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HOW TO PRAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW
An epic rebuke to CNN and Obama and Hillary: When asked to condemn Trump's travel ban after we hit Assad's airbase, a Syrian victim instead says, "Thank you President Trump!" "you are all hypocrites. We don't want to be refugees. For seven years, you did nothing! Finally, Trump has punished Assad!"
In a moment only God could have orchestrated, President Trump has triumphed and the lies of the Obama years have been exposed. In one fell swoop—and even as the prime minister of China was present—Our president told North Korea, Iran, Assad, Russian and the world that we are back and the free world has a leader.
Here is an amazing result:
"What we are seeing right now, in the wake of Donald Trump launching retaliatory airstrikes against Syria, is a rally-round-the-president effect.
As the media shift to war footing, the tone of the coverage has dramatically changed, from whether Trump is a bumbling leader to how decisive he was in responding to Bashir al-Assad's horrifying chemical attack.
And the natural instinct to support the commander-in-chief when he orders military action is a good thing—as long as it doesn't go too far.
Trump is benefiting from two factors. One is the stark contrast with Barack Obama, who declared a red line against Syria and failed to enforce it in 2013, settling instead for a deal on chemical weapons that obviously didn't remove all of them from the country.
The other is Hillary Clinton, earlier in the day, saying that the U.S. should bomb Syrian airfields—thus making it harder to argue that no cruise missiles would have been launched if the election had gone the other way." -Fox News
From out of nowhere a Syrian said what our entire government could not say. "We do not want to be refugees. We want safe zones here until we can get our nation back."
Here is the common-sense solution to the Syrian crisis delivered like a Tomahawk missile into the fake news capitol of the world.
CNN's unvarnished hatred for Trump will continuously set them up for these embarrassing backfires.
Once again, the left celebrated Trump's demise too soon. Once again it all boomerangs in their face. God's hand is strong on our Commander in Chief. Today I am speaking Psalm 41: 10 and 11 over our president. "But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. 11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
How do we pray for President Trump?
-Pray for wisdom beyond human wisdom for him to know what to do next in a highly volatile and complicated world situation.
-Pray protection on him from his enemies in the media and traitors embedded in the deep state rogue government set up by Obama.
-Pray for his health, his emotions, his family and his staff to be protected.
While you are at it, pray for the leaders of the American Church to be convicted by the example of a brave and decisive leader so we will stop delaying revival with carnal and impotent church services.
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Obama's Leftist Lens
Posted on June 18, 2016 June 18, 2016 by mariomurilloministries
My new cartoon has leaked a little early, a few fans got a little over excited about this cartoon and posted it on the /r/ The_Donald..that's okay, it is very timely.
Here is the new Ben Garrison Cartoon "Obama's Leftist lens"
Obama doesn't want to say 'Islamic Terrorism.' It's obvious he doesn't want to condemn Islam in any form. He'd much rather attack the 2nd Amendment and 'bitter clingers.' He wants to round up the guns while at the same time, more guns have been sold to Muslims in the middle east than ever before under his administration. Hillary murdered Gaddafi and made sure ISIS got guns. That happened under Obama's watch.
The liberal lens wants to make sure the focus and blame always goes to conservatives, whom they call names such as 'racist' and 'bigot'—especially conservative Christian gun owners. Obama uses the lens to help him to avoid looking at a harsh reality—Islamic terrorists DO exist. They are created in part due to senseless war in the middle east perpetuated by Obama and his masters.
Many Muslims want Sharia Law—not our Constitution. Yet Obama wants to import millions more. If we object, we are called 'racist.' Islam is not a race.
Americans are fed up with excuses, obfuscation and lies told by leaders who refuse to connect with reality. Americans are sick and tired of being called 'racist' or other names simply because we don't want to import millions of people who don't assimilate well into western culture.
It's time to put down the leftist lens when viewing reality.
Ben Garrison
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Record 499 Syrian Refugees Admitted to US So Far in May Includes No Christians
Posted on May 23, 2016 May 23, 2016 by mariomurilloministries
By Patrick Goodenough | May 23, 2016 | 4:25 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration has admitted 499 Syrian refugees so far this month, with no Christians among them.
Of the 499 admitted in May, 495 are Sunni Muslims and the remaining four are described simply as "Moslem" in State Department Refugee Processing Center data.
Since FY2016 began on October 1, a total of 2,235 Syrian refugees have been resettled in the United States. Of them, 10 (0.44 percent) are Christians: three Catholics, two Orthodox, one Greek Orthodox and four refugees identified simply as "Christian."
Christians make up the biggest non-Muslim minority in Syria – about 10 percent before the civil war erupted.
Meanwhile the State Department figures show that 2,170 (97 percent) of the 2,235 Syrian refugee newcomers in FY2016 are Sunni Muslims. The rest are made up of 17 Shi'a Muslims, 27 other Muslims, 10 Yazidis, and one refugee identified as "other religion."
This marks the first time the fraction of Christians admitted during any given month in FY2016 has fallen below half a percentage point. Last October, it was 2.1 percent. By year's end it had dropped to 0.9 percent, and over the ensuing months it has edged down to 0.8, 0.7, 0.5 and now 0.4 percent.
With another week still to run, May already accounts for the highest monthly tally of Syrian refugees admitted since the civil war began in the spring of 2011. The 499 admitted so far in May also exceeds the total number admitted during the first three years of the conflict.
After this month the next highest monthly admission numbers were recorded in April 2016 (451), September 2015 (389) and March 2016 (330).
The pace has picked up noticeably since last February, when the State Department opened a special refugee "resettlement surge center" in Amman, Jordan to speed up processing. Until then, President Obama's goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees in FY2016 looked set to fall woefully short, with only 841 in total admitted between Oct. 2015 and Jan. 2016.
A total of 499 Syrian refugees have been admitted to the U.S. so far this month – the largest single month figure since the civil war began in 2011. (Data: State Department, Graph: CNSNews.com)
Even with the "surge" and significantly accelerated processing times – from around 18-24 months down to just three months – achieving the president's fiscal year goal still looks like a tall order: With four months and one week to go, the total number admitted is still 7,765 shy of the target.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) attacks in Paris last November fueled concerns that the terrorist group would use refugee admission programs to infiltrate fighters into Western nations. According to French prosecutors two of the Paris attackers had evidently entered Europe through Greece, posing as refugees fleeing from the fighting in Syria.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate committee in February that ISIS was "taking advantage of the torrent of migrants [entering Europe] to insert operatives into that flow."
