Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7 c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today we will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities hbcus. Hispanic serving institutions an
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scheduled for tuesday the earliest on this arrest and what comes next, just ahead, and in the meantime, there are two major passing to note on this finally in 2022, the pope benedict the 16th, the first pope coming to resign and nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95 and tv journalism pioneer barbara walters has died to date 93 and a look back at both of their legacies, coming up the first time, the rest of the idaho murder suspect, moreno final standing by with her expert analysis met for an has more the suspect is background, but we begin with dan springer, live in washington, here were the suspect was attending grad school comedy on. yes john, i learned today from a pulley source, that the police investigators really just locked in on their suspect within the last few days in a dna, more specifically, genetic genealogy, whiskey played a key role in pointing them to their suspect in a s.w.a.t. team arrested and 28 -year-old ryan kohlberg, early on friday morning and
past and at dan springer s on that ground and i to help it would be given a senior correspondent laura ingle. she is in monroe county, pennsylvania by this is where the suspect is now being held. hi there, he is being held right here behind me at the monroe county correctional facility. now that we have a name and a face to go along with the suspect, we are learning more and more people are coming forward. former and current classmates talking about what type of person he was in class. and about some the things he was he doing in the days after the murders. we have this picture now 28-year-old brian kohberger. he sank it into custody early friday priest setting for a phd in criminology and washington state. that is just under 9 miles from of the murders took place for it one student suddenly your post today he s part of a group discussion about the murders. on deadpan during that conversation for the chief of police in moscow telling fox today they are searching for the mur
drove cross-country during christmas break and continued surveillance for two days before making the arrest. they are looking for a thick knife they believe is used to kill those students. fox news just spoke to the idaho police chief on why he thinks the suspect acted alone. we have live fox team coverage, matt finn with what we are learning about the suspect will be begin with senior correspondent laura ingall in monroe county, pennsylvania where the suspect is being held without bail. reporter: we are right in front of the monroe county correctional facility where bryan christopher kohberger is being held in a suicide prevention vest, not on suicide watch but wearing a vest. in the last hour, we have heard multiple reports that he plans to waive his extradition hearing. that is new information we are working to independently confirm. that would mean he would get off to idaho, his public defender in printed reports, that he plans to prove his innocence, he says he didn t