mr. lynch, you're recognized. mr. lynch: thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman, if i could just ask -- i know that because of the scope and depth of the problem here mr. caraway's attendance here would be very, very important. i'm just wondering if the committee has any plans to subpoena him, mr. chairman. mr. mica: i don't. i honestly don't know. i discussed it with the staff before -- mr. lynch: and i yield to the ranking member. mr. cummings: what was the question? mr. lynch: we have some wide problems here, you know, from perimeter security to people that are on the prechecklist that are felons and it's a pretty wide gap in our security. and mr. caraway's attendance would be extremely important to us and i'm just wondering, are we going to get him in here? a lot of my questions are for him? mr. mica: same here. you yielded. mr. lynch: i did want to ask the ranking member. mr. cummings: chairman chaffetz and i discussed this. he was trying to avoid a subpoena. and what we are going to try to

we feel very strongly --mr. lynch: -- mr. lynch: people said something. a few people said something. we also -- we all saw something. and some of your colleagues saw things. their employees saw things. and this still went forward. right to the door of the capital. that's what gets me. there's a lot of the public that were exposed to potential danger. people bring their families here. it's not just self-preservation here among members of congress. we are worried about the general public as well. mr. clancy: you are exactly right. if the tampa bay times that informed us prior to departure of this aircraft, we could have had a response team at gettysburg where law enforcement could have. or if we were notified a day in advance, days in advance we could've had law enforcement down in florida. i think it's part of that team effort. but in terms of the second question, i'm sorry, sir. mr. lynch: if your offices, your agents are on the ground, what are the orders? on a very basic level, one of the orders for a capitol police officer or secret service agent if th

mr. lynch from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the chairman and miss water force their work on this as well as their own and vice chairman. and of course our panelist this , is morning. thank you for helping the committee for the work. the day's task force on the terrorism finance hearing will examine the dangerous nexus with terrorism, crime and corruption. and hearing is particularly timely, and the director of the national intelligence james clapper identified terrorism and trans-national organized crime as among the top eight global threats to u.s. national security when he testified this past february for the u.s. senate committee of armed services. according to director clapper. the transe national criminal groups thrive in the highly insecure regions of the world where terrorist groups that contribute to instability and conflict. while trans-national organized crime groups exploit the environments for financial gain and corruptive influence. and one exa

mr. lynch: is there a time line? mr. roth: there is. i don't know if it's public information. mr. lynch: ok. mr. chaffetz: we'll get close to a vote series. we'll recognize mr. hice from georgia for five minutes. sorry. mr. carter. mr. carter for five minutes. secretary carter: mr. roth, thank you for being here -- mr. carter: mr. roth, thank you for being here. this is something that has bothered me on the series of hearings. it seems to be the culture, if you will, of the secret service about reporting. we've been told and it's been alleged that watch commander actually said that he did not want to report this, he didn't want to ask for a field sew bright test because it would have been a career killer. is that true? mr. roth: that is what one of the uniform division officers told us, yes, that the watch commander said -- that the watch commander subsequently denied that. secretary carter: when he says -- mr. carter: when he says a career killer, is he referring to his career or their career if they had been found guilty? i'm not sure -- mr. roth: the sense we got was that was on

at this time i'd like to recognize this task force's ranking member and my colleague, mr. lynch, from massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank chairman hensarling and ms. waters for their work on this as well as your own and vice chairman pittenger and of course our pan panelists this morning. today's task force on terrorism financing hearing will look at the dangerous nexus between terrorism, crime and corruption. this is particularly timely. the director of national intelligence james clapper identified terrorism and transnational organized crime as among the top threats when he testified this past february before the u.s. senate's committee on armed services. according to director clapper, both terrorist and transnational criminal groups thrive in highly insecure regions of the world where they contribute to the regional instability and internal conflict. they exploit them for financial gain and corruptive influence. one example can be found in venezuela. the "wall street journal" reported that the u.s. drug enforcement agency and u.s. prosecutors in new yor

