Thank you very much. You know when ryan was giving the introduction i was getting nervous at the end he was going to say one of these days he is going to find something he is good at. It is an honor to be here. Thanks for braving the weather. He talked about the music part of me. I was in los angeles last night and i wanted the bring them with me. You would have loved them and then i would have had to play with them and you would not have loved that. I am headed back there tonight and tomorrow i am there with more meetings from an organization that provides Musical Instruments to children. And then i will go from los angeles to new york and Funeral Services are held monday. I lost my iphone in the course of this. It is a horrible thing. I got it back. I called the nsa and they knew exactly where it was. And they put all of my emails back in. It was very nice of them. I cannot begin my comments to you without saying a heart felt word of deep thanks to ryan prebus that showed courage tha
With their archrivals, if not enemies, the iranians. That also holds true, to a large extent, in iraq, even though it has a shia majority. Theyre not persians. Theyre arabs. Iraq fought a bitter, brutal eightyear war with iran from 1980 to 1988. Hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides. Most of those casualties on the iraqi side or iraqishia arabs. So again, it is a great phrase. Our enemys enemy may still be our enemy. We have to be very, very careful here. Thank you, sir, for that question. Id only add to the previous two comments that in syria, iran continues to support the regime of Bashar Al Assad and Bashar Al Assad needs to go and allow a transition for our instate end goals and security. So this is a problem. Thank you. I yield back. Thank you all for being here. Thank you, mr. Chairman. You stated isil was both formidable yet vulnerable. Can you list the top three things that make them that . Absolutely. They are very well funded. They have got some victories and that
He was never discovered to be that great of an anything. But he stands before you today because i was that 11yearold kid who got the guitar and wanted so badly to be the fifth beatle. I believe you what happened in 1963 . I was eight at the time i first saw them. Not something to america more than music. They brought hope. It may sound sacrilegious to say the beatles brought hope, but remember how we were trying to get over the assassination of a president and National Psyche that had been deeply bruised. Excitement, they brought hope our country desperately needed and their music was pretty good. Today, we are in a time when we really need more than we have ever needed america before, a sense of hope and optimism. A lot of people are discouraged in America Today and you can understand why. 92 million americans dont even have jobs. They are not in the job market anymore. Theyve given up will stop if anyone has says the Unemployment Rate has dropped to 6. 7 only because another 100,000
Hewlettpackard. Ellison founded oracle in 1977 with 1,200 of his own money. The 70yearold is currently one of the worlds richest men, and also owns stakes in other companies. Ellison brought the americas cup to San Francisco last year. Right now, we want to get to breaking news out of washington, d. C. President obama preparing to make a statement on the senates vote this afternoon. Lets pick it up live. This includes support for iraqi forces, strengthening the Iraqi Government, providing humanitarian aid to the iraqi civilians, and doing their part in the fight against isil. Here at home, im pleased that congress, the majority of democrats and a majority of republicans, in both the house and the senate, have now voted to support a key element of our strategy. Our plan to train and equip the opposition in syria, so they can help push back these terrorists. As i said last week, i believe were strongest as a nation when the president and Congress Work together. And i want to thank leader
Now threaten thousands of homes and highway 50 to like tahoe remains closed. Laura reports. If drive along highway 50. Main artery to and from south like tahoe is quiet with road closed as they try to contain the king fire. Huge plume of smoke overhead. Taken into custody. In ultimately in placerville. Earlier authorities announce they have a man in custody they believe started the fire. 3 37yearold wayne allen hunts man was arrested wednesday in placerville and now being held on 10 Million Dollar bail at the El Dorado County jail. Hunts man described as transient charged with willfully and maliciously setting fire to forget land near pollack pines. He has prior felony conviction ins Santa Cruz County but no of those involve arson. In the mean time the king fire grown to 71,000 acres and spread from el drd 0to placer county. Fire spotting over mile ahead of the main fire that means that the ember that come out of these fires the smoke column l loft and which out into the unburn area la