Osu. Mark with that in mind the latest on the suspect of the case. Investigators are looking into whether this was an act of terrorism. We have shown you photos of artan. If you want us muslims to stop carrying out terrorist attacks, make peace. They say the attacker was inspired by isis. Police are inspecting his computer, and cell phone and talking with others. Romona the violent incident wasnt just scary for ohio students and staff, lacy crisp talked to others who picked that day to visit the campus. A northeast ohio family was on a College Visit and across the street from watts hall an hour before the attack. They are thankful for their training and osu officer who took down the suspect. It is surreal. Understandably shaken heather and rob were just blocks away when the attack happened. School. Their daughter is a junior and scheduled a campus tour. They just walked into a building and the tour guy told them there was an active shooter on campus. You hear that and youre like wow, w
After the september 11th attacks, and initially he was involved with u. S. Efforts at the u. N. Security council to freeze and block assets linked to alqaeda. But after the invasion of ric in 2003 of iraq in 2003, he ended up in baghdad among the First American diplomats sent to the iraqi capital. And then he went on to spend seven years in either iraq or afghanistan advising u. S. Forces and working with local authorities and others. Kaels service, for which he received the secretary of states medal for heroism, was uncommon not only for the amount of time he was posted in iraq or afghanistan, but also for the range of his contacts and the depth of his involvement with american troops and local civilians. His new book, the mirror test, recounts his personal journey, and it also provides a closeup, gritty, emotional portrait of the, of the wars that america has been engaged in now for well over a decade. Kaels very critical of americas failures in both conflicts and makes a point of hi
A in either iraq or afghanistan advising u. S. Forces and working with local authorities and others. His service for which he received the secretary of states medal for heroism was uncommon, not only for the about of time he was posted in iraq or afghanistan but also for the range of his contacts and the depth of his involvement with american troops and local civilians. His new book, the mirror test america at war in iraq and afghanistan recounts his personal journey and also provides a closeup, greedy, emotional portrait of the wars that america has been engaged in now for well over a decade. Kael has been critical of america in both conflicts and makes a point of highlighting the tremendous human costs of the conflicts, the dead and wounded troops, and the meaning civilian casualties. Hes haunted in particular by one u. S. Military mission in iraq in early 2005 that ended in a Helicopter Crash killing 30 marines and one navy corpsman. He remains the single largest casual incident in
Republican convention. As chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, congressman ben lujan is in charge of democrats efforts to win back a majority in the house of representatives. He spoke about the dcccs history and the effect that donald trump is having on house races. From the National Press club in washington, this is an hour. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. My name is thomas burr. Im the washington correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and the 109th president of the National Press club. Id like to welcome our guest today, congressman Ben Ray Lujan, chairman of the Democratic Campaign committee. The National Press club has hosted nearly every president since our founding in 1908. I should note weve had a lot more visit in modern times from our friends in the legislative branch, including a good couple dozen house and Senate Members in the last couple of years. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Im going to turn the microphone over to bob wiener from our
Her two children, who escaped. April, first of all, im glad everybody is okay. How frightening, how panicked was it . Pretty bad because the winds was pretty high when we left the motel and debris flying into the parking lot. On the way there, like i said, we got to the bridge that was in flames underneath and on the sides. The gas station below it on fire. We literally ran out of gas sitting on the bridge. You ran out of gas . Yes. So the bridge was stopped halfway across the bridge with flames. We finally got an officer to stop to get us out of the vehicle and away from the fire. There was debris flying and hitting the vehicle on fire and the kids screaming, you know, scared to death. Reporter and you . Yeah. We didnt have time to grab the stuff in our car. Reporter but everybody got out alive. The despite the fact you said you ran out of gas the gas station was on fire and under the bridge as well. Reporter how do you think you made it out . God. Reporter god . Yep. No doubt. Report