Okay, so good afternoon. My name is reid smith and on behalf of the Charles Koch Institute id like to thank you for joining us today or what promises to be a substantive and timely discussion about the applicability or lack thereof of existing legal authorities to use of force against iran. Its great to see so many staffers here today. We are encouraged to see a full house. You guys that so much to do with the way that we approach the broader matter of congressional war powers, so its encouraging to see an interested room thats looking to get informed by some expert jurors up here with you today. For the sake of time and discussion im going to keep these introductions perfunctory in no small part because our panelists reputations undoubtedly precede them. To my far left, Stephen Vladeck is the professor in law at the university of texas school of law and austin, a graduate of Amherst College and yale law school, both degrees earned with distinction. His teaching and Research Focus on f
cnn this morning starts right now. [ clapping ] that was a woman waving to the crowd rescued after 92 hours in rubble. her mother pulled out just a short time later. good morning, everyone. these are just a few miraculous earthquake stories coming out. the truth is that hope for survivors is fading fast. families in syria and turkey bracing for the inevitable. they may never be reunited with their loved ones as the death toll nears 22,000. former vice president mike pence subpoenaed in the special counsel overseeing mr. trump s role in the insurrection. will he invoke executive pruf le doctor privilege. and what he said about desantis and donald trump and more. we re going to go to syria. hope is turning into dispair. the death toll topped 22,000. rescues shifting to recovery four days after the catastrophic earthquake. families facing a grim reality they will likely never see their loved ones alive again. we ve seen desperate heart broken family members join the sear
News. Jack smith is accusing the former president of making daily statements that could prejudice future jurors in the january 6th case. Also, new polling and Chris Christies reaction to it showing the frontrunner donald trump pulling away from the republican pack even farther, and the vast majority of Republican Voters seemingly okay with him, even if convicted of federal crimes. And later, stunning new claims about the Alex Murdaugh murder trial and whether they could lead to a retrial. Plus, exclusive video from inside a syrian Childrens Hospital that isis used as a torture center. Video thats now in the hands of War Crimes Investigators. Good evening. We begin tonight with Breaking News wrapped in a mystery. A lateday court filing from special counsel jack smith from the Subversion Case. In it, he accuses the former president of making, quote, daily extra president ial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury. Largely under seal at the moment, we dont know specifically what s
Place here, theres three more, as you can see in the difference. You cant see that clearly at the moment, but you can see the stretches out there as well. Now, this has been one of the hardest areas to get to for a long time. It had to be helicopters. Weve driven it, and that took many hours. You can see the Rescue Workers are here now. These helicopters are coming in to pick up either survivors, or bodies and to take them away two major hospitals in cities that havent been so badly affected. Theyre also running from here, into the remote villages that are still completely cut off by road. Theyve done a remarkable job, at actually getting the road open as far as we are. It took a long time and it is quite scary because its quite clear the wrong could happen if there was another trump. Or it could come back down. This is another house and Apartment Block that has been completely flattened. It was here that we saw the body of that young woman i mentioned, being taken away. Theyve got in
Ladies and gentlemen and the chair has called the meeting to order. Could you all rise for the pledge of allegiance . Madam president , may i call roll . You may, please. President loftus . Here. Vice president turman . En route. Commissioner marshal, excused. Commissioner mazzucco . Present. Commissioner dejesus excused. Commissioner wong . Present. Commissioner melara. Present. Madam president you have a quorum. Welcome to the september, 24th, community meeting, in the Central Station in a very special place, we are as we all know, at gordon lou Elementary School and i see a lot of faces in the audience that i suspect are students. Is that right . Yes, so this is a beautiful audience that we have with incredible food and lots of energy. Welcome to what is the greatest joy for myself and my fellow commissioners which is a chance to come out to the community, talk about the issues, that are effecting the Police Department, the issues that are effecting the neighborhood and this is what