mr. daniel will be patient with us we will be recessed for probably 10 to 15 minutes. as soon as i am back we will come back into session. [inaudible conversations] >> no rush. we can take a moment to get back into our places. thank you for the interuption. let me turn to mr. daniel with our aprecation and apology for the interruption. >> thank you. >> is your micrmicrophone? >> i was reminded to turn it on before i started, too. good morning. thank you chairman whitehouse and senator grassley and the members of the judiciary committee for holding this important hearing. my name is elvin daniel. i am a republican, i am an avid hu hunter, a gun owner and i enjoy using by guns for target practice with family and frie s friends. i am a strong supporter of the second amendment and nra i believe. i believe in common sense sensible gun laws. i am hear today to speak for my sister xena because she is not here to speak for herself. xena loved life. all she wanted to do was be a mother to her two daughters. she loved disney world. rick springfield. and helping other people. as

mr. daniel. thank you very much. i wear your sister's bracelet that you gave me today with pride and she won't be forgotten. the fact that you are a hunter, gun owner, member of the nra. and could you talk a little bit about how you reconcile that, which i think has been a real issue for some of our colleagues in trying to understand how we can reconcile those of us that support hunting with the fact that we're simply looking at some common sense rules here? for instance, making sure that we include dating partners, when we look at the domestic violence rules, making sure we have good background checks in place and looking at making sure that people are convicted of stalking are also included in these prohibitions. do you want to talk about how you reconcile that in your mind? >> you know, it's totally different. i mean, doing a background check has nothing to do with infringing on my second amendment. me as a gun owner, i want to make sure that i keep the guns out of the hands of the wrong people. i don't want crimi

mr. daniel. you have very well and very powerfully represented your sister today in this hearing room. as the chairman, i'm going to be here until the end, so i will reserve my questions and allow my colleagues to proceed ahead of me, and i will recognize first my friend, the distinguished senator from minnesota, amy klobuchar. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you to all the witnesses, and particularly mr. daniel. thank you so much and i wear your sister's bracelet that you gave me today with pride, and she won't be forgotten. >> thank you. >> and i think one of the things that's most powerful about your testimony is the fact that you are a hunter, a gun owner, a member of the nra, and could you talk a little bit about how you reconcile that, which i think has been a real issue for some of our colleagues in trying to understand how we can reconcile those of us that support hunting with the fact that we're simply looking at some common sense rules here. for instance, making sure tha

mr. daniel for coming and his courage. starting with dr. daniel. >>> i am grateful to testify in these important hearings today. i will present data from homicide women and important research from national databases on this topic. i testified today as a citizen, nurse and when the endorsement of the american academy of nursing. the united states has been said has a higher homicide rate of women than all other westernized countries and amongst the highest rate in the world. it is pronounced for homicides prevented by guns and the rate exceeds 11 times the average rate ra rate of other injusteralized countries. neither complete or without coding errors the fbi report is the most complete national database of homicide with information on the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim. in the most recent data available from 2011, 45% of the murders of women were committed by a current husband or boyfriend or ex-husband. if we only examine the homicides where the perpetrator relationship was identified more than half, 54%, of the homicides of

mr. elvin daniel. mr. dana makes a declaration early in his statement that he is a conservative constitutionalist member of the nra and he comes to us today still asking for protection for women like his sister and others who might have a chance if we pass the mansion -- manchin to me at -- toomey to protect women who are victims of domestic violence and stalking. thank you mr. dana for being here. >> will the witnesses please stand to be sworn. do you affirm the testimony you will get here today will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. i will introduce the whole panel and then we will go to their testimony. i will first introduce jacqueline campbell who is the anna d both chair of the johns hopkins university school of nursing and the national program director of the robert wood johnson foundation nurse faculty scholars program. in 2012 she was wrecked and i said the centers for disease control and prevention is one of 20 national leaders in injury and viole

mr. daniel, i'm from down state illinois. owning guns is part of growing up and part of most families, and they would agree with you. >> most of my friends are hunters, nra members, and we often speak of this. and i haven't had a person yet say, no, why do you want to do this? it just -- to me, it's common sense that as a gun owner, i certainly do not want guns to fall into the hand of criminals or abusers. because it makes the rest of us look bad. >> professor malcolm, do you believe victims of domestic abuse are safer if their abusers are permitted to carry guns while they're the subject of temporary restraining orders? you have to turn your microphone on. >> sorry. i think to know that person actually is an abuser, he's entitled -- i'm assuming it's a he -- he's entitled to have a hearing first before his gun or any other weapon is taken away. >> doesn't the issuance of a temporary restraining order suggest in most cases a hearing? >> it does, but not in these bills. they get -- they are able to accuse the person, their gu

