I want to start with this quote. Franklin roosevelt, president roosevelt died on april 12, 1945. This was just a few weeks before world war ii in europe was over, just a couple of months before world war ii in the Pacific Theater was over. Roosevelt made it almost to the end of the war. Six days later, april 18, the reporter, ernie pyle, was killed on an island in the western pacific. Killed by japanese machinegun fire. Obviously these were not equally traumatic events to the country. But it is kind of remarkable that just six days after roosevelts death, who had been president for 12 years, the new president harry truman issued a statement at the white house, a statement of bereavement recognizing the death of ernie pyle, a newspaper reporter. President truman said the nation is quickly saddened at the death of ernie pyle. No man in this war has so well told the story of the American Fighting man as the American Fighting man wanted it told. More than anyone he became the spokesman of
Declared the winner of the primary Runoff Election by 6700 votes after finishing second in the first primary driven to his victory by courting support from africanamerican democratic voters. The House Veterans Affairs committee is holding a series of hearings looking at medical care problems at the va and tomorrow the committee will look at how they handled whistle blower complaints. That is like at 7 30 eastern. We invite you to join the converation about the va on facebook and twitter. From roll call, john boehner is moving to a late july vote to authorize the lawsuit against president obama as he tries to check executive power and stoke the republican base. Committee staffers are discussing several executive actions boehner could target and widdle the list down to the fewest number of actions that will give the suit the best chance of being heard. Again that news item from roll call today. Now you can keep in touch with Current Events from the Nations Capital with cspan radio. 20226
You ca you. The headlines reflect the dollar figure attached to this request from president obama and whats going on in the southern border. 3. 7 billion urgently needed. Other papers providing a break down, at least in broadways, of how the money will be spent. This is from the Associated Press this morning as far as how the breakdown goes. But when we look before we look at that, and there is the request, 1. 8 billion to care for unaccompanied children. For transportation, detention and removal, 1. 1 billion. To look at border agent pay, 433 million. The hiring of additional Immigration Judges, 64 million. We talked about that reaction from members of congress, michael burgess, a mike he control doctor tweeted this, saying that here is the message to president obama, on the border crisis, saying the president needs to come here. We heard from the minority whip, steny hoyer. The house must act, the time is now. Joining us on the phone to give us a little bit more input on this request
, a lastminute maneuver is keeping him behind bars tonight. We have a reporter live from the newsroom. You spoke to his mother tonight. She is beyond words. She was among those in protest tonight. They want attorney general to. Ear them loud and clear they protested at a dinner were paid thousands of dollars to attend. Protesters lined up outside the railroad museum. Inside supporters attended a in omalleys bid coaching elli cucine bid for governor. A waste of money keeping him s for thend behind bar past 12 years. He is innocent of this murder for hire. To save face and ego, they suing this as far as they can. He was convicted in 2002 for orchestrating a murder of a drug dealer. The conviction was later over turned. Minutes before he went to walk , attorney general got an appeal to intervene. His mother told us it was devastating news. We are very disappointed. It was a horrible blow. It is hard to tell them that we were not picking him up. She learned about the protest from facebook.
That they need to know about whats probably happening in their community . One of the most prevalent venues where these minors are being trafficked are in local hotels. Now typically, you know, people arent paying attention whos coming and going in these hotels but those who are in the business of operating hotels they are in a position to take notice of the behavioral characteristics consistent with this trafficking. For instance, many times a pimp will come in with three, sometimes five young girls. The girls will be off to the corner, the pimp will go in, make the arrangements for three to five rooms. Might be for a threeday period. Typical cash. These girls will go up to the rooms. Theyll never leave their rooms. Food will be delivered. Nobody sees them again until they leave. Thats strange. What whats going on . Why is that pimp hanging around . Why is he walking the hallways . You know, 24 7. Somethings going on thats inconsistent with the regular routine of the trade of that hot