i am going to swear you in so please remain standing. do affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. thank you very much. we will start with introductory remarks by our judicial nominees. i am so lucky to have here with me today several members of my family. first with me today is my husband who has supported every step of my career since we first met in college and our son who is the light of our lives and make sure every day has moments of both humility and joy. also drawing me are my parents who raised me to set high expectations for myself and to believe even as a child my thoughts mattered and i father and mother in law whose families came to the united states from china in search of a better life and who went on to build a successful future for themselves and their own children in incumbent texas. my sister victoria and her family cannot be in person but i know they are watchin
pain for 15 families getting confirmation of their tragic loss this afternoon. correspondent bill melugin is there tonight live with the latest. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. unfortunately we are witnessing some of that unimaginable pain you just referenced. the building behind us here in the city of uvalde is the civic center. i can tell you there is a private room in there right now where there are dozens of loved ones, family members parents waiting. waiting for any information whatsoever about their children, about their loved ones, waiting to find out if they are even alive or not. i want to show you this video right here. take a look at this. this is video posted to social media shortly after that shooting took place alleging to show that 18-year-old shooter arriving on campus and walking in to one of the campus buildings with a firearm. now texas governor greg abbott says it is their belief he showed up with a handgun as well as a rifle kind of hard
Judge ordering crews held without bond. That happened just an hour ago. He is being charged with premeditated murder of 17 for the High School Students and teachers. This comes as his association with a White Nationalist militia comes to light. The Associated Press is reporting he took part in paramilitary drills with a group called the republic of florida in tallahassee. More on these details and what was missed on social media that was out there. That is straight ahead. We also just found out the senate stuck in quicksand as they hold procedural votes on reform amendments. They need 60 votes to halt debatthe debate on each one of them. The mccain dreams act has failed, we are tracking the rest of them but we have coverage of that plus the 1. 5 trillion in for structure plan, congressman tom rice and joe joining us exclusively with their opinions on whether theres enough money to even begin to scratch the surface of all the problems we have with infrastructure in this country. To wall
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a