The Judiciary Committee look on the order. The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing. I will begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Thank you, director wray, for appearing for your first time in front of this committee, and thank you for your service to our country and your new position. There is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your answers. The president recently tweeted that the fbi is in tatters. While some will take umbrage with President Trumps assertion, it does appear to me that, at the very least, the fbis reputation as an impartial, nonpolitical agency has been called into question recently. We cannot afford for the fbi, which has traditionally been dubbed the premier Law Enforcement agency in the world, to become tainted by politicization or the perception of a lack of evenhandedness. Questions regarding the fbis impartiality first came to light under the Obama Administration su
Television says protesters stormed this Police Station in the Central Province of is for han irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many accuses enemies of iran. A protest in pakistan has targeted u. S. President donald trump and his first tweet of the year where he threatened to cut foreign aid to pakistan accusing its leaders of deceiving the United States the u. S. Ambassador to pakistan has been summoned by the foreign ministry. South korea has offered to hold talks with north korea the talks would focus on north korean athletes taking part in next months Winter Olympics in pyongyang. This after north Korean Leader kim jong un said he was open to dialogue with. Police in germany have opened an investigation into a tweet by a member of parliament trix vanstone a cup a far right alternative for Germany Party she said Cologne Police appeased quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men after the department tweeted a new years greeting in arabic. After six days of protests more than
Is for han irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many accuses enemies of iran. A protest in pakistan has targeted u. S. President donald trump and his first tweet of the year where he threatened to cut foreign aid to pakistan accusing its leaders of deceiving the United States the u. S. Ambassador to pakistan has been summoned by the foreign ministry. South korea has offered to hold talks with north korea the talks would focus on north korean athletes taking part in next months Winter Olympics in pyongyang. This after north Korean Leader kim jong un said he was open to dialogue with. Police in germany have opened an investigation into a tweet by a member of parliament trick spawn still a copper far right alternative for Germany Party she said Cologne Police appeased quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men after the department tweeted a new years greeting in arabic. That the. United states thinks about slapping further sanctions on iran office a deadly crackdown on protesters t
Team it allowed in to gas for the first time in more than a decade. The unites nations is saying that nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured so far this year alone in afghanistan. In its new respect the u. N. Says a growing number of women and children are among the victims think the u. N. Says a thousand 592 civilians were killed between january and june thats an increase among the same period last knee. Another 3,329 afghan civilians were wounded. Thats already surpassing last years casualty figures which were considered the highest ev ever. A number number of women and children. 23 more women and 13 more children are getting hurt. Jennifer glasse spoke to one family mourning the loss of their son. Reporter he says his days are full of suffering now. His only sun a 14 year old was killed by the blast wave of a nearby su suicide bomb attack. Translator he was a good, smart and brave boy. He told me all the time that he wanted to be a lawyer. Reporter the attack that killed
Speak about this event in a Community Setting i can see healing occur in families coming out to talk about it and it gives us a sense of where youre getting this software chess because there were many families, many loved ones still around today who lost loved ones at the time who never spoke about it and now they have an avenue to talk about it. Next, tom brokaw talks about being diagnosed with blood cancer in the diary he kept during his year of treatment. Youll have a chance to talk to mr. Brokaw from our coverage of the book festival in cm december 5th. [inaudible conversations] hardback good evening. Great to have you here. I am patricia lynch. An executive producer of writers on the new england stage in the executive director of the music hall. We are just delighted you are with us for another great author event here at the music hall. Our guest is agassi celebrated journalists, trained to commit visiting with his new book [cheers and applause] hot off the press, a lucky life int