You can hear more about the economy from Federal Reserve chair janet yellen in testimonye week on tol hill this cspan. Org. And now joining us on the washington journal is a guest weve had on relatively frequently. This is Linda Robinson on the wy rand corporation. Shes also an author. I linda sirobinson, where were yo last . I think were going to this about isil today, so i have been out in the region this year. Ive been to iraq, jordan, and d kuwait. In iraq, ith visited all the various units that were doing k. The advisory and training work y out ou wthere. Now are you working with the pentagon in your current role . So rand is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution. It works for bulk anyone, but d say probably the bulk of its work is for the u. S. Governmente and of that the biggest part is u get dod research. So when youre out in the field, do you get a sense of whos fighting who . Whos winning . Its so complex, so i think thats very important to establish. It is in my view
Overall in school crime both er. Away from school and at school and this is part of a historical pattern. Weve had less progress in the most recent years but if we lood at a long period of time we can see school crime has decreased . What do you acontribute this chart to, this fall . That . Or dont you . Host its difficult to establish a cause and effect relationship. Dr. Randazzo, do you have a cause and effect relationship . I have speculation. T data appreciate toms perspective because i think its appropriate when we look at data. We never know exactly unless i weve done a controlled study what the cause and effect is here. But i think what weve seen ove the past decades, 15 years, is s greater awareness and attention to the issues of whats going on in our schools beyond the missi Educational Mission. That. Theres been policy debate around the Educational Mission l but at the same time recognizinp schools are small communities for students that affect the es. Of life for the student
Briefing today, although this will be his briefing. As many of you know, the news from San Bernardino continues to evolve. Obviously we have now have seen the names and faces of those victims, the fallen and the injured, and as always our hearts go out to them and keep them in our prayers. Not just those who did lose their lives, but those who were injured in this and the Law Enforcement officials. It is an evolving investigation. We also told you wed keep you informed about this investigation. Just recently there was a press conference in the local area with the assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles Office providing more operational details. The director is going to give you a further briefing as well. The fbi has taken the lead in this investigation. They continue to work with our local partners who are outstanding partners also along with the atf and u. S. Marshals. Theres been a lot of new information thats come to light, and the director is going to give you some more in
As many advances as weve seen schools make across the country and taking a better stance t the against bullying we still have individual administrators here and there who dont see it quite the same way and who often made the fault, well, its two girls it cant be that bad. The truth is it can be very, very bad. Especially for the girl whos tn feeling victimized. Ca i want to say tote a the caller think her daughter has a wonderful advocate in her and the quality of her relationshipw will help her daughter be lifet resilient across a whole host of issues and challenges throughout her lifetime. And im sorry the response they appear to have got felt dismissive but i would encouragt her toin report to other peopler shes not getting a satisfied o asponse and sometimes or sch parents we have to be a little bit of a thorn in the side of administrators or school saying i dont think you understand, this is more inh serious and i dont think at t bowlers, the people who engage in chronic bowling w
San bernadino mass shooting. Hostsritage foundation discussion on the obama strategy counterterrorism strategy. General Loretta Lynch comey spoke from fbi had worked headquarters in washington, d. C. Attorney general lynch good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming over. I have joined by the director today. The news from San Bernardino continues to evolve, and now we have seen the names and faces of those who have fallen and the injured, and lets keep them in our prayers, not just those who lost their lives, but those who were injured, including Law Enforcement officials. It is an evolving investigation. We told you we would keep you informed about this investigation. Recently there was a press conference in the local area with the assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles Office providing details. The director will give you a briefing as well. The fbi has taken the lead in this investigation. They continue to work with our local partners who are outstanding, also along with