This hearing will come to order. Good morning. Next week americans will honor our nations veterans who have paid the price for our freedom in times of conflict and served as our shield in times of peace. Today, nearly 20 million americans have earned the title of veteran. Im proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. The second highest percentage in our entire country. We owe them such a great debt. The gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. A truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this committee has highlighted in recent years such as the irs imposter scam, the grandparent sca
in the east, victor in the storm zone and rob marciano standing by to take us through the timing of this tonight. also tonight, what we have just learned in the indictment against former president trump, when he ll come to new york to face charges, and what this could look like, what the american people could see. and what do we know about this indictment? how many charges? aaron katersky from the courthouse in lower manhattan tonight. rachel scott standing my life. the first funerals begin in nashville after the deadly mass shooting at that christian school, 9-year-old evelyn dieckhaus. the tribute from hundreds of mourners, many wearing pink to honor her. the young american journalist being held hostage in russia. tonight, president biden telling russia to let him go. new reporting of the harsh conditions of his confinement. also news from the vatican, the pope s condition. before he s released, the remarkable moment baptizing a baby in the hospital. tonight, here a firs
Operator. Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up later today a discussion on the outlook for consumers and patients in the health care market. Well hear about the plans that are available. The event is hosted by the alliance for health reform. It begins noon eastern on cspan3. The annual summer meeting of the National Governors association with the opening session with remarks from john hickenlooper, and gary herbert, device chair. That starts at 12 45 eastern. On cspan3 a briefing with the latest update on the new Horizons Mission to pluto. We will hear a discussion on the latest results from the spacecrafts flight past pluto. That breathing starts live at 2;00 eastern. And now remarks from loretta lynch. She spoke at the National Black Prosecutors Association earlier this week and was honored
Alleged to have harbored discriminatory views toward africanamericans, to have sought out an africanamerican house of worship, one that was particularly noted because of its age and significance, and he also sought out africanamerican parishioners at worship. Implicating several hate crime statutes. We that i that this is exactly the type of case that the federal hate crimes statutes were in fact con received of to cover. Racially motivated violence such as this is the original domestic terrorism. Questioner 2015, if you look at the essence of the case brought forth in the indictment, the fact that these people are dead today because of their race, thats primarily what you alleged in the indictment, could you speak to where we stand and what that says, that this still exists . Ms. Lynch i think that this is obviously a tragic situation. This is obviously a troubling situation. As the allegations and the entitlement reflect the mindset of this young man and his specific purpose to targe
You will not compare me with the hardliners in iran. Senator cardin i am still going through the review process. I have not reached a decision on the vote that will take place when we return in i want to september. Underscore a point that senator corker and i, working with our leadership, encouraged to the leadership to provide for the debate on the floor of the u. S. Senate that we think would be fitting of this critical issue. Yesterday without objection we moved on to the bill, so when we come back on tuesday, we will not go through a cloture vote, not go to any procedural hurdles. We will be on the bill. I expect the majority leader will put forward the bill that we will be voting on and be right on that debate when we return and use that week to debate this issue, and each member of the senate make up his or her mind as to what he or she thinks is in the best interest of this country. I do not interpret from the president s remarks that he is challenging any of our independent jud