To order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess ny time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on the department of justice Civil Rights Division. With that, we will have the pledge of allegiance. ■m arizona lead us in the pledge of allegiance . Our colleague, mr. Biggs marzano will be able to participate in the hearing today for the purpose of questioning the witness. If a member yields him time for that purpose, i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Thank our witness for being here today. The Civil Rights Division is responsible for the enforcement of civil rights statutes enacted by congress and related constitutional guarantees. Rt. I too, in a previous life served in the department of justice, having served as special assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of texas. My job there as the witness and my colleaguekn was the chief of police in sweetwater texas. His job was to equally enforce the law. My grandmother was the fi
your vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. we went off the air at 10:00 a.m. on friday, and ten minutes later, this. this is an nbc news special report. . we have just received word of a decision in one of the most consequential cases before the supreme court in decades. the monumental ruling by the supreme court finally handed down more than a month after that unprecedented leak of a draft opinion suggesting the nation s highest court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 roe v. wade case. the nation s highest court ruling 6-3 to uphold the mississippi abortion ban being challenged. chief justice john roberts supported that, but stopped short of overturning roe. that vote was 5-4, ending the constitutional protected right to abortion after nearly 50 years. the results follow decades after opponents of abortion made possible by three appointees to the high court by former presidential donald trump. the ruling reversed planned parenthoo
Mh370. Nine years on, an inquiry of a former russian spy accusing the russian president of ordering the killing. Im lee wilings wellings summer and winter games beijing is the first, and agony for almati. Hudges hundreds of palestinians attended the funeral of an 18 month old baby who died, the baby answer parents and fouryearold brother are in critical condition. In hospital in israel. What happened was condemned as an act of terrorism. More from Stefanie Dekker who is there. The family shared the only bedroom. They would have been fast asleep when the window was smashed and the small space set on fire. Ibrahim heard screams and parents were lying outside with clothes on fire. When they came back, the two men were gone. Translator smoke was coming from inside i saw the fouryearold and pulled him out. They said there was another one inside. The flames were so big there was no way to save the baby. This was the room where 18yearold allie was found. The way he described what was left of
Presented itself as denial that ebola was even real. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was a day of bombings and bloodshed in three major countries across the muslim world. In iraq, Islamic State suicide bombers killed nearly 60 people and wounded more 100 others. The attackers struck after nightfall in diyala province, just over 30 miles northeast of baghdad. Ifill and in afghanistan, taliban suicide bombers struck again, killing at least five people and wounding 16 outside kabuls international airport. The blast at a busy rou
Community must continue to do its utmost against terrorism. Abe and netanyahu announced a joint document that calls for deepening defense exchanges. It also says their countries will start preliminary discussions on an investment pact. Abe also said this year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the cities hiroshima and nagasaki. He stressed that japan attaches great importance to the control and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Abe urged israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty and quickly ratified the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty. Before the News Conference abe laid a wreath at the yad vashem Holocaust Memorial in jerusalem. He pledged to contribute to world peace so as not to repeat the tragedies of war. The memorial is dedicated to the 6 million jews who died in concentration camps during world war ii. Abe signed a book to express sympathy for the victims. Translator i declare my determination never to allow such tragedies to happen again in t