This hearing begins with Opening Statements from the witnesses. Thank you director. You are now recognize to give your statement for five minutes spent thank you chairman cummings and Ranking Member jordan and members of the committee. I am the Deputy Assistant director leading Information Services branch with the fbi criminal justice Information Services division. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee to testify today with the fbi use a facial recognition for Law Enforcement purposes it is crucial authorize numbers of the communities have access to todays Biometric Technology to investigate and identify to prosecute terrorists and criminals. The fbi nextgeneration Identification System which includes facial recognition aids in our ability across the country facial recognition is an investigative tool to greatly enhance Law Enforcement capabilities to protect Public Safety. As the fbi it is crucial to protect the Civil Liberties of the American People as part of
If you are between the ages of 25 and 40, call us at 2027488001. Order than 40, 2027488002. If you are under 25, you can call 2027488000. You can also send us your thoughts on social media. Again, we are talking this morning about the growing problem of student debt. Are some charts from the boston globe using data from the department of education. Of collegerage cost 0uition has risen from 2000 for a private Fouryear College average for a0 on private fouryear school. Costing aversities little over 10,000 in 2000. 20,000 risen to over in the most recent year that it is available. Large increases in the Sticker Price of a College Education. That does not factor in the amount of Financial Aid that students may be using. 78 of students who attend private Fouryear Colleges received some type of Financial Aid. Collegettend a public receive Financial Aid. 40 of those who have taken out federal Student Loans are behind on their payments. The wall chart from street journal that shows 22 millio
Thats going to be enough. Let me back up and tell you the story from the beginning. Stephanopoulos was one of bill clintons closest aides in the 90s, and pretty much ever since then he has been distancing himself from those roots. He has turned into one of the biggest stars of Television News cohost of americas mostwatched morning show, skilled Political Interview and abcs chief news anchor. Well now it turns out that abcs chief news anchor gave 75,000 to the Clinton Foundation. This might sound like a wonderful act of charity. The man makes millions of dollars a year and donates a lot of it. But stephanopoulos has been reporting on the foundation without telling viewers or his bosses about the donations. That is a journalistic lapse. And lets keep this in mind. The Clinton Foundation is no ordinary charity. It is one of a kind. Created by former president bill clinton that expanded to include potential future president Hillary Clinton. The foundation is controversial for all sorts of
It will go down to 20 and be permanent according to sources who have been read out summaries of whats going to be in this bill. House republicans right now still behind closed coodoors in about a 90 minute briefing of the contents of the bill. The individual side thats whats going to matter to every video, we have where the rates are going to be. Its never been secret this plan was going to shrink from seven to four rates. At the top rate they will leave the 39. 6 rate for individuals who make more or for couples that make more than a million dollars. For individuals that threshold is 500,000. That wasnt always going to be the case but thats a recognition of two things. One, they need money to pay for this plan and two, politically, saying millionaires arent getting a tax break on the individual side is valuable. Start going down the list here. For those who get the tax rate of 35 , that would start at married couples at 260,000 a year, 200,000 a year for individuals. At the 25 rate, t
Documents. He is cited more than any other witness. Today he finds himself caught in the crossfire between the white house and congress, which could lead him to face a contempt citation for refusing a subpoena from congress, for his documents. New york times reporting today, the white houses stance increases pressure on mr. Mcg n mcgahn, a crucial witness to mr. Mueller and house democrats. Ultimately decide whether to defy mr. Trump and cooperate with the committee or hold the administrations line. And the fight over mcgahn not the only front on which the white house is fighting congress. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchins refusal to turn over Donald Trumps taxes to congress is likely to end up in the supreme court. While the fight over an unredacted copy of the Mueller Report may result in a contempt citation for the attorney general. William barr would become the second attorney general in u. S. History to be found in contempt if Congress Takes that extraordinary step tomorrow. Here