In the U.S., dozens of Republican governors pushed back against allowing Syrian refugees to settle in their states, citing security concerns.
Since the Paris attacks, the State Department program has admitted a total of 1,944 Syrian refugees, of whom five (0.25 percent) are Christians, 1,884 (96.9 percent) are Sunnis, 44 are Shi'a and other Muslims, 10 are Yazidis and one is "other religion."
Last March, Secretary of State John Kerry formally determined that atrocities being carried out by ISIS against Christians, Yazidis and other minorities in the areas it controls constitutes genocide.
Before the conflict began in March 2011, the estimated Syrian population breakdown by religion was 10 percent Christian, 74 percent Sunni, and another 16 percent comprising various other Muslim traditions, including Shi'a, Allawite and Druze.
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR acknowledges that Syrian minorities "fear that registration might bring retribution from other refugees" in the camps that it runs in countries surrounding Syria.
Many Christians therefore tend to avoid registering with the agency, and since the UNHCR plays a key role in the early stages of applications for refugee status in the U.S., Christians are unintentionally disadvantaged in the process.
"Without doubt, Syrians of all confessions are being victimized by this savage war and are facing unimaginable suffering," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on the Senate floor last March as he introduced legislation that would set aside 10,000 refugee resettlement places annually, for five years, for Syrian religious minorities.
"But only Christians and other religious minorities are the deliberate targets of systematic persecution and genocide," he said. "It's well-established that many religious minorities in Syria are very reluctant to register as refugees with the United Nations because they fear facing even more persecution."
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Obama Will Never Stand With Figures Who Insult Muslims
Posted on January 14, 2015 by mariomurilloministries
By Jim Geraghty
Why didn't President Obama go to Paris?
Monday brought a lot of quickly discarded excuses. 1) The excuse that the United States was adequately represented, as suggested by Kerry's claim that critics were "quibbling" because the U.S. ambassador attended. White House press secretary Josh Earnest eventually retreated on that one. 2) The claim that there were security concerns, which suggested the security measures taken to protect the French president, U.K. prime minister, and Israeli prime minister were somehow insufficient. Also note that the entire point of the march was to send a message to the world that leaders will not be intimidated by extremists who threaten to kill them. 3) Complete and total staff incompetence: "White House aides were so caught off guard by the march's massive size and attention that they hadn't even asked President Barack Obama if he wanted to go."
The simplest explanation — and one that doesn't contradict option 3 — is that President Barack Obama doesn't want to put his personal stature and credibility on the line to support something like Charlie Hebdo. Since those awful attacks, we've witnessed a lot of allegedly intellectual leftists offer versions of "the attacks were terrible, but —" and then explaining why Hebdo was offensive, hate speech, and unnecessary provocation, foolish, etc., and imply that the magazine isn't really worth defending and that the world would be a better place if these immature, impudent cartoonists would stop making fun of one of the world's great religions.
There's very little evidence to suggest that Obama disagrees with this progressive intellectual reaction, that while satire of Islam is theoretically legal, the consequences of enraging Muslims is too much trouble and risk to be worthwhile. We saw this in the response to Hebdo before, and the infamous YouTube video that the administration cited as a scapegoat for the Benghazi attacks. To a lot of progressives, while depicting Muhammad or mocking Islam shouldn't be banned, it should be discouraged, and a presidential appearance at that rally and march would be too close to an official endorsement of the magazine and its contents.
As then–White House press secretary Jay Carney put it in 2012 while discussing the French magazine's Muhammad cartoons:
We don't question the right of something like this to be published; we just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it. And I think that that's our view about the video that was produced in this country and has caused so much offense in the Muslim world.
Obama would never support going into a magazine and shooting people. But he's afamously thin-skinned public figure who thinks he has a particularly powerful connection and understanding of the Muslim world because he spent some childhood years in Indonesia. He is so mono-focused on "de-escalating" tensions with the Muslim world that he thinks about how he would advise ISIS. The last thing President Obama is going to do is take some sort of personal action that indicates a real show of solidarity with cartoonists who offend Muslims.
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Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with US over response to conflict in Syria
Posted on October 23, 2013 by mariomurilloministries
PUBLISHED: 19:27 EST, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 19:27 EST, 22 October 2013
Upset at President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Syria, members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family are threatening a rift with the United States that could take the alliance between Washington and the kingdom to its lowest point in years.
Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief is vowing that the kingdom will make a 'major shift' in relations with the United States to protest perceived American inaction over Syria's civil war as well as recent U.S. overtures to Iran, a source close to Saudi policy said on Tuesday.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan told European diplomats that the United States had failed to act effectively against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was growing closer to Tehran, and had failed to back Saudi support for Bahrain when it crushed an anti-government revolt in 2011, the source said.
'Major change': Prince Bandar Bin Sultan said the kingdom will make a "major shift" in relations with the United States
'The shift away from the U.S. is a major one,' the source close to Saudi policy said. 'Saudi doesn't want to find itself any longer in a situation where it is dependent.'
It was not immediately clear whether the reported statements by Prince Bandar, who was the Saudi ambassador to Washington for 22 years, had the full backing of King Abdullah.
The growing breach between the United States and Saudi Arabia was also on display in Washington, where another senior Saudi prince criticized Obama's Middle East policies, accusing him of 'dithering' on Syria and Israeli-Palestinian peace.
In unusually blunt public remarks, Prince Turki al-Faisal called Obama's policies in Syria 'lamentable' and ridiculed a U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Assad's chemical weapons. He suggested it was a ruse to let Obama avoid military action in Syria.
'The current charade of international control over Bashar's chemical arsenal would be funny if it were not so blatantly perfidious. And designed not only to give Mr. Obama an opportunity to back down (from military strikes), but also to help Assad to butcher his people,' said Prince Turki, a member of the Saudi royal family and former director of Saudi intelligence.
Inaction: The Saudis say they are getting upset by President Obama's inaction in dealing with the conflict in Syria
The United States and Saudi Arabia have been allies since the kingdom was declared in 1932, giving Riyadh a powerful military protector and Washington secure oil supplies.
