the senate has confirmed christopher wray to be fbi director in a 92-50. mr. wray is an attorney who previously worked worked as assistant attorney general charge of the justice department's criminal division. here is part of the senate debate on his nomination beginning with democrats richard blumenthal. this is a half-hour. >> mr. president i know that later about noon we are likely to proceed to the nomination of christopher wray and i'm proud to support him as i was during the judiciary committee as did every other member of the judiciary committee. i think quite simply he is a professional as non-politically associated as anyone can be going into the position and like the fbi itself known for his independence and integrity. there are two qualities needed in the fbi and its director and that his independence and integrity. the fbi is one of the world's most important law enforcementa, agencies and certainly one of the most important in this country. the fbi director doesn't serve at the pleasure of the president alone. he has a 10 year term and the fbi dir

christoph: sophie, thank you.w york over the russian capital moscow, and an experiment where no one is in the driver seat. two local automotive manufacturers are teaming up to create an autonomous van big enough to seat up to one dozen passengers and replace minibus taxis that play a key role in russia's public transportation system. reporter: this prototype driverless van may look slow and ungainly, but it is being made ready to take to the public streets in 2020. for now it is being tested in a closed off technology park in moscow where engineers have located city streets -- replicated city streets in an industrial plant. >> the technology park created this road for testing. here it is all possible. we can use it around the clock in any conditions. summer, winter, during the day, and at night. reporter: electric van uses cameras to follow a route instead of the expensive light detection sensors used in western autonomous vehicles. >> it knows the route in matches with what it sees in front of itself just as a re

and business news with christoph, who is always social.tay with us. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back here with dw news. u.s. president donald trump has pledged to commit more military resources to fighting the taliban in afghanistan. he says that pulling out of the country would mean making the same mistake as the u.s. has made in iraq. the head of the u.s. pacific command has urged diplomats to find a solution to the current standoff with north korea over its nuclear missile program. joint drills -- tensions are high between pyongyang and the international community. but for young people in seoul, the heated rhetoric is an unwelcome distraction from daily life. reporter: just 60 kilometers from the north korean border, souls bars and clubs are buzzing. this it out for a night on the town. >> i justt turned 18 to now i cn drink out of all legally. there is always lots of drinking when we go out. reporter: but his party life is about to end. a two-year stint in the military is mandatory for young men in south korea. >> i don't want to go. while i am

the reason that christopher wray has been nominated to serve as f.b.i. director is that the vacancy was created by the firing of jim comey for reasons that have led to an aspect of the ongoing investigation by the special counsel. the reason that position is vacancy is -- vacant is because three months ago jim comey was fired by the president because of, quote, the russia thing. the russia thing was very much on the president's mind more so than any of the reasons given in the memos done by attorney general sessions and deputy attorney rod rosenstein, according to the president himself. the russia thing is the f.b.i. and the special counsel's investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government to influence our elections. there's no question that there was a campaign of interference and meddling through cyber attacks, disinformation, propaganda, and other means. and there's no question that the russians will do it again unless they are made to pay a price. and others may well collude and conspire with them, americans, unless

>> welcome to chasing news, i am your host bill stayedia, we have a huge show for you, christopher columbus, is he a racist? some say yes. they want his statue taken down out of columbus circle. and we have the latest headlines that we're chasing, how they impact you. we touch on the weather, but first a story about senator bob menendez, he is under indictment facing trial for public corruption. what does this mean for you? if he is out of office, chris christie has 147 days left in office to appoint a pro-trump senator, that could impact you. alex? >> federal courthouse covering a trial that could have ripple effects from white house to your house, bob menendez going on trial for corruption, it might sound like a far away headline it could affect you, menendez is a democrat, if we were convicted and expelled, by january 2018, his replace me replacement woule appointed by republican governor chris christie, that would be one more republican seat in senate, this is moot if menendez gets acquitted. and murphy wins elect in the fall. menendez of indictedded more than two year ago his trial got