mr. elvin daniel, a resident of illinois that will tell us the sad story of his sister. mr. daniel makes a declaration early in his statement that he is a conservative constitutionalist member of the nra, and he comes to us today still asking for protection for women like his sister and others who might have a chance if we pass the manchin-toomey bill to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and people mentally unstable . thank you, mr. daniel for being here. >> thank you, senator. will the witnesses please stand to be sworn. do you affirm the testimony you will give here today will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. i'll introduce the whole panel and then we'll go through their testimony. i will first introduce jacqueline campbell who is the anna d. wolf chair of the johns hopkins university school of nursing and the national program director of the robert wood johnson foundation nurse faculty scholars program. in 2012 she was recognized by the centers for disease control and prevention as one of 20 national leaders i

. >> we bring in daniel taub, israel's ambassador to the united kingdom. mr.assador, thank you for joining us. i also said to osama hamda: what are your conditions for a cease-fire? he said release of prisonsers, certain prisoners, the lifting of the siege. i said israel is not going to accept that. was i right? >> what we want is simple: a sus tapeable period of quiet, a situation where we don't have 75% of israelis who have to live their lines within reach of bomb shelters, not threatened by l g long-range missiles. >> i don't mean to be rude. we have heard this from everyone who gives the israeli side. conditions for a cease-fire. hamas is saying, release of prisoners. hamas is saying there has to be a lifting of the siege. what are a what are your thoughts on that? >> our thoughts are that the most important thing that needs to happen at the moment is that the rockets and the missiles from gaza on israel needs to stop. when that stops t anything by israel needs to stop. our request to hamas all the way along, right from the very beginning -- >> we are in a

mr. daniel bertone, director education work force and income security with the u.s. government accountability office. so i now acknowledge our first panel who is already seated, yield to our colleague, mr. fitzpatrick for a brief introduction of our first witness. >> i would like to thank the chairman, the ranking member for the opportunity to participate in the hearing and to introduce miss kristen rule. miss rule is a law school graduate, practicing attorney, commonwealth of pennsylvania, and a former law clerk of the pennsylvania supreme court. miss rule works as a quality review specialist at the philadelphia regional office which serves tens of thousands of veterans in my community and hundreds of thousands in the greater region and throughout the country. she is a strong supporter of veterans and has been reporting various types of data manipulation and illegal payments to anyone who would listen. unfortunately, the va was not listening to her and that brings us to this evening's hearing. in 2012, ms. rule, frustrated that the va was not responsive, reached out

mr. daniel mccarthy. whoo! [applause] he's, indeed, the editor of the american conservative.is a magazine that has been a longstanding critic of american foreign policy and an opponent of american interventionism abroad. his writing has appeared in a wide variety of other publications including the spectator, reason, modern age and so many publications we just don't have time to list them all. outside of journalism, he has worked as an internet communications coordinator of the ron paul 2008 presidential campaign. you guys like ron paul, don't you? what i thought. and senior editor of -- [inaudible] he is a graduate of washington university in st. louis where he studied the classics. don't you love the odyssey? oh, my gosh, wasn't it sad when odysseus walked in, and he was told no one knew who he was, and his dog died? it breaks my heart every time, i love the classics. [laughter] good luck on your first attempt to win a case against mr. d'souza. after the opening statements, this is what we're going to do. each of our undefeated attorneys -- both of them, undefeated -- they'

. >> at that table is four detainees including daniel espinoza. you can see mr.espinoza looking back to see where the officer's positioned and see where the officer's sight lines are. another interesting part is this gentleman who knowles the attack is coming most likely. he's vacating the area because he's chosen he's not going to be a participant. as the gentleman raises his arm, that's the signal to the others that the three-on-one attack is now ready and then he strikes the victim and you see mr. espinoza begin to rise from the table with the other detainee who joins in and what ensues is a flurry of punches and kicks to an essentially defenseless detainee. >> if additional criminal charges are filed against espinoza, the most likely charge would be assault and battery. a conviction could then send him to state prison for up to eight years. >> most people come into the building. they don't want to make what they have worse. so they generally keep really bad behavior in check on their own. yeah, there's a lot of fights and things like that but they quickly are

