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Theres a couple areas of inquiry, all things Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the implementation of the First Step Act and where could we go from there. How could you buildyt upon that . Those of the three areas i would like to talk about and altered over to senator feinstein. Thank you very much, mr. Cha. I want to welcome you. Its wonderful for me to see a woman int charge, and so we can celebrate it for a few moments at least. You are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 fe...

Here in a place thats getting a lot of attention, the United States congress. John kennedy used to say when he was president that he accompanied his wife Jacqueline Kennedy to paris. Well, i have accompanied laura dawson to canada several times and ive actually been there on my own many times before that, first as a member of congress, as i mentioned, and then as a participant in the widelyacclaimed halifax forum. Thats where i met minister sanjin zisingh, canadas badas defense minister. His mil...

Mr. Thornberry mr. Speaker, i want to start by thanking the 63 members of the Armed Services committee, not only for all of their work in putting this bill together but for the seriousness with which they take our duties under the constitution to help provide for the common defense. Our members dont always agree, but were able to work our way through our differences most of the time and think about the larger cause. You might say we sacrifice some of our individual differences or preferences in ...

News 4 at 6 00, ill it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. Live from arlington, julie carey, news4. Now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a systemwide slowdown on metro. The Transit Agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. Our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. Hes n...

You can see cars are just jammed up here. Heading eastbound on 92. This the last thing you need f youre waiting for someone going back to the east bay or planning to make the commute yourself going to take a long time for this to unfold. You can see car just covered in fire retardant. 1 eastbound lane was lobing closed but with foam retardant on the freeway, that caused more lanes to shut down. We have two lanes of traffic moving through now. Your alternatives, dunbarton bridge or the bay bridge...

Case would be highly inappropriate in terms of trying to guess what the outcome of a case should be. Along that line, the official according to his reached out to the department of justice civil rights division, had the wrong number, called another number had the right number, to include the Obama Administration an other administrations the department of justice limited the numbers of people to call over to the department of justice. Has the attorney general, general sessions changed that . It w...

The Justice Department contact the white house and who they can contact and the nature of which and what their exceptions are, et cetera, they get crafted by each new attorney general. I would refer you back to the department of justice on the status of that under this attorney general. How many officials here have that right to call the department of justice i dont know. I would refer you to the department of justice. But was there wrong doing in this effort . I dont know. I dont know the natur...

It? >> most veterans get their health care through tri-care or medicare if theyre over 65 or a combination there of correct? >> but theres two programs, one is the veterans affairs programs and the other is the option under the current law, to have tax credits. and my understanding again from saras publication this morning and several others is several million veterans could possibly lose both. >> i would have to follow-up on you, im not aware of any modifications with respect to t tri-care. >> ...

Congress doing anything about it? >> most veterans get their health care through tri-care or medicare if theyre over 65 or a combination there of correct? >> but theres two programs, one is the veterans affairs programs and the other is the option under the current law, to have tax credits. and my understanding again from saras publication this morning and several others is several million veterans could possibly lose both. >> i would have to follow-up on you, im not aware of any modifications w...

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