Here. Reporter more than 1,000 people slept in the airport overnight. Waiting for a flight. They had nowhere else to go. There were no cots. No water, children were bathed in sweat. As their parents tried to keep them calm. My mother needs dialysis. And we have been here, 26 hours. There is a desperate situation at san juan airport now are you aware . Yes. The puerto ricos governor. He says he pleaded for more money from fema. So far, 1 billion has been earmarked for recovery. But not apparent here yet. The aid that comes to Puerto Rico Needs to be consistent with the aid provided anywhere else in the United States. Uerto rico dark. 85 of the power lines have been knocked out. It may be months before theyre repaired. Today the head of puerto ricos Telecommunication Alliance wrote to President Trump warning that things will get even worse unless there is fuel to supply generators. After a press conference today, President Trumps adviser for homeland security, tom bosert defended the gov
Disadvantage. And although they flew farther north than american combat aircraft have gone in years, they stayed 200 miles off the coast. Out of effective range of north korean antiaircraft missiles. In other word there was very little if any risk north korea could actually shoot down an american bomber. Still, north korea has intercepted american aircraft before. In 2003, this north korean mig surprised u. S. Reconnaissance plane conducting patrol off the coast. Its planes are a decade older and air force allowed to languish while kim jongun pours resources into Ballistic Missiles and nuclear weapons. According to one intelligence report, north korean pilots get as little as ten flying hours a year. The pentagon said the night flight by the b1st and f15s was response to missile tests as well as powerful underground nuclear explosion. And was intended as a sig naufl the many military options the u. S. Has the against north korea. One military officer said future bomber flights might co
The first story was this was purely on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and then the president reversed himself. I was always going to do it. Thats what the deputy said. So we got to really understand what went into this decision. For this decision, even though im on within of the committees questioning the russia hack and whether there were ties to the Trump Campaign, all of us on capitol hill in the committees relied on the fact with the f. B. I. , dozens of investigators, with the trained professionals in getting to the bottom of things, they were working in parallel so then when the president comes out of nowhere and fires the guy thats running that investigation, that sends first of all, it raises all kinds of questions. Why does the investigated fire the investigator . Why . It sends a tough signal to people in the f. B. I. , maybe your career isnt doing as quite as well as youd like it to. Host the president said in his statement when he fired the letterer to th
The first story was this was purely on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and then the president reversed himself. I was always going to do it. Thats what the deputy said. So we got to really understand what went into this decision. For this decision, even though im on within of the committees questioning the russia hack and whether there were ties to the Trump Campaign, all of us on capitol hill in the committees relied on the fact with the f. B. I. , dozens of investigators, with the trained professionals in getting to the bottom of things, they were working in parallel so then when the president comes out of nowhere and fires the guy thats running that investigation, that sends first of all, it raises all kinds of questions. Why does the investigated fire the investigator . Why . It sends a tough signal to people in the f. B. I. , maybe your career isnt doing as quite as well as youd like it to. Host the president said in his statement when he fired the letterer to th
Minority leader harry reid congratulated chris murphy for leading the 15hour debate against gun violence on wednesday in the senate. His remarks were followed by Mitch Mcconnell criticizing senate crast democrats for the debate calling it a talkathon. This is 20 minutes. Mr. President . For 14 hours and 50 minutes, beginning Late Wednesday morning and ending early thursday morning, the entire nation watched the senator from connecticut teach our republican colleagues a lesson and another things not the least of which is courage. It is easy to say we stood for 14 hours. We talk a lot about filibusters in the senate. They dont happen very often. I have been in congress for 34 heres and i have probably led two more than anyone else. They dont happen much. There are a lot of fake filibusters but this was real. I admire and appreciate the junior senator from connecticut very much. Four days after 49 innocent americans were gunned down in a nightclub, senator murphy stood here as indicated f