christoph will be here with that and it is business news.lus, 10 years of hashtags ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back here with "dw news." investigators are probing links between the jihadist to attack spain lastst week and other europeanan cells. that, as french authorities confirm some memberers visited paris in the lead up to last week's attacks. in the u.s. the city of charlottesville has covered a controversial statue of confederate general robert e. lee. the statue in the state of virginia was the focal point of a white nationalist rally earlier this month. a young woman was killed there when a man drove into a group of antiracism protesters. the city voted earlier this year to remove the statue completely. that decision is being challenged in court. yesterday, president donald trump drew fresh outrage after misrepresenting remarks that he made concerning charlottesville. he told the campaign-style rally he would read them the comments he had made in the aftermath of the deadly violence, but he left out a key point. the controversial claim that m

. >>> monument that honors christopher columbus was vandalsed. it was laid back in 1792 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of columbus's arrival in north america, moved to its current location in 1964 and the vandals posted a youtube video to explain why they did it. >> the culture of white supremacy preceded the united states, it's the foundation of u.s. culture, business, bureaucracy and psychology, observe how vehemently republican and democratic misleaders defend terrorists like christopher columbus and george washington, white supremacy must be replaced >> the vandals started slashing the monument with a sledgehammer, police have been investigating but so far no arrests. >>> in howard county someone put a tarp. over a monument. police say they want to find the person responsible for covering up the monument.

ilia: es la casa de christopher parker, mago imperial y su esposa comandante imperial.el camarÓgrafo americano comenzÓ a hablar el espaÑol y ellos estaban como que era un traidor. enseguida comenzaron a usar un lenguaje totalmente inaceptable. ilia: la sorpresa fue mayor cuando vieron a nuestro camarÓgrafo mexicano. >> me preguntan, tÚ quÉ eres? mexicano? y Él dijo que si. es un compaÑero que ha estado conmigo en las peores situaciones. a mÍ desde un principio me trataron mucho mejor que al camarÓgrafo mexicano. ilia: y -- a mÍ no me habían visto. sigue la caravana penetrando los seis acres de bosque de la propiedad, hasta llegar a este lugar al aire libre. dÓnde se realizarÍa la entrevista. y dÓnde ademÁs, serÍamos testigos de un ritual que sÓlo llevan a cabo en total oscuridad. >> estaba un poco nerviosa porque es raro, a dÓnde nos llevan? no hay comunicaciÓn de celulares en el Área, es un Área muy rural. ilia: mientras mis colegas montaban cÁmaras y luces, yo seguÍa en el auto revisando la lista de preguntas. estaba preparÁndome mentalmente para lo que tenÍa que hace

christopher!i asked you not to say that.do not use that word around me it is vulgar and disrespectful. stop it right now. and stop doing that thing with your voice. it is crazy! he shakes his head and in a dismissive chin up not that reads you like - which makes me want to slap him. my chest rises and falls slowly with a long measured breath i take to keep my pressure from spiking. i turned my back to write on the board and i hear mandingo. i swing around in slow motion, neo in the matrix with my neck being the last thing to snap into a - alignment. it's a knee-jerk reflex that flings my mama jeannie and two full octave all up in your face crazy woman purple theory. i am full throttle extremely loud, intense and temporarily unhinged. i'm sick and tired of your disrespect. i asked you five times christopher and i am not having this foolishness in my class. you haven't done any work since you came to my class. you run your mouth, making annoying noises like kermit the frog and now you're being totally disrespectful. you think

what the heck were those republican staffers doing at christopher steele's office in london then. thanks to the guardian newspaper today we know more. the guardian reports that these two staffers from the house intelligence committee who went to london to turn up unannounced at christopher steele's office, they were sent there by a long standing aid to devin nunez. member of the trump transition. de devin nunez who stepped aside from leading the nfths after his weird stunt where he tried to claim that the real problem is the obama administration. he is there for supposedly not involved in the russia investigation. how is it that his long time staffer is dispatching people at taxpayer expense to go doorstop christopher cele's office in london in a way that might screw up all of the other investigations into the dossier part of the trump-russia story. and he's able to send those folks off without the knowledge of any of the folks involved in the investigation, including robert mueller, the democrats and the republican congressman who is supposed to be running that investigation in t

