died of brain cancer one week ago at the age of 46. in his eulogy president obama said beau biden did in 46 years what most of us could not do in 146. it is our obligation our obligation to beau to think not about what was and what might have been but instead to think about what is because of him. think about the day that dawns for children who are safer because of beau. whose lives are fuller because of him. think about the day of the dawns parents who rest easier and families who are freer because of him. some folks may never know that their lives are better because of beau biden, but that s okay. certainly for beau acclaim was never the point of public service. but the lines of well-wishers who have been here all week they know. the white house mail room that s been overflowing with letters from people, those folks know. the soldiers who served with beau who joined the national guard because of him, the workers at birdie s who still have their home because of him and
hello, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. he didn t have a mean bone in his body. that s how president barack obama described beau biden. the oldest son of the vice president was remembered during a funeral in wilmington delaware. the 46-year-old had battled brain cancer and died a week ago. the flag at the white house is flying at half-staff in memory of biden. it was a very moving service with the president and family members honoring delaware s former attorney general. reporter: absolutely. very emotional service hearing eulogies from president obama and members of the family also assembled a bipartisan group of former president bill clinton, secretary of state hillary clinton, mitch mcconnell harry reid both inside in addition to many cabinet members. but the moment i think that people will remember from this funeral and from beau biden s three days of ceremonies is really the emotional parts that we heard from people s memor
people in las vegas including two police officers. authorities say the married couple line it may have thought they had an ax to grind with police. dan is in las vegas. dan, what do we understand now? reporter: well, hi, chris. these were two police officers who were having lunch. it s not like they were on a call or some kind of a dangerous situation. that s when the two suspects, a man and woman, come inside, open fire killing those officers. from there, they come into this walmart where there s even more bloodshed. now authorities are trying to figure out what prompted this whole thing. breaking overnight a raid in an apartment in las vegas, possibly the home of the two suspects involved in sunday s shooting spree. an area around the apartment was cordoned off. local affiliates report an explosion, apparently with a flash bang grenade set off by police. a law enforcement official tells cnn the suspects were a married couple. it s a tragic day. a very, very difficult da
call for this new government. for the people of iraq, secretary kerry s visit promises change for the better. translator: america will not accept the presence of al qaeda and isil in the region. it will have an effect on america, too. therefore, i think there s a solution in kerry s bag to solve the crisis and he will suggest solutions enabling iraqi politicians to reach national accord. we can t emphasize this enough, just looking at this on the ground, the situation is dire. right now the u.s. believes there are about 10,000 people now fighting under that i.s.i.s. flag. these militants here today capturing at least four more towns in the western desert. they are also in control of critical iraqi border crossings with syria there and neighboring jordan and have a direct line to the western outskirts of bagdad. jim sciutto, our chief national security correspondent is in bagdad traveling with secretary kerry. jim, to you. reporter: john kerry came here at a time, say u.
and calls are now growing louder for the justice department to the appoint a special prosecutor to investigate. cnn s tom foreman has details. john koskinen admits a few people in his agency once held up granting tax exempt stat to us some consecutive political groups. he admits e-mails possibly related to those events were lost. however, that was before he got there and he has been furiously denying talk in congress of a further conspiracy or i an cover-up. what i didn t hear in that was an apology to this committee. i don t think one is owed. but listen to what he is saying now to the public. i apologize to anybody who had their applications held up needlessly. everybody needs to be confident that the irs is going to treat them fairly no matter who they are, republicans, democrats. conservative websites are exploding saying koskinen despite the interview is simply widening a tangled web of deceit. republicans are calling for the attorney general s impeachment if