. >> mr. lynch, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman if i could just ask -- i know that because of the scope and depth of the problem here mr. carroway's attendance would be important. i'm wondering if the committee has plans to subpoena him, mr. chairman. >> i don't. i honestly don't know. i discussed that with the staff beforehand. >> and i yield to the ranking member? >> what was the question? >> well the fact that -- i mean, we've got wide problems here you know, from perimeter security to people around the pre-checklist that are felons. and it's a pretty wide gap in our security. and mr. carroway's attendance would be important to us. a lot of my questions are for him. >> same here. >> i did want to ask the ranking member. >> the chairman and i discussed this. he was trying to avoid a subpoena. and what we were going to try to work out. i mentioned it earlier in my opening, is get, i agree, we really do need carroway here. i asked the chairman to set a date certain for him to come in so we can get him in here to ask the qu

now recognize the gentlemen from massachusetts mr. lynch for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman, i thank the ranking member. this is not good. this is on top of a lot of other incidents that we've been talking about at the white house as well. you know i get the feeling that just as before 9/11, if you visited an airport in the united states we had very little security going on. yet if you visited bengurian airport or leonardo davinci airport or heath row, those countries had dealt with terrorism before us. and they were all tooled up. they had heavy weapons and metal detecters and yet we were lulled into a false sense of security. i get the sense that we're behind the curve again. you know you visit any of these committees involved in hardening our facilities overseas. and you go into any major capitol in europe or the middle east or africa. and they are taking precautions that we are not. and it is -- and i know there is a balance between public access and security. but we have gotten to the point where i am worried about the president. i'm worried about his family. i

mrs. lynch's first official trip as attorney general, and late today she said that what she's been seeing in baltimore has given her hope. >> as we all know baltimore has come to symbolize a lot of the issues involving police and community mistrust that plague so many of our cities but what i have heard here today is how all the people of baltimore, every group that i've mentioned and certainly everyone with whom i was privileged to meet is committed to making that better. >> joining me now is congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat from missouri. he co-sponsored legislation that would help fund body cameras for police officers, and he recently met with house speaker john boehner about criminal justice reform. also with me is reverend todd yeary, noted faith and civil rights leader in baltimore and pastor of douglas memorial community church. he was in the meeting with the attorney general today, and he's also the pastor tooled mayor. we're also joined by jim cavanagh, retired atf agent and msnbc law enforcement analyst. thank you all for being here. >> good to be here reverend. >> good to

rep chaffetz: i now recognize the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. >> thank you, mr. roth for your good work here. you did a bang up job getting to the bottom of this investigation and we appreciate it. i want to talk to you a bit about the videotape procedure there at the white house. chairman che fitts and i, the ranking member mr. cummings, we went over to the command post for the secret service and they had a full spectrum situation there where they had maybe a dozen different cameras, different angles. they get a pretty good view of the white house. the problem is, in this case let's just take this case with the most recent incident where the woman got out of the car and left the bomb in the driveway. that tape was only retained for 72 hours. they did not tell director clancy for five days. by the time they told him about what had happened, the tapes had been taped over. that is every 72 hours. we also had an incident back in november 2011 where we had an individual, i believe his name was ortega fernandez, who took a semiautomatic rifle and shot up the white hou

. >> mr. lynch you are recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman if i could just ask, i know that because of the scope and the depth of the problem here mr. carraway's a tendency would be very important and i'm wondering if the committee has no plans to subpoena him mr. chairman? >> i honestly don't know. i discussed that with staff before. >> and i yield to the ranking member? >> what is your question? >> well the fact that we have some wide problems here from perimeter security to people that are on the pre-checklist that are felons and it's a wide gap in our security. mr. carraway's attendance would be extremely important and i am just wondering are we going to get him in there because a lot of my questions are for him. >> same here. >> i did want to ask the ranking member. >> chairman chaffetz and i discussed this. it's fine to avoid in the subpoena and i mentioned earlier in my opening i agree we really do need carraway here. and so i asked the chairman decided date certain for him to come in so that we can get him an ear to ask him q

