A morning ive asked the committee to consider 3196 pending military nominations. All these nominations have been before the committee for the reset required length of time. All in favor say i. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. This Committee Thanks you for your decades of service to our nation, we are grateful to your wife for the support she has provided to into all hers urination in uniform. I also want to welcome your son patrick, you look like your mother who is joining us this morning. I know your other children, joe and kathleen send their support, even as i bet they are relieved that they do not need to sit through your interrogation. To exercise the legislative responsibility its important that this committee are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you here to applicable laws and regulations . I have. To agree to give yo
A morning ive asked the committee to consider 3196 pending military nominations. All these nominations have been before the committee for the reset required length of time. All in favor say i. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. This Committee Thanks you for your decades of service to our nation, we are grateful to your wife for the support she has provided to into all hers urination in uniform. I also want to welcome your son patrick, you look like your mother who is joining us this morning. I know your other children, joe and kathleen send their support, even as i bet they are relieved that they do not need to sit through your interrogation. To exercise the legislative responsibility its important that this committee are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you here to applicable laws and regulations . I have. To agree to give yo
Trump is now president of the United States, our 45th president. Ut has been for about 90 minutes now. And mike pence, of course, is Vice President. In his inaugural address President Trump lashed out at inshington establishments saying for too long a small group in our nations capitol has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. You are looking at pictures now of the congressional luncheon stat the new president and first lady will be attending with members of the house and the senate on both sides of the aisle. Red this is joint base andrews on the right side of the screen, what used to be called Andrews Air Force base. And you see the outgoing president , mr. Obama saying goodbye to the wellwishers there. He just spoke to a large crowd at andrews. And he will be getting on a plane with his family and inading to palm springs, california, and a nice vacation. He said during his News Conference a few days ago that he was looking forward to a time when he d
Trump is now president of the United States, our 45th president. Ut has been for about 90 minutes now. And mike pence, of course, is Vice President. In his inaugural address President Trump lashed out at inshington establishments saying for too long a small group in our nations capitol has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. You are looking at pictures now of the congressional luncheon stat the new president and first lady will be attending with members of the house and the senate on both sides of the aisle. Red this is joint base andrews on the right side of the screen, what used to be called Andrews Air Force base. And you see the outgoing president , mr. Obama saying goodbye to the wellwishers there. He just spoke to a large crowd at andrews. And he will be getting on a plane with his family and inading to palm springs, california, and a nice vacation. He said during his News Conference a few days ago that he was looking forward to a time when he d
As the french president presses for action to combat Climate Change, we look at how rising sea levels are damaging malaysias coastline. We begin in iraq, where there has been major developments in fighting in the Western Province of anbar. The Islamic State of iraq and the levant has reportedly secured a bridge between the cities of baghdadi and another more than 20 iraqi soldiers killed. We speak to jane who will tell us more about the significance of isil securing this bridge. Its certainly a dramatic development, really not clear what the ultimate strategic significance is of it. Essentially, this is a bridge cross the ewe freight tees. This is an indication that there is fierce fighting still. Baghdadi has been under siege where rebels are trapped and not far from the air base where American Forces and Coalition Partners are. That air base came under attack, just a few hours ago. Isil sent a truck a military truck with suicide bombers to try to get to one of the gates and detonate.