[inaudible conversation] before we have our Opening Statements for this hearing, i have a short statement i want to make on another issue. If mrs. Feinstein has anything on the same thing im talking about, she would get whatever time she wants. Separate from my regular opening statement, i need to talk about a serious threat to this committees Oversight Authority. The need for congress to havee access to information in the executive branch is inherent in the constitution. The Supreme Court has said so clearly and repeatedly. Executive Branch Agencies cannot limit our legislative power of inquiry mary merely by entering into nondisclosure agreements with one another, but thats exactly what the fbi has tried to do. Yesterday i sent a pair of letters to the office of special counsel and the fbi about the most recent example. P nondisclosure agreements are essentially gag orders, plain and simple. They thwart transparency, corner jim account ability and seek to obstruct congressional overs
The sitting president over a corruption scandal. We will get the latest. Then we look at the Environmental Protection agency under its Climate Change denying head scott pruitt. It has beenlieve proven that co2 is the primary control knob for climate . Do you believe that . No, i think that measuring precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there is tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. Amy we will speak to mustafa epa the head of the Environmental Justice program who resigned last week to protest the agencys new direction. 24 years ago, he helped start the Environmental Justice program at the epa, which worked with low income and marginalized communities dealing with industrial pollution and Climate Change. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general Jeff Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u. S. Attorneys on friday, angering the prosecut
Ballistic missiles to the u. S. Deploying a Missile Defense system to south korea. This all comes as south korea is Constitutional Court removes the sitting president over a corruption scandal. We will get the latest. Then we look at the Environmental Protection agency under its Climate Change denying head scott pruitt. It has beenlieve proven that co2 is the primary control knob for climate . Do you believe that . No, i think that measuring precision h human actctivity one climate is something very challenging to do and there is tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. Amy we will speak to mustafa epa the head of the Environmental Justice program who resigned last week to protest the agencys new direction. 24 years ago, he helped start the Environmental Justice program at the epa, which worked with low income and marginalized communities dealing with industrial pollution and Climate Change. All that and more, coming up. Welcome e to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the wa
Ballistic missiles to the u. S. Deploying a Missile Defense system to south korea. This all comes as south korea is Constitutional Court removes the sitting president over a corruption scandal. We will get the latest. Then we look at the Environmental Protection agency under its Climate Change denying head scott pruitt. It has beenlieve proven that co2 is the primary control knob for climate . Do you believe that . No, i think that measuring precision h human actctivity one climate is something very challenging to do and there is tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. Amy we will speak to mustafa epa the head of the Environmental Justice program who resigned last week to protest the agencys new direction. 24 years ago, he helped start the Environmental Justice program at the epa, which worked with low income and marginalized communities dealing with industrial pollution and Climate Change. All that and more, coming up. Welcome e to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the wa
As he approached our deputy he stated you are going to have to kill me. All new a deadly threat a man charges at deputies with a thanks for joining us. Im wendy ryan. Im jamison uhler. Deputies say the mans actions forced them to shoot. Lets head straight to Michael Paluska live at the duvall park apartments. Michael. Reporter jamison, deputies telling us they had no other choice. They are still here on scene investigating. Witnesses also told us that they did see the man lunge at deputies with that knife. We also did see a picture that we are not showing our viewers it did show that man holding a very large kitchen knife. The 911 call came in just before 5 30. Pinellas county investigators say the man who was shot and killed by deputies had just battered his girlfriend. She ran to a anybodys home with her children and told deputies that her boyfriend was armed. They described the door opening quickly. He had the niefn his hand and said you are going to have to kill me. Reporter deputy