Republican senator rand paul of kentucky launched a filibuster. He demanded a firm answer on whether drone aircraft might ever target american citizens inside the United States. Attorney general eric holder had sent paul a letter saying that however unlikely, in extraordinary circumstances, it might happen. No one will ever forget jane fonda swiveling around in north vietnamese armored guns, and it was despicable. It is one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hellfire missile on jane fonda . Are you going to drop a drone hellfire missile on those at kent state . Brown several other republicans and one democrat, ron wyden, joined paul. And Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell offered his support last night after the filibuster ended and again this morning. And the administration should just answer the question. Theres no reason we cannot get this question answered today, and we should get this question answered today. Brown but the morning also re
Kentucky launched a filibuster. He demanded a firm answer on whether drone aircraft might ever target american citizens inside the United States. Attorney general eric holder had sent paul a letter saying that however unlikely, in extraordinary circumstances, it might happen. No one will ever forget jane fonda swiveling around in north vietnamese armored guns, and it was despicable. It is one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hellfire missile on jane fonda . Are you going to drop a drone hellfire missile on those at kent state . Brown several other republicans and one democrat, ron wyden, joined paul. And Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell offered his support last night after the filibuster ended and again this morning. And the administration should just answer the question. Theres no reason we cannot get this question answered today, and we should get this question answered today. Brown but the morning also revealed a division in republican
The suspects car blew a tire. He got out and officers felt that he presented an imminent danger. That is when two officers opened fire and the suspect died at the scene. This happened less than 24 hours after an overnight chase from daly city to San Francisco ended with another officer involved shooting. They shot and killed the suspect when they say he raised a gun at them. And in sonomo county, sheriffs deputies killed a suspected kidnapper on friday. Authorities there were tipped by his victim who texted a friend and then called 911. The suspect led the deputies on a chase before crashing. Deputies say that they shot him when they thought he was reaching for a weapon although no gun was found. All of these shootings come on the heels of tuesdays officerinvolved shooting in santa cruz where a gunman and two officers were killed. This thursday a memorial is set for hp pa villain in san jose for Sergeant Loren baker and officer elizabeth butler. That is a change of venue. Its being mov
And this is the western edition of the broadcast. The nations deadliest Natural Disaster so far this year is not over yet. The floods in texas and oklahoma are now blamed for at least 28 deaths and, sadly, it probably wont stop there because 11 more people have been missing for a week in wimberly, texas, near austin. Today a slowmoving storm threatened to dump as much as five more inches of rain on central and south texas, where rivers are still rising. We begin tonight with don dahler whos in carrolton, texas. Reporter for the second day, dallasarea residents woke up to storms. For the second day, floodwaters surged on to roadways and into homes. And for the second day, peopleay had to be helped to reach dry land. The 100year flood, ive heard it all my life. Reporter residents werete evacuated from this trailer park north of dallas this afternoon. Its been an exhausting two days for first responders. Yesterday, hundreds of people had to be saved from the rapidly rising waters. A Polic
They were weighed in the balance and found wanting. So where do you go from here, senator mccain . First of all bill kristol is right. And want fact is, we have now reached a point where if you believe our military leaders and if theres anybody thats credible in america today, it is our military leaders where we will not have the proper training readiness, equipment in order to defend our National Security issues, and requirements. The centrifuges in tehran are spin be. North koreans are Testing Nuclear weapons. The middle east is in a period of varying degrees of upheaval. Al qaeda is spreading. So were going to cut back on the training and readiness and capabilities of the men and women who are serving. We have an allvolunteer force. They deserve better. And to my republican friends as well as my democrat friend, if you think thats want right way to go, then you dont know whats going on in the world. And this sequester, it requires the president to lead and for us to sit down. If he