. >> i now recognize the gentleman from massachusetts mr. lynch for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. roth for your good work here. you did a bang-up job on this investigation. we appreciate it. i want to talk to you a bit about the video tape procedure there at the white house. now, we had a chance, a bunch of the members went over to the command post for the secret service and they had a full spectrum situation there where they have maybe a dozen different cameras, different angles, they've got a pretty good view of the white house. the problem is that in this case let's just take this case with the most recent incident where the woman got out of the car and left the bomb in the driveway. that tape was only retained i think for 72 hours and they did not -- they did not tell director clancey for five days. so by the time they told him about what had happened the tapes -- most of the tapes had already been destroyed. well, they had been taped over. that's 72 hours. we also had an incident back in november of 2011 where we had an individual i believe his name wa

. >> mr. lynch, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman if i could just ask -- i know that because of the scope and depth of the problem here mr. carroway's attendance would be important. i'm wondering if the committee has plans to subpoena him, mr. chairman. >> i don't. i honestly don't know. i discussed that with the staff beforehand. >> and i yield to the ranking member? >> what was the question? >> well the fact that -- i mean, we've got wide problems here you know, from perimeter security to people around the pre-checklist that are felons. an

mr. president, vice president, ranking member lynch and members of the task force to testify on the dangerous nexus of terrorism, crime and corruption that threatens us at home and abroad. the terrorists actively capitalize on weak governance and corruption around the world. after examining the critical enablers of the networks in particular financing, illustrating the convergence in the case of isil i will propose specific measures to combat terrorism, crime and corruption. illicit networks threaten the four key missions of the nation state. to provide security, promote prosperity, safeguard the rule of law and ensure that the government represents the will of the people. elicit actors require critical enablers to realize their revenue objectives. they are logistics, communications, weapon, technology, corruption and financing. financing is the most vital enabler since money serves as the oxygen for any activity. following the money trail is needed to dismantle the networks. since 9/11, through intelligence and the lawmaker operations, like the iraq and afghan threat finance cells. public sa

mr. lynch's question. dealing with the administration's negotiations currently. with respect to a nuclear deal to iran and if in fact sanctions are lifted that are currently imposed on iran freeing up roughly 125, $150 billion of cash to that country what might that do with respect to the increased marriage between organized crime and terrorist funding, and in particular, could you walk us through the best knowledge knowing you have a background in international banking and international security. what would happen next? >> to one of the concerns several of us looking at different scenarios of how the iran nuclear deal might turn out, one of the objections of several who are quite, i say proponents of the sanctions regime. the sanctions brought the iranians to the goerkting table. that is clear. more importantly the iranian economy is so suffocated now because of the sanctions. one of the scenarios that the iranians would like is immediately upon signature of the agreements that there be an automatic lifting of the sanctions. and it's very hard to put back in pla

mr. lynch's question dealing with the negotiations especially with respect to a nuclear deal with iran and if in fact sanctions are lifted that are currently imposed on iran, freeing up 125, 1 hundred $50 billion of cash to that country what might that do with respect to the increased marriage between organized crime and terrorist funding. could you walk us through, what would happen next? prof. realuyo: one of the objections of the sanctions, the sanctions brought the iranians to the negotiation table. the iranian economy is so suffocated now because of the sanctions. one of what they would like is there would be an automatic lifting of the sanctions. it is hard to put back in place the genie that is out of the bottle. the bigger issue is that you have now a global sanctions regime and the u.s. issues sanctions as well as the eu and other countries. once you actually have countries who are hoping to do business with iran, not necessary -- necessarily the u.s., it would be hard to apply what are these snow called snapback sanctions. more importantly you will see this, they will be able to

