Required halfhour checks. It is rare to see guards in the bureau of prisons be held accountable in a criminal court for felonies. This is a big deal. Reporter epstein, arrested on july 6, was being held at m. C. C. While awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. According to the indictment, at approximately 6 33, an alarm was activated. Epstein was alone in his cell and not responsive with a noose around his neck. Today in washington, the director of the bureau of prisons faced questions about the investigation into epsteins death in one of her facilities. Theres got to be either a major malfunction of the system or a criminal enterprise at foot to allow this to happen. So are you looking at both . Is the f. B. I. Looking at both . If the f. B. I. Is involved then they are looking at criminal enterprise, yes. Reporter the Union Representing the two officers who both pleaded not guilty today say that the charges sidestep the larger problem of chronic understaffing in federal pr
[no audio] thank you. Throughout the year, we honor president and missions bushes legacy bushs legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, president ial years, and the bush connection with you wendy that she would any une. Today, we had the Incredible Opportunity to examine a Pivotal Moment in american history, and of americas educational system. We gather to learn about and to commemorate, the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all u. S. Governors to create a unified set of National Educational goals. This work brought data and research at long last into the process of crafting educational policy. Our event today will undoubtedly shed light on the strides we have made since september 27, 1989, when this historic meeting took place. We will also shine a light on the work left to be done. To introduce the event further and or millie introduce todays guest, il special invite the chairman of the george and Barbara Bush Foundation and a nephew of presi
Charlottesville, virginia, was hosted by president George H W Bush and laid down education standards that are still in effect today. The george and Barbara Bush Foundation founded this hosted this gathering. [applause] George H W Bush said he wanted to be the education and environment bush and oneofakind look, gentler america. How better to tell us his vision for this summit than George H W Bush himself. The spirit of this summit is how can we get results . We are here to put progress before partisanship, the future before the moment, and our children before ourselves. And now it is time to defined goals. This is the time for action. I value your advice and ideas as we continue to refine the federal role. To those who say money alone is the answer, i say that there is no one answer. If anything, hard experience teaches that we are simply not getting our moneyss worth in education. Our focus must no longer be on resources. It must be on results. This is only the third time in nation tha
Investigation. The bribe is to. And a low birthrate crisis in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Hello, its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 9 00am in beijing, where chinas president has made his strongest comments yet on hong kong. Xi jinping called on the territory to restore order and bring an end to the violence following the latest violent protests. Chinas president also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Verna yu is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Yes, i actually believe this is the first time that president xijinping has spoken out on the issue. Previously, in the communique of a key Party Meeting over a week ago, they made a pretty strong statement about the signalling the need for tighter control in hong
In more than 50 years. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine in 2014 have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mh17 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see our separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian government. They used a secured phone is an unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show