The Saudi criticism came days after the 40th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab oil embargo imposed to punish the West for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur war.
That was one of the low points in U.S.-Saudi ties, which were also badly shaken by the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals.
Saudi Arabia gave a clear sign of its displeasure over Obama's foreign policy last week when it rejected a coveted two-year term on the U.N. Security Council in a display of anger over the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues.
Prince Turki indicated that Saudi Arabia will not reverse that decision, which he said was a result of the Security Council's failure to stop Assad and implement its own decision on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Picking sides: Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen here with bin Sultan, has sided with the Syrian government in the conflict
'There is nothing whimsical about the decision to forego membership of the Security Council. It is based on the ineffectual experience of that body,' he said in a speech to the Washington-based National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
In London, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he discussed Riyadh's concerns when he met Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal in Paris on Monday.
Kerry said he told the Saudi minister no deal with Iran was better than a bad deal. 'I have great confidence that the United States and Saudi Arabia will continue to be the close and important friends and allies that we have been,' Kerry told reporters.
Prince Bandar is seen as a foreign policy hawk, especially on Iran. The Sunni Muslim kingdom's rivalry with Shi'ite Iran, an ally of Syria, has amplified sectarian tensions across the Middle East.
A son of the late defense minister and crown prince, Prince Sultan, and a protégé of the late King Fahd, he fell from favor with King Abdullah after clashing on foreign policy in 2005.
But he was called in from the cold last year with a mandate to bring down Assad, diplomats in the Gulf say. Over the past year, he has led Saudi efforts to bring arms and other aid to Syrian rebels.
'Prince Bandar told diplomats that he plans to limit interaction with the U.S.,' the source close to Saudi policy said.
Secretary of State John Kerry says he's confident the U.S. will continue to have a good relationship with Saudi Arabia
This happens after the U.S. failed to take any effective action on Syria and Palestine. Relations with the U.S. have been deteriorating for a while, as Saudi feels that the U.S. is growing closer with Iran and the U.S. also failed to support Saudi during the Bahrain uprising," the source said.
The source declined to provide more details of Bandar's talks with the diplomats, which took place in the past few days.
But he suggested that the planned change in ties between the energy superpower and the United States would have wide-ranging consequences, including on arms purchases and oil sales.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, ploughs much of its earnings back into U.S. assets. Most of the Saudi central bank's net foreign assets of $690 billion are thought to be denominated in dollars, much of them in U.S. Treasury bonds.
'All options are on the table now, and for sure there will be some impact,' the Saudi source said.
He said there would be no further coordination with the United States over the war in Syria, where the Saudis have armed and financed rebel groups fighting Assad.
The kingdom has informed the United States of its actions in Syria, and diplomats say it has respected U.S. requests not to supply the groups with advanced weaponry that the West fears could fall into the hands of al Qaeda-aligned groups.
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al Faisal also is outraged the international community has let the war continue in Syria
Saudi anger boiled over after Washington refrained from military strikes in response to a poison gas attack in Damascus in August when Assad agreed to give up his chemical weapons arsenal.
Representative Chris Van Hollen, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic leadership, told Reuters' Washington Summit on Tuesday that the Saudi moves were intended to pressure Obama to take action in Syria.
'We know their game. They're trying to send a signal that we should all get involved militarily in Syria, and I think that would be a big mistake to get in the middle of the Syrian civil war,' Van Hollen said.
'And the Saudis should start by stopping their funding of the al Qaeda-related groups in Syria. In addition to the fact that it's a country that doesn't allow women to drive,' said Van Hollen, who is close to Obama on domestic issues in Congress but is less influential on foreign policy.
Saudi Arabia is concerned about signs of a tentative reconciliation between Washington and Tehran, something Riyadh fears may lead to a 'grand bargain' on the Iranian nuclear program that would leave Riyadh at a disadvantage.
Prince Turki expressed doubt that Obama would succeed in what he called an 'open arms approach' to Iran, which he accused of meddling in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Bahrain.
'We Saudis observe President Obama's efforts in this regard. The road ahead is arduous,' he said. 'Whether (Iranian President Hassan) Rouhani will succeed in steering Iran toward sensible policies is already contested in Iran. The forces of darkness in Qom and Tehran are well entrenched.'
The U.N. Security Council has been paralyzed over the 31-month-old Syria conflict, with permanent members Russia and China repeatedly blocking measures to condemn Assad.
Saudi Arabia backs Assad's mostly Sunni rebel foes. The Syrian leader, whose Alawite sect is derived from Shi'ite Islam, has support from Iran and the armed Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah. The Syrian leader denounces the insurgents as al Qaeda-linked groups backed by Sunni-ruled states.
In Bahrain, home of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, a simmering pro-democracy revolt by its Shi'ite majority has prompted calls by some in Washington for U.S. ships to be based elsewhere.
Many U.S. economic interests in Saudi Arabia involve government contracts in defense, other security sectors, health care, education, information technology and construction.
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The fruits of epic incompetence.
Posted on September 13, 2013 by mariomurilloministries
The fruits of epic incompetence
By Charles Krauthammer, Published: September 12.
The president of the United States takes to the airwaves to urgently persuade the nation to pause before doing something it has no desire to do in the first place.Strange. And it gets stranger still. That "strike Syria, maybe" speech begins with a heart-rending account of children consigned to a terrible death by a monster dropping poison gas. It proceeds to explain why such behavior must be punished. It culminates with the argument that the proper response — the most effective way to uphold fundamental norms, indeed human decency — is a flea bite: something "limited," "targeted" or, as so memorably described by Secretary of State John Kerry, "unbelievably small."
The mind reels, but there's more. We must respond — but not yet. This "Munich moment" (Kerry again) demands first a pause to find accommodation with that very same toxin-wielding monster, by way of negotiations with his equally cynical, often shirtless, Kremlin patron bearing promises.
The promise is to rid Syria of its chemical weapons. The negotiations are open-ended. Not a word from President Obama about any deadline or ultimatum. And utter passivity: Kerry said hours earlier that he awaited the Russian proposal.
Why? The administration claims (preposterously, but no matter) that Obama has been working on this idea with Putin at previous meetings. Moreover, the idea was first publicly enunciated by Kerry, even though his own State Department immediately walked it back as a slip of the tongue.
