A rescue 69 stories above the ground. This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city, im david shuster. We begin this hour with a historymaking break through in the world of space exploration. Today European Space agency successfully landed on a comet. The craft launched ten years ago is already sending back information, but it may be experiencing a technical problem. Were live from san francisco, jake, i guess the lander has been on the comet for several hours and there is a lag time in terms of knowing what its doing, but what has it been doing since it got there . The real challenge for scientists is figure out how securely is this thing attacked to the comet. With a theyve done is unbelievable. Theyve matched its sped and sent this lander in a remote animated web, dropped it to make decisions on its own, travel and make contact with the comet. We know that it has made contact. Its whole purpose is to basically scratch and sniff the surface of that comet for the next two and a
Honorable john a boehner. Welcome to the United States capitol. Thank you for being here to continue a great tradition, one that dates back to before our country was even a country. The congressional gold medal represents the highest expression of the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. The first recipient was general george washington. Pursuant to set a bill 309 we will present a gold member deaf gold medal to the members of the Civil Air Patrol. The Civil Air Patrol was organized six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. Members flew for the 4 million miles on Coastal Patrol. They summon help for ships and survivors in distress. They spotted any submarines, dropped bombs dropped depth charges, some 64 americans died during these operations. Those who have lived have quite the stories to tell. Many of them were with us today. Welcome these members to our capital. [applause] the presentation of the colors but United States armed force guard. And a
United states capitol. Thank you for being here to continue a great tradition, one that dates back to before our country was even a country. The congressional gold medal represents the highest expression of the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. The first recipient was general George Washington in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to set a bill 309, we will present a gold medal to the members of the Civil Air Patrol. Whose valor and dedication saved countless lives during world war ii. The Civil Air Patrol was organized six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. Its members flew for 24 million miles on Coastal Patrol. They summoned help for ships and survivors in distress. They spotted enemy submarines, dropped bombs, dropped depth charges, some 64 americans died during these operations. Those who lived have quite the stories to tell. Many of them were with us today. Please join me in welcoming these american heroes to our capitol. [applause] ladies a
Was trivializing what that was about. If anything, we give more protection to political speech. Not just speech in the theater or Something Like that. There is nothing that is more protected under american law band commentary about how the world ought to function, who ought to be elected, how government ought to behave, assessments of people. Under our law i dont believe the fire in a crowded theater motion really helps too much, because if anything it understates the level of First Amendment protection that is given and is needed with respect to political or socially relevant speech. If i go on television and suggest a really good idea would be to kill all the First Amendment lawyers in the u. S. , when you think that would be protected . [laughter] it is just an example. There was a cartoon was in the new yorker, with the Supreme Court sitting around a table and one of the justices says do you ever have a day when everything seems unconstitutional . [laughter] that is what your quest
Criminal, David Patraeus awaiting sentencing for leaking secret military information. A european leaders are holding an merge summit on the growing refugee crisis in the mediterranean sea. More than 1,000 people have arrived at the italian port in the past 24 hours. Under the discussion, doubling the cash and equipment available to two e. U. Border Patrol Missions in the mediterranean. Establishing a military and civilian mission to capture and destroy the boats before highnt grays board them, and resettling five to 10,000 refugees from mediterranean countries in ore states. Lawrence lee reports. Here they were, white europeans and black africans alike, right outside the European Council meeting outraged at people have been left to die in the sea. So close to such rich countries. They should give refuge to all of them, families with children including. Many of these people say a lack of basic rights the crisis has brought all these grievances to a head this process is about anger and i