place shown in the show as well people are going to very excited to see him bill daniels makes an appearance again as mr feeney who was just i know monica and iconic teacher and we also got to see rusty who played alan matthews betsy randall who played any matthews so yeah quitely morris comes back is as. plain mean guess we've got a lot of really great people to come back and if we get to continue on we hope that more will return you get recognised in public you don't look like you look when you were twelve. i think danielle could probably answer that better than i could but i do get recognised a lot. but i think we've been blessed with a very supportive fans and it's usually a positive experience and i think a lot of people just say i grew up watching you on t.v. and i i want to say hi so it's a nice probably get recognised separately but we really get recognised together what was it like for you being famous. i actually had a a really normal experience in the ninety's there wasn't social media there wasn't any you know not a ton of paparazzi or anything really to deal with and going to regular school

situation, we're joined now by former israeli ambassador to the united states, daniel ayalon, live tonight from tel aviv. mr. ambassador, it is good to see you. this is -- >> thank you. >> stunning, the intensity of the exchange between -- between the rocket barrage from gaza and the israeli strikes. how -- this seems utterly different than the most recent history of conflicts between hamas and israel. >> absolutely, lou. i think all of us were surprised by the arsenal that the hamas has been able to amass and to smuggle illegally to the gaza strip. they have long range that covers, so most of the population of israel, 8 million people are under this reign of terror and rockets. the fact also that they're trying to be more accurate and also trying some diversion tactics. they have grown into an enormous terror organization, which has actually very, very significant military capabilities with trying to infiltrate and continue with very intensive terror. if you think about the fact that since we left gaza and israel left gaza almost nine years ago, in attempt to make peace with the palestinians. since we left

daniel was doing. he and his firefighters are a remarkable breed, an american breed. mr. speaker, been said that all people are created equal. a few become firefighters. one of those was daniel groover, and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? new york. i'm sorry. i did that again. the gentleman from new york. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins: i rise in support of the federal aviation administration's proposal to update flight simulators to more accurately warn of emergency situations. though these situations are rare when they occur the result is catastrophic. in my own western new york community, continental flight 3407 february of 2009, killing all aboard because the pilot did not know how to compensate for a loss of speed caused by ice on the plane's wings which error.an aerodynamic aviation safety reform in the wake of fli

the parents of daniel summers, dr. and mrs. summers also provided a potential solution or at least a suggestion and that was kind of picking up unfitting doctor rose that how we communicate, could the vha become a center of excellence for war related ptsd, tbi, muscular skeletal entries and exposure to toxins like asian origins are his numbers were exposed to in the gulf war and have community care for all others. i am not endorsing the idea, but have to give your thoughts and perhaps mr. matkovsky sponsor the chairman's permissions and so close to running out of time. >> i think the first part of the question should be become a center of excellence around this practice areas i would tell you either are or should that those are instances where we need to have the knowledge and expertise but also exceptional capacity to meet the needs of servicemembers there. how that fits into a revised model of va care delivery, i don't know that i'm ready to give you a few i'm not. clearly in this particular area, as they learn from our frien

better job of taking care of these service members when they come back, and the parents of daniel summers, dr. and mrs. summers also provided a potential solution or at least a suggestion for us to explore and that was in kind of picking up on something that dr. rowe said how we communicate with community care and private care, could the vha become a similar of excellence for war-related injuries for survivors of ptsd, of tbi, of muscular skeletal injuries, and have community care for all other services? i'm not endorsing the idea, but i would love to get your thoughts and perhaps mr. matkovsky's thoughts. >> the first part question, should we become a center of excellence around a lot of those practice areas, i would tell you we either are or should be. those are instances where we need to have deep knowledge and expertise, but also exceptional capacity to be able to meet the needs of service members there. how that fits into a revised model of v.a. care delivery, you know, i don't know that i'm ready to give you a view on that, but clearly in those particular areas and as i learned from my friends a

and the parents of daniel summers, dr. and mrs. summers, also provided a potential solution, or at least a suggestion for us to explore. and that was kind of picking up on something that dr. roe said about how we coordinate with community care and private care. could the v.h.a. become a center of excellence for war related injuries? for survivors of ptsd? t.b.i.? of muscular skeletal injuries of exposure to toxins like agent orange and those that our service members were exposed to in the gulf war, and have community care for all other services. i'm not endorsing the idea, but i'd love to get your thoughts, and perhaps thoughts with the chairman's permission since i'm close to running out of time. >> i think the first part of the question should we become a center of excellence around a lot of those practice areas, i would tell you we either are or should be. so those are instances where we need to have deep knowledge and expertise, but also exceptional capacity to be able to meet the needs of service members there. how that fits i

mr. grassley: today i come to the floor to speak about the unconscionable way in which the drug enforcement administration treated daniel chung, a san diego college student, back in 2012. unfortunately, the american people still do not know all the facts. they do not know what lasting changes are being made to make sure something like this never happens again, and they do not know what is being done to hold the d.e.a. agents involved accountable. because if people aren't held accountable, there aren't going to be any changes made, and most of the time for people to be held accountable, heads have to roll, and there is no evidence that that's the case in this particular case. but here is what we do know. it is a story that you might expect to hear set in some third-world country but never in the united states of america. so here it is. back in april, 2012, daniel chung, a college student at the university of california san diego, was arrested by law enforcement conducting a sweep for drugs at a college party. he was taken into custody by d.e.a. and transported to the local d.e.a. field office. he was questioned by the ag

let's talk about it with daniel shapiro joining us live from tel aviv. mr.sador thanks for joining us. i know we have a delay in our satellite between you and me. but tell us what the u.s. reaction is. i assume the u.s. is familiar with the egyptian proposal, the israelis say they're taking it seriously. so far, the hamas group, mr. hamdan is saying it's a joke. what does the united states believe? >> well, wolf, i think i'll let my colleagues in washington give our first official response to what the egyptian foreign ministry published. let me tell you this. since the beginning of this conflict, the united states has taken the position, number one, this has been caused by the actions of a terrorist organization, hamas, firing rockets and missiles against civilian populations in israel which we've condemned. number two is, israel had the right of self defense and we supported that right of self-defense. number three, it's caused hardship and suffering for civilians on both sides. israelis have had to run repeatedly to bomb shelters. certainly there have been

citizens joining us to frame the conversation, daniel stein and benjamin johnson. mr.ohnson, is immigration helpful, harmful, somewhere in between for america? guest: it has always been very helpful, a critical part of who we are as a nation. it is a resource that has served of new, the arrival people bringing a new sense and vitality of what aims to be an berican -- what it means to an american. it has been a huge asset. i will concede over the last 25 or 30 years it has been an asset we have not managed well, but that, i think, is really the point of congress trying to fix this law. we have to do a better job of managing this valuable resource. host: daniel stein. guest: immigration is an idea that in the abstract sounds wonderful. we love the idea of immigration, we love america more. for the last 35 or 40 years we have had the highest sustained levels of immigration in our history by a longshot, and we see increased overcrowding, congestion, structural unemployment, a disappearing middle class, we have lost our edge with the rest of the world. because we have an im

va owed daniel and clay and brian so much more than that. with that i yield to our ranking member, mr. misho, for his opening statement. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, for holding this very important hearing. we have had many discussions and debates about how to deliver the best health care services to our nation's veterans and how to ensure accountability within the leadership ranks of the department of veterans affairs. over the course of these recent hearings and discussions, we have touched on important issues, but one we haven't zeroed in on yet is access to mental health care and suicide prevention services for our veterans. that's why this hearing today is so important. i'd like to thank all the panelists for joining us today, but particularly i want to thank the family members joining us who have lost a loved one. i know they're speaking about a loss of a loved one, particularly a child, can be an incredibly difficult and exhaustive experience. but in this case i think we have to listen to your stories, identify what went wrong, and we can take action to ensure that those

better job of taking care of these service members when they come back, and the parents of daniel summers, dr. and mrs. summers also provided a potential solution or at least a suggestion for us to explore and that was in kind of picking up on something that dr. rowe said how we communicate with community care and private care, could the vha become a similar of excellence for war-related injuries for survivors of ptsd, of tbi, of muscular skeletal injuries, and have community care for all other services? i'm not endorsing the idea, but i would love to get your thoughts and perhaps mr. matkovsky's thoughts. >> the first part question, should we become a center of excellence around a lot of those practice areas, i would tell you we either are or should be. those are instances where we need to have deep knowledge and expertise, but also exceptional capacity to be able to meet the needs of service members there. how that fits into a revised model of v.a. care delivery, you know, i don't know that i'm ready to give you a view on that, but clearly in those particular areas and as i learned from my friends a

citizens joining us to frame the conversation, daniel stein and benjamin johnson. mr. johnson, is immigration helpful, harmful, somewhere in between for america? guest: it has always been very helpful, a critical part of who we are as a nation. it is a resource that has served of new, the arrival people bringing a new sense and vitality of what aims to be an berican -- what it means to an american. it has been a huge asset. i will concede over the last 25 or 30 years it has been an asset we have not managed well, but that, i think, is really the point of congress trying to fix this law. we have to do a better job of managing this valuable resource. host: daniel stein. guest: immigration is an idea that in the abstract sounds wonderful. we love the idea of immigration, we love america more. for the last 35 or 40 years we have had the highest sustained levels of immigration in our history by a longshot, and we see increased overcrowding, congestion, structural unemployment, a disappearing middle class, we have lost our edge with the rest of the world. because we have an

mr. melo across the hall for processing and quickly reset the trap. >> gordon opens got one here now. danielle'sot one. >> he's got one here, too. >> okay. >> with multiple subjects on the way, the investigation begins to take on the dynamic of an air traffic control tower. >> may have a couple on top of each other. hispanic female in the door. then this white male is right behind her. oh, this is going to be interesting. >> getting in the elevator together. >> oh, man -- >> the hallway is suddenly crowded with players in the cat-and-mouse game. the woman senses something is not right, and she turns back toward the exit. but the male is unwilling to leave without getting what he came for. >> grab her. >> police already have enough evidence for charges on the woman, so they apprehend her in the hallway while the female undercover makes a deal for sex with the john in the room. >> show me your hands. show me your hands. do you have anything illegal on you? >> no, officer. >> the 24-year-old, muhammad ahmed, heals from the suburbs of chicago. he tells police he's in florida with his wife celebratin

daniel. come, murdoch looks to increase his badge -- bid of four time warner. we will talk about the financial surroundings of mrutes time. ♪ >> let's look at foreign exchange markets. this is the ruble. it has not regained some of the lost ground. the same thing is true of the turkish currency. it is a currency that is sensitive to the fed. it is regained some of its ground. aroundotes are floating about what rates news by the central bank under pressure to do to this pair over the next few months. let's carry on a conversation. continue to watch this russian story as we build up to the meeting and possible further sanctions. gather.oreign ministers not just withged, the downing of the plane but the handling of the crash site. there is momentum to do something. what they are going to do is a good question. the names of the companies and individuals that the european ,nion has agreed to sanction there is the possible ban on european union weapon sales to russia which is something the french objected to because they a helicopterell warship to the russians. >> we will be all over it. >> it is a bit of a tit-for-ta

mr. turley lamented the absence of giants like senator byrd from west virginia, like daniel patrick moynihan from new york. i put alfonse dimato on that list. there were those folks who would prioritize their article 1 obligations first, and their democrat or republican obligations far down that road in the decade or so i have been watching this process, i would say parties of -- both parties are implicated in the go along, get along policy with residents of their own party to the detriment of article 1. to me this is a last-ditch effort to fulfill some constitutional obligations i feel like i have. for one, you mentioned in you your opening testimony long-held practices of past presidents of both parties were implicated here. i think your quote was neither unprecedented, nor practice. i agree with all of that. and when i open up the first few pages of the knoll-canning decision, the court goes right to that as well, to say when we are trying to figure out whether we are getting involved in political disagreements or policy disagreements, whether we try to do a separation of powers, we look

mrs. somers, i would like for you to elaborate, if you would, a little bit on the fact that you talked about daniel having enumerable problems with va staff being uncaring, insensitive and adversarial. saying literally no one at the facility advocated for him. could you give us any specific examples or are they generic examples? >> absolutely. probably the most -- i don't make it through this, howard will finish. probably the most egregious event was when daniel presented to their er -- >> it took daniel a lot to go to the va facility and some of the things that had been mentioned here were part and parcel of the fact. even along the highway in phoenix, there were speed traps on the highway, and when the lights flashed, that would give him flashbacks, even if he wasn't the one speeding. if he was going by on the highway at the time. so it was very difficult for him to drive down to the va. it is busy. but he presented there in crisis. he presented to one of the departments, to the mental health department. he said he needed to be admitted to the hospital. this is something that we have been told by

daniel radcliffe, how old is he? >> 30? >> no. >> 27? >> 25. he is not that old. it's your dad's birthday. >> happy birthday, dad. >> happy birthday, mr.enger. have a great day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning to our viewers in th west, it is wednesday, july 23rd, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." a major international airport off limits to american airliners this morning. does banning flights to israel give a victory to hamas. >>> new mysteries in the shootdown of flight 17. the question about missing victims and evidence. >>> neighbors turning in neighbors for using water. >> we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the secretary of state john kerry has arrived in israel. he's trying to broker a cease-fire. >> the u.s. makes a push for peace. >> the faa says it will decide later today

mr. turley lamented the absence of giants like senator byrd from west virginia, like daniel patrick moynihan from new york. i put alfonse dimato on that list. there were those folks who would prioritize their article 1 obligations first, and their democrat or republican obligations far down that road in the decade or so i have been watching this process, i would say parties of -- both parties are implicated in the go along, get along policy with residents of their own party to the detriment of article 1. to me this is a last-ditch effort to fulfill some constitutional obligations i feel like i have. for one, you mentioned in you your opening testimony long-held practices of past presidents of both parties were implicated here. i think your quote was neither unprecedented, nor practice. i agree with all of that. and when i open up the first few pages of the knoll-canning decision, the court goes right to that as well, to say when we are trying to figure out whether we are getting involved in political disagreements or policy disagreements, whether we try to do a separation of powers, we look

daniel shore. the fabricated statement of what would happen if we hire mr. the fbi a consultant to of the white house, seems to me what we're saying here is all of these activities, they raise the specter of an american gulog in instance. and i think that when the chief executive of the country starts private citizens who criticize his policies or authorizes his subordinates to and i think the rattle of the chains that would ind up our constitutional freedoms can be heard and it's against this rattle that we and say no. i'll yield to the gentleman from california. comment with to respect to your theory that a mistrial is appropriate by contact to judge burns. judge burns was a participant in that contact. he doesn't agree with you. he didn't declare a mistrial. he should know, it was his case. quite the contrary, he didn't think anything was improper about it at all. you're entitled to your opinion, but the judge disagreed with you. time of the gentleman has expired. from texas, mr. brooks, is recognized. >> mr. chairman, there can be no satisfaction in impe

combat pilot, daniel rose, a rose, military trained pilot, and aviation attorney, and james hall, the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. let me go to -- let me go to mr now. what do we -- what further evidence are we looking for here if this tape recording, let's look at this tape, by the way. take a couple seconds to get this up. this is a conversation which was picked up by the kiev authorities involving a conversation between a russian officer, military person, and someone in the separatist movement in which the separatist movement basically the guy basically admits that he screwed up, or his phrase, f'd up the situation by hitting a passenger airliner rather than a military target. let's watch this. >> well there you have it. mr. hall, tell me what you think of that -- it hasn't been authenticated completely but part of the nbc report tonight by tom costello. >> well, chris, i think what's important here is the integrity of the investigation. it should be important to both russia and the united states because both of us have a substantial economic interest in the safety of international aviation. >> but why were the russians -- well let's hope th

daniel watkins turns herself in to police. she they charge her with first degree sexual assault and providing marijuana to two students. the 18-year-old victim told him his affair with mrstkins had started in september. stroo from what the victim said, the sexual relations actually happened off school grounds. they met up in the parking lot and drove off. >> reporter: police got search warrants and in norwalk where she lives in this apartment building -- >> in her phone we extracted all the information. we got about 2,000 text messages back and forth from the victim, and her, nude text messages that were sent to the victim and also about 100 phone calls. >> reporter: he inside may when the victim tried to end things, mrs. watkins assaulted him, accused him of seeing somebody else, and threatened flunk him. to graduate he needed pass her class. this graduate says it happens more often than you think. >> the guy wants to break it off. he wants to go away, and she wants to keep having the affair, and he doesn't want it, so they fail him. >> it's crazy. that's all can i say. i don't want to judge her, so got to wait until the trial. >> daniel watkins is on administrative le

daniel was found dead on a conveyer belt at a garbage facility. no cause of death was given. now police are trying to give the victim's family answers. >> did he have help? mr. griggs may be dead but is there anyone else who could be held accountable for these women's deaths? >> reporter: according to kousht documents, molly feared griggs. she even told a friend she was thinking about sleeping with a machete underneath the couch just as protection. reporting live in sunnyvale, i'm michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> let's show you the aftermath of a crash caused by a driver who allegedly ran a red light and took off on foot. this happened in san jose at the intersection of hospital parkway near the kaiser hospital. police say the driver of the black sedan crashed into a blue mustang and then crashed into a third car. christopher ran for several blocks before they caught up to him. police say drugs were found in his car. the driver of the mustang is hurt but is expected to be okay. >>> another plane crash with no survivors. soldiers found the crash site of a plane that dropped off the site in africa. that plane was headed to algeria. soldiers found the

mr. heyes. >> reporter: she comes from a wealthy family and has dual citizenship in the u.s. and canada investigators say she was planning to move out of california before her a reason july 4th. danielleottingham for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> well, all of this has caused police in georgia to reopen an investigation into the death of alex's former boyfriend, his death was rule an accidental overdose of heroin, oxy co i odn't and alcohol. she was never charged in that case. >>> well, israel has now reportedly agreed to stop the air strikes on hamas targets for several hours to allow humanitarian aid into gas a air strikes, earlier today, tragically killed four palestinian boys. they were killed during a bombard. of the coastal area in the gaza strip. meantime hamas continued to fire dozens of additional rockets into israel. israel says that hamas's rejection of a proposed cease-fire led to this stepped up air strikes. >>> it is a telephone call you have to hear, everyone is talking bit, a san francisco man called comcast and makes a simple request. but he hardly gets a simple answer. reporter linda yee has more on the customer call nightmare. >> i would like to suspend services. >>

mr. turley lamented the absence of giants like senator byrd from west virginia, like daniel patrick moynihan from new york. i put alfonse dimato on that list. there were those folks who would prioritize their article 1 obligations first, and their democrat or republican obligations far down that road in the decade or so i have been watching this process, i would say parties of -- both parties are implicated in the go along, get along policy with residents of their own party to the detriment of article 1. to me this is a last-ditch effort to fulfill some constitutional obligations i feel like i have. for one, you mentioned in you your opening testimony long-held practices of past presidents of both parties were implicated here. i think your quote was neither unprecedented, nor practice. i agree with all of that. and when i open up the first few pages of the knoll-canning decision, the court goes right to that as well, to say when we are trying to figure out whether we are getting involved in political disagreements or policy disagreements, whether we try to do a separation of powers, we look

mrs. somers, i would like for you to elaborate, if you would, a little bit on the fact that you talked about daniel having enumerable problems with va staff being uncaring, insensitive and adversarial. saying literally no one at the facility advocated for him. could you give us any specific examples or are they generic examples? >> absolutely. probably the most -- i don't make it through this, howard will finish. probably the most egregious event was when daniel presented to their er -- >> it took daniel a lot to go to the va facility and some of the things that had been mentioned here were part and parcel of the fact. even along the highway in phoenix, there were speed traps on the highway, and when the lights flashed, that would give him flashbacks, even if he wasn't the one speeding. if he was going by on the highway at the time. so it was very difficult for him to drive down to the va. it is busy. but he presented there in crisis. he presented to one of the departments, to the mental health department. he said he needed to be admitted to the hospital. this is something that we have been told by

daniel x. friedman congressional health policy award. so we welcome you all and perhaps we would begin with mr. boticelli and just go right down the line. hopefully with five minutes statements so that we can then have some time for questions. please proceed. >> chairman feinstein, senator klobuchar, co-chairman grassley, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today to discuss what is perhaps the most important public health issue facing the united states. namely, the abuse of opioid drugs, including prescription painkillers and heroin. i know that given recent media attention to overdose deaths, there's a heightened public interest in the threat of opioid drug use. while this might be a new phenomena for many of our communities, some have been dealing with this issue for a very long time, and it's a matter of great concern for this administration. as we discussed, according to the centers for disease control and prevention, drug overdose deaths primarily driven by prescription opioids now surpass homicides and traffic crashes in the number of injury deaths in america. in 2010, the latest

mr. chairman. i would like to join my colleagues thanking you and telling you what you have shared with us today is so powerful. sergeant, your story, the story of brian and clay and daniel, i hope will force us and the administration and this country to treat this issue with the respect that it deserves, with the attention it deserves, and to get the results that our veterans deserve. and beyond the power of the stories, which are just -- it's hard to put into words the effect they are having on me and i think my colleagues on this committee. you've also come to the table with solutions and proposals to improve the system. i love the idea that we think about the va restricting its responsibilities to becoming a center of excellence for war-related injuries. i haven't thought about that before. i don't know what the effect would be. i would love to hear from other veterans and veteran service organizations. i love that you are thinking about a big idea to transform a system that is obviously not working today, but hasn't worked for a very long time from everything that i've learned so far. this idea of an interdisciplinary approach to taking care of veterans when they re

mr. speaker, h.r. 3085 proposed by my colleague, representative daniel lipinski of illinois, will designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 3349 west 111th street in chicago, illinois, as the captain herbert johnson memorial post office building. fire captain herbert johnson was an outstanding member, proudly serving the city 32 years. tragically johnson passed away on november 2, 2012, while battling flames. a decorated firefighter, he earned the medal of honor for the rescue, of several children rescuing them from a burning apartment. captain johnson was only 54. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3085, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 3349 west 111th street in chicago, illinois, as the captain herbert johnson memorial post office building. i want to thank representative dan

mr. president, let's look at who ambassadors really are. here in the senate i had the good fortune to serve with one of the really distinguished ambassadors. danielatrick moynihan from new york. prior to coming to the senate, he was ambassador to india, and he left his mark in that country. he did a remarkably good job as ambassador from the united states to india. the republican leader and i attended a funeral a week or so ago in tennessee. the funeral was for howard baker, who had been the majority leader in the senate. a fine man. he married another senator from kansas, nancy kassebaum, and he became, after retiring from the senate, ambassador to japan, distinguished himself there again with the remarkably good job he did. mr. president, we can go back and look at the beginning history of this country. what do we always learn about thomas jefferson? we know how smart he was, how he wrote brilliantly. but we also learned in every history lesson about thomas jefferson that he was ambassador to france. john adams, ambassador to england. they have set the standard for how important ambassadors are. mr. president, here in the united states senate,

mrs. clinton a formidable opponent if she decides to run in 2016. does bill clinton really want her to win? maybe not, says our next guest. danielstandard and the author of a new book. welcome and good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> shocking information here backed by a lot of quotes and accounts. do you think that bill clinton really wouldn't want hillary to win in 2016 if she were to run? >> he's cheated on his wife before and here is another case of him cheating on his wife. the case in point is 2008 where he had reckless behavior continuously. he had to be advised by aides not to bring his mistress on the campaign trail, for instance. and he kept on making gaffe after gaffe. aides who like bill clinton and think he's a great campaigner wonder if this guy is so great, why is he making mistake after mistake? maybe his legacy is at risk if hillary becomes the next president of the united states. >> there has been some talk there is still a mistress in play here. if that were the case, how would that affect her run in 2016? >> i'm sure it is and i'm sure there are more stories and more scandals to emerge. i try to cover as

mr. chairman. i would like to join my colleagues thanking you and telling you what you have shared with us today is so powerful. sergeant, your story, the story of brian and clay and daniel, i hope will force us and the administration and this country to treat this issue with the respect that it deserves, with the attention it deserves, and to get the results that our veterans deserve. and beyond the power of the stories, which are just -- it's hard to put into words the effect they are having on me and i think my colleagues on this committee. you've also come to the table with solutions and proposals to improve the system. i love the idea that we think about the va restricting its responsibilities to becoming a center of excellence for war-related injuries. i haven't thought about that before. i don't know what the effect would be. i would love to hear from other veterans and veteran service organizations. i love that you are thinking about a big idea to transform a system that is obviously not working today, but hasn't worked for a very long time from everything that i've learned so far. this idea of an interdisciplinary approach to taking care of veterans when they re

mr. chairman. i would like to join my colleagues thanking you and telling you what you have shared with us today is so powerful. sergeant, your story, the story of brian and clay and daniel, i hope will force us and the administration and this country to treat this issue with the respect that it deserves, with the attention it deserves, and to get the results that our veterans deserve. and beyond the power of the stories, which are just -- it's hard to put into words the effect they are having on me and i think my colleagues on this committee. you've also come to the table with solutions and proposals to improve the system. i love the idea that we think about the va restricting its responsibilities to becoming a center of excellence for war-related injuries. i haven't thought about that before. i don't know what the effect would be. i would love to hear from other veterans and veteran service organizations. i love that you are thinking about a big idea to transform a system that is obviously not working today, but hasn't worked for a very long time from everything that i've learned so far. this idea of an interdisciplinary approach to taking care of veterans when they re