Take at face value Obama's claim of authorship. Then why isn't he taking ownership? Why isn't he calling it the "U.S. proposal" and defining it? Why not issue a U.S. plan containing the precise demands, detailed timeline and threat of action should these conditions fail to be met?
Putin doesn't care one way or the other about chemical weapons. Nor about dead Syrian children. Nor about international norms, parchment treaties and the other niceties of the liberal imagination.
He cares about power and he cares about keeping Bashar al-Assad in power. Assad is the key link in the anti-Western Shiite crescent stretching from Tehran through Damascus and Beirut to the Mediterranean — on which sits Tartus, Russia's only military base outside the former Soviet Union. This axis frontally challenges the pro-American Sunni Arab Middle East (Jordan, Yemen, the Gulf Arabs, even the North African states), already terrified at the imminent emergence of a nuclear Iran.
At which point the Iran axis and its Russian patron would achieve dominance over the moderate Arab states, allowing Russia to supplant America as regional hegemon for the first time since Egypt switched to our side in the Cold War in 1972.
The hinge of the entire Russian strategy is saving the Assad regime. That's the very purpose of the "Russian proposal." Imagine that some supposed arms-control protocol is worked out. The inspectors have to be vetted by Assad, protected by Assad, convoyed by Assad, directed by Assad to every destination. Negotiation, inspection, identification, accounting, transport and safety would require constant cooperation with the regime, and thus acknowledgment of its sovereignty and legitimacy.
So much for Obama's repeated insistence that Assad must go. Indeed, Putin has openly demandedthat any negotiation be conditioned on a U.S. commitment to forswear the use of force against Assad. On Thursday, Assad repeated that demand, warning that without an American pledge not to attack and not to arm the rebels, his government would agree to nothing.
This would abolish the very possibility of America tilting the order of battle in a Syrian war that Assad is now winning thanks to Russian arms, Iranian advisers and Lebanese Hezbollah shock troops. Putin thus assures the survival of his Syrian client and the continued ascendancy of the anti-Western Iranian bloc.
And what does America get? Obama saves face.
Some deal.
As for the peace process, it has about zero chance of disarming Damascus. We've spent nine years disarming an infinitely smaller arsenal in Libya — in conditions of peace — and we're still finding undeclared stockpiles.
Yet consider what's happened over the last month. Assad uses poison gas on civilians and is branded, by the United States above all, a war criminal. Putin, covering for the war criminal, is exposed, isolated, courting pariah status.
And now? Assad, far from receiving punishment of any kind, goes from monster to peace partner. Putin bestrides the world stage, playing dealmaker. He's welcomed by America as a constructive partner. Now a world statesman, he takes to the New York Times to blame American interventionist arrogance — a.k.a. "American exceptionalism" — for inducing small states to acquire WMDs in the first place.
And Obama gets to slink away from a Syrian debacle of his own making. Such are the fruits of a diplomacy of epic incompetence.
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James Woods on Obama: He's the 'gift from hell'
By Cheryl K. Chumley
It's a safe bet there's no love lost between Hollywood actor James Woods and President Obama — the former has taken to Twitter several times over the last few months to trash the policies and politics of the latter.
The latest came this week, in response to a report from British press that revealed the National Security Agency commonly provides Israel with intelligence data — without first stripping out private and personal information on American citizens. The Guardian in London reported the item, the latest in its coverage of document leaks from Edward Snowden.
Mr. Woods unleashed his views of the matter — and of Mr. Obama's role in allowing the practice to occur — on Twitter.
He wrote: "Report: Data on Americans shared with Israel … Obama: the gift from hell that keeps on giving."
This is hardly the first unfavorable rating Mr. Woods has posted on his Twitter account about Mr. Obama. In July, the actor ranted over Mr. Obama's insertion of his personal opinion into the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin trial, characterizing it as fueling racial tensions and wondering why the president would speak his mind about the death of the 17-year-old Trayvon but not worry so much about American's soldiers and wounded warriors.
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Support for President Obama's call for military airstrikes in Syria is sliding on Capitol HIll.
(Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
Six senators, five Republicans and one Democrat, announce they oppose Syria resolution
President's effort to sway Congress loses steam before his prime-time address Tuesday
Sen. Harry Reid delays test procedural vote that had been planned for Wednesday
WASHINGTON — President Obama's push for congressional approval for military airstrikes in Syria ran aground Monday, forcing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to delay a procedural vote as opposition builds among senators in both parties.
Six senators, including five Republicans and one Democrat, announced Monday they would vote against a resolution authorizing the use of force — a strong indication that the administration's efforts to build bipartisan support have been ineffective.
The Senate was scheduled to vote Wednesday on a procedural motion to begin formal debate on the resolution, but Reid announced late Monday the vote would be delayed in order to buy the president more time to make his case to senators and the public.
"What we need to do is make sure the president has the opportunity to speak to all 100 senators and all 300 million American people before we do this," Reid said.
The delay also came amid reports that Russia was seeking a deal with Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons program. Obama said in television interviews Monday such a deal could circumvent the need for U.S. military intervention, but senators had not been briefed on the development and expressed skepticism.
"I have no idea what's going on. It'd be great if the Russians could convince Assad to turn over his chemical weapons to the international community. That'd be a terrific outcome. I just am very dubious and skeptical," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Comments made Monday in London by Secretary of State John Kerry describing the military effort as "unbelievably small" also rankled lawmakers. Graham said Kerry "undercut everything the president has been doing for the last couple of days" to build support.
The rapid clip of senators announcing their opposition on Monday raised serious doubts that the president would be able to muster the necessary support in either the House or Senate. The GOP-led House is not likely to take up a resolution unless the Senate can pass it first. A final Senate vote was expected this weekend, but Reid's decision to delay the formal debate puts the schedule in flux.
Five GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and Mike Enzi of Wyoming all announced opposition Monday, as did Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.
Briefings by top administration officials and a weekend conversation with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel were not enough to sway Alexander. "I see too much risk that the strike will do more harm than good by setting off a chain of consequences that could involve American fighting men and women in another long-term Middle East conflict," he said.
Heitkamp was the latest in a string of Democratic senators from conservative states to come out in opposition, including Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. Heitkamp and Manchin are working on an alternative resolution that would give the Assad government 45 days to sign an international chemical weapons ban and begin turning over its chemical weapons before authorizing U.S. military action.
