Of the expanded use of deadly force. We have a large audience in the room today. At the outset, i want to note the senate rules prohibit any signs of ap to brace which would include outbursts, clapping or demonstrations. If theres someone who wishes to be witness to this hearing and cant attend in this room, there is another room available, room 226 in the dirksen building. Ill provide opening remarks and then giving senator cruz an opportunity before we turn to our witnesses. The debate over stand your ground laws raises fundamental questions about selfdefense in the be United States of america. In recent years weve seen a dramatic increase in laws expanding the situation in which a person can legally use deadly force in response to a perceived threat. Florida passed the first of this new wave of stand your ground laws in 2005. Prior to 2005, florida law held that a person outside his home could not use deadly force and then claim selfdefense if the person could have safely avoided th
What they call on the ground common ground. Does the farm bill get thrown in hat . It could be part of the budget agreement, and that is a good and bad thing for the Senate Committee. It is good because it is part of the bill, but then they lose control of it at that point. Thank you for your time. John foster recently died when that super airport was being built and president eisenhower announced the airport would be named Dulles Airport. When ken d. U. I. Took over he didnt want to name it that and finally the decision was made to name it after dulls. You can see the film clip of pulling back a curtain and there was a bus of dulles and it stands in the middle of the airport. I count find it. I asked where the big bust of dulles. Nobody had heard of it. It was a long process and finally thanks to the Washington Airport Authority i was able to discover that the bust had been taken away from the middle of the airport and its in a closed Conference Room opposite baggage claim number thre
The virus from spreading. Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d.
And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to bu
Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthu