and yet on the opposite side in the house, we have mike mccall from homeland security which will helpully going forward. >> this is really important because it was a subcommittee hearing. the homeland security committee. the chairman of the full committee doesn't generally attend these subcommittee hearings. mike mccall made a point of coming to this one both to make a personal statement about the fact that he thinks this is important. then he actually made a statement to the effect that he thinks this could make all of the other kinds of problems that we're worrying about pale by comparison. as you understand and have done so much to help illuminate, this is a nation-threatening danger. i think he was there in part and he was attesting to the importance of this legislation that would make the electromagnetic pulse threats a -- specifically emp, a planning scenario for the department of homeland security. imagine, it isn't today. he's behind getting it out of committee. and i think pete sessions has cosponsored. he will, i think, make sure it gets to and through the floor. then maybe

congressman mike mccall has called for a further investigation into whether others were involved. suspects have been identified. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> actor michael jace has been formally charged with killing his wife. the star that played a police officer in the fx series "the shield." appeared in a los angeles courtroom yesterday. bail set at $2 million. jace called 911 and said he shot his wife april. the couple's children were home at the time. police are trying to determine if financial problems led to that shooting. >>> o.j. simpson's attorneys have filed an appeal to his kidnapping and armed robbery conviction. they're hoping to get a new trial, claiming his notoriety tainted the case. simpson was sentenced to 9 to 33 years for the confrontation at a vegas hotel. he claims he was trying to retrieve his stolen memorabilia and didn't know his friends were armed. last year, a judge rejected the appeal claiming his previous lawyer botched his trial. >>> 50 democratic senators have written to roger goodell urging him to change the name of the washington redskins. i

mike mccall of texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to follow up -- well, let me say last night i watched the video again of boko haram, the leader, with these 270 girls. it is horrific. and it's hard to stand back idly and watch that happen, knowing that we could do more to help them. the chairman raised the issue of the waiver process, and i guess my question to dr. sewall is if that waiver is granted, what additional assistance could be given to this situation? >> i think one of the -- one of the distinctions that i've been trying to articulate is that the waiver really is geared toward the training and material support for forces and some 50% of the nigerian military at this point in time are not eligible for that form of cooperation with the united states because of the lahi law. we have been able to be involved with the remaining 50%. in terms of the operational pieces, i should turn to my colleague, miss dory, to speak about what additionally might happen in a waiver. but at this point we are doing everything that the nig