Two Democratic senators, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, declared their support. However, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., who voted for the resolution in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, cautioned Monday that he preferred pursuing diplomatic solutions.
The opposition underscored the uphill battle Obama faces on Capitol Hill to rally around his foreign policy agenda. The president will visit separately with Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans on Tuesday before his prime-time television address.
Graham, who supports the resolution, said he believed it could still pass the Senate: "If the president does a good job tomorrow night, yes."
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Russia says it's compiled 100-page report blaming Syrian rebels for a chemical weapons attack. Many of the rebels are savages.
Posted on September 5, 2013 by mariomurilloministries
Russia says it's compiled 100-page report blaming Syrian rebels for a chemical weapons attack.
This image provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show dead bodies after an attack on Ghouta, Syria on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. | Uncredited/AP
By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Foreign Staff
BERLIN — Russia says it has compiled a 100-page report detailing what it says is evidence that Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, were behind a deadly sarin gas attack in an Aleppo suburb earlier this year.
In a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website late Wednesday. Russia said the report had been delivered to the United Nations in July and includes detailed scientific analysis of samples that Russian technicians collected at the site of the alleged attack, Khan al Asal.
Russia said its investigation of the March 19 incident was conducted under strict protocols established by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the international agency that governs adherence to treaties prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. It said samples that Russian technicians had collected had been sent to OPCW-certified laboratories in Russia.
The report itself was not released. But the statement drew a pointed comparison between what it said was the scientific detail of the report and the far shorter intelligence summaries that the United States, Britain and France have released to justify their assertion that the Syrian government launched chemical weapons against Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. The longest of those summaries, by the French, ran nine pages. Each relies primarily on circumstantial evidence to make its case, and they disagree with one another on some details, including the number of people who died in the attack.
The Russian statement warned the United States and its allies not to conduct a military strike against Syria until the United Nations had completed a similarly detailed scientific study into the Aug. 21 attack. It warned that what it called the current "hysteria" about a possible military strike in the West was similar to the false claims and poor intelligence that preceded the United States invasion of Iraq.
"The Russian report is specific," the ministry statement said. "It is a scientific and technical document."
The statement also noted that the attention paid to the Aug. 21 attack had diverted attention from the investigation into the March 19 incident, which was the reason U.N. investigators were in Syria when the more recent attack took place.
"Unfortunately, that investigation still essentially has not begun," the statement said.
There was no immediate comment from the United States. Independent chemical weapons experts contacted by McClatchy said they had not had time to read the Russian document, which was released as Secretary of State John Kerry was appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to make the Obama administration's case for a retaliatory strike on Syria as punishment for the attack.
A U.N. team spent four days late last month investigating the Aug. 21 incident. The samples it collected from the site and alleged victims of the attack are currently being examined at OPCW labs in Europe. U.N. Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has urged the United States to delay any strike until after the results of that investigation are known.
Richard Guthrie, formerly project leader of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Project of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, who said he had not seen the original report, said the Russian statement on the makeup of the sarin found outside Aleppo, which the Russians said indicated it was not military grade, might reflect only that "there are a lot of different ways to make sarin."
He added: "The messy mix described by the Russians might also be the result of an old sarin stock being used. Sarin degrades (the molecules break up) over time and this would explain a dirty mix."
But he also said that there could be doubts about the Russian conclusion that the rockets that delivered the sarin in the March 19 incident were not likely to have come from Syrian military stocks because of the use of RDX, an explosive that is also known as hexogen and T4.
"Militaries don't tend to use it because it's too expensive," Guthrie said. He added in a later email, however, that it's not inconceivable that the Syrian military would use RDX "iff the government side was developing a semi-improvised short-range rocket" and "if there happened to be a stock available."
"While I would agree that it would be unlikely for a traditional, well-planned short-range rocket development programme to use RDX in that role, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that, as the Syrian government did not seem to have an earlier short-range rocket programme, it may have been developing rockets with some haste and so using materials that are at hand," he said.
Another expert, Jean Pascal Zanders, raised a note of caution, questioning a Russian assertion that the sarin mix appeared to be a western World War II vintage.
"The Western Allies were not aware of the nerve agents until after the occupation of Germany," he wrote in an email. "The USA, for example, struggled with the sarin (despite having some of the German scientists) until the 1950s, when the CW program expanded considerably."
The Russian Foreign Ministry posted the statement shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin had asked a Russian interviewer what the American reaction would be if evidence showed that Syrian rebels, not the Assad regime, had been behind a chemical weapons attack.
The report dealt with an incident that occurred March 19 in Khan al Asal, a town outside the city of Aleppo, in which 26 people died and 86 were injured. It was that incident that the U.N. team was originally in Syria to investigate when the Aug. 21 attack took place.
The statement's summary of the report said that neither the munitions nor the poison gas in the Khan al Asal attack appeared to fit what is possessed by the Syrian government. The statement said Russian investigators studied the site, sent the materials they found to study to OPCW sanctioned laboratories in Europe, and followed agreed upon United Nations investigation standards.
According to the statement, the report said the shell "was not regular Syrian army ammunition but was an artisan-type similar to unguided rocket projectiles produced in the north of Syria by the so-called gang 'Bashair An-Nasr.' "
In addition, Russian investigators determined that the burst charge was RDX, which is "not used in military chemical munitions."
The Russian analysis found soil and shell samples contained a sarin gas "not synthesized in an industrial environment," the statement said. The report said the chemical mix did not appear to be a modern version of the deadly agent but was closer to those "used by Western states for producing chemical weapons during World War II."
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West
Published: September 5, 2013 952 Comments
The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels' commander recited a bitter revolutionary verse.
"For fifty years, they are companions to corruption," he said. "We swear to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take revenge."
The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as "the Uncle," fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner's head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.
This scene, documented in a video smuggled out of Syria a few days ago by a former rebel who grew disgusted by the killings, offers a dark insight into how many rebels have adopted some of the same brutal and ruthless tactics as the regime they are trying to overthrow.
As the United States debates whether to support the Obama administration's proposal that Syrian forces should be attacked for using chemical weapons against civilians, this video, shot in April, joins a growing body of evidence of an increasingly criminal environment populated by gangs of highwaymen, kidnappers and killers.
