Regarding the Security Checks. We will not cut corners. The Security Check requirements were developed in the inner agency with the consultation and expertise of the fbi, our dhs partners, and the Intelligence Community partners and the security regime was set up with all that input. And i have heard no discussion of making any cuts to it for any reason. I would like to point out that the grant grants of Refugee Status are discretionary so that if there is a doubt, the case is referred for further review and if theres a National Security concern, that individuals application is denied. As the refugee situation continues to evolve, the administration is assessing its capacity and resource needs for fiscal year 2016 within an increased number of refugees it will be important to preserve currently available resources and fund this at a sufficient level. Mr. Chair, if i may just one question related to accountability. Mr. Bartlett, i understand that youre working with the decisions that ha
Speaks, followed by the leaders of russia, south korea and iran. We have it live on cspan. On friday, a Retirement Ceremony was held in honor of general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He retired after 41 years of service and will be succeeded by general Joseph Dunford of the marine corps, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please stand for the arrival of the official party and welcome todays official, general martin dempsey, accompanied by the hosts for todays ceremony Ashton Carter and joseph f. Dunford jr. , incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Ladies and gentlemen, the ladies and gentlemen please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americas Armed forces and participating in todays revue are the United States army band under timothy j. Holton and led by drum major scott little. Elements of the armed forces include the president ial escort p
And it really is. American history tv is featuring cspans original series at 8 00 eastern on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association through conversations with experts and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now we look at two administrations led by widowed president s and the women who serve as first ladies. We begin with Rachel Jackson and Emily Donelson. This is about 90 minutes. Rachel was not a fan of anything that took Andrew Jackson away from the hermitage. Her preferences apparently didnt strongly influence him but rachel was always the thing that he would come back to. She ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. Everybody loved her who worked there or was enslaved there. She might not have been like Abigail Adams but she could write a nice letter and she had nice jewelry. She was not as frumpy as she was reputed to be. Th
Philadelphia international airport. With the drivers door hanging open, the honda accord was nothing more than a burned out shell, full of charred rubble. Tonight its at the center of a suspicious death history in clear view of the airports control tower. The only thing i saw was black smoke far out there. Security guard maurice king saw that smoke around 3 30 and then heard sirens investigators tell us tonight, fire crews first arrived on this remote street for calls of a car on fire. Once they put out that blaze, they found the body of a man in the drivers seat charred to the bones and an empty gas can in the trunk. Beyond that physical evidence, the mystery deepened. Theres no cameras out here. Ft. Mifflin road weaves through an Industrial Area surrounding the airport, use mostly by Package Delivery trucks and area workers. Some of those workers tell us tonight the fire scene is removed but still a strange spot to be the center of a possible homicide investigation. Just because its
During Closing Arguments, the defense asked the jurors one last time to find George Zimmerman not guilty. I almost wish and i have never said this in a criminal trial before. I never heard it being said before. I almost wish that the verdict had guilty, not guilty, and completely innocent. I would ask you to check that one. Check the not guilty but check the innocent then, too. Laura the prosecution then gave a rebuttal. The only way that defendant gets to his gun, the only way Trayvon Martin was getting off of him or he had backed up so far on his leg that he couldnt hit, couldnt touch him the defendant didnt shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to. He shot him because he wanted to. Thats the bottom line. Harris by mid afternoon the judge charged the jurors and the case is now in their hands. Joining us now from new york with the analysis of the day is judge alex fer war, a former florida circuit cut judge and host of judge alex who has been following this case. Judge, the dramatic win