. >> now recognize the judgment from massachusetts, mr. lynch for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. 90, mr. roth, for your good work. you did a bang up job on this investigation, into the bottom of it and we appreciate it. i want to talk a bit about the videotape procedure there at the white house. we had a chance a bunch of the numbers, chairman chaffetz and night and ranking member cummings went over to the command post for the secret service, and they had a full spectrum situation there where they have maybe a dozen different cameras different angles, and they've got a pretty good view of the white house. the problem is that in this case let's just take this case with the most recent incident where the woman got out of the car and left the bomb in the driveway. that tape was only retained i think for 72 hours, and they did not they did not they did not tell director clancy for five days. .. to the tapes were destroyed and but for the fact this fellow, after he left, had a car accident down by the 14th 14th street bridge, we would not have known about that. would not hav

mulvaney's credit card in his hypothetical, mr. lynch, recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that. i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. ms. moy, on the question of federal preemption, when we talk about complete federal preemption, we're talking about a federal standard and at least as far as this legislation goes, we're talking about federal enforcement as well, that's being taken away from the attorneys general of the states. even further it looks like the notification for breach will be taken away from the fec and given to the ftc. consolidating that, as well. as well, it might involve, if i'm -- i'm not sure if i'm getting this correct. if we have a federal standard and a retailer or business complies with that federal standard, does that imply some type of immunity for the individual retailer if they're complying with what the feds require, is that holding them harmless from any liability? >> i'm sorry, you mean in an environment where there is -- where this creates a floor and not a ceil

mulvaney's credit card in his hypothetical, mr. lynch is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that. i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. on the question of federal preemption, when we talk about complete federal preemption, we're talking about a federal standard and at least as far as this legislation goes, we're talking about federal enforcement as well, that's being taken away from the attorneys general of the states. even further it looks like the notification for breach will be taken away from the fec and given to the ftc. consolidating that, as well. as well, it might involve, if i'm -- i'm not sure if i'm getting this correct. if we have a federal standard and a retailer or a business complies with that federal standard, does that imply some type of immunity for the individual retailer if they're complying with what the feds require, is that holding them harmless from any liability? >> i'm sorry, you mean in an environment where there is -- this creates a floor and not a ceiling and sta

loretta lynch: thank you, mr. chairman. >> sunday night, the white house to the eyes of the people who work there from the kennedys through the obamas. >> they are an incredible family who have worked at the white house. i interviewed the only current butler. he might be there right now. he works every week at the white house. nine members of the family have worked there. he told me that his uncle ran the white house. they brought him and when he was 17 years old. he is still working there. he describes our he used to work in the basement. it's incredibly he remembers what the eisenhower's were like. i wanted to pay tribute to these people. >> sunday night at 8:00 on q&a. >> today automotive representatives talk about driverless cars. the statem department and brookings host the forum on c-span2. the air force academy commandant is the first woman to lead the academy. she will be the featured speaker at the national press club. you can watch her comments at 1:00 and c-span3. >> here's a look at some featured progr

mr. lynch's resignation as a director of the company. and mr.eally proud of the team and i look forward to working with them and providing our customers with the best hardwood floors and the best prices. >> it's a very brief, three paragraph press release. leaves a lot of questions to be answered and of course that is a huge reflection on what's happening. >> i don't remember the company saying it's unexpected. we can say it's unexpected. but when the company says it's unexpected. >> possibly you're watching something play out that you look back at it and say we should have done probably after the "60 minute" thing. maybe. i don't want to get sued for saying that. that is what is in the back of everybody's mind. >> that's what is reflected. >> it's down from $85 and it's at $25 and going to open at 19. i mean how much can shareholders lose now? that's the only good thing. they can only lose $500 million more. what is that an eighth of a point on apple. >> it's like -- >> well look the problem that comes with this. >> $500 million. you know. >> o

