dramatic ocean rescue. And its all caught on video. Take a look at this. This plane crashes into the water. The pilot waving his arms at one point and then spotted by the coast guard. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im raj mathai. That pilot and his passenger are alive and well and sharing their story with us. His small plane crashed just off the coast about eight miles west of Half Moon Bay. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us from the coast guard station at sfo. Ian, i dont think weve ever seen anything like this. What happened . Reporter yeah, and, raj, neither have some in the coast guard either. For many of them, this was their first plane down that theyve ever had to ma
The city the sun. Low 70s later right now in the low 50s to the north, 60 in livermore. And more warmth around the bay. Upper 70s to mid80s by 4 00 p it will be toasty but at the coast, the sea breeze keeps us cool. Lisa, thank you. Breaking news out of frake where the medical examiner has been called to a deadly overnight crash in the bay view district. The violent collision happened at the intersection of third street and paul avenue. It appears a toyota sedan was tboned by another car at the intersection and the toyota was pushed on to the track blocking hline tracks last night. We have a message out to San Francisco police asking for details about this crash. We will bring you more as soon as we hear back. President trump declayed predawn immigration raids scheduled to start today. It would have targeted up to 2,000 families facing deportation. The i. C. E. Raids were planned for ten u. S. Cities, including San Francisco. Heres the reactionol the law bk the way theyre doing it is n
Some republicans going as far as calling it a coverup. What is the white house saying . For that we go to Lucas Tomlinson at the white house. Federal prosecutors say negotiations with bidens legal team have hit a snag and this case could be going to trial. The Justice Department refused to rule out if President Biden would be part of future investigations after that Special Counsel was named yesterday. Special counsel will not be subject to the daytoday supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department. Republicans have been calling for Special Counsel for a long time to investigate hunter biden, but many in the g. O. P. Are not happy charles that it was david weiss named who has already been investigating hunter for the past five years. The appointment of a special council allows him to file additional charges against hunter biden outside delaware. Heres Jonathan Turley. Theres no question this magnifies t