Think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation as a staunch conservative, which he parlayed into a bid for the governorship in 2013. He lost narrowly, but has remained engaged in politics, serving as head of the Senate Conservatives
Director of citizenship and Immigration Services talks about criminal deportation of undocumented immigrants. This is hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Okay, are we good . But i think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation a
Joyce we continue to follow breaking news in charlotte, north carolina. Protests have broken out after a Fatal Police Shooting this afternoon. Police fired tear gas when demonstrators started to target police vehicles. One officer was hurt. Kathy earlier this afternoon, police shot and killed a man who got out of a car with a gun. His family says he was only holding a book. Both the man and the officer are africanamerican. To be inhabited again until its clean and sanitary. I agree with them. I agree. I wouldnt want to live in it myself as it is. Kathy he owns what some call a hoarder house. It caught fire over the weekend. Now the city of milwaukee is taking steps to tear it down. Joyce only on wisn 12 news, the homeowner tells Kent Wainscott why he fills it with piles of stuff. Youve got a lot of stuff in that house. I do, and i know that. That stuff is the collection of sanitation worker. For 25 years, hes collected piles of things and stacked them so full in his home they blocked d
Cases that are decided on the merits. Before he was our Supreme Court justice, john roberts was confirmed to sit on the d. C. Circuit. Ten years ago, when chief Justice Roberts was confirmed to sit on that circuit, the average judge on that court had only 125 pending cases. Today, with three vacancies on the court, that number is 185 cases. Those are the complex cases that are pending. Even if we fill all the empty slots, the judges on the d. C. Circuit will still have more pending cases on average than john roberts did when we confirmed him to sit on the d. C. Circuit back in 2003. So there are no excuses here. We have a finally qualified nominee. 32 Supreme Court arguments, support of the Nonpartisan Group that looks at these nominations, someone whose spouse served in the military for 22 years, someone who raised her kids while he was over in kuwait. And we are going to turn her down . Madam president , that makes no sense to me at all. And i really urge my colleagues to help patty
Mas military john to executes for pro democracy activists, sparking international condemnation. Ah, oh, im adrian finnegan. This is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up, the new leader of the philippines delivers his 1st state of the nation address. Well live in manila. Polls are open and should is. He has constitutional referendum as president. I sighed, looks to further extend his powers and the largest active wildfire in the us spreads rapidly. Dear Yosemite National park, forcing thousands to flee. The hopes beyond most military gentle has executed for pro democracy activists. Its the 1st time the Capital Punishment has been used publicly in the country for decades. Among the dead as a formal legislator from all sans through cheese party at a pro democracy activist, tourney chang reports. He was known to many as could jimmy. And he knew the cost of standing up to mammas military, german u. A veteran pro democracy activist had already spent 15 years in prison, protesting agains