mr. chairman. dr. lynch, you said something that really struck and it's not on you but what you said there's homeland security issues. and i think what a shame it is that the veteran going to the doctor becomes a homeland security issue. that tells me that you -- that we have become way too connected in everything that we do with the core of the federal government, that when you go to the doctor, you have to have these issues. i can tell you for many years in my practice, maybe change since emr, and people's medical records are going everywhere instead of staying within your office. i can tell you for years any individual veteran or otherwise that came to me for care wasn't worried about russia, china, north korea or iran. we need to have a solution to that problem. i'd love to hear a solution. that should not be a concern of the veteran, that it's a homeland security issue for them to go to the doctor. >> congressman, i don't disagree with you. i'm as frustrated as you are. >> i'm sure you are. >> i've live

attorney general lynch: thank you mr. chairman. [indiscernible] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> loretto lynch testifying before congress, the first time as attorney general on her 2016 budget request for the justice department. you can see it later on the c-span network and www.c-span.org. she was asked about the nsa data and phone records. "the new york times" writing that the once secret national security agency program that has systematically collected the phone records in bulk is illegal. it comes as a fight in congress is intensifying over to replace the program or extended. lots of comments from members of congress on that ruling. a joint statement from the member on judiciary and senator mike lee, republican of utah saying "congress should not reauthorize a bulk collection program that the court has found to violate the law. we will not consent to any extension of

mr. shelby: the threshold for a civil case is not as high, and neither should it be -- is that correct? loretta lynch: yes, a different burden of proof. when there is criminal evidence, we proceed. who can provide proof of that. >> mr. chairman, madam attorney general, of the many programs you have at the local level, in baltimore, we have a top-notch u.s. attorney's office, an fbi field office, joint task force is working with local government going against everything from human trafficking, such a violent, despicable thing, to medicare fraud. which we know, in florida, is a $3 billion, defrauding our government of money that should be in the trust fund, helping sick people. we thank you for what you are doing. the issue is also focusing on criminal justice reform. the cost of the grant program, cops -- go directly to local law enforcement. you think there should be mandatory training in the areas of ethnic and racial bias as well as on the use of force, and there should be a national standard. in other words, in order to get the money, you have to take the training that that behavior will not had h

mr. loiza was in coma for quite a few days. we were all concerned about his health, no doubt about it. we would have ended up being lynchedt recovered. >> two months later loiza recovers and returns to the assembly. >> he came back as a different person. he was not man of confrontation anymore. he summoned us for a reconciliation, and he provoked one of the most touching, sensitive moments of the constitutional assembly. we applauded him, we thanked him, and we held each other, members of the opposition and members of the government. some people even cried. >> the incident with mr. loiza gave them a chance to talk. it gave them a chance to see each other as what really are, human beings. >>> coming up -- politicians step out and get down. >> i don't know of any times when it's really good for a president to try to dance. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. i

mr. chairman. dr. lynch, you said something that really struck and it's not on you but what you said there's homeland security issues. and i think what a shame it is that the veteran going to the doctor becomes a homeland security issue. that tells me that you -- that we have become way too connected in everything that we do with the core of the federal government, when you go to the doctor, you have to have these issues. i can tell you for many years in my practice, many change since emr, and people's medical records are going everywhere instead of staying within your office. any veteran wasn't worried about russia, china, north korea or iran. we need to have a solution to that problem. i'd love to hear a solution. that should not be a concern of the veteran that it's a homeland security issue for them to go to the doctor. >> congressman, i don't disagree with you. i'm as frustrated as you are. >> i'm sure you are. >> i've lived it. i don't know what the solutions are. i agree we need to figure out a way to

mulvaney's credit card in his hypothetical mr. lynch is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the. i want to thank the witnesses for their testimony. ms. moy come on the question of federal preemption, when we talk about complete federal preemption, which i got a federal standard and at least as far as this legislation goes we are talking about federal enforcement as well. that's been taken away from the attorneys general of the state. and even further, it looks like the notification for breach would be taken away from the fec and given to the ftc. so we are consolidating that as well. and as well it might involve i'm not sure if i'm getting this correct. if we have a federal standard and a retailer or a basis compliance with the federal standard, does that apply some type of immunity for that individual retailer if they're complying with what the feds require? is about also holding them harmless from any liability? >> i'm sorry communing in an environment where there is, what this creates a floor and not

