Been raising given that he was the fire chief and a Small Community 25 years the vast majority of land in the United States 90 percent dont get paid at time but we dont want them not trade either. Trained either but we need those tools. But i am concerned as the deputy secretary said these programs are difficult for volunteers to navigate. And if you could respond how you could fashion a Grant Program, provided we still have it, to take the higher administrative cost the money doesnt go where it belongs. We applaud that the two gentlemen in the middle but we do see the higher administrative cost to apply for the grants and the low dollar amounts to be spread over services and a narrower fashion. So looking at what you can do for the firefighters to make those more accessible. I myself as a volunteer firefighter for most of my life before i came to washington and and and i am very cognizant how difficult it can be to interact with state and federal government requirements on the part a
Support. I want to give the congressman a chance to respond. The American People are ned concerned. I think when incidents like what happened in San Bernardino, americans are frightened and they like to their leaders for answers. Ane i think the initial response, my republican colleagues was to go after the refugee program. Thats the panacea, denyingun women and children and old men i and women fromng coming to the United States, who are looking for refuge. That really is not addressing the issue. Getg i think what democrats are focusing on and we had from the get go is a visa waiver program, which weve taken action on in a bipartisan way, a more he thoughtful way and i think also the issue of addressing the issue of access to weapons by terrorists. Weapo by keeping them from getting those weapons the terrorism watch list by a means as to who can purchase weapons. People i recognize the feelings there. The first reasonability of the president and congress is to protect the American Peo
Shooting of missouri teenager michael brown. Members are examining ways to improve relationships between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve. They are expected to give their recommendations to president obama the summer. This is to an half hours. Were going to get started. If you have a cell phone please turn it off for putting on to vibrate. Good morning welcome to the president s task force on 21st Century Policing. Today we have a distinguished and final panel all bills were outstanding but we save the best for last there will be the to the cochairs to explain the purpose of the panel and the thought process while we will close it out this way. And as you know, december 1st 2014 president obama announced his intent to create a president s task force with 21st Century Policing to deal with the issue of trust between police and many communities in the task force will be led by two distinguished cochairs was also a former assistant attorney general and to her left charros ra
Develop growth build Infrastructure Projects and stimulate growth and Economic Activities not only within china but also with many neighbors along that old silk road and down along the maritime road. So it wasnt, you know, a huge structure, if i may say. But it was part of thinking along the lines of we need to develop broader and there are countries along the way pointing towards europe that will actually benefit from that. And so will our internal manufacturing infrastructure. I think it has been elevated a bit because of the general context in which that bank has been now set up as of march 31st. But its a Great Initiative in the sense that its broad spectrum. It reflects the transformation of the Global Economy with new key players. And it embraces a regional approach which could actually be extremely stimulative for economies that matter more and more today than they did a few years back. So its both i think its part of something which is broader. And it really reflects a new land
Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. Im tiffany cross. Now we all know that donald trump has a thing for dictators and each time he praised these leaders, men who he has called good friends, trump exposed and apparent autocratic envy that foreshadowed what we are seeing right now in portland, oregon where on friday thousands of protesters including the wall of moms and a wall of veterans standing in solidarity for black lives matter were met with federal agents who deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds. Federal officers wearing military style camouflage and helmets have been patrolling portland with batons and tear gas driving around an unmarked vehicles sweeping up and detaining protesters in a way that oregons own attorney general says resembles abductions. This is trumps secret police. Federal agents igniting chaos in a city led by a democratic mayor who was also tear gassed by u. S. Agents this week. According to trump, he simply is trying to quell unrest. In other words, he i