The meeting will come to order. Since we to have members here that want to be recognized and introduced to everyone, and i happen to be one of those, i think we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. If we already know a Lieutenant General todd semonite, youre a regular here pim recognize at this time senator carden to recognize pete ran, introduce pete mr. Chairman, thank you very much. A pleasure to have the secretary here before our committee. Thats secretary of the of transportation in maryland but as i was telling the chairman, this is the third state hes been secretary of transportation. Hes directed the Missouri Department of transportation and the new mexico state highway department. He just cant hold onto a job. Were proud of the work he does in maryland. We have a pretty challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transportations responsible for all modes of transportation and coordinating all modes of transportation. Mr.
A house that isis fighters recently fled. In one of the bedrooms, forbidden toys that isis militants had confiscated. With iraqis and american soldiers fighting a common enemy, one resident told us he couldnt understand why President Trump might tighten restrictions on iraqis traveling to the u. S. Why wound you ban us . We are the victims. In fact, american isis fighters have come here. Troops showed us an s. U. V. That militants had stripped, ready to be turned into a car bomb. The most feared weapon in the isis arsenal. [explosion] you see huge craters like this in areas that saw some of the worst of the fighting. U. S. And Coalition Air strikes specifically targeted big intersections in order to disrupt the path of suicide car bombs. General ali al lami said hed lost many men, and hes disappointed that trump might make it near impossible for his soldiers to start a new life in the u. S. If america bans muslims, its not the right thing to do, he told us. America is a multiethnic and
Interrogation techniques, once used by the bush administration, he would seek the advice of his cia director, mike pompeo, and his defense secretary, james mattis. They dont want to do, thats fine. If they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what youre allowed to do legally. But do i feel it works . Absolutely i feel it works. Reporter the first time he met mattis, the then president elect asked his future defense secretary what he thought of waterboarding. He said, i always found give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple beers and i do better with that than i do with torture. Reporter the cia has promised to abide by a law that limits interrogation techniques to those outlined in the u. S. Army field manual. There is no doubt in my mind about the limitations it places on the dod and the Central Intelligence agencies. Ill always comply with the law. Reporter but in a written statement he said he would consider seeking a change t
Mr. Trump is also planning a toptobottom review of how america conducts its war on terror. And today he endorsed torture. Heres david martin. We will make america safe again. Reporter donald trump said it as a candidate, and now hes said it as president. In his First Television interview with abc news, the president declared torture works. I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence, and i asked them the question does it work . Does torture work . And the answer was yes, absolutely. Reporter but the president added that before ordering a resumption of waterboarding and other socalled enhanced interrogation ch he would seek the advice of his cia director, mike pompeo, and his defense secretary, james mattis. They dont want to do, thats fine. If they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what youre allowed to do legally. But do i feel it works . Absolutely i feel it works. Reporter the
Snow away from his car. This is live look, torresdale avenue northeast philly. I dont know, we will get him on the horn and send him over there. Typically you have one lane, well, because of the plowed snow, they only got maybe half lane here on torresdale avenue. There is ice all over the place. So thats an example of the neighborhood. Look at this guy, you think hes got a rough morning ahead of him trying to get the snow off of there . Here is live look. Good thing about it though hes plowing the snow to another car. Exactly, pushing it in front of the other guy, so if you are watching, throw him couple of extra buck and hell move it down to the next guy. Example of route 73, may epp shade, moorestown new jersey on and offramps are slippery, and icy, and here is a shot, i took from yesterday. Check it out. Alex, thomas, look at this knucklehead. Blowing the snow on to the roadway. Violation. Violation. Right there. Okay . Now, i just hope that no accidents occur, i hope that the scho