Care. And the following is a statement written by his wife. It was read by the police chief. If elia was writing this, he would want to say that he is like every other cop working in San Francisco. He goes to work every day to protect and serve his community. He does this with heart and passion. At the end of the day, like any other officer, he wants to come home to his family. Elia is a symbol of strength. Its in his blood. This situation will be no different. This is not the end of elias story. Please, please, send him positive energy and love. He deserves it and he will no doubt get through this. Reporter just to give you an idea of how well liked this officer is, were told that in his five years with the department, he has been recognized numerous times for his Outstanding Police work. Owe received sfpds purple heart award in 2015 after he was hurt on the job while trying to protect others. And we also learned he recently started law school. He teaches jujitsu and volunteers in the
Fragile that it led to the class. Thank you very much. Were through our appointed time. Well break for now and come back at 3 30. I believe theres a break outside for all of you. Then mcraven will have his remarks. [ applause ] let me also thank director jim clapper and director john brennan, two very Close Friends who have worked with me side by side for many years now. We are really blessed to have these two gentlemen in the positions they are in. I cant think of any two guys that have done more to protect this nation over the years than jim clapper and john brennan. Gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us today. [ applause ] and i also want to recognize again former director porter goss. Great to have you here. Youve added a lot to the last two days. I would be remiss if i didnt call out my very good friend and ment mentor, admiral. He has graciously worked with me as i have established my tenure here at the university of texas. Thank you again very much. Im going to approach
The weather has been so pleasant, look august head to such nice weather, i thought i had to extend my work week. Why not . Yes, so, so nice outside. When you hear birds chirping outside in the middle of december you know it is mild, right . We actually continue to keep the really tranquil weather pat american place, as well, not just mild. So often we talk about trade office where all right if you are going to have warmth, you have to unfortunately deal with some rain. Not this time. Not this weekend. So, beautiful weather unfolding overall. I do think youll see few more clouds out there, which well discuss, but overall i think the warmth is definitely the big weather headline, lets show you whats going on on storm scan. T heck of a lot. We have generally clear sky for you, but i do want you to keep in mind that since the last few days, weve had areas of fog develop, very likely to see that happen again, satellite coverage not showing a heck of a l see little hint of green pop though b
I met a veteran who has been out two years and 10 disability but the point is he cant get his paperwork from dod. What are we doing . We have asked this question for years. Its a great question. I have to say secretary hagel and i are totally aligned that we want to have a seamless handoff from the department of defense to the va. Thats why we have instituted programs like cap while the person is on active duty and allison can talk about that. Congressman brown some good news to report on this front though it didnt obviously help that particular veteran two years ago we are engaged now in the mandatory program for all of our servicemembers including National Guard and reserve for which there are now nearly a million who qualify for benefits that did not previously. Another thing that is starting literally right now is the mandatory separation health assessment. The choice to the veteran told a session is if you are going to make a claim to be a for anything that va will do a complete s
Of course the increase in hostilities in various middle eastern countries, particularly saudis yemen, the u. S. Now adding air power in tikrit. Wti above 50 a barrel. Maybe its having an impact on the broader markets. Heres the tenyear note yield. Heard from lockhart he was with steve, saying soft soft in the economy. February was not a great month. No february wasnt. Our road map, it does begin irk with the selloff in the markets which is continuing. Futures lower. You saw that oil up saudi arabia, yes, it is striking in yemen. Sandisk is also under pressure this morning, after a tough day for Semiconductor Stocks. The company cuts its Sales Outlook and its stock is down as a result. And new, chilling details on that plane crash in the french alps. Officials saying the copilot deliberately downed the plane. More details as they emerge. A News Conference from lufthansa in the next half hour. Oil prices surging past the 50 mark. You saw that. Thats the First Time Since march 10th, after