Radically motivated shooting at a Grocery Store in buffalo, new york just last month, many, many attacks have devastated communities across the country. The response of secretary Homeland Security recently launched the new urgent review to assess the departments capabilities to address this rising threat. We are here today to discuss one of those capabilities in depth. Key piece of department Homeland Securitys toolbox has been the targeted violence and terrorism Prevention Grant program, or tvtp. Since 2011, the department has identified the need to partner with local communities to address the growing domestic terrorism threat. In 2016, dhs launched the countering extremist violence prevention program, but tvtp. However, weak management of that Grant Program undermine Homeland Securitys ability to determine the effect of this due to underfunding and concerns about the inherent anti muslim bias and some of that. It eroded trust with minority communities. It is local Community Leaders
A committee on oversight management and accountability will come to order, and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a subcommittee in recess at any point. Im going to start by thanking everyone for joining us today. We are here to discuss a topic thats becoming all too familiar to many of us in every part of this nation. That is domestic terrorism. From the hostage situation at the synagogue in coney ville, texas, earlier this year to the radically motivated shooting at a Grocery Store in buffalo, new york just last month, many, many attacks have devastated communities across the country. The response of secretary Homeland Security recently launched the new urgent review to assess the departments capabilities to address this rising threat. We are here today to discuss one of those capabilities in depth. Key piece of department Homeland Securitys toolbox has been the targeted violence and terrorism Prevention Grant program, or tvtp. Since 2011, the department has identi
It will help our exports indirectly. Reminder the fed is independent. White house has pushed to calm recession fears came days after the bond market flashed a warning that has an easterly accurate trade record for predicting recessions. Since Trump Took Office the stock market has reached record highs, unemployment has stayed at record lows. The numbers could set off a downturn including the trade war with china, the shrinking effect of the 2017 tax cuts or the risk of deflation. After the massacres in el paso and dayton, three more Mass Shootings were foiled by police. Three men in three different states, ohio, florida, and connecticut, arrested after they expressed interest in shootings or threatened to carry them out. In all three cases authorities were alerted by members of the public. The latest coming in ohio. A selfdescribed White Nationalist accused of threatening to shoot up a Jewish Community center in youngstown, ohio. James riordan attended the 2017 unite the right rally in
Melissa White House Correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn. Good afternoon to you. They are getting ripped his the president and first lady getting ready to leave Miami Valley Hospital in dayton where they have been there for a little more than on the last hour. While at the hospital, President Trump says you had god watching. I want you to know where with you all the way great close with the meeting with First Responders, law enforcement. The survivors and their family members that, as well. The president was asked on his way out the door about his critics who say his rhetoric is emboldening White Supremacists like the one who perpetrated the shooting in el paso, texas. The president saying that by and large his critics are people who are trying to score political points, and some of them are president ial candidates, as well. But he did agree with a republican colleague that on both sides of the political fence we need to use with the president said senator ted cruzs