Subcommittee on oversight will come to order. In front of you are pacts containing the written testimony, biography, and truth and testimony disclosures of todays witness panel. Ill reck nieces myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning and welcome. This hearing titled operating Unmanned Aircraft systems in the National Air Space system assessing research and Development Efforts to ensure safety is a first hearing for the 113th congress subcommittee on oversight. During our break, our name changed, but our general and special investty investigative to study all laws and government activities are involving nonmilitary research and development remaining the same. Id like to extend a warm welcome to the Witnesses Today, really appreciate you guys being here. Also, i want to welcome our returning members and our new members including the subcommittees Ranking Member and distinguished gentleman from new york new york. I look forward to working with you all and the Rankin
Bissett. I dont think any of us had any real idea what she was talk about in that memorable golden globe speech. I think it was 47 years ago, the Hollywood Foreign press gave me a promising nomination promising newcomer. Wonderful stuff. Tonight ill ask her, Jacqueline Bissett is here exclusively. Well get to my interviews of roberts gates in just a moment. A first disturbing story out of iraq today against the backdrop of todays deadly violence. The u. S. Military is investigating a series of shocking photographs published by tmz. Photographs that appeared to show American Marines burning the dead bodies of insurgents in fallujah in 2004. I must warn you these photographs are very graphic. Cnns brian todd joins me with more. Brian what can you tell us about these pictures . Reporter piers, tmz says they are believe to have been taken in fallujah in 2004. They say they have 41 photographs in total but theyve only posted about eight of them. We have aired three of the photographs. That
Im wolf blitzer in jerusalem. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news, commander of hamass military wing rejecting the latest proposed ceasefire with israel which had said it was ready for a truce with fighting escalating to deadly new levels, muhammad release aid defiant message saying there is no middle ground regarding a possible ceasefire until israel ends what he calls its aggression and siege of gaza. Israeli forces have dramatically stepped up their offensive in gaza pushing the death toll there to almost 1200 people. 53 Israeli Soldiers have been killed along with three civilians. We have cnns Global Resources on the story. With our correspondents and guests standing by. Sarah sider begins our coverage near the israel gaza border. Israel has been hitting a wider set of targets in gaza. Whats behind this apparently new israeli strategy . Well, i think what youre seeing is israel looking to try and really keep those rockets from coming over. We know that the
Ago, they were called scorpions in a bottle. Like most of washington, the nine justices rarely agree on anything. But they did today, and its about the phones we all carry and the information on those phones. This case wasnt about spying, it was about the cops and whether or not they can search your phone when youre under arrest. The justices seem to know your whole life is detailed on the phone. So no search of the phone without a warrant. Its a rare victory for privacy. We begin with our justice correspondent, pete williams. Good evening. Reporter it is surprising and it is unanimous and so bold, and shows this that court which still gives out quill pens to the lawyers who argue here is thoroughly up to date on smartphone technology. So many people now carry cell phones that a Supreme Court says a visitor from mars might assume they are part of the human anatomy. 12 use them in the shower. But its what they can hold that made the difference in the ruling. A strikingly unanimous court
The country, oklahoma, colorado, new york. But none with as much National Importance as mississippi, right . Mississippi is huge tonight, and its a real nailbiter. Lets put it up on the screen right now. You can see with about what, 80 of the vote now in, 80 , the republican establishment, the longterm senator, thad cochran with 51 . Chris mcdaniel with 49 . Only about 6,269 votes you see right there separating these two, these two candidates. The Tea Party Favorite Chris Mcdaniel. Thad cochran, the longterm sixterm republican senator from mississippi. Lets bring in dana bash. She is in jackson, mississippi. This is very, very close, dana. Everyone who is expecting a close race. It looks a bit closer than a lot of folks anticipate. Thats right. The truth is nobody really knew what to expect, wolf, because this whole runoff, this primary in general has been so unusual. But particularly the runoff. But what we have been able to determine from some of the results that have been coming in