Spkr. Pelosi good afternoon. Here we are in our new arrangement of social distancing. Thank you for being here. It is a very important day for us for a number of reasons. It is heartbreaking, but we have passed the milestone of one Million People in our country who are sick, and nearly 60,000 who have died from the coronavirus. The American People expect congress to do all that we can to protect the lives, the livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they expect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. And so today, just to put this in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would preve
Livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they inspect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. Thiso today, just to put in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would prevent a lot of waste, and maybe even save some lives, and that is the way it turned out. It was a committee that cost around 1 million, saved about 15 billion in dollars of those years. So, it is about waste, fraud, and abuse, as i said, and making sure the money goes where it is supposed to go. What i loved about what harry truman said is that as they looked at spending the rest, he said, later when he was president ,
and this is dateline. i can t believe that their baby is lying there lifeless. she was everything to me. she was so sweet everybody. state troopers said bonnie had died in a hiking accident. the said she fell off a cliff. her mother said, they were wrong. i was screaming to them, these are defensive wounds. no witnesses, no weapon. nothing left behind by a stranger s dna. we no longer have some accidental death. this was a homicide. they had no suspect. but for years, her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. i just got information, there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else. something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna from an unknow
Assault. We feel as though the Justice System is broken in this case. And that we pray to god that our loss is not something that anyone else will ever have to go through. You ask what to do now . We need to honor her, celebrate her life. And do things for tricia, honor her, live her. Remember the medical examiner said mccauley died from strangulation. Were learning in the complaint today that the medical examiner found trauma to her face, upper torso, stockings had been torn and also there were signs of a sexual assault. The judge said no bond. He will remain in jail. Live downtown matt ackland fox 5 local news. The man accused in mccauleys murder, 29yearold Duane Johnson is from Upper Marlboro maryland but Court Records show he has multiple to be a dc resident and a long rap sheet that dates back to 2011 filled with shoplifting incidents. The majority of which johnson plead guilty to but five days before tricia went missing, johnson went before a judge yet again on theft charges. A j
D. C. Before he visits cia headquarters. This comes amid continued protests gets his presidency. Gsh gsh against. Things off to a busy start in washington. The kick off in the next couple of minutes is expected to be star studded in one of the biggest protests we have seen in quite some time. President elect donald trump and First Lady Melania Trump capped a busy Inauguration Day attending a third and final ball honoring the military. There he touted his only two cabinet members in place so far, james mattis and john kelly the generals get approved first. Their confirmations came hours after the 45th president was sworn in delivering a forceful 16minute address. From this day forward its going to be only america first. Reporter after bidding farewell to the obamas and holding a short parade, mr. Trump wasted no time in his quest to repeal obamacare. He signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to minimize the financial burden of the law by eliminating the penalty for not h