Latest on the Virginia Statete trooper shot in the line of trooper. The trooper was can killed at a Greyhound Bus stop in richmond, virginia. Reporter police not pol identifying the suspect although they did say his address did not match one here in the state of virginia, but not saying if potentially he had any ties to e the area. However, a sad turn of events e tonight as we learn of trooper door meyers passing. It was just in 2015 2014 he joined Virginia State police. He leaves behind a wife and two small children. Ildr two other women also shot. T. Theyre expected to survive. Its with an incredibly heavyvy heart tonight that i annoyancena to you the loss of Virginia State Police Trooper chad deer meyer. Trooper chad door meyer was in d the midst ofoo a training exerce along with about a dozen otheren Virginia State troopers insideie the Greyhound Bus terminal in richmond this afternoon. Nd the t training encompasses for suspicion activity and in todays exercise, if you see some sus
Case that she did confirm that no weapons were used in the attack that killed that 16yearold girl. Now, this all happened on thursday of last week. Amy joynerfrancis died after a fight in a girls bathroom at Howard High School of technology. Shea rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Three students were suspended. Students return to a normal Class Schedule this week and several town hall style meetings were held at the school for parents. Many people wondering how this could have happened to such a promising student like amy. Earlier in the week police said they had hoped to file charges by the end of this week but today they said the investigation is taking longer than anticipated. There are over 3,000 pages data alone that must be painstakingly reviewed by the investigators on this case. Because theres still a lot of work left to do by our detectives and the Attorney Generals Office in terms of reviewing evidence and relevant facts we are not in a position at this time
Match one here in the state of virginia, but not saying if potentially he had any ties to the area. However, a sad turn of events tonight as we learn of trooper door meyers passing. It was just in 2015 2014 he joined Virginia State police. He leaves behind a wife and two small children. Two other women also shot. Theyre expected to survive. Its with an incredibly heavy heart tonight that i annoyance to you the loss of Virginia State Police Trooper chad deer meyer. Trooper chad door meyer was in the midst of a Training Exercise along with about a dozen other Virginia State troopers inside the Greyhound Bus terminal in richmond this afternoon. The training encompasses looking for suspicion activity and in todays exercise, if you see some suspicious activity, go over and engage and have conversations. The 37 year old trooper was a former marine and Police Officer back home in jackson, michigan. Fatigue uniform, but not his vest when he approached the still unidentified suspect. The period
Thank you. And i think we have a short break and then christian will kick us off on the next panel in a little bit. Thank you. Thank you. Ill do brief introductions and briefly discuss the goals of the panel. To my immediate right the Senior Vice President from trust usa. Next over, pierre from the Homeland Security from the embassy of the republic of france and also senior fellow with the sentder for cyber and Homeland Security and to my far right, assistant secretary in the policy of the department of Homeland Security for border immigration and trade policy. Were also supposed to be joined by tom bush from the Transportation Security Administration but he had an illness that came up this morning so hes unable to join us but well proceed with these three fine panelists and discussion of travel related issues and what we can be doing to prevent terrorists from exploiting the travel system in support of their objectives to carry out attacks in the United States overseas and our allies
Assistant secretary in the department of Homeland Security for border immigration and trade policy. Were also supposed to be joined by tom bush, but he had a illness that came up this morning, so was unable to join us. Well proceed with these three fine panelists for discussion of terror travel related issues and what we can be doing to prevent terrorists from exploiting the travel system in support of their objectives to carry out attacks in the United States, over seas and our allies which is a key element of their efforts in term in pursuit of carrying out attacks. You know well have a moderated discussion. Ill jump right in and put the first question to seth. If you look at the, you know, current terrorism of threat that we have with isis, very diffuse threat, with al qaeda, a variety of other groups, its very different than the threat that existed when many of the u. S. Government programs to prevent and disrupt terrorist travel were created 15 years ago, 10 years ago. So you have