There seated but first hassan hassan, senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for middle east policy is written an excellent analysis of the situation in syria and iraq as well as the dates within militant islam. Nibras kazimi who if youre not familiar with his monograph at the Hoover Institute in 2010 syria to jihadist eyes was the first analysis that isolate even preceding the Syrian Civil War which identified the groundwork for possible secretary jihadist conflict in syria. It was really a prescient analysis and he remains one of the best an analyst of the situation in syria and iraq that i know of. He walks kristen lord, president and ceo of irex whos had a long and distinguished career including acting president and Vice President of the trade institute for peace, and is a director of studies at the center for new american studies. I should add they both are members of our task force and finally, Katherine Zimmerman from the critical threat project at American Enterprise institute.
The judge to serve ofthe 10th Circuit Court appeals. If confirmed, she would fill the seat vacated by Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch. This is 2. 5 hours. Good morning and welcome everyone, especially the nominees and the families to todays nominations caring for today with her from two panels. On the first and we went from judge eid of colorado, Supreme Court, nominated to the Circuit Court judge on the tenth Circuit Court. Dedicate the pronunciation wrong . [laughing] on the second panel we will hear from for nominees to District Court. Senator coons, do you have any opening remarks today . Thank you, senator tillis for the opportunity to serve alongside as the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearings. Id like to welcome each of the nominees, their families and friends to the senate and congratulate you on your nominations and i look forward to opposing questions to you. The positions to which you been nominated are important in the federal judiciary is aldo is a bedrock of
Attendance. It will be the first monday in october. The house and senate will be in session this week. Look for news on the floor of abortion. We begin now with the situation in puerto rico. We want to get to your calls and comments as we get to the images from the u. S. Territory and the president s response to what has been happening down there. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488002, an independent. And we have a line set aside if you are puerto rican and are the u. S. 202 7488003 you 202 7488003. You could also send us a tweet. We do want to begin with what is going on in puerto rico. This gives you a sense of the magnitude of the destruction and devastation. President trump blaming Puerto Ricans for failing to do enough to dig out from the damage of Hurricane Maria. They do not have access to drinking water. 95 remain without power. Line for thosea of you who are living in the United States from order rico. Outries of tweets came between the mayor and Presid
Explain to our children how such evil can exist. How there can be such cruelty and such suffering but we can not be defined by the evil that threatens us or the violence that incites such terror. Words can not describe the bravery that the whole world witnessed on sunday knight. Americans defied death and hatred with love and with courage. We will all have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week, but we will struggle through it together, and we will overcome together as americans. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist, mary ogrady and bill mcgurn. Bill, what do you make of the president s response . I think it was right. It was the right tone. A president needs to to and visit. He is a national figure. I also think the tone of the people out there, we saw incredible stories of bravery and its a very american story. People in official positions standing up and not running away from the fire. There was a marine that st
Mourning. We struggle are to the words to explain to our children how such evil can exist. How there can be such cruelty and such suffering but we can not be defined by the evil that threatens us or the violence that incites such terror. Words can not describe the bravery that the whole world witnessed on sunday knight. Americans defied death and hatred with love and with courage. We will all have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week, but we will struggle through it together, and we will overcome together as americans. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist, mary ogrady and bill mcgurn. Bill, what do you make of the president s response . I think it was right. It was the right tone. A president needs to to and visit. He is a national figure. I also think the tone of the people out there, we saw incredible stories of bravery and its a very american story. People in official positions standing up and not running away