christopher: it's like waiting for godot.rage hourly earnings creeping up -- not by much, but we will keep an eye on that statistic pay up by the end of the year, you will see that being more inflationary, for better or worse. francine: what exactly is priced into the markets? if whether the market is pricing in fed normalization starting or continuing this year. christopher: i think markets are climbing, but this whole health care stuff has been the preseason, and futures are up because we are finally turning to what the market regards as the real meat of the bank, which is tax early, especially corporate tax reform. to the extent that it takes over headlines the next couple of months, that will continue to be good for the market. tom: you talk about waiting for "go-do" -- i thought it was "go-dot." the producer had to straighten me out in pronunciation. side is theless depression. the trend is there. diversified or do you need to be more diversified? to doopher: what you need -- it is getting harder and harder to find pocke

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tonight, stephen welcomes christoph waltz. chris o'dowd. and sean evans. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! thanks, everybody. please, sit down. thank you so much. welcome, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that. thank you for that. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now i. ( cheers and applause ) i know a lot of people tune into this show on a nightly basis to get their news and information. they count on me to be a straight shooter, okay, with a calm voice. i don't want to be alarmist. we're all going to die. ( laughter ) because u.s. intelligence believes that north korea is now making missile-ready nuclear weapons. my god, dennis rodman, did you do nothing? ( laughter ) but don't worry. the story gets worse because over the weekend, the u.n. security council voted 15-0 to sanction north korea. and in response, north korea warned that they are "ready to teach the u.s. a severe lesson with its

. >>> there's a plan to remove a statue of christopher columbus from city hall. the group called the brown belligerent rays is circulating a petition to take down the statute. they say the campaign to remove columbus from the city hall began in charlottesville, virginia. this group says christopher columbus represent the general side of native americans and should be moved off city property. >> this statute represents the symbol to my community, the white supremacy. >> people have a variety of opinions on. so if you're going to talk about one statute, then you probably need to look at everything else. >> the statute of christopher columbus was donated by the italian community back in 1958. for years, native groups called for the removal of christopher columbus from the rotunda of the state capitol. >>> this statute is near city hall. terry moriarty tells us there's a push to take it down. >>reporter: you may not have noticed the monument before, but it's gaining notoriety in the wake of controversial statutes. mainly confederate memorials. >> off the bat it looks

senate is debating christopher wray to lead the fbi.ators are expected to vote in 1 1/2 hours from now, 5 to 5:30 p.m. eastern time. the president fired james comey, the former director of the fbi, back in may. mr. comey says the president asked him for loyalty. for his part, wray has been asked about what he is loyal to. he says the united states constitution. it is widely expected he will be confirmed by the u.s. senate. christopher wray sailed through the senate committee. christopher reyes, the man that would replace james comey as head of the fbi. officials in idaho issuing a disaster declaration where scientists say they expect a total solar eclipse to pass through later this month. that's when the moon completely blocks the sun. people along this pass stretching from oregon to south carolina will be able to see the total eclipse and local officials say they're expecting lots of visitors to pack in to that part of the country. the disaster declaration makes it easier to get money just in case it's needed. local officials urging pe

christopher: the u.s.in with because if they were to take some type of a strong preemptive right, that would essentially spell doom for millions of people in seoul. that is the reality of the situation. we cannot get around that. it is very difficult to see what kind of preemptive action outside of the diplomatic realm that trump can take. scarlet: sounds like steve bannon was right. joe: exactly. speaking of that, we were just talking in the break about the lack of market anxiety over this. on the one hand, this story has been playing out in slow motion for a long time, decades arguably. on the other hand, people are saying that last night was different. the fact that it went over japan. is this a different stage of the crisis that is more heightened than it had been, or more of the same? christopher: it is safe to say the fight over japan was a little bit of a game changer. i think it will be very interesting to see the reactions going forward because as you said, this has been going on for really 20 plu

