Of the expanded use of deadly force. We have a large audience in the room today. At the outset, i want to note the senate rules prohibit any signs of ap to brace which would include outbursts, clapping or demonstrations. If theres someone who wishes to be witness to this hearing and cant attend in this room, there is another room available, room 226 in the dirksen building. Ill provide opening remarks and then giving senator cruz an opportunity before we turn to our witnesses. The debate over stand your ground laws raises fundamental questions about selfdefense in the be United States of america. In recent years weve seen a dramatic increase in laws expanding the situation in which a person can legally use deadly force in response to a perceived threat. Florida passed the first of this new wave of stand your ground laws in 2005. Prior to 2005, florida law held that a person outside his home could not use deadly force and then claim selfdefense if the person could have safely avoided th
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] im sorry. If i can ask you all to please stand. Its customary to give the oath before this committee. If you please raise your right hand. View from the testimony youre about to give before the committee will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record reflect that the witnesses all witnesses on the second panel answered in the affirmative. Each witness will begin five minutes for an Opening Statement and of course in a written statement they would like to submit for the record will be admitted without objection. Our first witness is sybrina fulton. Ms. Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin. Her son was shot and killed at the age of 17 on the night of february 26, 2012 and sanford florida. Sybrina and trayvons father tracy have cofounded the Trayvon Martin foundation to create awareness of how Violent Crime impacts the families of victims and provide support and advocacy for those victims.
What they call on the ground common ground. Does the farm bill get thrown in hat . It could be part of the budget agreement, and that is a good and bad thing for the Senate Committee. It is good because it is part of the bill, but then they lose control of it at that point. Thank you for your time. John foster recently died when that super airport was being built and president eisenhower announced the airport would be named Dulles Airport. When ken d. U. I. Took over he didnt want to name it that and finally the decision was made to name it after dulls. You can see the film clip of pulling back a curtain and there was a bus of dulles and it stands in the middle of the airport. I count find it. I asked where the big bust of dulles. Nobody had heard of it. It was a long process and finally thanks to the Washington Airport Authority i was able to discover that the bust had been taken away from the middle of the airport and its in a closed Conference Room opposite baggage claim number thre
The future. And forgotten . Syrias children of war. Impacted by the ongoing conflict and the biggest humanitarian crisis of this century, today, tuesday, march 11, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Some big developments to tell you about overnight with the investigation about the plane thats missing. That is our top story this morning. Those developments in the search for flight 370. We are also learning more about the two men who boarded the Malaysian Airlines flight using stolen passports and nbcs tom costelo coverses aviation for us. Tom, good morning to you. Good morning. The fourth day for the search for this missing plane is now wrapping up in asia and still nothing. One of the most baffling events in aviation history upon. Now malaysian authorities are considering whether there was a mechanical issue or did someone onboard have a psyc
Behind me and that did not happen. You did not negotiate. We could get a photo of you afterward. Ok. Well, lets go to a committee now, not a subcommittee. The two gentlemen to my right and left have had ample opportunity to sit in the stuffed chairs behind me. Barney frank cocreated the legislation known as dodd frank. To my right is the honorable bill thomas, who served in congress until 2007. He was the chair of the house ways and means committee. And for purposes here today, he was the vicechairman of of the financial crisis inquiry commission. To my left is a member of the fcic who i have known for many years, headed the cbo for 4 years, was john mccains economic adviser, and was on the council of economic advisers. A guy who, for whatever reason, when he calls me up to do this stuff, i always say yes. There may be people who do not know what cbo means. It is the Congressional Budget Office. Barney and i have one thing in common, if nothing else, we were frustrated over and over ag