Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. At a Police Chiefs conference in chicago, President Trump spoke about his support for Law Enforcement and Border Security and the recent military raid in syria that led to the death of an isis leader. The president also signed an executive order to establish a new Commission Led by the attorney general that would study key issues facing Law Enforcement. First, lets hear a big round of applause for that playlist. It is the president s playlist. [applause] manreat music from a great to get us excited about his presence here today. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I called to order this special session of the 2019 annual conference and exhibition of the International Association of chiefs of police. Over the past year, i have had the honor to meet with the president several times. During these meetings, i have witnessed the president who has demonstrated commitment and meaningful work with criminal Justice Reform that will make both Law Enforc
President and his supporters are doing. Thank you very much. Im glad to be here with my colleagues. The death of albaghdadi is indeed good news, and it causes a disruption for isis, but this is not a mission to order. We welcome everyone, and the first order of business actually, the only order of business on our private calendar is hr631, a private bill for the sake of expediency, id ask unanimous consent that my remarks be put into the record. No objection. There is no objection. Mr. Buck, would you like to do the same or read a statement . I would do the same. The Ranking Member asks unanimous consent that his remarks be put into the record. So at this time, i would note that we are asking for a report from the department, as we always do in these manners. The report does not end the subcommittees consideration of this matter. Its really the first step in the private bill process. And unless theres further ado, all those in favor will say aye. All those opposed will say no. Hear no
Speakers comments. When we stand united on the floor of the congress as americans, thats when we send the strongest message overseas to adversaries. I want to thank mr. Engel for his strong work, in working with me to get to a positive place where we can actually get to a solution, to whats been a challenging and very fluid situation. Its always an honor to work with you, sir, on the Foreign Affairs committee, and in these times of crises, we are, i believe, strongest on the world stage when the executive and legislative branch speak in one voice. I know in his testimony before our committee, ambassador jeffries, special envoy to sir ark said i saw firsthand the effects of congressional sanctions when we visited with the turkish negotiating team, that these sanctions have been helpful in getting turks to agree to the ceasefire. I believe the resolution that we passed helps helped get turkey to the ceasefire as well. Finally, i want to thank our partners in the Syrian Democratic forces
Announcing a 34 billiondollar contract with Lockheed Martin for 478 aircraft they talk about a faster timetable for the program. As i have consistently said the f 35 program is one of my priorities earlier this month i made a commitment to come back when we were ready to announce the next contract and we are. The Program Milestone authority the f 35 program we are here to announce Us Department of defense and Lockheed Martin that now has an Agreement Regarding the option contract this is a stark milestone to the f 35 enterprise as it is the largest taxpayer investment with the backbone of us and ally fifth generation inventory for the foreseeable future. The joint Program Office are laser focus to drive cost ou out, quality up and achieving timely deliveries to our war fighters. With respect to ontime deliver delivery, we exceeded the total aircraft quantity we delivered to the war fighter last year and have 96 percent ontime delivery rate. A tremendous improvement for one from where w
The fire has now burned more than 54,000 acres, a steep increase from this morning when firefighters said the fire was 30,000 acres. Containment has fallen from 10 to just 5 . 94 structures have been destroyed and Officials Say another 80,000 structures are still threatened tonight. Also today authorities evacuated another 90,000 people from Sonoma County bringing the total number of people evacuated to 180,000. Heres a look at the evacuation zone. You can see the evacuations stretch from healdsburg down to santa rosa and then all the way to the coast. We begin our Live Team Coverage tonight with ktvus jana katsuyama. Reporter we just got an update. The wind gusts have been pretty intense here. I understand from one of the officials here that the fire has already jumped font road. Up the hill we saw about 15 minutes ago a number of vehicles coming out of shiloh ridge and dashing south down font road because in the past 10 minutes there has been an Emergency Alert imminent fire threat t