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Prescription drugs. hes scheduled to appear in court next month. in the meantime woods says he will continue to work on health issues. and nba super star kevin durant is reportedly taking a huge pay cut to help keep key players for the champion golden state warriors. according to espn durant is expected to sign a two-year, $53 million contract, thats a pay cut of $9 million for the finals mvp. the move reportedly gave the warriors room to sign andre iguodala and shawn livingston for three more...

Family of the late eric garner as they met with the justice department officials to discuss the ongoing federal investigation into his death. the meeting came amid several developments this week in the ongoing debate about race and policing. we saw graphic dash cam footage of motorist philando castiles final moments just days after a jury acquitted the minnesota police officer that killed him. we heard police audio of the fatal encounter between seattle law enforcement and sharlena lyles a pregn...

New role in the fight against isis. they are patrolling the syrian, turkish border trying to keep the peace between u.s. allies that dont really like each other. theres been recent conflicts between the two. air strikes killed about two dozen kurdish fighters. turkeys president said he is concerned about the u.s. patrols. he plans to bring it up when he meets with president trump next month. we learned more than 350 civilians in iraq and syria were unintentionally killed by coalition air strik...

Straightforward. your security clearance does not go with you when you leave government. so if he left in august 2014, even if he re-upped it for a maximum of two years, that is august 2016, well into the campaign. plenty of time to say, okay, if were looking at you to be the national security adviser, advising the president on everything from sanctions to human rights issues, that he should be re-investigated, declare all of his payments. that should have been part of the conversation then. so ...

>> it doesnt seem to be. actually it points to what weve all suspected, that this is an administration that was simply not prepared to run government. you dont have people in key positions at the pentagon, at the state department, and clearly vetting wasnt done for senior people who are in the white house. the process alone is pretty straightforward. your security clearance does not go with you when you leave government. so if he left in august 2014, even if he re-upped it for a maximum of two y...

Just showed that picture. again, it was a trip that folks knew michael flynn made, and he gave a speech there. its just, if youre talking about vetting and responsibility, its extremely difficult for this administration to point to the previous administration, say its their fault about our hire. >> and just a point of fact, the photo -- and lets show it again -- this was an event in russia where hes sitting next to vladimir putin in december of 2015. he ended his term heading up the dia in augus...

>> well, when i joined the military, i joined six months out of high school. i was working full-time. i wasnt in school. i wasnt in college where i come from, being in college is a big deal. graduating is an even bigger deal but its all about graduate high school. you know, get a job. do stuff like that. and i was in the military and i realized theres so much more to that. and that i am being afforded this wonderful opportunity to engage with so many different people from all over the country, h...

Right here. this is the burn that has been jeopardizing, its a tremendous am of water. if you look at thezv landscape d uncontrolled environment for this. if you have too much water come all at once youll not be able to directly whereç the water flows. you get it to come downstream and thats going to be major problem if too much comes down asym one. this has been a symbol for doctor dry out for california. we shared a couple of yields where it was a healthy level for august 2014. you see where...

For the demonstrators, we saw a handful yesterday. we have seen no demonstrators today. just two arrests overnight. appears as if folks here in baltimore listen to the family of freddie gray, listened to the mayor, the police commissioner and the white house as well, all of have asked him to remain peaceful as they protested. >> glad you mentioned that, i was going to ask you, we were so focused on the over head shots. nice to hear things turned out that way. turning to missouri, the justice d...

Isil to the highest level since the start of our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isils operations, weve intensified the air campaign against isils war sustaining oil enterprise, a critical pillar of isils financial infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facilities like wells and processing facilities, weve destroyed nearly 400 of isils oil tanker trucks, reducing a major source of its daily revenues. theres more to come, too. we...