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Us this evening and experienced investigative reporter, eric lichtblau. Eric first got into Investigative Journalism at the Los Angeles Times where he worked for 15 years. Is final beat for the Los Angeles Times was in washington covering the Justice Department. And when he shifted to the New York Times 12 years ago, he continued covering justice. Is left him wellpositioned and very well sourced after the september 11 attack to report on the bush administrations steppedup domestic spying operati...

They cost us republicans three senate seats. We were poised to win nevada delaware and colorado where the incumbents delaware wasnt an incumbent, but mike cassell was running and hes tremendously popular, the tea party came in, the people did not participate in the primaries to the degree they should have, and the tea party nominated unelectable nominees in all three states and handed the democrats three seats they would not have otherwise had. In 2012 they handed the democrats three more with s...

Can transcend that. That these trends are not permanent. If we listen to another to one another, we can govern even in this polarized environment. We put together a 29 member commission. We had former interior secretary , senator bennett was one of our members. We had a really Knockout Group of people. Former members of congress governors, cabinet officials. Civic leaders, Business Leader people from all walks of american life. We went through an 18 month process and went all over the country ca...

About the journalists whose lies helped build the case for the iraq . Then we go to chapel hill. This was an execution style a hate crime from a neighbor. Our children spoke about their uncomfortable with. He came to their apartment more than once, condescending, threatening, and despising and talking down to them. Muslim lives matter. Outrage grows over the killing of three young Muslim Students near the campus of unc chapel hill. Two sisters and a dental student, one just married in december. ...

Tuesday the u. S. Led coalition hit targets inside of syria. Expanding the war beyond the country of iraq. The barrage included police sills fired from u. S. Ships and dropping bombs on multiple targets. The first day of bombing hit rob ca . Northeast syria, the city isis had control of for more than a year and where it has Training Facilities and command centers. Other isis areas also hit dar al sur, abull ca mall and has adebt. Second strikes hit syrian Oil Refineries isis had seized to fuel t...

And then also with reference to to an issue that actually dovetaills i know i received a copy of a draft and ive reviewed it and it looks pretty good to me but i think we need to move sooner than later on that. When are we scheduled on that issue . September 10th. Commissioner . I just wanted to check in. Maybe the chief would know when wed be ready to talk about the department general order i know that process has been deliberate in terms of of everyone talking but i dont know if were closer to...

To do so so the chief has issued a Department Bulletin regarding the same and that concludes my report. Thank you very much thats very thorough. Im concerned about the lack of staffing and the mayors budget but things do change. Things do change hopeful ly well be able to work that out. What if you seen so far . Weve received a few but not many. But again, we have not publicized it much. And so we will do that and i also im glad president mazuko you mentioned the budget i neglected to say that w...

To hide things and i said im not making it seem but im saying you do try to hide things you hide what you dont want to be seen. Occ is nothing but a cover a fig leaf for police misconduct. They investigate cases and the people who filed the complaint have absolutely no rights to see anything regarding the complaint all they get is a letter saying charges not sustained. An faitdecomple and so as far as a citizen is concerned, they can lie through their teeth and the citizen would never know it an...

On the u. S. Was imminent. The pentagon calls it very successful but stressed that these air strikes are only the beginning of a long haul. We know this will be complicated. It will take a serious effort by all involved and we do believe that were talking about years here. I cant put an exact number on that but this is not something that well be done within days or weeks or month s. Are these kinds of targeted strikes be enough to deter isis. In a word, no. We can degrade isis but cant destroy o...

Jet was deliberately downed by an antiaircraft missile. President obama addressed the tragedy. Evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surfacetoair missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russianbacked separatists inside of ukraine. Moreover, we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia. This includes arms and training. It includes heavy weapons. And it includes antiaircraft weapons. There has to be a credible International I...