Connect the uscis and the visa process to the latest intelligence to help vet applicants from high risk areas. Thank you, chairman, and Ranking Member. Members of the committee, its an honor to be here today. Charlottesville truly was a wakeup call for our country. It was a reminder that the holdest form of terrorism our country has ever known is still with us. It was proof that the White Supremist Movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. Proof that mr. Trumps campaign has unearthed some demons. The chant in charlottesville you will not replace us was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylan roof said when he murdered nine people in a church, youre taking over our country. The chant, their antisemitism reminds of us one of the darkest chapters in modern history. I call the threat associated with groups like isis the most acute ones we face. I certainly dont take issue with director wrays calling it our main terrorism threat. But i wor
Supremacist movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. That it has unearthed some demons to use congressman sanfords words. The marchs chant in charlottesville, you will not replace us, was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylann roof said when he murdered nine people in a charleston church. Youre taking over our country. The marchers chant, blood and soil, their antisemitism reminds us of one of the darkest chapters in modern history. In my written testimony, i called the threat associated with groups like isis the most acute ones we face. So i certainly dont take issue with director wrays calling it our main terrorism threat. But i worry that calling the threat from domestic extremist groups like those in charlottesville merely a steady one as director wray has called it, may lead us to underestimate the danger at the current White Supremacist Movement poses. Not just to our physical safety, but to the very soul of our nation. And i
To take on the all blacks. Coming up on sports day on bbc news, well look ahead to the womens cricket world cup. Hosts england start things off tomorrow against india in derby, looking to reclaim the trophy they last won eight years ago. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The cladding and insulation on Grenfell Tower has failed initial fire safety tests, according to the police. They say they are now looking at criminal offences, including manslaughter, and documents and materials have been seized from a number of organisations. At least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze at the tower block last week. The nationwide hunt for high rise buildings with Flammable Cladding continues. The government says 1a buildings across nine local authorities in england have the potentially dangerous cladding, none in wales or scotland, one building is being checked in Northern Ireland. Tom symonds reports. In the first horrifying minutes of the disaster, a resident o
Well get there. The bitter siege at the border town of kobane is straining relations between the Kurdish Forces defending the city and turkey on the other side of the border. Dozens of i. S. I. L. Fighters have been killed, but kurdish leaders are angry, accusing attacks to come through turkey. Reporter the latest attempt by fighters by i. S. I. L. To take control of kobanes crossing into turkey involved an assault, including a car filled with explosives and suicide bombs. At least 110 shells were launched and tanks involved in the attack, according to the syrian observatory for human rights, u. K. Based. The border remains under the control of Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to their spokesman. This latest push by i. S. I. L. Seems to have exacted a heavy toll on the group. Around 50 fighters have been killed since saturday. According to the soh. It would be their biggest single loss of life since i. S. I. L. Began its assault in september. A kurdish spokesman said the car bomb app
Four years after he was found behind a wall in his fathers house. And the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak. Many are calling for an uprising and return to dictatorship good morning, im erica pitzi in for morgan radford. Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson resigned. He said in his Resignation Letter that he hoped his resignation would help the community to heal. On the streets of ferguson, it was clear that is a long way off. Jonathan martin is on the streets. How are residents reacting to this resignation . Good morning to you. The resignation was expected by many, coming as no surprise. It was a matter of when. Local leaders have spoken out saying they wish this had happened sooner, it would have had a greater impact and maybe eased tension in the community. This ring saying of Darren Wilson is Effective Immediately and during an interview with the state dispatch, he said that resigning is the hardest thing he had to do. Reporter in his Resignation Letter officer Darren Wilson wrote in fe