someone smashed a statue of christopher columbus in baltimore this week. in san jose, more than 1,400 peemt have signed a petition demanding this statue be removed from city hall. activists from the san jose brown berets say the statue is obscene and offensive to the native community. city leaders like councilman sergio jimenez understand the concern. >> certainly christopher columbus doesn't evoke images of positive, positive images for me personally but i understand obviously to the italian community they see him a little different. >> reporter: the plaque said the explorer discovered america. it doesn't mention his role in enslaving and killing native americans. >> individuals who may well have had a very prominent important role in history, also had a very dark engagement in history as well. it's important for us to have these public discussions. >> reporter: mayor sam ricardo welcomes debate, but said city leaders can make a bigger impact working to uplift communities. >> how we expand to the communities of color, protect our immigrant communities in

. >> like stone, inmate christopher trotter has been behind bars since the mid 1980s. >> i came into prison to serve a four-year prison sentence for petty theft. i came in with four years and ended up with 142 years. that's what could happen in prison if you make the wrong choice. it has consequences. >> the wrong choice trotter refers to was being one of the instigators of a 1985 riot at another indiana prison. seven corrections officers were stabbed. two others and a counselor were held hostage for 15 hours. >> it was a pretty massive riot that they had at that time and chris trotter was one of the main players in that. and since then, trotter has done his share to maintain his image of that. >> trotter has maintained that he was defending another inmate from abusive staff. >> some of them were stabbed but some of them were beat up. some of them went to the court and overexaggerated their wounds. >> the judge in trotter's case saw nothing to laugh about. >> i was found guilty of one count of attempted murder, one battery, four counts of criminal defilement and one count of rioting.

christopher columbus has been a target for years! kpix 5's kiet do spoke to some people who say, a statue in san jose's city hall is offensive to them! kiet. >> reporter: yeah. we're live here with the statue in the lobby of city hall. this was donated by the italian- american community in 1958 but some people say just because it's been here a long time doesn't make it right. the base of the christopher columbus statue echoes what we read in the history books. discoverer of america. but an activist says there's more to the story. >> have the statues in city hall is akin to having a statue of hitler in jerusalem. >> reporter: he is a member of the newly formed activist group the brown berets. they started an online petition to move it somewhere else saying, this statue is obscene and offensive to the native community whose ancestry has suffered years of oppression, race and genocide at the hands of the figure that now stands at our city hall. >> we're being true. we're fighting for justice so, um, if you want to label it political cor

it dwarfs the ship christopher columbus sailed. we need to understand how china views the pacific as ancient sea, enormous sea and when you know they have sailed for centuries. in the american mind when we think about the pacific, what do we think about typically? >> world war ii. attack on pearl harbor, campaign to retake the pacific. this is a period of time the early 1940's when the united states navy has not hundreds of ships as we do today, we had hundreds of aircraft carriers, today we have 12 aircraft carriers, hundreds of aircraft carriers, we dominated the pacific. in america so few of the pacific tends to inculcate the dna. but another nation is rising at sea and it's an ancient nation, ancient civilization and it is china. these are chinese ballistic missile nuclear powered submarines. highly capable, i put them here as examples as the rise to the chinese fleet that we have seen really over the last decade, chinese now have two aircraft carriers, again, we have 12, but they are building and they are on a constant increas

christopher wray is that type of person. he founded to convict massou and prosecuted the snipers in washington, d.c. he is add dedicated, committed prosecutor, has been selected many times to work for the department of justice. went to the department of justice as an assistant to larry johnson. he worked during many of the investigations with the terrorists that have attacked america. he is the right man for the right time in the right place. so if ever there was a time -- mr. schumer: would my colleague yield for a brief unanimous consent request. mr. isakson: i would be happy to yield. mr. schumer: unanimous consent my statement in support of mr. wray be added into the record after the senator from georgia speaks. i'm in full support of mr. wray. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i thank my colleague for the courtesy. mr. isakson: i know when there is a time for me to shut up. once the democratic leader has showed up -- christopher wray is the type of person that chuck schumer wants, the type of person

