They had a statement prepared. cg steve donald lynnseys father we will all miss that loving contagious smile and friendly loving soul forever and that his son ashton as you know will never havv his mommy again, s sany and all help for this little boy would greatly be appreciated. If you want to hear more from lynnseys father, the full statement will be on our website kwwl. Com weve got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers. Kwwl news. Nicholas luerkens will be sentenced on january 8th h faces a mandatory life prison term and no chance for parole. Lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg now who is tracking some storms that will be here in the middle of weathererinformation. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team the sky remains clear tonight with temperatures dropping into the upper 20s to around 30 by morning. Tuesday is going to be to upper 50s. We are tracking a large torm forecast to move across the iowa
Undermine the political path and those that provide them with a lifeline while the International Community emphasizes there is only one solution and that is the political solution. There are those who do irresponsib irresponsibly echo and repeat they will resort to a military solution and gave names to its failed initiatives. Such names as stones, volcanos, the cyclones, and the tornados. It has become quite clear that the success of the political process is predicated on a serious and effective and combatting of terrorism. My country welcomes the adoption of the resolution and the efforts to submit the resolutions which have complemented and added important dimensions not fully covered in the previous resolutions of the Security Council on combatting terrorism by imposing clear and unambiguous obligations on those countries that support terrorism, notably the implementation of resolutions 2170, 2178, 2199. Resolution 20253 has responded to several preoccupations raised by our delegati
Senator schumer i dont see that they have reporter c. R. s. Senator schumer well, look, the bottom line here is, the n. R. A. Is a powerful opponent. The gun lobby is a powerful all opponent and the best weapon we have on our side is the outrage from the American People. It is growing. If we keep at it. We will win. We dont control the house. We dont control the senate, but we have the people of america on our side and if we continue to have votes and force people to vote, we will win. Let me tell you something today. There are a good number, not all, but a good number of our republican colleagues dreading these two votes. Next. Reporter if you are serious doing something about guns, why are you trying to attach this to a bill that the president has said he is going to veto . Senator schumer our proposals rescind the underlying bill and just have this so the president will sign them should they pass. Reporter will you fight this in the omnibus . Senator schumer in every place where we
And with that, the hearing is adjourned. Coming up later today, attorney general Loretta Lynch will outline the justice departments efforts to combat discrimination against muslims, live on our companion network cspan, tonight at 8 30 eastern time. Coming up in just a few moments, well take you to the pentagon for a briefing with defense secretary Ashton Carter. This headline in the military times, decision on women in combat expected today. The story says defense secretary Ashton Carter has been mulling the issue since september after receiving divergent recommendations from the army and marine corps. Army leaders have recommended opening all combat arms jobs to women, while corps leaders want to keep some jobs male only, according to officials familiar with the discussions. Again, the headline, decision on women in combat, expected today. We expect to hear that from defense secretary Ashton Carter, live at the pentagon here on cspan 3. A live look here at the pentagon briefing room.
Women into Ground Combat roles. Again, how we implement this is key. As chairman noted, simply declaring all career field open is not successful integration. We must not only implement change thoughtfully, but also track, and monitor the progress to ensure we are doing it right, leveraging the skills and strengths of our entire population. All of us have a role to play. As we proceed with full integration of women into combat roles in a deliberate and methodical manner, im directing that seven guidelines be used to steer this implementation. First, implementation must be pursued with the clear objective of improved force effectiveness. Leaders must emphasize that objective to all Service Members, men and women alike. Second, leaders must assign tasks and jobs throughout the force based on ability, not gender. Advancement must be based on objective and validated standards. A good example of this is socom selection processes which combine objective and subjective criteria in, i quote, a