Many of you saw the news early many of you saw the news early on monday when the new York Police Department decided to fire the Police Officer involved in the death of eric gardner. This is what the police had to say on monday about that decision. [video clip] being a police is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That is not a statement to. Licit sympathy, it is a fact cops have to make choices, sometimes quickly every single day. Some are splitsecond, life or death choices. Oftentimes they are choices that will be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by those with much more time to think about them than the Police Officer had and those decisions are scrutinized and secondguessed both fairly and unfairly. The officer went to bed thinking he would make choices and take actions during a routine arrest that would lead to another persons death. An officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. It is unlikely mr. Gardner thought he was in such poor health that a brief
Colin kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem three fourths knelt performing at another oakland as game. The band is made up of more than 100 students from five schools in the district, including west lake middle school. Tonight some students say they just kneel. I plan to put my fist in the air for black lives matter and black Power Movement pmt i plan to do that because im a black young fellow. I want to support the other black people in the world and around the world and its not fair how they were shot and killed tonight. Im going to take a knee because i think that our president our president is being very petty by going on social media and harassing athletes that students at my school look up to. The players kneel in the National Anthem in protest of racial inequality in the u. S. Other students want to kneel in solidarity with the nfl players who locked arms or knelt yesterday at games across the nation. Music director randy porter says he doesnt know what will happen or e
They face any challenges from north korea, to iran, to venezuela. We thank spain for recent decision to expel recent ambassador and standing with us to isolate the brutal north korean regime. It is time for all responsible nations to join forces to isolate the north korean menace. North Korean Nuclear weapons and Missile Development threaten the entire world with unthinkable loss of life. All nations must act now to ensure the regimes complete denuclearization. I appreciate the United Nations security counsel voting twice unanimously, 150, twice, to adopt resolutions against north korea. I recently issued tough new sanctions against those who do business with outlaw regime. And i applaud china latest action to restrict its trade with north korea. And, in particular, i applaud china for breaking off all banking relationships with north korea, something that people would have thought unthinkable, even two months ago. I want to thank president xi. Here in the western hemisphere we have se
And sending military forces to syria. And running across america for a much greater challenge. Europe is facing its worst refugee crisis sidges o since wr ii. Germany has dedicated to spend billions of euros in aid to deal with it. Refugees seek ago sigh lum, blockaded at the hungarian border, one time only chance at entry. In greece the situation is turning violence. Riot police apparently beat refugees, 17,000 waiting for entry to mainland europe. But there arent enough immigration officials to process them. Pope francis is asking to help these people who are fleeing from death and war and hunger. John terret is joining us with more. It gets worse and worse every day. Every day another horror story. The pope treases crowds addressy week from his balcony, in what the catholics call the angeles. He pulled no purchase no punche. Pope francis in his weekly address in st. Peters square delivered an address, do more for the faithful. I appeal to the religious communities, the monasteries a
Been apprehended before they went on a murderous spree. Lynch has banned on what she calls antimuslim rhetoric, is already producing its Chilling Effect and it is preventing americans are taking basic steps to protect ourselves. Lets take off the blinders. It is time to say that these attacks are not isolated incidents. Not they are operating as an ideological pack. The thing that unites them is adherence toal islamic separatism, that the world must submit to their world of islam, or die. Is present ine our country. Reported, itrector is active in each one of our 50 states. Once we have identified the enemy, with we must do everything in our power to defeat them. America and the world has grown more dangerous as president obama has receded from the world stage. Every day goes by, the United States seems more weaker and a more marginal actor. Increasingly dismissed, increasingly viewed by the world , our president is a laughingstock. Our third goal must be to restore americas leadership