yesterday we reported that the firm that hired christopher steele, that mi-6 agent who did the dossier, the head of the american firm who hired him to do it was interviewed yesterday by the staff of the senate judiciary committee for ten solid hours. we can also confirm tonight that glen simpson, the head of fusion gps, did hand over 40,000 pages of documents to the committee as well. we can confirm it tonight. but even if you put aside 40,000 pages of documents, think about his ten-hour-long interview. we know what it was about. i mean, the only reason the head of fusion gps was talking to the senate judiciary committee for five minutes, let alone ten hours, is because of that firm's role in commissioning the trump-russia dossier. when the head of the firm came out of his interview, his lawyer made a statement making clear that the dossier was the subject of the interview. and even though everybody's grown accustomed to habitually describing the dossier as uncorroborated and unverified, that's not the way fusion gps views it. richard ben is a famous political figure particularly when

we're talking about italian explorer, christopher columbus. 76 foot statute honoring the columbus at's one of many that could be on the chopping block. it comes two weeks after supremacist protested removal of robert e. lee statute. there's also controversy over -- someone took a sledge hammer to the 225-year-old stone at harry run park and recorded the vandalism on video. the person can be heard calling columbus a racist slave owner. news 4 chris 4 explains it's a sentiment felt by a lot of people. >> this is a familiar site at union station in washington, d.c. the national columbus memorial. the revelations about christopher columbus's controversial past have caused dc councilman david russo to propose removing the name columbus from the district's attempt to gain state hood. >> i think we're should remove the statute, especially the one in front of union station. i think we're should change columbus day to indigenous day. >> this youtube video is from oldest monument in america and posted the video on to you tube channel called popular resistance. >> as humans requires tearing dow

confirmation vote underway for fbi director nominee christopher wray. you are looking at a live view of the senate floor. we will be bringing you the result of the vote we have it. our top story, they were against white house leaks is heating up. attorney general jeff sessions having a press conference friday to outline efforts to crack down on leaks. an issue that has dogged the administration since day one. >> i have not been happy with the past prosecutions and investigations of criminal leaks. we've already taken a number of steps. we are stepping up. cannot continue. some people need to go to jail. if we can make cases, they are going to jail. >> kat: judge napolitano didn't mince words either. >> the type of leaks that have bedeviled donald trump, that have commenced the massey's income including the special prosecutor, began when susan rice and her colleagues. she has admitted to some of this, engaged in unmasking, revealing the true names of people who participated in conversations that were captured by american and british intelligence. >> kat:

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christopher nolan, how is he? is he just a tricky guy?h of so many people who worked on this film, and it just felt like such a -- i felt so lucky to be there, to be honest. >> jimmy: well, what a great story, and it's moving, and i just didn't really know anything about it. if you see it, it's basically what the idea is these soldiers are basically trapped. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and the germans are just killing them off, bombi people who have boats, fisherman, local people from england who have -- they drive their own boats over to save the soldiers. >> yeah, i think that's -- >> jimmy: that's a little part of it, though. oh. >> so nice to watch is it's -- it's kind of the opposite to what a traditional kind of movie set around war is. not as being the heroes and kind of going and saving the day, it's just about community, heroism, and how these small acts from civilians and the normal people who are at home coming to save as kind of together makes this massive thing. and i think it very much bears the spirit of people, and, you know, how -

amy: five senators voted against christopher wray. before yesterday, only one sender had ever voted against an fbi nominee. we will get a look at the explosive lawsuit filed by a former fox news contributor, alleging fox news fabricated and worked directly with the white house to push a fake news story to prop up conspiracy theories linking the murder of a dnc staffer last year to the wikileaks publication of internal dnc emails. look at the shocking story of how u.s. customs and border protection agents told a 16-year-old mexican teenager to drink from a bottle of liquid meth at a border checkpoint in san diego, causing him to die from an acute drug overdose. >> my brother is dead. he was in pain. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. "the new york times" is reporting the justice department is preparing to investigate and sue universities for affirmative action policies, in the latest assault against civil rights by attorney general jeff sessions. "t

