san bernardino district attorney, michael ramos. >> that was a huge break because up until that time, there was really no evidence of a murder. >> now, there were more than 100 new pieces of evidence. like tire tracks nearby and clothing in the graves. >> you're going to look and pick up anything that's anywhere near the desert that could tie an individual to it, tie a vehicle to the location, perhaps a murder weapon. >> finding the remains and the new evidence meant learning the cause of death, blunt force trauma. >> they were brutally murdered. a horrible cold callous murder. i pray that the suffering wasn't prolonged. >> there is a chance they did suffer, just so i'm clear, even with a one strike blunt force trauma. >> there is a chance, yes. >> would it have taken some time to die? >> yes, yes. >> from the start, san bernardino detectives say they had their eyes on chase merritt. the same chase merritt who began working with joseph mcstay years before. >> hi, welcome to your how-to video of installing your new water feature. >> back then, chase merritt was widely known as a friend

but michael ramos is. he is a special agent with the united states general services administration. that means he normally chases down bad guys who waste taxpayer money or steal government property. though a case he's been on for the past few years doesn't quite fit that role. what it does fit is bay area proud. >> the targets of his investigation, special agent mike ramos was told could be found at the grand avenue branch of the south san francisco public library. the fact the object of his search were just hanging around, hiding in plain sight as it were. >> didn't make their discovery any less sweet for mike. >> when i first walked in here i saw that and got goose bumps. >> these paintings were just the beginning of what mike found in back rooms, basements and behind boxes a dozen other works of art all with one thing in common. >> at the height of the great depression, the works progress administration or wpa, put millions of unemployed americans back to work. that included artists. hundreds of thousands of pieces were commissions, then placed in the public spaces like libraries

>> when you hear someone called a history detective, they usually aren't a real detective, but michael ramose's a special agent with the united states general services administration. he normally catches bad guys who waste taxpayer money or steal government property. the case he's been on the last few years doesn't quite fit that mold. what it is is our bay area proud. the target of his investigation, special agent mike ramos was told could be found at the grand avenue branch of the south san francisco public library. the fact the objects of his search were just hanging around, hiding in plain sight, didn't make their discovery any less sweet for mike. >> so when i first walked in here, i saw that. yeah, i got the goosebumps. >> these two paintings by a late artist was just the beginning of what mike found. in back rooms, basement and behind boxes, a dozen other works of art all with one thing in common. at the height of the great depression the work progress administration or wpa, put millions of unemployed americans back to work. that included artists. hundreds of thousands of pieces were

but michael ramos is. he's a special agent with the united states general services administration. he catches bad guys who waste taxpayers' money or steal government property. a case he's been on the past few years doesn't fit that mold. what it is, is our "bay area proud." >> the targets of his investigation, special agent mike ramos was told, could be found at the grand avenue branch of the south san francisco public library. the fact the objects of his search were just hanging around, hiding in plain sight as it were -- >> sophie brannon. >> reporter: -- didn't make their discovery any less sweet for mike. when i first walked in here i saw that i got the goose bumps. >> reporter: two paintings by the late artist sophie brannon were the beginning of what mike found. in back rooms, basements and behind boxes a dozen other works of art all with one thing in common. at the height of the great depression, the works progress administration or wpa, put millions of unemployed americans back to work. that included artists. hundreds of thousands of pieces were commissioned, then placed in

so that my colleagues can hear the stories of people like officer ramos, of people like officer lou, of stories of heroes like dr. michael davidson so that maybe the voices of these victims can prompt us to action. i yield the floor. mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: madam president i'd like to make a unanimous consent request that lieutenant colonel anthony mccarty he's a defense fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: and -- and madam president, along with senator hatch, we have a concern that we want to share with this body and one of the reasons i do is because i had planned to go ahead and introduce the bill having to do with the aumf. in fact, i actually had introduced it a year ago. but i understand now that we're coming into an agreement and we stand together, senator hatch and i to speak about the need for the new aumf authorization for the use of military force against the terrorist organization known as the isis or isil or whatever you want to call it in order