Limitations of that investigation 40 years ago. Kate scott, thank you very much. Thanks. Our coverage of the Church Committee 40 years later continues. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of the u. S. Intelligence services. The committee officially known as the Senate Select committee to study Government Operations is best known as the Church Committee after its democratic chairman, frank church of idaho. The committee met for 16 months, reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling more than 800 witnesses. Its legacy includes the creation of the Senate Intelligence committee and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, better known as fisa, and new requirements for the executive branch to notify congress about covert activities. Two former staffers of the committee are with us to provide co
We do with her. Charles of marks toronto, emily sassaman. Taking aim at Hillary Clinton obviously. This wasnt also an exact ringing endorsement of donald trump either. What do you make of this . I think its pretty odd to begin with but it feels like paul ryan is on a parallel track to donald trump. Is unveiling his own plan. Hes unveiling the future of the gop. As an adult trumps party anyway . It is Donald Trumps party and paul ryan needs to get in line with his endorsement. He got on board the train, babysitting back in the caboose because its not a full endorsement. Charles, on substance, this is that the gop should be doing. He should develop some proposals that trump should consider when he takes office and they are conservative proposals did they save billions of dollars in waste and cut back on regulation. 10 million in Food Assistance programs will be saved. This is the constructive role that i think you should play, but they should be recommendations to the front runner to the
Terrifying predictions. I have heard in some time. The world will run out of chocolate by 2020. What the reallife willie wong re with a halloween horror story. We expect a rough and ready world under the sky of montana, a place where individual rights and guns hold way. The latest stand off between gun control advocates and the nr amount is lining up. Adam may brings us a look at the warning shot. Its a bold action gun, holding five rounds. Hes traded and sold guns almost his entire life. Now i will load the gun, its loaded and ready to fire. Would you like to shoot it. Did i get it . He has a collection you wouldnt believe of all shapes and sizes, modern to ancient. The history buff ran the gun show for decades, one of the oldest and best gun shows in the country. Now he says he and his body is under attack. Recently he was front and center at a meeting, the city is considering an ordinance requiring background checks for gun sales, including those at gun shows. This is the municipal
Covering the corridor in iowa city, dora miller, cbs 2 news live at 5. Iowa State University police are right now investigating a student death near campus. Campus. According to the des moines register, the male students body was found late last night on Union Pacific railroad property. Investigators say no foul play is suspected. They are not releasing the students name until they notify his family. More people are using a dangerous drug right here in the corridor. Local experts say from 2000 to 2013, deaths from heroin overdose have increased twentyfold. Twentyfold. As cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore explains explainsmore than 200 people are gathering thursday at the university of iowa to discuss how to address it. Today we talked with two recovering addicts. They say its not hard to find heroin in eastern iowa if youre looking. Looking. Both of them say the path to addiction started at a young age. The drug separated them from their children and their education. Local experts say
Report. Elisabeth bumiller of the New York Times, and charles ogletr ogletree. Welcome to meet the press. Good sunday morning, president obama will address a nervous company tonight from the oval office on the Terror Threat and what the administration plans to do to keep us safe. The terror attacks in San Bernardino were the worst in the United States since 9 11 and they have both unnerved a country already jittery about terrorism and its transformed the president ial race. Theres so many unanswered questions. Where syed farook and after tnd wife radicalized . How could no one know about their weapons . Was this an isolated incident or a harbinger of future terror attacks . Well get to those question with the head of the justice department, loretta lynch. We begin with Pete Williams who has been covering from the start and the director of the National Counterterrorism center under both president s bush and obama. What caused the fbi to label this a terrorism incident. Theres a huge sup