Subcommittee on crime, terrorism Homeland Security investigations will come to a order. C withoutt objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcomeng everyone to today hearing on the challenges facing Law Enforcement in the 21st centuryy and i will recognize myself for an opening statement. Just a matter of quick personal indulgence, i would please everyone to remember our friend colleague thom tillis from north carolina. I want to thank everyone for being here and chairman good lat for this hearing. This week we celebrate National Police week and thats important to all the members of the Sub Committee that we have aaw hearg to honor our Law Enforcement officers. I want to extend a special thank you to the witnesses for being here. We have chuck canterbury, National President of fraternal order of police, my chief and director of publicc safety, Alonzo Thompson from South Carolina, whichever jim mcdonald chief art esoveto. Is that close . Li forgive me. Im
And a good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with breaking news from houston this morning about the health of former president george h. W. Bush. Weve learned that mr. Bush has been hospitalized since saturday after experiencing shortness of braetd. A spokeswoman says hes doing well and responding to treatment and expected to be out of the hospital in a few days. The former president was last seen in public earlier this month at a texans game. He spent some time on the field there with his son jeb. Now, he was already not planning to attend the Trump Inauguration on friday due to health issues. So, were going to be staying on top of this story throughout the morning for you. We wish him well, indeed. And were going to turn now to the nations next president , donald trump, just two days away from taking office. Preinaugural festivities kicked off with a blacktie dinner in washington as trump addressed hundreds of diplomats and donors, and check out this tweet from Vice President el
And a good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with breaking news from houston this morning about the health of former president george h. W. Bush. We learned mr. Bush is in the hospital right now where hes being treated for an undisclosed illness. A spokeswoman said the 92yearold is doing well and responding to the treatment that hes getting right now in that hospital. She says that hes expected to be out in a few days. The former president was last seen in public earlier this month at a texans game. He spent some time on the field there with his son jeb. Now, he was already not planning to attend the Trump Inauguration on friday due to health issues. So well stay on top of this story throughout the morning for you. We wish him well. We turn to the nations next president donald trump. Preinaugural festivities kicked off with a black tie dinner in washington as trump addressed hundreds of dims and donors and check out this tweet from Vice President elect mike pence sneaking in a bac
We begin with breaking news from houston this morning about the health of former president george h. W. Bush. We learned mr. Bush is in the hospital right now where hes being treated for an undisclosed illness. A spokeswoman said the 92yearold is doing well and responding to the treatment that hes getting right now in that hospital. She says that hes expected to be out in a few days. The former president was last seen in public earlier this month at a texans game. He spent some time on the field there with his son jeb. Now, he was already not planning to attend the Trump Inauguration on friday due to health issues. So well stay on top of this story throughout the morning for you. We wish him well. We turn to the nations next president donald trump. Preinaugural festivities kicked off with a black tie dinner in washington as trump addressed hundreds of dims and donors and check out this tweet from Vice President elect mike pence sneaking in a backstage dance with wife karen. We have abc
Im john berman. Good morning, im christine romans, it is 4 00 a. M. 92yearold former president george h. W. Bush has been hospitalized in houston according to local media. His office chief of staff gene becker tells the Houston Chronicle that the elder bush is doing fine, although the reason for the hospitalization is not immediately disclosed. Bushs office expects him to go home in a couple days. Hes 92 years old. Hes one person that is not attending the inauguration. That had been decided because of Ongoing Health issues. I will tell you when hes not in the hospital even when he is, hes living life to the fullest. Two days before the president goes out of office, the outgoing president drops a big surprise. President obama rocking washington by commuting Chelsea Mannings 35year prison sentence. The former army private convicted of leaking 750,000 pages of documents and videos, now set to be released in may. The move with backlash. Mr. Obama shortened mannings sentence over objections