President this night event 90 minute event held at the same hilton hotel in washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. My name is craig. And the president and ceo of the National Law Enforcement officers Memorial Fund. Tonight, on behalf of the board of directors, we are pleased to present our 16 witness to history program. This is a series of programs we do where we invite the actual participants of historical Law Enforcement events to tell us their stories. It has been fascinating. Every event we have done, we film them and they will be a permanent part of the Museum Archives, and we couldnt be prouder of the content we had assembled and compiled so far. Tonights event will explore the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan 26 years ago. 26 years ago on march 30, one week or so ago. Before we begin, i want to acknowledge and thank our partner and very proud sponsor of our witness to history series. They have been a longtime partner of the Memorial Fund and supported u
Witnesses who are leaders in our National Space program to join us here today. Before i introduce them, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than for the Strategic Forces subcommittee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this will be the last hearing that steve cotay will be in his current position. Hes leaving to go to work for the secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. Mr. Rogers i know hell do a great job for our country in his new capacity as well. Ood luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee and do a great job for our country. General j. J. Raymond, lieutenant david buck, ms. Betty zap, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of the National Intelligence space agency, mr. John hill, acting secretary of defense for space policy. After we
Historic private club with the leading organization for journalists. And what we like to say, given the current time in press freedom, we are the constitution. Please submit questions be a the submit questions via the cards on your table if you have not already. Those of you who are viewing, you can submit them via twitter pressclubdc, npc live. Headliners. Those of you who came a little late, now is a good time to silence your cell phone. We do welcome you to tweet and follow the actions and send questions into the club. Some upcoming events. Chicago mayor and former clinton senior official rahm emanuel will be here for headliner luncheon. On june 20. Newsmaker ine june 21. Another headline newsmaker the same day at 11 00 a. M. With the greek minister of economy. My good colleague peter baker will be here june 29 on his latest book obama and call of history. Following in the theme of todays luncheon, general mark millie will be here july 27. For information on these and other events y
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Just as the Summer Travel season gets under way, the department of Homeland Security is demanding that airlines and airports around the world tighten security to prevent terrorists from smuggling bombs in Electronic Devices. That will mean enhanced screening on many flights heading to the u. S. Justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has the details. Inaction is not an option. Reporter the threat to aviation is so severe Homeland Security secretary john kelly issued this warning to airports and airlines operating overseas those who choose not to cooperate or are slow to adopt these measures could be subject to other restrictions, including a ban on Electronic Devices on aircraft or even a suss suspension of their flights into the united states. Reporter the new measures apply the flights to the u. S. From 280 airports in 105 countries. Among the changes, enhancing overall pas
This is an American Logistics hub to retake raqqa, the isis capital which began a month ago. Lieutenant general steven u. S. Led coalition to fight isis. And came straight from a Forward Command post near raqqa. Getting started good in ju raqqa. As u. S. Backed fighters close in on isis from the north they have also clashed with Syrian Regime forces which are backed by russia. sd drawn into a direct conflict. But the general downplayed that risk. We worked out a deconfliction line with the russians and the regime. And they seem, content to let us work on the raqqa problem and there we have drawn a line. Theyre happy to work on their side of it. Well work on our side of it. Reporter general townsend promoted young officer to first eu and acknowledged to us that u. S. Troops went be leaving this country any time soon. I think u. S. Troops will leave syria when isis is defeated. Tau awe isis will surely turn into insurgency when they lost their territory. Thats the next stage of isis, we