mr. chairman. welcome, attorney general lynch. congratulations on your confirmation.i had a few broader questions to ask but i wanted to begin with a rather specific question to the northeast region and to connecticut. we have historically had a women's correctional facility in danberry connecticut, and in july of 2013 the federal bureau of prison announced it was going to close that facility, which would essentially be the only -- was the only facility for women in the northeast. we had a number of really positive discussions with the department of yates and with the bureau of prisons and they reversed the decision, understanding that it would be incredibly detrimental to women if they had to be transported hundreds if not thousands of miles to other facilities. the solution was to build a new facility low-security facility for women in tanberry, and the initial schedule was for it to be completed this month and in the interim these people have been spread out to jails not equipped to handle the things these women need, especially drug counseling in the long run. so

mr. shelby: the threshold for a civil case is not as high, and neither should it be -- is that correct? loretta lynch: yes, a different burden of proof. when there is criminal evidence, we proceed. who can provide proof of that. >> mr. chairman, madam attorney general, of the many programs you have at the local level, in baltimore, we have a top-notch u.s. attorney's office, an fbi field office, joint task force is working with local government going against everything from human trafficking, such a violent, despicable thing, to medicare fraud. which we know, in florida, is a $3 billion, defrauding our government of money that should be in the trust fund, helping sick people. we thank you for what you are doing. the issue is also focusing on criminal justice reform. the cost of the grant program, cops -- go directly to local law enforcement. you think there should be mandatory training in the areas of ethnic and racial bias as well as on the use of force, and there should be a national standard. in other words, in order to get the money, you have to take the training that that behavior will not had h

mr. ernest: the newly confirmed attorney general, loretta lynch is eminently qualified to make this decisione dedicated a significant portion of her career to being a federal prosecutor, and she has a very good understanding of the way that law enforcement and prosecutorial enterprises should conduct themselves. there is a responsibility for the department of justice to ensure that justice is being instituted fairly, and she will make a decision about what role the department of justice should play in this matter. there are already two things underway here. the first is the department of justice investigation into the death of fredi gay when he -- freddie gray when he was in the custody of the police. last fall, there was interest expressed by local officials to have the department of justice assist them as they sought to put in some reforms. ultimately, the patterns and practice investigation will be a decision made by the attorney and by the appropriate officials at the department of justice. reporter: the president spoke about discrimination in law enforcement and that statistics show tha

lynch are in contact with baltimore officials. >> it is absolutely vital that the truth comes out about what happened to mr. freddie gray. it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved. that would not be appropriate but i can tell you that justice needs to be served. >> the state attorney says the six officers face charges including second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and false if imprisonment. >> we have reaction. >> stay 20 feet back. move back. >> a state of emergency and nighttime curfew will remain in effect through the weekend. all baltimore residents must stay off the streets starting at 10:00 p.m. each night. there has been no major confrontations since the curfew went into effect. >> this is a serious timement you don't bring in state government. we expect you to be inside your residence. >> reporter: unrest spreading throughout the country demonstrators, hundreds also outside philadelphia's city hall. protests there become intense with people blocking traffic and appearing to scuffle with police. >> we are here because philadelphia is right with the same types of concerns that we see

as loretta lynch said, she has an expectation that mr. may be more. >> despite all of the scandals swirling right now everyone expects seth blatter to be reelected. how do you explain the firm support that he continues to maintain among the delegates? >> i guess you could describe it more or less as institutionalized pork barreling. wewe have a number of as your correspondent was just saying, africa is a solid block for him asia other parts of the world from development grants over the years. they have built football fields where there have been none. that's also been part of well, i will do this for you if you do this for me. it's all this sort of currying of favors and it's almost they've forgotten that football is for people. football is not something that belongs to them. they're the custodians of the game and they've been in positions so long and become so comfortable in them, they're enured to what is right and what is wrong. >> if blatter is reelected what impact do you think that will have on the sport? >> i think there is an appe

