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Pakistan was sending a temporary hospital that includes army doctors, surgeons, and specialists, along with readytoeat meal packs and water and medicine, tents and other items. Yesterday, the United States pledged an additional 1 million for humanitarian assistance and said that the usa id was the point the Disaster Assistance response team. The search and rescue team also being activated to accompany disaster experts and assist with assessments of the situation. Remarkable partnerships. Magneti...

Committee will come to order. Welcome to todays commerce, justice, and science subcommittee hearing examining the department of justices disco year 2016 budget request fiscal year. Let me welcome Loretta Lynch to her first hearing before this subcommittee as she assumes the important spots ability of serving as our nations chief Law Enforcement officer. Welcome. As you begin your twoyear term as attorney general, i believe it is critical for you to return the office of attorney general to its co...

Today. Well take you to zurich for the vote. This is alJazeera America. Good morning. Right now flood ravaged texas is getting more severe thunderstorms. The forecast for big storms this weekend is an even larger concern. High waters near houston have prompted evacuations. Residents of 300 homes in the southeast also forced to evacuate in wharton because of the rising Colorado River. Historic flooding earlier this week killed 24 in texas and oklahoma. We have the latest from houston. Six months ...

As a lawyer, you know the difference between an untruth and a mistake. When clapper was asked that question, it was a public hearing and director clapper said for him, he liked public hearings as much as he liked root canals or folding sheets. He had two huge notebooks to prepare for the hearing, neither which talked about surveillance. We were notified the day before that senator wyden was going to ask this question. He was hit unaware by the question. If you read his answer, it is perfectly cl...

Is the balance that has to be struck in any kind of legislation like this. Mr. Vitka i would think the most informative part there, for policy makers, would be the number of americans who are affected, and i do not mean the numbers who are targeted, that it would indicate a pretty broad number that would not drive down to something that would compromise surveillance operations. Bob, is that the case, or am i mistaken . Mr. Litt it is difficult for me to answer that. There are other consideration...

Public of the need for validity of a broad program. The concept delineating between the number of people affected or how targets are picked, versus the program itself, i think is valuable, and it gets to a question that i would like a from everybody on. There is a trust problem that now exists, for whatever series of reasons. An example of a concern that i at least have was revealed through a usa today piece that came out last month that revealed that the dea had been conducting a Metadata Colle...

The trust of the American People and people around the world. This effort will not be completed overnight. And given the pace of technological change, we shouldnt expect this to be the last time america has this debate. But i want the American People to know that the work has begun. Over the last six months i created an outside review group on intelligence and Communications Technologies to make work of reform. Youve listened to foreign partners, privacy advocates and industry leaders. My admini...

How long have we been working at bloomberg and never had a chance to sunset together . Since the reagan years. This is a first. We were talking about it yesterday. Im thrilled be sitting here with you. Were talking about cut rate cornerbacks, the football this weekend, a lot of people are the big spenders on these know, the it as you super bowl is coming to new jersey. It will be in the meadowlands. They will be freezing. We will be watching from the comfort of our homes. We will get back to tha...

With u. P. S. The stock going to take a hit this morning after lowering their Fourth Quarter guide ax, a hangover from the Holiday Shipping fiasco. And shares of intel are sliding after Fourth Quarter earnings missed estimates and warning of flat revenues for the rest of this year. And speaking of earnings Morgan Stanley, General Electric, and amex making big moves today, well break them down with you. But first up, u. P. S. , the Package Delivery Company Expects Fourth Quarter earnings of 1. 25...

President say today what would you have liked to have heard the president say . My biggest concern with the Edward Snowden thing, which he notissed i saying it was it right disclosures and wanted to acknowledge that Edward Snowden tried internally to blow the whistle and remind his peers about weaknesses administratives structure. That is one of the main reasons that he did what he did. He needed an outside perspective. To be honest i do not think our has done structure this very well. Theyd nee...