Fleeing the scene and could be charged with murder. Outrage grows. More anger over a former Stanford University athlete who was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was convicted of sexual assault. Now more than half a Million People have signed a petition to have the judge in that case removed. This morning, the prosecutor speaks out to nbc news. And mother of the year. A woman fights valiantly to prevent her 13yearold daughter from being abducted inside a florida store. How her relentless struggle saved her daughter and put the suspect behind bars today, wednesday, june 8th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Well show you more of that video of that incredible mom in just a second. But we have a lot of politics to talk about this morning. I dont know whether we should say it was a late night or it was an early morning.
This is what the pickup truck carrying the three teens slammed into. You can see the flowers, the football balloons have been placed there. This orange vest im wearing is Company Policy near a roadway. We often feel awkward wearing it. Here, its a necessity. This curve is treacherous. Cars come flying down this road. Police are telling us this is one of the contributing factors. Griefstricken High School Students gather at the crash scene. They look at the old trees scarred by the highspeed impact and remember the young faces. Jacob dennis, Patrick Shifflett and cary greene. All juniors at clarksburg high, all killed in the latenight collision. These guys were great men. They were leaders on the team on and off the field. They were role models. You could look up to them when you needed something on or off the field. Brad the Three Friends were in jacob dennis pride and joy pickup truck. They had been to a party to high graduation. Dennis apparently losing control as his 1989 truck ente
And take the success after the surge and turn it into the chaos it is today . So ill be interested, mr. Speaker, in the days ahead as people seek to lead this country to find out which leaders would have gone ahead into iraq knowing the chaos they would create in the subsequent administration. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Does the gentleman have a motion . Mr. Gohmert at this time i move that we do now hereby adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the house stands adjourned until provide services for victims. Later in the week, several science related bills. The new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house number plus Contact Information and twitter handles. Also, district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill and a look a
And on capitol hill, the senate is in session. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell hopes to have work on the legislation finished this week. You can follow the action on the Senate Floor Live on our companion network cspan 2. And also live Coverage Today from the campaign trail with democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton in mason city iowa. Her second visit to iowa since announcing her run for the presidency. You can watch live coverage of her remarks scheduled to start at 3 45 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan 3. President ial candidates often release books to introduce themselves to voters. A look at recent books written by declared and potential candidates for president. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton looks back on her time serving in the Obama Administration and hard choices. In American Dreams, marco rubio outlines his plan to restore economic opportunity. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee gives his take on politics and culture in god guns grits and gravy. A
So the Clinton Campaign responding with this. But it is an Election Year and reaction happen swift. Donald trump taking to twitter. Fbi director said crooked hillary compromised our national securities. No charges, wow. Riggedsystem. And dr. Ben carson asked the questions on republicans minds. Take a listen. Are americans willing to place everything in the hands of somebody with such poor judgment . Hillary clinton is going to be holding an event coming up here in charlotte, North Carolina, arriving on air force one with the campaigner in chief president obama at her side. Their first public event. And Hillary Clinton back on the campaign trail in what now seems to be a relief to her campaign after director comey made that statement this morning. Our reporters are across all aspects of this developing story. Kristen welker is in charlotte, North Carolina, where the president and secretary clinton are expected within the next hour. Kelly odonnell is live from director comeys was at dire