lynch: we all understand that. it looks like you are following appeared unless my colleagues have more questions, we have given you more time than we have given mr. abdo. unless you have things that you think are critical -- [indiscernible] judge lynch: he will not be able to pick it up and rebuttal, since it has not been talked about in initial arguments any more than mr. delery talked about it in the standing argument. i do not know if we need to hear more about any of those things. i do not want to cut you off if there is something critical, you should know that you have not gotten to, we had given it probably more time than you will get in the supreme court, let alone the reasonable arguments -- i can assure you you will not see two of these. mr. delery: thank you very much. >> i do not know if you are limited to two minutes. we have and a very thorough discussion of the issue, i believe, so i hope you will be able to be relatively brief and respond only to points that you have not had an opportunity to address so far. with that, guide. mr. abdo: a few points. the first is to respond of the discussion of ratification. that dock and is not a

mrs. ross giving that on mother's day, sunday. moments ago, u.s. attorney general loretta lynch called the statements shocking and said the justice department stands ready to assist the hattiesburg police department. we are live now with gabe inty hattiesburg. what are investigators telling you about how the officers with ss were gunned down? >> reporter: they're not saying much. four suspects arrested two charged with capital murder. they are marvin banks and joan joanminyjoanie calloway. curtis banks is charged with connection and clark is charged with obstruction. this may have been a case of suspects not wanting to go to jail. this happened saturday night. officer deen pulled over the suspect's car as part of a traffic stop. he called for rbackup. when officer tate arrived, shots rang out. a short time ago, i spoke to the mother of marvin banks. here's what she had to say. >> he was out of his mind. he wasn't the same marvin. >> he was on drugs. >> he was on drugs, spice. he wasn't the same marvin. >> how long had he been use drugs? >> every since he was in rizprison. he tol

mr. obama's famous campaign poster showing the president with a head in his noose, his eyes close and his neck appearing broken as he had been lynched as if he had been lynched instead of the word hope in capital letters as it appeared on campaign posters the doctored image had the word rope. it's like the kind of gross racist graffiti you often find on a waffle men's rooms. anyway, while trollings and invariably downside of the internet where users can hide behind the veil of anonymity the vitriol was inflammatory enough to warrant a question at yesterday's white house briefing. here's what press secretary josh earnest had to say about this stuff. >> those kinds of images and that kind of language is you know all too common on the internet. i'm sure that some of you guys see that on your twitter feeds as well and my guess is we spend a lot of time trying to block those kinds of message, we probably spend a lot of time blocking people on the internet so, again, i -- i'll let the secret service speak to what sort of threat they may -- how they assess these threats and how seriously they need to take them. >> as the "washington post"

attorney general loretta lynch said she hopes it will help repair relations between police and minorities. >> it was the clear that recent events including the tragic, in-custody death of mrdie gray had given rise to a serious erosion of public trust. this process is meant to ensure that officers are being provided with the tools that they need including training policy guidance and equipment to be more effective to partner with civilians and strengthen public safety. >> woodruff: the review will look for patterns of racial bias and excessive force. there've been similar federal investigations in ferguson missouri, and in cleveland. the threat level has been raised at u.s. military bases nationwide. that puts security at its highest level in nearly four years. pentagon officials say there's been no specific threat. instead, they cite general concerns since last weekend's attack on an exhibit and contest of mohammad cartoons in texas. saudi arabia announced today it's going ahead with a unilateral cease-fire in yemen starting may 12th. a saudi coalition will halt its bombing campaign for five days, to allow humanitarian assistance into yemen. the foreign minister made the

