A suspect who was africanamerican the story is already making headlines all over the world and and this is the image thats already become iconic take a look at this picture right there this is really an important image and there you see it you see you see the officers knee with what appears to be his full weight pressing down on the suspects neck while the suspect is on the ground and handcuffed witnesses say the officer held his knee on the suspects neck despite pleadings from the suspect and from bystanders for their part the officers are heard on the video suggesting that they tried to put the suspect in the cruiser but they were unable to do so. Also as we look at this image its important to note that the reason that this suspect is being arrested is because a merchant called police accusing him the suspect now identified as george floyd. Who you see right there with the officers knee on his neck trying to pay with a 20. 00 bill that the merchant believes was counterfeit so thats w
Military leader, Something Like this was going to happen. I was briefed on friday, and did not believe that the intelligence that the president cited just about any imminent c2 take out such a senior leader. Something that we have never, we have not done since 1944 when we shut down a plane with the japanese admiral. It was really on a precedented act of escalation and it clearly has put us in harms way, american servicemembers, who do not deserve to be running for their lives right now. Again, all this set of by the u. S. Strike that killed the top Iranian Military leader, Qassem Soleimani, invited last week. They had evidence that he was planning attacks on american. Secretary of state mike pompeo said, the u. S. Was prepared to act if iran retaliated. Joining us now is dr. The director of iranian studies at stanford. First of all, professor, your reaction to all of this. I am surprised, i am saddened. Lives might be lost in all of this. This morning, listening to the iranian media a
[gavel] the committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be jo im sure aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accidents are thoroughly investigated, their causes identified, and their solutions implemented. Unfortun
[gavel] the committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accid
Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federa the faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accidents are thoroughly investigated, their causes identified, and their solutions implemented. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not yet have the conclusive results of the two crash investigations and cannot say definitively why these terri