Needed to fully implement the 2012 event strategy and maintain a relevant modern force. Two months ago, rather than fully repealing sequestration, Congress Passed a bipartisan budget act that provided relief in the fiscal year. The 500s and thats the bipartisan budget act health in the next fiscal year. But, that spending remains significantly below what the request is for the fiveyear budget plan. Under the spending plan, dod has 490 billion for this fiscal year. That is 31 billion below what is requested. The law limits spending in 2015 to 496 billion. That is 45 billion less than what is requested and the president budgets request last year. The relief that the budget act provided has forced us to cut over this twoyear period. The 37 billion cut we took last year and the budget control acts tenyear reductions of 487 billion. The sequestration level cuts remain the law for 2016 and beyond. The president will submit a budget request for fiscal year 2015. The military will still face s
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 201. The motion is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on passage of h. R. 8987 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 8987, a bill to amend the justice for victims of state sponsored terrorism act to authorize appropriations for catchup payments from the United States victims of statesponsored terrorists fund. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] t
Mental health problems. More on the shooter and that background and a possible motive later. Lets get to ft. Hood, texas. George howell standing by. Reporter this was a shooting spree that took place in multiple locations on base. People were told to shelter in place. This size of a city was put on lockdown as folks were forced to undergo yet another traumatic mass shooting. We have multiple gunshot victims. Reporter Tragedy Strikes again. The armys largest u. S. Base put on lockdown for hours as shots rang out wednesday. The second deadliest shooting on the ft. Hood military base in texas in nearly five years. Its unreal. Really unreal. Because in 2009 i was here. And this thing happen again. Reporter authorities scramble to the scene shutting the front gates, backing up traffic, urging everyone to stay put. The lone shooter identified as specialist ivan lopez, an american soldier toting a. 45 caliber smith and wes son handgun purchased recently. He was undergoing treatment for psycho
Believe the 24yearold acted alone in his shooting rampage thursday morning. He was carrying out the deadly attack on the final day of ramadan, who officials are investigating his possible motive. We dont have anything that ties him to an International Terrorist organization. Reporter he first headed toward the military Recruitment Center driving by and shooting out the window. One shot then endless shots, one after another, unloading. Reporter then the gunman headed seven miles away to a Navy Operational support center where he ran into the front gate. It was a harrowing gunfight since he had so much ammunition. He was strapped with several weapons, including an ak47 style gun and packed 30round magazines. He killed four marines and wounded three others before police shot and killed him. Our nation mourns the loss the senseless loss of four of our nations heroes. Reporter asking her face be blurred for safety an unidentified relative of the gunman tells kprc the family cant understand
Of a controversial traffic stop in texas that ended with the arrest of a black woman by a white Police Officer. The woman was later found hanging in her cell, and now we have learned jailers knew she was a suicide risk. We have two reports beginning with omar villafranca. Reporter when 28yearold sandra bland was placed into cell 95 at the Waller County jail, there is now evidence her guards knew she had attempted suicide before. According to the sheriffs office, on a jail intake form, she checked yes when asked whether she had tried to kill herself in the last year. Surveillance video from the jail shows guards violated policy by not doing an inperson check on bland hourly, including the morning she was found dead in her cell. Police say she hanged herself from a partition using a plastic bag from the garbage can. Cannon lambert is the family attorney. This family has no evidence that that is the case. None. We know for a certainty that when she went into that jail she was ecstatic. Re