Announcer coming up tonight on cspan, a look at the fentanyl epidemic and possible legislation to stop opioid smuggling, and former President Trump speaks toaud trial in new york city. Later House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on the legislative agenda, including efforts to find the federal government beyond a january 19 deadline. That and more tonight on cspan. Announcer musician jason deford appeared before a committee to testify on how opioid addiction is affecting communities, advocating for fentanyl awareness. This is just under 2. 5 hours. The committee will come to order. Thank you all witnesses, all ofe audience and members of this committee. The fentanyl crisiisthe greatesl of our communities every year. 5000 ohioans, one state alone, 5000 died from unintentional Drug Overdoses in 2022, staggering 110,000 americans lost their lives as a result of unintentional overdose. A mome ago mr. Deford said it every day. Imagine each year, losing a city nearly the size of dayton, ohio
Trace gallagher, live in jerusalem, 7 a. M. , Gaza Border Smoke in the background. There would also be fire, apparently another airstrike from Israeli Defense forces no word of a Ground Invasion. But there is Breaking News because overnight the United States, would be f16s targeted ammunition and weapons storage areas in syria. It was a strike that United States says had been coming. I want to bring in the National Security correspondent with a statement from the Defense Secretary. What do we know . Well earlier tonight about two hours ago these two u. S. F16s carried out airstrikes on two different facilities near the iraq border in southEastern Syria near abu kamal. They were irgc run, one stored weapons one ammunition. U. S. Defense we spoke to said they didnt know if iranians were there but iranian fingerprints were all over the attacks that have been taking place on u. S. Bases since october 17th and they hope with this Quote Precision Airstrike on these facilities that iran will
Bowling. I have no idea. He came in, a loud pop. I thought it was a balloon. I had my back to the door. As soon as i saw it was not a balloon, he was holding a weapon, i booked it. We were going to be mourning for a long time. We havent gone down the list of people yet. Im dreading that. I encourage everybody to call if they see something suspicious. Something small could be a piece of information that we may need. I cant encourage enough if you see something, say something. Neil Armed And Dangerous and on the run. Were live in maine where a massive man hunt is underway for robert card. Hes accuse of killing 18 and wounding 13. Authorities say if you see him, dont approach halftime. Were all over the search for him. Im neil cavuto. So much going on simultaneously right now. Stunning developments in this shooting case. The 34th such Mass Shooting weve seen in this coupry this year. The biggest ever in maine. Lets go to nate foy in lewiston where theyre looking and focusing on the suspec
Journal comes your way tomorrow at 7 00. We take you to the house of representatives. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by guest chaplain pastor Mark Westerfield, Central Baptist Church, round rock, in round rock, texas. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, i am humbled to stand before you in these honored and distinguished men and women today. To stand in the gap and offer this prayer. Today we gratefully recognize the gift of life, liberty, and responsibility you have given us to lead this great country. On behalf of these men and women, i ask for wisdom, discernment, and unity as they carry the weight of caring for the close to 350 million citi
Mr. Bishop ilduch time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bishop it is mylege to be the lead sponsor of h. R. 7581, the improving Law Enforcement officer safety and wellness through data act. And i rise in support of it. Gathering and analysis ofexpand data about attacks on Law Enforcement officers across the country, our currentay ourge. Its sponsorship is bipartisan and bicameral. Im grateful forhe leadership in the senate of senators grassley, tillis and others and the srt of 25 bipartisan cosponsors in the house. The justification, mr. Speaker is obvious. Just yesteay the f. B. I. Forecast the release of its annual report on officersd in the line of duty in 2023. Reporting that, quote, from 2021 to 2023, more officers were feloniously killed, 1 any other con second ty threeyear period in the past 20 years. D 2024 is on track to be e worst year of any, other than 2021, because of repeat because a repeat criminal who e been in jail gunned down