leslie lee's office only handles appeals, death penalty cases, and public defender training. >> do younow how many people are sitting in jail, without having spoken to an attorney? >> oh i'm sure the number is quite large. but i have no idea. it's frightening. >> does anyone keep track of that? >> the challenges are we have 82 counties. 82 different ways that they keep the data. 82 different ways that they appoint public defenders. >> so why is it that in scott county indigent defendants can't see an attorney until after they are indicted? >> that's a very good question. we don't know why. it shouldn't be that way. >> who has oversight over how the justice system works in the counties right now? >> the judges. >> we're going to see judge gordon. this is the man that many people hold responsible for keeping people in jail for months without access to a lawyer. >> we met a few defendants yesterday, just being here a few days, went into the jail and spoke to a number of inmates who say they have been waiting to speak to an attorney for nearly a year. >> well that's not right. i know that'

lee store. clerks -- leslie storm. clerks were tied up, and phones and cash were stolen. >> it's pretty scary to fear going shopping. >> >. the suspect may be linked to another robbery in east meadow. >>> and hispanics do in fact support donald trump according to this woman. >> there's a colombian immigrant. he invited her to a rally when he spotted her with a magazine with him on the cover. >> i'm here because i want to vote for him! i'm american citizen, i'm legal, and i wait to come here to the united states more than 14 years. >> trump created controversy this summer when he said mexican immigrants are racists and criminals. >>> new information in the stabbing of an american hero that previously stopped a terror attack on a train in france. spencer stone was performing heroically again wednesday when he was wounded. a witness said stone was trying to break up a fight between a man and woman part of a group. expected to make a full recovery. >>> not your typical ghosts and witches. a new jersey neighbor says the hal

senator lee: if you are taking a more involved or less involved role? so it need not leslie follow from a decision to get involved in a particular conflict that we have to grow the pentagon, that we have to grow the support staff or the military bureaucracy to a corresponding degree? dr. gates: that's my belief. senator lee: thank you, mr. chairman. senator cotton: senator bluten thall. senator blumenthal: thank you, senator and secretary gates. thank you for your continuing service now. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about the connectivity between the department of defense and the v.a.. and i know this was an issue very much on your mind when you were secretary. from what you've seen, has there been improvement, for example, in the transfer of medical records, in the services that are provided to our military men and women when they are about to leave the military, could you give us your assessment? dr. gates: senator, we were beginning to make some headway electronic health records when i left. in all honesty, this is the area in the four years since i've been gon

senator lee: if you are taking a more involved or less involved role? so it need not leslie follow from a decision to get involved in a particular conflict that we have to grow the pentagon, that we have to grow the support staff or the military bureaucracy to a corresponding degree? dr. gates: that's my belief. senator lee: thank you, mr. chairman. senator cotton: senator blumenthal. senator blumenthal: thank you, senator and secretary gates. thank you for your continuing service now. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about the connectivity between the department of defense and the v.a.. and i know this was an issue very much on your mind when you were secretary. from what you've seen, has there been improvement, for example, in the transfer of medical records, in the services that are provided to our military men and women when they are about to leave the military, could you give us your assessment? dr. gates: senator, we were beginning to make some headway on sharing electronic health records when i left. in all honesty, this is the area in the four years since i've