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someone smashed a statue of christopher columbus in baltimore this week. in san jose, more than 1400 people have signed a petition demanding this christopher columbus statue be removed from city hall. activists from the san jose brown berets say the statue is obscene and offensive to the community. the city council understands the concern. >> christopher columbus doesn't evoke positive images for me personally, but i understand for the town and community, they probably see it a little different. >> reporter: the statue's plaque says the italian explorer discovered america. it doesn't mention his role in killing and enslaving north americans. >> he also had a dark engagement in history as well. it's important for us to have these public discussions. >> reporter: mayor sam ricardo we will calcomes debates but sa leaders can have a greater impact at uplifting communities. >> how we can protect our communities of color, how we can protect our immigrant communities in the wake of what's happening in the white house, how we can engage in concrete actions that ma

this time it's christopher columbus... and the battleground is city hall in san jose.ron four's rob fladeboe join us now live from san jose with more on what's going on. rob? the statue of christopher columbus has stood in the lobby of this and the previous city hall for decades. it's not the first time the statue has come under fire but once again, people are stepping up to denounce and defend the the controversial figure. jose villarreal/san jose brown beretsjose villarreal of the san jose activist group brown berets says that christopher columbuswas more villian than hero and that this statue of the italian explorer ought to be removed from the lobby of city hall as soon as possible. jose villarreal/brown berets "...having this statue at city hall is akin to having a statue of hitler in jerusalem, it's unbelievable.....the brown berets say that columbus was guilty of genocide and enslaved indigenous people and his statue should not occupy such a prominent public place. defenders say columbus was far from perfect, but he advanced technology and contributed to the fou

christopher cannot well turned himself into police in lynchburg, virginia. he became the face of the rally after appearing in this documentary. he was wanted by uva police for his actions during the friday night torch rally. before saturday's deadly rally. at some back to charlottesville to face three felony charges. meanwhile, the confederate statue at the center of that deadly rally is still causing controversy. yesterday a man with a gun tried to cut a tarp off the robert e. lee statue. crews put the tarp up earlier as a symbol of mourning for the woman killed in that rally. the man said it was desecration but stopped cutting when police arrived. the thomas stonewall jackson statue, also covered. >>> a family from our area is hoping for the best, fearing the worst about their son serving in the navy. electronics technician second class kevin bushel serves on the u.s.s. john s. mccain. he's one of ten sailors missing after monday's collision with an oil tanker near singapore. we have more from his family. >> posted on the mccain facebook page. an image tha

yesterday we reported that the firm that hired christopher steele, that ex mi-6 agent, the head of the american firm that hired him to do it, fusion gps, was interviewed yesterday by the staff of the senate judiciary committee for ten total i had hours. we can confirm that glen simpson did hand over 40,000 pages of documents to the committee as well that was first reported by fox news last night, we can confirm it tonight. if you put aside 40,000 pages of documents, think about his 10 hour long interview. we know what it was about. i mean, the only reason the head of fusion gps was talking to the senate judiciary committee for 10 hours was because of their role in commissionings the does way. when simpson came out of the view, his lawyer made a statement saying the dossier was the subject of the interview. and -- everybody calls it uncorroborated and unverified, that's not the way fusion gpa views it. richard ben-veniste is a famous political figure especially investigations of complicated sandals, he was a water gate investigator, when simpson came out of that interview, his lawyer qu

. >> sreenivasan: christopher booker joins me now, from victoria, texas. >> christopher, you have been out and about all day. how are they dealing with their basic needs. i see there are probably power lines that are big and trees that are also down. >> yes, it's a bit like moving through a maze of trees here. across the city there are hundreds and hundreds of really substantial trees across the streets. power lines down. we only saw one open store and that store had a line outs the door. people lining up to get food and water and they were going into a store that didn't have food or electricity. the gas station didn't have power, and people were setting up porta potties. >> sreenivasan: when is it safe to return? >> it's really unclear. folks are coming back. wee visited a home right next to the guadalupe river. a family of four pulled up to their house which was right next to the guadalupe river and huge tree branch had fallen on top of the roof puncturing the roof flooding their kitchen. they were there for a really brief moment to pick up as much as they could because their house i