lynch has a sale that goes to a hold. they say don't chase. now they are coming in. mr. peltz did not win. i'm not calling out a victory for peltz. i can't spin the capitals. they won big against the rangers, but are not going to the next round of the playoffs. >> both these companies exiting a weird story line on both fronts. >> exactly. that is so important. they were etherial. cloud is so hot, it's amazing. microsoft could go up again today. chemical business is not hot. you're stuck with chemical company. >> deutsche echoing with merrill lynch is saying. >> yes. i like to see agriculture get stronger. deutsche saying you could use the pullback to buy. >> all right. we'll talk about that and more. opening bell a few moments away. david's exclusive with charlie ergen. here at the td ameritrade trader group, they work all the time. sup jj? working hard? working 24/7 on mobile trader, rated #1 trading app in the app store. it lets you trade stocks options, futures... even advanced orders. and it offers more charts than a lot of the other competitors do in desktop. you work so late. i guess

lynch's confirmation. they couldn't get that on. so now they want to block president obama's judges. our courts should be above political gamesmanship. qualified judicial nominees like mr. restrepo deserve their vote in the senate. president bush's judges were considered fairly. when i was there, they were considered fairly when i was the majority leader. and there's no one can say that the nominees are now being handled fairly. it's certainly not unreasonable for democrats to expect the same measure of cooperation of fairness and cooperation of republicans that i gave them. the american judicial system should not be taking a back seat to republican politics here in the senate, our nation's capital. but, mr. president if it were only the judges that they're holding up, that would be one thing. but republican senators are holding up basically all the nominations with rare exception. for example the chief law enforcement officer of this country, loretta lynch; well-qualified in every way experienced, education character; was held up for six months. if that wasn't bad enough, now what they've done, they're not allowing her to have the people she needs around her. her numb

furthermore i'd like to thank my staff, caroline lynch chief counsel of the crime subcommittee, and jason herring, as well as arthur hiller with mr. conyers -- aaron hiller with mr. conyers and bart forsyth with mr. sensenbrenner, for their long hours and steadfast dedication to this legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserbs. the gentleman from michigan is recognized -- the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: thank you, sir. ladies and gentlemen, with the passage of the u.s.a. freedom act today, the house will have done its part to enact historic and sweeping reforms to the government surveillance program and powers. this legislation ends bulk collection creates a panel of experts to guide the foreign intelligence surveillance court and mandates extensive government reporting. today we have a rare opportunity to restore a measure of s

mr. president i want to talk about another related issue. last week after five long months, loretta lynch was finally sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states. i know she is going to to be an exceptional attorney general. she had an exceptional deputy in sally yates. i want to speak here about the remarkable service of eric holder who has just left as attorney general. many don't realize that he came to the justice department as a 25-year-old law school graduate in 1976. he served at nearly every level of the department over the past four decades. i believe that we owe him our gratitude for his commitment to public service. i also know on a personal basis how much marcel and i appreciate the friendship we have with eric and his wonderful wife sharon. when eric holder was first nominated in 2008, i spoke on the floor and i said that we needed an attorney general who as robert jackson said 68 years ago serves the law and not factual purposes and approaches his tasks with humility. well that's what i said we needed and that's what we got. that's the kind of man eric holder

mr. cardin: in the rupenssberg and sarbanes. i was in baltimore with attorney general lynch meeting with our faith-based leaders, attorney general lynch also met with the mayor of baltimore met with the family of freddie gray and also met with our baltimore city police department. i want to thank the attorney general for her personal presence in baltimore. for those of us who live in baltimore, the events over these last couple of weeks have been heartbreaking. the city that we love has gone through a very, very difficult time and i want to thank my colleagues who have contacted senator mikulski and me offering their help for their understanding and their willingness to work together so that we can deal with the issues that have been raised in baltimore and other cities, quite frankly and other places around the country. it's our responsibility to move forward and the people of baltimore understand that. we understand that the national spotlight will be leaving and we are going to need to deal with the issues that are left behind. mr. president, to me there are two pillars f