Minute. [applause] good evening. Thank you all for being here tonight. It is my pleasure to be here with you on this cold wintry evening in new york city. I got a text message just before i got up here from barack obama who sends his regards, the somehow said something about a species giving somewhere and unable to make it tonight, can never rely on elected officials. It is actually my pleasure to be here back in their city. As did i mention to you, i grew up in work due number of years across the bay of that island. We would always take the Staten Island ferry across the harbor for big events and there is a big moment for us to come into the city. This two s. Always was a city and is still the city and its great to be here in the city and great to be your new york city, the worlds greatest city. Also great to use your i consider the New York Public Library. Im sure we would give some dispute on that from london in the library of congress, but i am sticking with it. Im also sticking wi
Thank you very much. Im very disappointed that sallie mae did not come today, and i think its important that we take a closer look at how all of our servicers are performing. But we need accurate data to be able to do that, so thank you. Want to ask a second question, thats about the Student Loan Program. You know, Student Loan Program just from 2007 to 2012 are now on target to make 66 billion in profits for the United States government. Just that small cohort. And lets keep in mind these are the best data we have available. These are government data, these are not data anybody else made up. The gao, the cbo to, the fed are all looking in the same direction at whats happening to students that are loading up on Student Loan Debt. And right now best estimate we have is that the Interest Rate were going to charge next year to our students is double, nearly double, the rate that undergraduates would have to pay in order to have the program break even. And as much as triple for graduate st
Immediate recovery needs. In looking at that, we begin to identify critical capabilities and gaps in that. Part of this was to address the it adds not only hoping up to national capability, but actually driving some of the bigger risks and threats as an Overall National response and how you build the capability and direct that funding. Part of this will remain to Grant Funding based on the division between states. The other has to be competitive so that we can see where sponsorship by one state or community to provide resources to an area races each jurisdiction. Is concern about the jurisdiction of funds and my jurisdiction giving what we need. Theres not a lot of trust out there. That concerns me because in these types of largescale events come if we cant agree upon our response abilities to Work Together as a team, how is that going to work with a real disaster that requires all of our capabilities . Not just the local jurisdictions, but multiple states and will will jurisdictions r
He was deployed to iraq for sometime. But he was not in any combat, and thats what we learned new today. Okay, we have learned that a congressman has been named as the shooter. A congressman, 34 years old. And what youre referring to, the secretary of the army has implied that this suspect did not incur a traumatic brain injury, as is being suspected. We talked about ptsd being a possibility here. We have learned that he was being treated for depression and anxiety. And hes in the process of being diagnosed with ptsd and that takes a good amount of time. But he was being treated for depression and anxiety. I know this were standing by for a press conference from the scott and white Memorial Hospital and thats where the victims of this shooting are. What do we know so far . We have been told that the victims with the serious injuries, you have three currently in Critical Condition, and you have six right now in serious condition, but they figure to be upgraded to fair condition sometime
To have that wave forked the gag orders. What are the elements in the bill you are think are promises moving tbhard address your concerns . I think the provisions you just described are crucial to the bill, and for that reason we have the aclu strongly supports the legislation. The sense of legislation. You know, one thing ill say on that it got to be the beginning. It cant be the end of reform in this area. There is a lot of surveillance that go on nods are outside the scope of these particular provisions being addressed in the bill. A lot of surveillance goes on under 1233 some of the documents released last night have to do the surveillance. Then there are structure issues that have to be addressed too if youre going to ensure that surveillance is used in the way it ought to be used. Refresh her recollection, you have need stronger protection for whistle blowers. Make sure they feel protected bringing it to light. You have to have some way to ensure that the courts can review what t