The constitutions on the president s side. He has broad discretion to do whats in the nations best interest to protect our people. Last month trump temporarily banned refugees from seven predom naninantly muslim countr. The Appeals Court dismissed the request asking both sides to file arguments. It says courts should not allow a violation of the constitution. American tech firms are voicing opposition. What are they saying . About 100 i. T. Firms in the u. S. Have filed a legal brief against trumps temporary travel ban. The companies include apple, google and facebook. They say it violates the immigration laws and the constitution and they are expressing concern that the order will damage the whole i. T. Industry. The firms file the brief on sunday with a federal Appeals Court in california. The brief says the executive order inflicts significant harm on american business, innovation and growth. It says the order disrupts ongoing Business Operations and threatens Company Ability to att
For a moment and as it rushed through the court and the wires were shaking we heard this crash. It wasnt raining or thundering. We saw the tree fall into the house. Josh they saw the tree fall from their house across the street but what was actually going on inside one of the owners of the house was in the basement and didnt realize this had happened until she came upstairs. Fortunately, she is okay. Everybody is doing all right. The family does have a place to stay nearby. Thats whats going on in kensington. Latest. To ony for the reporter josh, remarkable scene here in gaithersburg. A tree brought down a power line and it caused a crater in the middle of the roadway. The asphalt almost looks like lava. The crater goes down about a foot into the ground and take a look at this. You can just see how soft this asphalt is. It really burnt it up. Still smoldering at this hour. The smell not very pretty. Down. You can see that people in the neighborhood were using chain saws to try and clea
Eastern on cspan2s book tv. Next, the army, navy, air force, and marine corps chiefs testify before the House Armed Services committee about their budgets. They also discuss the impact of repeated continuing resolutions instead of longterm appropriations for the military branches. Committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both congress and the obama administration
Up next, the chiefs of the army, air force, navy and marine corps testify on their budgets and the impact of repeated continuing resolutions in place of more longterm appropriations for the military branches. Held by the House Armed Services committee, this is about two hours, forty five minutes. [ banging gavel ] the committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both
Weekend with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. So far, it looks pretty good for trick or treat anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays llow on traffic map olays greeo weekend with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. So far, it looks pretty good for trick or treat anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no police. This morning they are investigating several shootings including a homicide. This comes after a very violent start to the week. Nicole is in the newsroom with details. Lets start with that Homicide Investigation. Around 920 last night police were called to the area of 19th and capitol. Thats where officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. No suspects are in custody. Around the same time last night were told 22yearold man was shot near 28th and wisconsin. The victim says he heard gunshots. When h