since, except for a brief respite on sunday when the military announced a cease-fire for eight hours for the muslim eid holiday. and with this brazen and audacious attack, they have really declared themselves to the philippines and the broader world that they are clearly trying to establish a foot hold in southeast asia. isis fighters battling street to street. not in the middle east but for the very first time in southeast asia. on may 23rd, these extremists lausted lau launched an assault on the city of marawi in the philippines. they burned a church and murdered prisoners. for a month the philippines military struggled and failed to recapture marawi even though
as isis loses ground in iraq and syria, it s beginning a foothold in southeast asia, as ivan watson shows us, the siege has come at a very high human cost. reporter: isis fighters battling street to street, not in the middle east but for the very first time in southeast asia. on may 23rd, these extremists launched a sudden lightning assault on the city of marawi in the philippine. they captured the city and government weapons. burned a church, and murdered prisoners. for a month, the philippines military has struggled and failed to recapture marawi, even though they boo um it daily from the sky. the government has also declared
loss. i m shocked to wake up this morning to hear it and saddened. charles, i want you to look at maya angelou s last tweet. it came on may 23rd. she tweeted listen to yourself, in that quietude, you might hear the voice of god. even her tweets were poetic. it s amazing. i think what maya is able to do with language and the distillation of the spiritual and mystical, to weave all that together and give meaning to life is an amazing gift that we as writers all aspire to have a voice that transcends kind of the back-and-forth and the hubbub and actually touch the soul. i think that s what maya was able to do with her writing. i think that was that s what great writers are able to do. they re able to find in us our
the gentle lady had 37 days in which to seek counsel. 37 days you noticed this hearing? 37 days to seek counsel as to the question of a statement made. when did you notice this hearing, mr. chairman? the gentle lady s time is expired. i will now recognize the gentleman from south carolina. your time is up. well listen to this. we just got this hot note saying the resolution for lois learner waiving her fifth amendment rights when she spoke in front of the committee on may 23rd, that hearing into the irs. they just passed it. a congress from wisconsin responded by saying no, i m voting no to this mccarthyite tactic. strong words there. what s this do to moving the ball forward? nothing. this process. let s break this down basically for people to understand. the committee has had hearing after hearing. they ve released testimony. they ve released transcripts.
they ve released everything. what did they find to link this to the white house? nothing. what did they find? that they actually did liberal groups, too. what did they find about the guy that actually initiated this sort of review of tea party groups? an indictable conservative. they have nothing to pin on the white house. remember, chairman issa said, i will be able to prove this is white house linked. he has not done that. the only thing they have left is lois lerner. on may 23rd i m going to come and plead the gift. after plead the fifth. after i do so, zip it. lois lerner s tactic is to plead the fifth, then surprise everybody by making an opening statement saying she did no wrong, as well as answering a question from chairman eye za. that s what this committee is debating as we speak. what can they do nothing? try to go after lois lerner i