when you talk about christopher columbus, what percentage of people think monuments of christopher columbusuld be ripped down? >> many people have a problem because they say he dealt with slaves and had slaves but the thing is we talked about that yesterday and it is interesting when you look at the amount of confederate soldiers all over the country what do you do about that and who determines what offends someone or not, that is the question here in new york city as well. 20 minutes after the top of the hour, check your cabinets, the baby powder you have could be linked to cancer. the multimillion dollar lawsuit just settled coming up. >> do you text and walk around endlessly? prepared to pay a fine for that. the city trying to make that illegal. stay tuned. ♪ for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, th

senate has just confirmed christopher wray to become the next fbi director.rwhelming vote, 92-5, 92 in favor of confirmation, only 5 opposing. christopher wray, the former assistant attorney general under president george w. bush. he worked under james comey at the justice department, and in private practice, by the way, he represented governor chris christie during what was called bridgegate. you know, phil mudd, 92-5, that's pretty good. >> we had news that president trump was going to visit the fbi. he never visited. my friends over there saying if he had gone there, it's not because he loves james comey -- many do -- it's because we have a lot of work to do. there is an opioid epidemic, if i were the fbi director, keep your head down. the white house takes head shots, go low, don't say anything publicly and keep the business of the bureau going and i think the worse force will respond. >> he's going to be sworn in by the president, vice president, whoever swears him in. that will probably take a day or so. but will he get directly involved under mueller o

that's the santa maria like the pin tay the three ships that christopher columbus sailed to america, it was 60 feet long. 1492 the behemoth next to was the flagship of the chinese admiral jinghe six decks, 500 mariners on it, it dwarf ship that christopher columbus sailed on we need to understand how china views the pacific aside an ancient sea and enormous sea and one they have sailed for centuries. in the american mind when we think about the pacific what do we think about typically? world war ii. we think about the attack on pearl harbor. the campaign to retake the pacific. this is a period of time the early 1940s when the united states navy has hundreds of ships that we do today, we have hundreds of aircraft carriers. today, we have 12 aircraft carriers. hundreds of aircraft carriers, we dominated the pacific. in american view of the pacific tends to have that dna and how we think about it. but another nation is rising at sea. and it is an ancient nation an ancient civilization it is chin. these are chinese ballistic missiles nuclear powered submarines. highly capable i put them

prince henry, bottom right everyone would recognize christopher columbus. upper left, the greatest of nagging navigators, magellan. bartolomeo dion, portuguese navigator who opens the route to africa in the indian ocean. these mariners transit the and create a global economy. how do we think of it in the united states? we think of world war i and world war ii, our absolute determination to resupply the europeans in those two wars create transit zones, convoys , much warfare, two small hinges, these convoys are swinging big doors of war. if we had not controlled the atlantic, we would not have succeeded in either of those wars. so that's the american view of the atlantic. >> today we are challenged on the atlantic by vladimir putin. by the resurgence of the russian navy. and our problem is that we keep looking for the strategic terrain in the atlantic on this map. and it's not there, the strategic terrain is right here. >> its the mind of vladimir putin. he is rebuilding the russian navy. this is a brand-new russian frigate. the admiral greg gurevich. highly

look to remove controversial monuments the legacy of christopher columbus is a complicated one some believe him to be a brave pioneer who discovered america and others consider him to be a ruthless men who were enslaved abused and murdered native americans the seventy six foot tall structure is only one of the statues on the long list of monuments that will be reviewed by city officials this is a part of mayor bill de blasio efforts to reevaluate quote symbols of hate on city property something city officials are doing all across the nation the deadly violence in charlottesville gave a new urgency to the process of taking down confederate monuments. being vandalized before their removal on monday the president of the university of texas at austin ordered the immediate removal of statues of robert e. lee and other prominent confederate figures from the main area of campus saying such monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo nazi ism. represent. a system of oppression. against a community community in the black community. the following is a severe thunderstorm w