The reigning champ defeated so how many hot dogs does it take . Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this holiday. Im cecilia vega. We begin tonight with patriotic fever and fear around the country, as fourth of july celebrations are in full swing. Police are on guard. Take a look. This officers face says it all. Heightened security here in times square. In the nations capital, officers lining the Independence Day parade. And in boston, bombsniffing dogs making sure the thousands gathered at the pops concert will be safe. Teams of police tracking any possible threat. And our Ron Claiborne has been right there with them. He leads us off tonight from one of the countrys largest celebrations, right here in new york city. Reporter this holiday weekend, crowds gathering to watch fireworks, enjoy a parade, take in a ball game, under the shadow of heightened concerns about the possibility of a terror attack. Already, heavily armed squadrons of Police Deployed to city streets and at n
The reigning champ defeated so how many hot dogs does it take . Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this holiday. Im cecilia vega. We begin tonight with patriotic fever and fear around the country, as fourth of july celebrations are in full swing. Police are on guard. Take a look. This officers face says it all. Heightened security here in times square. In the nations capital, officers lining the Independence Day parade. And in boston, bombsniffing dogs making sure the thousands gathered at the pops concert will be safe. Teams of police tracking any possible threat. And our Ron Claiborne has been right there with them. He leads us off tonight from one of the countrys largest celebrations, right here in new york city. Reporter this holiday weekend, crowds gathering to watch fireworks, enjoy a parade, take in a ball game, under the shadow of heightened concerns about the possibility of a terror attack. Already, heavily armed squadrons of Police Deployed to city streets and at n
Committee will come to order. Mr. Debty attorney general, welcome to the commerce justice and science appropriations subcommittee which we will be hearing in department of justice fiscal year 2018 budget request. Im pleased to welcome you here to your first hearing before this subcommittee and im grateful that you and attorney general sessions have brought new desperately needed leadership to the doj. Youre input is helpful and necessary as we review the present Spending Priorities in order to ensure the countrys National Security and Law Enforcement needs are funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenge in budget climates as you know. As Violent Crime has risen, the president proposes to decrease funding to the department of justice by 637 million in 18 for a new total of 28. 3 billion. Since the start of the new administration and during the early days of your tenure as the Deputy Attorney general im pleased that the department is refocusing on these core mission of enf
General rob rosenstein, there he is on the screen, testifying about the Justice Departments budget request for fiscal year 2018. Much of the questioning has been on the investigation into russian meddling in the u. S. Election and whether President Trump has been an impediment in that investigation. E join it in progress. Mr. Rosenstein i think o. M. B. Would be the right agency to answer that question. Mr. Senator lankford i hope to work on that. Rather than go back to treasury, as we solve that issue, that budget gimmick goes away. Ill follow up on a question for the record to private prisons that i know youre trying to reengage and well follow up. Thank you. Chairman shelby senator coons. Senator coons thank you, mr. Chairman. Deputy attorney general rosenstein thank you for being ere. You are here because attorney general sessions abruptly canceled his commitment to appear before this committee it is the attorney generals job to be here today. The fact he has again chosen to skip t
Appropriation committee which we will hear in the fiscal year 2018 budget request. I am grateful that you and the attorney general brought the leadership to the og. Your input is helpful and necessary as we reviewed the priorities for the Justice Department to ensure that National Security and Law Enforcement is funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenging budget climate as you know. Violent crime has risen and terrorists have escalated fiscal constraints. The president proposes to decrease funding at the department of justice for 630 million in a team for the new total of 28. 3 billion. Since the start of the new administration in the early days of the tenure as Deputy Attorney general, im pleased the department is refocusing on the core mission of enforcing a donations constitution and newly enacted laws. Its critical to target the finite lawenforcement resources towards the worst criminals in our society and i agree with the attorney generals productive to go after t