Current government funding expires friday at midnight. Youre watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, help us to remember your mighty acts. You are kind and merciful, better to us than we deserve. You feed the sparrows and cause the sun to rise. You forgive our sins and provide us with strength for every challenge. Lord, use our lawmakers today for your glory. May they be courteous and kind as they seek to do what is best for this land we love. Remind them that they represent the hopes and dreams of many people. Thank you, lord, for the wonderful things that you continue to do for us all. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible
Good morning. Thank you for joining us. My name is matt albence. I do Deputy Director of i. C. E. And a senior official performing the duties of the director. Before i begin i would to take a moment to recognize and thank the dedicate a Law Enforcement professionals that are here on the stage with it. I have shared jim skinner from Collin County texas. Share wayne i80 from Brevard County florida. Sheriff harold everson, evensen, Rockwall County texas. Sheriff matt saxton from Calhoun County michigan. Sheriff senator warner from north dakota. Sheriff Jesse Sandoval county, new mexico. Sheriff sam page, rocking him county, North Carolina. Sheriff dale schmidt, dodge county wisconsin and mike davis was the Deputy Principal Legal Advisor for i. C. E. He is the highest ranking career official with the i. C. E. , also Legal Advisor, which is one of the most critical enforcement arms with an i. C. E. And with his clone whos the for enforcement with enforcement and removal operations. We are h
To 60 injured or wounded from one of these attacks. When you look at why that is the case, its about weaponry. Its about the guns its about what that gentlemen is carrying in his hands are there in those photos. Thank you for that, clint. Its a top of the hour, so i want to reset for anybody joining us now. Here is what we know at this hour about the shootings in lewiston, maine. At least 22 people have been killed, according to police. 50 to 60 people were wounded at several locations including a Bowling Alley, according to Law Enforcement. A local Medical Center, the central man Medical Center, it was responding to a Mass Casualty Event. Officials have urged residents in lewiston and to shelter in place. That advisement is still in place. The Sheriffs Office has released photos with a man with a rifle. I believe these are the photos needed for identification they are very much soliciting Citizen Responses for an that recognize this man or knows him. The police say that a manhunt is u
You know its very sad that hes gone. Reporter santiago was worried for his friend when he learned of the shooting on senter road. I text him. I said hey are you okay, bro . I never got a response. You know i was hoping this morning i would see something, but, you know i never got that text. Reporter johnson was relatively new to the force when Sergeant Paul kelly was his supervisor. Kelly is now the president of the San Jose Police officers association. Through the years i saw mike continue to grow and in the field working in patrol, he did everything that a supervisor would wanting. Reporter casey came to show her respects. She knew officer johnson through her work in a Victim Witness Program in san jose. Officer johnson responded and he was incredibly professional and helpful. He will be missed. Reporter even officers who didnt know johnson brought flowers. Now a captain in san leandro, ed tracy knows the pain. When he worked in oakland and four officers were killed. Back in 2009 whe
Following does this roll up . You guys have it in front of you. The violence Response Teams, the vrts, it includes gay suppression efforts, violence cease fires, all of our gun abatement programs collectively and our yuelgt and family programs which also dovetails into the organizing component. A lot of these things may look familiar to you because some of them are existing resources that were already in place. The innovative component or the innovative approach is figuring out what the best practices were in making sure they were all inder linked in new ways of both accountability and starting from the top from a senior level with the chiefs and the heads making sure theres information to share. I think to put a framework on it so its this context for all of you, some of the new things were dealing with are the prcf results that have come out as a result of realignment because thats added a whole another layer in terms of what Public Safety looks like and how the departments are respo