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cargo plane smuggling tanks and ammunition to a syrian military base, all provided we are told by way of tehran. good morning, everybody. big issues on the table. good for you to be with us. i'm bill hemmer. good morning to "america's newsroom". how did are you doing juliet? >> i'm juliet huddy in for martha maccallum. this is another example of the regime giving weapons to local loyal syrian troops willing to fight to the death. bill: that battle has been bloody. at least 80 civilians killed by government forces in past 24 hours alone. leland vittert live in jerusalem with with more...

could you elaborate on your department's needs, but is there any recommendations you'd have to begin to contain the prison population? are we federalizing too many crimes? is recidivism the problem? again, safe streets, but this is really an ever-increasing part of our appropriations. >> i think there are a whole variety of reasons why we see the prison population expanding. we now have about 215,000 or so people in the federal system. that number goes up every year. it is for that reason that we consistently come back to this committee asking for additional funds for b.o.p. i think ...

good morning everyone. good morning everybody t. commerce justice appropriations subcommittee will come to order. this morning we -- this morning we welcome the attorney general of the united states, and as is the usual and customary way, senator hutch i son and i will make opening statements. we'll go to you, mr. attorney general, for yours, and you may summarize with unanimous consent that all statements be included in the record. senator shelby, our colleague and former ranking member on this subcommittee has a banking hearing with senator hutch i son's concurrence, we'll go right...

industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligation to ourselves as well as others all require us to make this effort. those of us, again, who remember the president's statement, thought it was unimaginable that we could send a man to the moon and back safely within ten years. but this -- these astronauts knew it was possible. they ensured that we were first. first to set foot on the moon, first in science and technology and the industries of innovation. first in the pursuit of peace and partnership and first in security for our country and around the world. and we still must ...

of exploration, and into a new frontier of discovery, progress and hope for our future. for their spirit, for their actions, for their inspiration in this time of thanksgiving season, we thank them. we honor them, we congratulate them for receiving the highest civilian honor this country can bestow -- the congressional gold medal. congratulations to our leaders. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the republican leader of the united states senate, the honorable mitch mcconnell. >> in early 1959, about six months after congress formally created the national aeronautics and space admin...