And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Center, abc11 Eyewitness News at 4 00 starts right now. At any moment we could have an autopsy report on the man shot and killed by a Raleigh Police officer. That is one of the many new developments in the case. Here is the latest. A viewing is underway at a funeral home on new bern avenue. The end of what it the naacp just wrapped up a meeting with family, and then there is a march that is expected to get underway at the top of the. They will march to the wake county courthouse. We are awaiting autopsy results at any moment. On monday afternoon we were the first news crew on the scene. An hour after the shooting, and already a narrative on the scene had begun to develop about what happened, and it was spreading through the community. As that story went, akiel denkins had been shot five times in the back. The officer who shot him has a different story. The Police Unions confirming that twiddy has a longer. This point, we do not know what happened. We expect that autopsy to answer some
Some major victories scored for 2016 president ial frontrunners democrat Hillary Clinton, and republican donald trump. Both candidates are the projected winners in 7 states in the super tuesday contests. Heres a look at the break down of super tuesday wins. Donald trump takes alabama, arkansas, massachusetts, tennessee, georgia, virginia and vermont. Overnight ted cruz picked up a win in the alaska gop caucus. He also won his home state of texas, and took oklahoma. And florida senator, marco rubio picks up his first win in the primary contests winning overall votes in minnesota. For the democrats Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in texas, alabama, arkansas, tennessee, georgia, virginia, and now massachusetts where she nearly tied with bernie her challenger Bernie Sanders picks up a win in his home state of vermont tonight. He also picks up oklahoma, colorado and minnesota. Though trump and clinton left super tuesday as bit winners, they still face competition from within their o
Body cameras and antibias techniques and training they want to share the ideas before taking them to city council. City leaders had plapped to talk about the use of body cameras planned to talk about the use of body cameras the day of the shooting and there are million questions. Lawmakers are wondering what role the state should play in the body camera delight. Steve sbraccia spent the afternoon when they explored the issue of body cameras. Reporter lawmakers called the session because they sigh say it needs to be explored nor. Should the state mandate the use of body cams. Also should bombe cam video a should body cam video be record and what standards need to be enacted. Body cams are expensive costing between 750 and 1500 dollars eachch the North Carolina Sheriff Association ace it agencies to decide if they want to buy them and not the state requiring they be purchasedsince they dont require the purchase of guns and cruisers and how to deal with the Sensitive Information body cams
Very soon we may hear those words, why did we need it. Until we accomplish these goals, thank god that we have it. I think the democrats appreciate the work we are trying to do. And one day as so many people children and grandchildren will see that we were trying to eliminate the pain of all people regardless of color and make it red white and blue become the theme the fathers of this constitution should have been striving for. There is no question in my mind that the things we stand for really what the country is committed to do and im so proud these last couple of years that theres not a group of people that i would rather spend time with than with my friends and colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus. Mr. Payne thank the gentleman from new york on his thoughts and perspectives which are always needed in this house. I have the honor and the privilege of recognizing the gentlelady from alabama who represents the city the town that is on everybodys breath over the past several mo