were found in his delaware home as late as this morning. we are still trying to sort some of this out. the two men who could potentially face off for the presidency in 2024 are now both under a special counsel probe, another word for probe is investigation. so oversight committee member byron donalds is standing by we will speak with him in just a moment so first let s talk with peter doocy white house correspondent waiting for the two-minute warning at the white house and we ve been waiting about an hour and a half now for this to go under way. hi, peter, tell us what you are expecting at this point. martha we are expecting them to come out at some point, and the topic du jour today is why isn t this administration, we have this ms ration claims to be so transparent with everything including on this issue, and yet we are finding out more details about this case from the attorney general. here at the white house somebody sent president biden out in mexico city on tuesday ni
The divide was a little divide. There were political scientists that were just in town. The idea that this country itself is just wrong. I dont know a single political scientist that believes that. All realize that whatever theyve done in life is something that ought to be recorded and passed on to the next generation. Thats the way we learn, we learn by trying to understand the past. All of us have a past. You really only focused titan. This is a great question that goes to the heart of all the questions that we we talk about. We realize that theres no way that we could tell the whole story. Of course, the telephone book is not a story. I think all the opportunities are open for women now. When i was in law school, i graduated in 1967 there were 13 women in the class of 500. Today theyre 50 50. You never like people that put profit above the public good, and his view belong to the American People for generations unborn and they need to be handed on as places to awaken the spirit. I ma
Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Is kenneth fine berg, from the Victim Compensation fund and author of the book what is the life worth . The unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9 11. Kenneth fineberg, why did you call the book that you just wrote what is life worth . Because congress in setting up this program after 9 11 delegated to me and really to me alone the requirement the obligation to try and calculate what each death caused by 9 11 or each physical injury should be paid out of public funds. What were you called . I was called a rather judicial term a special master. That connotes in the law somebody who is sort of delegated authority. Usually by a court. To act as some administrative arm of the court to administer or design a settlement and then to allocate the proceeds of the settlement. How many people did you award money to and how much . I awarded 7 billion dollars of taxpayer funds, all public funds, to approximately 5300 people. 3,000, roughly, 2,900 families who lost a loved one on 9 11 a
Morning and take a look at the flame shot into the air as oakland fire crews said it erupted on the set the story of the Apartment Building not with the forestry near Martin Luther king way. Reporter the fire crews call the three long fire which included 44 firefighters they found two bodies of two adults inside the secondfloor apartment for the back that is what the firefighters believe they died as a result of the fire. Reporter a fire investigators also here as crews continue to mop up this morning. were still checking for hot spots of mecca sure that there is no more head did members and hear it bird in it in a catch the Building Back on fire the vials are protected and have dickcissel fire damaged the rubble of buildings. We want to make sure that the property is secure as possible. Reporter and visited will work to determine cause and origin of the fire theyre not able to say more about the victims of of the men are two adults and one of them is a man and many residents do fear t