Instances. We also learned. The officer was about 10 yards away from black when he fired twice at black and missed. The undersheriff says officers are accountable for every bullet fired. And there are standard criminal and administrative reviews still underway. Kevin Mcmahill metro undersheriff id like to take a moment and express my sorrow and apology, provide an apology to the innocent victims that were struck by our officers during this event. Patrick Walker the officer involved is 45 yearold george smith. A 10year metro veteran. Hes on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues. Which is standard procedure anytime an officer fires his weapon. Were told this is the first time officer smith has been involved in a shooting. Patrick Walker along with the Surveillance Footage you just saw. Police released 911 calls. With all of that. Weve been able to put together a detailed timeline of how this unfolded. Well have that for you. Coming up at 5. Denise. Any word on the c
Yours agent. Hell do it. [laughter] mr. De niro, i am clearly beyond reproach. I will see you on the set of spy kids five. This stone him and the founder of twitter, is here. So if you congressmen want to cut out the middleman, just show him your penis. Not now. [laughter] those are my warmup jokes. I am kidding. I want to leave you tonight with a bit of a pep talk. America has seen her share of challenges, but as my agent told me when i booked an abc sitcom, things could be worse. Have you watch the news . Not cnn, the real news. It is pretty bad in other places. By comparison, america is doing great. This year, after months of debate and controversy, we have achieved something that has impact the health of millions, we brought back wikis. We are not the fattest country in the world, mexico is. Dont worry, we will be the fattest country once everyone comes over here. [laughter] of i havecan sense not been back to the village at so dont tell me you survive the drone strike. [laughter]
I dont think that is true, although i did notice the other day that sasha needed a i understand americas teenage boys are signing up. [laughter] [applause] i will be focused on everyday americans. Just yesterday i read a heartbreaking letter. Aroundetters from folks the country every day. This went got me to a virginia man was stuck in the same parttime job for years. There was no chance to get ahead. [laughter] [applause] i am feeling sorry, believe and not, for the speaker of the house. The House Republicans give john boehner a harder time than they give me. [laughter] [applause] i have not given up the idea of working with congress. In fact, to weeks ago, senator i have to say the signing ceremony was something special. [laughter] i know. Washington seems more dysfunctional than ever. Greg locke is gotten so bad in this town what did we do to pass pisst chris d so bad off Chris Christie so bad . I am beginning to think they have a point. If you dont want to get paid for working, you
The several thousand attending at the correspondents listen to president obama and entertainer joel mchale. The president of the united states. [applause] thank you. Hank you so much thank you very much. Thank u so much. Everyone, have a seat. Before i get started, can we get the new president ial set up out here . [laughter] worked before. [laughter] that is more like it. It is great to be back. What a year, huh . I usually start these dinners with a few selfdeprecating jokes. After my stellar 2013, what can i possibly talk about . [laughter] it last year was rough. Sheesh. [laughter] bad,e point, things got so the 47 called mitt romney to apologize. [laughter] of course, we rolled out healthcare. Gov. That could have gone better. [laughter] in 2008, my slogan was yes, we can. 2013, my slogan was control, alt, delete. [laughter] on the plus side, they did turn the launch of healthcare. Gov into the years biggest movies. [laughter] but rather than dwell on the past and i would like to
The world into the kind of future that we want. We cant sit on the sidelines. We cant retreat. We are going to have setbacks. We are going to have disappointments but over time, our story has become the dominant story. It represents the hopes and aspirations of people everywhe everywhere. That is what i want americans to understand than the main reason why you wrote this book. I know theres a big debate going on about our role in the world and we have some real unfortunate consequences to deal with from prior decisions and the like but we cant abdicate our responsibility. How we define it, how we executed will be the stuff of political debate. But the world needs us. America matters to the world and yes the world matters to america for our prosperity and our security and our democracy. Cal thomas appeared at the 2014th chicago tribunes printers row lit fest to talk about his book what works. Mr. Thomas spoke with christa mcquery and took questions from the audience. This is about 45 mi