Secretary of defense Ashton Carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, both testified before the committee. And i have Great Respect for both of them. I asked them if after a decade in afghanistan keeping troops in afghanistan for nine more years would even make a difference. Last year in his politico article and i quote the title was down the opium rathole, roger says, and i quote, if you spent 13 years pounding money down the rathole with little to show for it you might wake up one morning and say, hey, ill stop pounding money down this rathole. Unfortunately, the United States government does not think this way. Even though our combat troops are leaving afghanistan, our money will continue to flow there. Billions after billions. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit this politico article for the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Jones in recent days, the waste of billions of dollars in afghanistan has been dominating the h
Was a police report, they spoke to reporters. Then two things come out this week, a Law Enforcement source said i sent a tape to somebody back in june. Now sources close to rice are saying he told him facetoface in that meeting they are putting ray out to dry, he knew. Now the question is as robert mural comes on to muller comes on to investigate, the former head of fbi, can Roger Goodell hold on to his job. Through the most part through his whole career hes controlled the situation. When youre at advising somebody what you tell them, lets get to the bottom of the whole story and see how all these pieces play out. I think what happened there, nobody probably had the courage to say to him, roger thats not the case, dont say it this way. He would have been better off if he had gotten to the punch line day one. Theres a lot of money at stake and power, inside the nfl people dont want to tell Roger Goodell he is wrong. Could this be a case of plausible deny ability. Your job is to uncover
Them accountable too no matter how long it takes. The things the president has said and stood for which have been completely wrong. Well follow them to the gates of hell. Thanks for watching. Well follow them to the gates of hell, but if youre a conservative, thats not good enough. We start with outright republican criticism over president obamas handling of the isis crisis. Its out there and its abound. The day after an american journalist Steven Sotloff was murdered by isis, president obama con telled the killing. Whatever they think theyll achieve by killing innocent americans like steven, they have already failed. They failed because like people around the world, americans are repulsed bir their barbarrism and will not be intimidated and horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen the resolve against these terrorists. As a conservative, thats not good enough. We need more. A short time later president obama said its going to take the International Community to combat isis.
We do the high tide coming in. We have been observing the water levels coming up. While the shore is well offshore, about 300 miles to the eastsoutheast were seeing some impacts already here in Atlantic City. The surf is dangerous, rip currents ongoing, and beach erosion will continue to be a concern. The storm is also forward to slow down. Its going to track very closely to the coast. Because it has such an expansive wind field with Tropical Storm it force winds, well be feeling the impact for several days. Not only through labor day, but even possibly by midweek the storm a forecast northward. Tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect alongic coastal areas, extending up into portions of new england. A big concern with the storm is if it tracks closer to the coast well be see the Tropical Stormforce winds, evening hurricaneforce wind gusts potentially. The worst of the storm here in Atlantic City forecast to hit as we head into late tonight, also into tomorrow. Many of the com
Granted immunity by federal prosecutors investigating the president s former fixer Michael Cohen. The incredible report about the things locked away in a safe, secret, apparently not secret anymore. He would take care of his friends. He would look out for you and his ability to squash those stories. Department of shame. President trump trolling his own attorney general for the second day. After Jeff Sessions punches back. I think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face in the department of justice. We begin today with new legal troubles for the president. The map hadden d. A. Reportedly eyeing charges against the Trump Organization. Even as another close con fidan appears to turn on the president. Now working with investigators. Weve got a great team. First, what could these new charges mean for the president . How did the publisher of the National Enquirer get tied up in mr. Trumps legal woes . Well, overnight, the New York Times report