Or, should the president forced ahead with his plan to remove all combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 . Can dialans 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can also email us. , johnitol hill yesterday campbell, who was the commander of u. S. Troops not afghanistan, 1 testified before the Senate Armed Services committee. The afghanistan timeline is unfeasible. Says the u. S. Must leave forces beyond 2016. [video clip] mid2014 envisioned in that we would transition to a normalized embassy presents by january 2017. That remains our planning assumption. Since that time, much has changed. Increasedise of dice, al qaeda presence in afghanistan and now, strong partners like chief executive abdullah. Train, advise and assist the Afghan Security forces and conduct Counterterrorism Operations to protect the homeland. Upsurge in insurgent violence shows come afghanistan is at a Decisive Point again. The president is well aware of the tenuous security situation
Office. Reporter well, he refused to have an attorney represent him when he was first questioned by police the day his son was found, but the attorney said that all changed because hes acting as a gobetween between his client and investigators. The Camden County investigators told me hes not a suspect. Reporter philadelphiabased attorney richard fucino junior represents the father who is the last person to see his son alive before putting him to bed october 12. Hes trying to answer the question. But he has the added burden of already having gone through the loss. He happened to look in the boys room when he woke up. Typically the baby wouldnt be up for another hour or so. Reporter he said that creato called his mother. The case turned from hope, to sadness, despair and confusion when a k9 found brandons body eight blocks from his home. Camden county prosecutors revealed there was no signs of forced entry into the home. Its not clear to me whether or not the door was locked. There is a
South carolina tonight. Reporter to so many tonight, what happened in this killing of another unarmed black man is only coming to light because someone in the bushes was recording with a camera. North charleston patrolman Michael Slager is charged with murder. He told his bosses that 50yearold Walter Lamar Scott had grabbed his stun gun after an argument over a traffic stop. In the revealing video the unarmed father of four is running away after apparently being hit by the stun gun and the cords of the weapon are still attached. As scott is down, the policeman is seen dropping an object near the body. Although the Police Report said they administered cpr, theres no evidence of that in the nearly fourminute video. Not every officer is cpr certified. Reporter theres the issue of looking at slagers past police work. Hes had two complaints in five years. He was cleared in the only charge of excessive force. Other incidents hes had. Well look at that. Reporter black demonstrators are marchi
Dzhokhar tsarnaev slumped in his seat in court as he learned he could now face the death penalty. The jury deliberated for more than 11 hours over two days coming back with an aross the board contribution. Finding the 21yearold responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. The deaths of lindsey lou Krystle Campbell and Martin Richard. Including the murder of m. I. T. Police officer sean collier. Survivors responding. Tweeting todays verdict will never replace the lives that were lost and so dramatically changed. But it is a release, and one step closer to closure. The trial now moving into the sentencing phase. The defense team led by attorney judy clark who successfully fought to keep past clients including unibomber off death row will do the same for tsarnaev. The question for him is can we save his life. The only other possibility is life in prison. If the defense can convince jurors of the claim he was not a driven terrorist but rather a vulnerable teenager influenced bytamerlan. I
Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu providedo soldiers to cover the funeral and burial expenses. Today im joining theest of a number of im joining the effort after number of senators in a letter to senator hagel to provide the death benefit to the family of Sergeant Hawkins and other families. I no he that the president is working on this issue, is working with the office of mangtsd and budget in the Defense Department on a solution to this problem. Mr. President , ill move to the question of where we are now. This is a shutdown brough