Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actual
why the nichols family is criticizing the investigation. plus, we re talking to troy carter. dangerous weather across the south and midwest being blamed for at least one death in texas. we re live with what s expected to be a multi-day ice storm and where it s headed next. the high-stakes meeting today between secretary of state antony blinken and the head of hamas. and an exclusive interview with homeland secretary alejandro majorca. it s my hope they take that problem and they fix it. we begin this hour in memphis where more first responders are facing disciplinary action over the tyre nichols death. the memphis police department now says two more officers were relieved of duty after the brutal and deadly beating of nichols which was captured on video. one of the newly named officers preston hemphill was involved in the initial traffic stop and used a taser on nichols before he fled from police. his lawyer says he was never present at the second seen. lawyer
Her desire to divorce james kaufman, he was intent to rather have her killed as opposed to losing his financial empire. Reporter he was the one who led kaufman to a hit man. In total eight people were arrested today. Kaufman was 47. She was a wellloved radio host and advocate for military vets. She was killed may 10th of 2012 suffering multiple gunshot wounds. A worker found kaufman lying on her bedroom floor. The beginning they did not believe the killing was random. He attended the funeral, but in the months ask years since her death, he remarried. The victims daughter sued her stepfather in federal court aimed at stopping him from collecting on any insurance policies. Documented evidence from his home and medical office. Its also important to note that the man who pulled the trigger died a year later in october of 2013 from an apparent drug overdose. I also spoke with dr. James kaufmans attorney by phone a short time ago. He told me in part, quote, i have not read the indictment but
Reported on this earlier this year in march. So did many other outlets. Allegedly curtis smith climbed the outer perimeter of the stone wall of the white house. He was immediately apprehended by secret service, placed him under arrest, escorted him off the property and he was charged with unlawful entry. The District Attorney here in Chester County did not take questions so thats all he told us. He wouldnt give us any indication as to whether what happened at the white house could be in any way connected to what happened here today at the Justice Center. Keith . Thank you very much. Nbc 10 contacted curtis smiths attorney, who says he represented smith for a domestic dispute involving smiths wife. He said his client was supposed to be getting counseling. Wouldnt go on camera but told us quote, he was a hardworking young man and you would never think that he would do Something Like this. He called the incident sad and tragic. Now to developing story in philadelphias Strawberry Mansion.
You dont need a jacket, mid to upper 60s. Im more of a spring and fall person than a summer person. Yesterday running outside, boy, did it feel warm. A lot harder to run in the warmer weather. Thats for sure. It will be another toasty afternoon. Afternoon highs 79 in gaithersburg. 83 in washington. 84 in fredericksburg. Certainly warm weather for today. Warm and dry to boot. Warm and dry temperatures. Sunday, also plenty warm. Not record highs to finish out the month of april. Monday, may 1st looks like it may be our next chance for everybody to get much needed rainfall. Now for a check on friday traffic, lets go over to melissa. Good morning, prince gorges county looking good. Most of the problems we have been having are out of the way. That is good. Taking a look at 66, Fairfax County parkway to the belt no big problems there. Listen to wtop 103. 5. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway defining this problem on 66 and have cleared out of the way. Melissa, thank you. Developing now