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I asking the same question . Hes joined by sam, julia, adam is going to be back next week. Hes busy traveling the country on a bicycle tour. Im hoping another rumor that another customer doused him in gasoline and lit him on fire is wrong. Well keep you posted. Charles payne, the gas tax. Listen, i mean i know the roads and bridges are crumbling but what are they doing with the cash, neil . We have seen so many examples of wasted billions and billions. The stimulus, 800 billion, will pave all th...

During my 23 years as a Police Officer from the oldschool you didnt see that but now you do. You see that probably because of social media and more exposures to a bad health can do to you. I think also young officers are more apt to go for psychological help if they need it. Again the oldschool probably not so much. One of the sad things i have seen in my research into ptsd is that when they look up a mortality studies of Police Officers, Police Officers compared to the general population die at...

Over 146 officer fatalities per year. That is a shocking number. One officer killed somewhere in america every 60 hours. All right. But the good news is that numbers are going down. If you go back to the 1970s we were averaging 231 officers killed in the line of duty each and every year. That means the 146 number i cited is 37 lower than it was 40 years ago. That is at a time we have double number of officers serving and putting themselves at risk. Would you have expected that number would have ...

We have one on skype. Well start with chief zachery, the Public Safety director woodway, texas, and immediate past president of the International Association of chiefs of police. Yost, good to have you. Thank you, sir. Thanks for inviting me to testify today. My name is yost zachery, immediate past president of the im sorry i wasnt able to join you in person today. I intended to but my flights were canceled. I began Law Enforcement dispatcher woodway in 1979 and im still there today and currentl...

[inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Once again were live from the Washington Convention center in washington, d. C. For the American Israel Public Affairs conference the aipac conference selfdescribed as americas proisrael lobby. Today we expect to hear from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among others. By the way the coverage of aipac will continue this afternoon with National Security advisor susan rice. She will...

Im proud to be a part of. Its jointly under the auspices of the cops office and the bureau of justice assistance. This is done tremendous good in training more than 15,000 officers across this country. Finally, hes increased the federal grant money thats gone to groups like ours and others who are focused on officer safety and wellness. Those are just some great examples of the leadership hes provided. I dont think its any coincidence that as a result of all of those efforts, the last two years ...

By boko haram. The cat you dont want to cuddle. Tasmanias mission against feral felines. We begin this news our in yemen with intense fighting on the ground between forces that back president adou Rabbo Mansour hadi and those loyal to houthi rebels. Fighters are making begins against the houthis. Armed trainsman in yemens southeast have taken control of one of the most important ports. It is the countrys only gas export terminal. France has a 40 stake in that facility. More heavy fighting in ade...

Ambassador. He was thanking the u. N. Security council for passing a resolution put forward by jordan which imposes an arms embargo on the Houthi Rebels demands an end to all violence and withdraw from all areas they have captured. 30 voted in favor with one abstention russia. Lets bring in james bayes lye at the u. N. James what does this mean . Reporter it means this resolution is now International Law. The u. N. Security Council Meeting is over. The vote has been passed. Were still seeing liv...

Faithful as we anticipate a long and challenging day remind us that you call us not to success but to faithfulness. Give our senators and the members of their staffs wisdom to make the commitment to be true to you and to serve your purposes. Let not discordant notes destroy the melody of their labors as they seek your counsel and wisdom. Lord guide our great nation. Help it to be a lighthouse to a dark and turbulent world. Prosper the works of our hands until the kingdoms of this world become th...

Senators about this and i think it is time for us to step up as congress and do something truly bipartisan that the people will applaud. We are going to increase by 5 and were going to do it on a bipartisan basis. I would say for the record if there is going to be some conversation about money going to the pentagon i want to i want to be part of that conversation and i want to stick to the rules that its shared equally. We make sure that there is money coming back into the nondefense side of the...