The video also offers a reminder of the foreign policy puzzle the United States faces in finding rebel allies as some members of Congress, including Senator John McCain, press for more robust military support for the opposition.
In the more than two years this civil war has carried on, a large part of the Syrian opposition has formed a loose command structure that has found support from several Arab nations, and, to a more limited degree, the West. Other elements of the opposition have assumed an extremist cast, and openly allied with Al Qaeda.
Across much of Syria, where rebels with Western support live and fight, areas outside of government influence have evolved into a complex guerrilla and criminal landscape.
That has raised the prospect that American military action could inadvertently strengthen Islamic extremists and criminals.
Abdul Samad Issa, 37, the rebel commander leading his fighters through the executions of the captured soldiers, illustrates that very risk.
Known in northern Syria as "the Uncle" because two of his deputies are his nephews, Mr. Issa leads a relatively unknown group of fewer than 300 fighters, one of his former aides said. The former aide, who smuggled the video out of Syria, is not being identified for security reasons.
A trader and livestock herder before the war, Mr. Issa formed a fighting group early in the uprising by using his own money to buy weapons and underwrite the fighters' expenses.
His motivation, his former aide said, was just as the poem he recited said: revenge.
In Washington on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the issue of radicalized rebels in an exchange with Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican. Mr. Kerry insisted, "There is a real moderate opposition that exists."
Mr. Kerry said that there were 70,000 to 100,000 "oppositionists." Of these, he said, some 15 percent to 20 percent were "bad guys" or extremists.
Mr. McCaul responded by saying he had been told in briefings that half of the opposition fighters were extremists.
Much of the concern among American officials has focused on two groups that acknowledge ties to Al Qaeda. These groups — the Nusra Front and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — have attracted foreign jihadis, used terrorist tactics and vowed to create a society in Syria ruled by their severe interpretation of Islamic law.
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KERRY COMPARES SYRIAN INTERVENTION TO NORMANDY INVASION
by TONY LEE 4 Sep 2013 142POST A COMMENT
On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry compared possible military intervention in Syria to the invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kerry said that "there are a lot of folks out there who are committed to violent acts against lots of different people. We have to defend ourselves."
After emphasizing that intervening in Syria is a "direct interest in our credibility," Kerry said, "You ask the question, 'Why does the United States have to be out there?'"
"You ever been to the cemetery in France? Ya know, above those beaches? Why'd those guys have to go do that?" Kerry said.
In response to Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), Kerry said those who died in Normandy did so while "standing up with people for a set of values and fighting for freedom." He said "no country has liberated as much land or fought as many battles as the United States of America and turned around and given it back to the people who live there and can own it, run it."
Kerry said America was, in that sense, the "indispensable" nation and that a lot of moderate people in the Middle East "count on us."
Throughout the testimony, though, Kerry emphasized that he did not believe intervention in Syria would be considered "war" in his definition and continued to emphasize that he did not believe American ground troops would be needed in Syria.
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Why the Name: Accra?
On September 9, 2016 By Dr. Y.In Great Trivia6 Comments
As a child, I often thought of how cool the name of the capital of Ghana, Accra, sounded. My aunt however, told me that it meant 'beignets' in some West African language, and that could not possibly be beautiful. See how funny some words in one's language could mean something totally different in another. That made me curious to find out about the real meaning of Accra. Well, it is not even in the local language, but rather is a European "deformation". The main Ga group known as the Tumgwa We led by Ayi Kushie arrived by sea. When the Lartehs of the coast saw them on their canoes at sea, they thought they looked like ants, and thus called them Nkran or ants. Nkran was later deformed by the Danes to Akra, then to present-day Accra. Well, as a fun note, the feeling of an ant walking on one's skin could make one scream "Aaaaaah Krrrrraaaa"!
Christiansborg (now Osu Castle) in the 1700s, site of Accra
Jokes aside, originally, Accra was not the most prominent trading center in the country. However, the Dutch built the nearby outposts of Ussher Fort while the British and Swedes built James Fort and Christiansborg castles respectively. By the 17th century, Portugal, France, and Denmark had built forts in the city. As a side, did you know Denmark had been involved in the slave trade? Dutch and Swedes too? The Swedes… in the slave trade along the African coast? For the longest time, I thought the slave trade had only been a Portuguese, British and French affair. So today, the scramble for Africa with the European union, America, China, India, etc… is just a repeat of a 16th – 17th centuries' history!
Main street in Accra between ca 1885-1908
Britain gradually acquired the interests of all other countries beginning in 1851, when Denmark sold Christiansborg (which they had acquired from the Swedes) and their other forts to the British. The Netherlands was the last to sell out, in 1871. In 1873, after decades of tension between the British and Ashantis of the peninsula country Ashantiland, the British attacked and virtually destroyed Ashantiland and Ashanti Region capital of Kumasi. The British then captured Accra in 1874, and in 1877, at the end of the second Anglo-Asante War, Accra replaced Cape Coast as the capital of the British Gold Coast. This decision was made because Accra had a drier climate relative to Cape Coast.
As the newly established Gold Coast's administrative functions were moved to Accra (1877), an influx of British colonial administrators and settlers grew around Christiansborg (modern Osu, Ministries, Ridge, Labone, and Cantonments), and the city expanded to accommodate the new residents. Victoriaborg was formed in the late 19th century as an exclusively European residential neighborhood, located to the east of the city limits of the time. The boundaries of Accra were further stretched in 1908. This expansion entailed the creation of a native-only neighborhood. Adabraka was thus established to the north of the city.
Aerial view of Accra in 1929
In 1908, the decision was made to build the Accra-Kumasi railway to connect the country's port with the main cocoa-producing regions. In 1923, the railway was completed, and by 1924, cocoa was Ghana's largest export.
The modern city of Accra is centered on the original British, Danish, and Dutch forts and their surrounding communities: Jamestown near the British James Fort, Osu near the Danish fort of Christiansborg (now Osu Castle), and Ussherstown near the Dutch Ussher fort.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial in Accra
Tourist attractions include the National Museum of Ghana, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Archives of Ghana and Ghana's central library, the National Theatre, the Accra Centre for National Culture, the Jamestown lighthouse, and the Ohene Djan Stadium. The city is also a transportation hub, home to the Kotoka International Airport, and railway links to Tema, Sekondi-Takoradi and Kumasi.
