The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. August 22, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable brenda l. Lawrence to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of us all, thank you for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house gathered here at the capitol for an extraordinary session in extraordinary times. Inspire them with wisdom as they hope to address the needs of our nation in such a difficult period of our shared history. Continue to bless those who labor to attend to the sick among our citizens and those also who strive to find effective treatments and vaccines. Keep us all safe in your divine mercy. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Ame
Commit acts of terrorism in 2011 and 2012. They were never carried out, but the affidavit said that the pair planned to attack a local freeway during rush hour and planned to attack either a cafeteria our library at Riverside Community college where they both attended. The second charge is the unlawful purchase of two assault weapons. These are the semiautomatic assault weapons used during the deadly attack. The third charge is that marquez allegedly defrauded immigration authorities by engaging in this socalled sham marriage with a member of syed farooks family. John. So what do we know . Has marquez been cooperating with investigators . Reporter according to the affidavit, four days after the mass shooting at the inland regional center, marquez began to speak with investigators. We understand hes been very cooperative and he even waived his miranda rights, and reportedly marquez has admitted that yes, he did, in fact, buy the semiautomatic rifles. That being said, john, at this point
A friend of the San Bernardino killers is now under arrest. Enrique marquez had previously been identified as the buyer of the guns used in the massacre, and today, charged with providing Material Support to terrorists. Jennifer bisram has more on this. Reporter tony, Enrique Marquez is the first person charged in the mass shooting in San Bernardino two weeks ago that killed 14 people. He was arrested and charged with three criminal counts today. One of the accounts, marquez and farook conspired to commit acts of terrorism in 2011 and 2012, and these acts were every carried out. But according to the after david, they planned to attack a local freeway during rush hour, and they also planned to attack the library or the cafeteria at Riverside Community college where they both were students. And the other charge, the purchase of two long rifles used during the deadly attack on december 2nd. And the third criminal charge claims that marquez defrauded authorities by entering into the sham m
Diplomates meeting this morning at the u. N. Trying to hammer out a plan to end the war in syria. They hope today to get International Agreement on a roadmap to stop the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im del walters and meeting bringing key players except Syrian Opposition and as we are told there seems to be some Sticking Points as well. This is being pulled together as you know on quite short notice. Reporter the last two rounds showed a new found result among powers. Build on the burst of diplomatic momentum and seeing they will lead down a path again to a political transition. Reporter the groups third meeting will continue to try to nail down a realistic nationwide ceasefire in syria whi negotiating a political resolution. The ultimate goal is to hold u. N. Nationwide elections to allow the Syrian People to choose their next leadership. Translator key points no matter how strange it seems corresponds with the plan and
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Diplomats are meeting in new york trying to end the civil war in syria has raged on for five years. They hope to hammer out an International Agreement detailing how to stop the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. The meeting is bringing together diplomats from 12 nations, but the Syrian Opposition is not at the table. Al jazeeras courtney keely has more. This is being pulled together as you know on quite short notice. The last two rounds of vienna talks showed a new found resolve among world power. We hope fridays meetings will build on the momentum we are seeing and lead down a path again to a political transition. The groups third meeting will continue to try to nail down a realistic nationwide ceasefire in syria while negotiating a parallel syrian led political resolution. The ultimate goal is to hold u. N. Monitor nationwide elections to allow the Syrian People to choose their next leadership. In key points, no matter how strang