Page 2 - Senate Services News Today

[gavel pounding] this hearing is call to order. Welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. That included half of the u. S. Congress. These 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes...

The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the statement by chairman mccain who is not here today. We are enjoying this morning by a group we all know well. We have all been before the committee. As i mentioned a minute ago and i think most of the members of this committee had seen you in action in the field and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a d...

The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the i want to submit here today. We are enjoying the and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is...

Q a. Discussionit next, a of federal employees and how they relate to President Trumps decision to maintain control of his Business Operations while in office. Speakers include the former director of the office of government ethics, New York University brendans institute in washington, d. C. Hosting this 90minute event. Center in washington, d. C. , hosting this event. I am with the Brennan Center for justice. The cohosts ofk this event this afternoon and for being such a great partner to the Br...

Internet and find themself spart, you see people who have had no training, no association with it, including americans, who go on the internet and find themself s themselves enthralled because of whatever lost souls they are or because of the violence with isil and selfradicalize and unfortunately undertake to do violence. So you see that spectrum there. You do see some effort by isil, meaning isil in syria and iraq to command and control, but its not exclusively that way. I say all this because...

Discuss the future of television technology. A Government Accountability Office Report has found that construction of a new u. S. Embassy in kabul afghanistan, has gone 27 overbudget. Gao and state Department Officials testified about the project at a House Oversight committee hearing. Republican Jason Chaffetz chairs this three and a half hour hearing. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. I appreciate you being here as we have a hearing today regarding the Constructi...

Ignorance as he is hit with Death Threats. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im paul beban. A key u. S. Ally in the fight against isil is stepping up its attacks against kurdish fighters. Turkish jets targeted the kurdish rebel group the p. K. K. Inside turkey today. So far turkey has only attacked them in iraq. The move comes days after turkey stepped up airstrikes against isil. Bernard smith is in turkey in the kurdish city. How is that move by turkey complicatin...

And we begin with the latest out of ferguson, missouri. The police have just released new Surveillance Video from sunday nights shooting. In the video, we see a suspect, identified as taylor harris, and it appears that he has a gun. Police say harris shot at them. Plainclothed officers returned fire from the van, wounding harris, who is in critical condition, and harris friends and family have disputed the officers accounts, and meanwhile, a presence has appeared on the streets of ferguson. An a...

Harassment claims against him. And Severe Weather hits both coasts. Powerful storms tear through parts of the south and a heat wave scorches california. Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie greene. We are learning more about the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger, but questions replain. The top u. S. General says it remains unclear why the soldiers waited to call for help and why one of the soldiers...

Another one of husband form his former colleagues come forward. And Severe Weather hits both coasts. Powerful storms tear through parts of the south and a heat wave scorches california. Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie greene. We are learning more about the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger, but questions replain. The top u. S. General says it remains unclear why the soldiers one of the soldier...