Today, Accra is one of the biggest hubs in West Africa and on the African continent. It is also a place of pilgrimage to many people of African descents trying to retrace their past: African Americans, Afro Brazilians, especially due to the great numbers of slavery forts in the city and country, but also because of the work of W.E.B. Du Bois. Well, if you are ever in Accra, visit, enjoy it, and feel Ghana! The video below will make you want to go there.

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Kelly Clarkson and Bryan Adams to close Prince Harry's Invictus Games Toronto
hellomagazine.com The singers will perform at the competition's closing ceremonies
Bryan Adams and Kelly Clarkson will headline the closing ceremonies at Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Toronto next month. The star-studded concert will be held at the Air Canada Centre on 30 September, and will also feature performances by Bachman & Turner and French-Canadian singer Coeur de pirate. Sarah McLachlan and Alessia Cara have been tapped for the opening ceremonies on 23 September.
READ: Prince Harry reads adorable letter from little girl
The inspiring Paralympic-style tournament will take over the city of Toronto from 23-30 September. Prince Harry created the sporting event for wounded, sick and injured serving and former members of the armed forces to embrace their inner warrior. "The games shine a spotlight on the unconquerable character of servicemen and women and their families," explained Harry, adding, "[and are] a display of the very best of the human spirit."
Prince Harry kicked off the countdown to the Games in May 2016
READ: Prince Harry jokes with near-naked fan: 'You're going to get rinsed by all your mates!'
Last May, the 32-year-old royal travelled to Toronto to officially kick off the countdown to the competition. He spent the day meeting with Canadian soldiers and their families, as well as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who applauded the royal for his "leadership and strength" and thanked him for giving Canadians the chance to "cheer on people who put so much on the line for us."
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Home » Blog » Criminal Law » Know Your Rights, Know The Law – Even if They Don't Make Sense!
We meet people from our community who need help posting bail for a myriad of reasons, which leads to a unique perspective: sometimes people don't even know they're headed for trouble until it's too late!
You may think you're doing everything necessary to be an upstanding citizen, but sometimes the law can catch you off guard! They say that "knowing is half the battle" and "knowledge is power." To that point, it's a good idea for everyone to be aware of new laws when they take effect, and to even be aware of some old laws you'd never imagine existed to begin with.
The best way to avoid an arrest is to obey the law. But, did you know that in Carmel, you'd better have a reasonable fashion sense? Apparently, it's illegal to wear a jacket and pants that don't match if you're going out in public. Tough question: do they train officers to know what to look for in an outfit mismatch?
Never wear mismatched jacket and pants in public if you don't want to be jailed!
Sometimes, people's judgment may lapse when they're in a rush. If you're out on the town in Riverside during lunch break, you might want to stay clear of trouble and either eat your lunch in the office lounge or make time for a sit-down meal. It's against the law to carry your lunch down the street between 11 a.m. And 1 p.m.
If you're launching your new brick-and-mortar start-up company in Indian Wells, it's likely you'll be looking for ways to advertise on a shoestring budget. Whatever you do, be careful to obey the law; don't try to lure in customers by playing the trumpet! That's right; it's against the law.
Who knows whether these are in full enforcement, and whether it will ever become a priority to remove antiquated laws that may have had their purpose at some time. But, what about new laws that come into effect? In some cases, ignorance may not be bliss.
Perhaps one of the most relevant new laws to be aware of deals with the proper use of wireless phones. You can only use your smart phone/cell phone if it is mounted. But, what makes this a particularly tricky law to enforce properly is the restriction that the phone can only be operated, or touched, in order to activate or deactivate a feature. It's not clear how an officer decides why you're swiping left or right, and how they will be certain you weren't completing a sentence for texting at a red light, but if you want to avoid confrontation, sometimes taking care of the smaller details prevents running into bigger trouble as a result.
Another new California law may appear less restrictive at first glance, but it certainly merits using common sense. Hair Salons and Barber Shops are now allowed to serve free wine and beer until 10 p.m. This might sound like a great new perk, but make sure you have a plan if you're going to be drinking. It doesn't take a lot of alcohol to fail a a DUI test, and that is even more true on an empty stomach. Make sure you have other activities planned before you have to drive, or work your schedule around a convenient Uber driver to cater to your needs.
Whether the law is too old to remember or too new to be aware of, we all hope to avoid trouble wherever we can. The more you know, the more you can plan to stay safe and avoid running into trouble with the law. But, if you happen to get caught off guard by one of California's tricky rules and regulations, make sure to have our contact information at hand. If you need help with your situation, call Bail Bonds DIRECT any time at 800-880-8380.


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THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER
Las Vegas Authorities Update Shooting Investigation. Aired 4:30-5p ET
Aired October 3, 2017 - 16:30 ET
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JOSEPH LOMBARDO, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, SHERIFF: Additionally, we served a search warrant on the suspect's vehicle located at the Mandalay Bay.
So, I'm happy to answer any questions.
Yes, sir?
QUESTION: Can you be specific about the modifications to the weapons (OFF-MIKE) automatic? (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: The question was, what are the modifications associated with the weaponry?
ATF is participating in that evaluation. I can't give you an answer on whether any of them are automatic or not. But we are aware of a device called a bump-stock. And that enables an individual to speed up the discharge of ammunition.
I don't want to give you any more details than that, but in partner with the FBI, the ATF, they are sending those weapons back east to the FBI crime lab for further evaluation.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: Yes, yes, absolutely.
Yes, sir.
QUESTION: The girlfriend, Marilou Danley, has she given authorities information about his motive, about (OFF-MIKE)? If so, can you tell us what that information is?
LOMBARDO: No, we don't have that information yet.
But I will assure you that the investigation with her is ongoing. And we anticipate some information here from her shortly.
Yes, ma'am?
QUESTION: Do you have information with regards to a $100,000 (OFF- MIKE)
LOMBARDO: No, ma'am, I do not.
Now, here you go. Just let me back up a little bit. There is a lot of information I do know. OK? But it's an ongoing investigation. And when I say I do not know, I may know, but...
LOMBARDO: But, as you can imagine, in a criminal investigation, we want to ensure the continued safety of our community, and that all of those questions are answered.
And we -- I assure you, this investigation is not ended with the demise of Mr. Paddock.
QUESTION: Could you give us an update, if there is an update, on the victims and the injuries? And also is there anything new (OFF-MIKE)? Are you making any progress on determining a motive?
LOMBARDO: No.
I will answer your last question first. No.
We are making progress. But I don't have complete answers yet. So I anticipate a substantial amount of information to come in, in the next 48 hours.
Hold on. Let me finish the rest of this.
As far as injuries, it goes across the board. The coroner commented on that yesterday. We have trampled injuries. We have people trying to escape injuries of their own device. We have gunshot wounds.
So, if you are looking at total type of injuries associated with all the injuries in the people that died, it goes across the board. I can't give you a percentage associated with gunshot vs. other types of injuries.
QUESTION: Are the numbers, though, the general numbers 59 (OFF-MIKE) have those changed, or they the same?
LOMBARDO: We believe the injury number has decreased slightly.
And when I say slightly, maybe 20, because we had a double count error occurring at one of the hospitals.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE).
LOMBARDO: But looking close -- still in close proximity of the number I provided you.
LOMBARDO: I can't tell you her current whereabouts right now. All I know is the Philippines. And we are in conversation. QUESTION: Is she a suspect?
LOMBARDO: Currently, she's a person of interest.
QUESTION: Who is?
LOMBARDO: The girlfriend.
Yes? Yes, ma'am?
QUESTION: "The Daily Mail" has released photos that say -- that show the hotel after the SWAT team entered, and it showed guns and ammunitions inside. Many outlets are disseminating. Can you verify the legitimacy of these photos? And should any other outlets disseminate them?
LOMBARDO: I can't verify whether they're legitimate or not.
What I can tell you is, I'm very troubled by it. We have an internal investigation occurring as we speak about how those photographs were obtained by the public forum.
QUESTION: Sheriff, can you talk (OFF-MIKE) about what was found inside that hotel room (OFF-MIKE)? Specifically, CBS News is reporting that there was a camera inside that room. Was the gunman recording? Was the gunman transmitting that video anywhere else?
LOMBARDO: I'm not aware of any transmission. But there was cameras. There was cameras located outside of the room and inside of the room, along with the firearms.
QUESTION: And he had set up how many cameras?
LOMBARDO: I don't know what the specific numbers were.
QUESTION: And for what purpose, do you think?
LOMBARDO: Well, I anticipate he was looking for anybody coming to take him into custody.
QUESTION: So, essentially, you have a recording of him carrying out this carnage?
LOMBARDO: No, that's not essentially what I'm saying.
That is being evaluated. The FBI took all digital and electronic evidence into custody. And we are evaluating.
QUESTION: Sheriff?
LOMBARDO: Yes, sir.
QUESTION: Do we know if this man was targeting this particular event, or did he have in mind perhaps another event that was going to be coming up in the Las Vegas area as a possible target? Have you developed any evidence?
LOMBARDO: No, we haven't developed that yet. I will provide you that information at a later date.
LOMBARDO: We are unable to confirm that.
QUESTION: Sheriff, I have a question. (OFF-MIKE) .
LOMBARDO: What's the clarity? What's the clarity you are seeking?
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) what time the shots rang out? (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: We received the call at 10:08 p.m.
The best of our estimates and video review, he continued to fire at a progressive, successive rate for approximately nine minutes.
As you can see by any video you see in the public space, it was hard to determine where they were coming from. Once it was evaluated it was coming from the Mandalay Bay, as you can imagine how hard it would be to pinpoint the room from the outside.
Officers subsequently formed up, teamed up, and moved over to the Mandalay Bay to -- in order to locate and engage. But that was in conjunction with the Mandalay Bay security.
Now, this is an opportunity for me to tell you something. The Mandalay Bay security was fantastic. I don't want anybody assuming that they are unsafe by, you know, staying at one of their hotels.
We would not have engaged this individual in the time lapse that we did without their assistance. We received information via their dispatch center and/or their operations center, their call center from individuals staying within the Mandalay Bay that helped us locate where this individual was sequestered.
LOMBARDO: Hold on. I want to finish her question. It's her question, all right?
And so, subsequently, that takes time. As you can imagine, moving from the location of the event, deciding whether you are going to help victims evacuate, or you are going to decide whether you are going to take charge and put an element together and go engage this individual.
So, we have a lot of bifurcation of responsibilities associated, especially in a dynamic event.
I want to say kudos to those officers that got together and said, this is what we trained for, active shooter. We are putting an element together. Let's go engage this individual and locate them. OK?
And that's what we did. And when the security officer was engaged by the suspect, we backed off for immediate apprehension, and SWAT team formed and made entry.
LOMBARDO: I don't have that.
LOMBARDO: Absolutely concerned.
The world has changed. And, you know, who would have ever imagined this situation? I couldn't imagine it. And for this individual to take it upon himself to create this chaos and harm is unspeakable.
And, you know, we have to try to spitball or what-if these situations at all points when we train, and make sure that we have proper response, and I think we did a fantastic job.
QUESTION: So, Sheriff, Mandalay Bay security identified the room before SWAT arrived?
Well, yes, before SWAT arrived, but not before my officers arrived. They were married or hand in hand with my officers when we made entry over to the hotel. And it was a matter -- if you will recall yesterday, I said between floor 29 and 32.
And during that process of evaluating the floors, we received additional information where he was located, and they immediately responded.
QUESTION: Sheriff, what time did you have SWAT breach...
LOMBARDO: I don't have that number for you.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) response team came in or (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: That's for us to evaluate in the investigation.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) scattered throughout the venue (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: No, they were throughout the venue.
They even had some victims that met their demise outside of the venue. And then we had individuals who had been shot, and they continued to run away, and then they passed away several blocks from the venue.
We also had very heroic acts of people attending the event.
We have numerous videos depicting people attending, normal citizens, providing medical aid and providing transportation for victims to get to the hospital.
QUESTION: Sheriff.
LOMBARDO: Yes, sir?
QUESTION: Going back to the (OFF-MIKE). How would you judge this man's preparation and determination to do this, based on the...
LOMBARDO: I don't even need that bit of information to make a judgment. This individual was premeditated, obviously premeditated.
The fact that he had the type of weaponry and the amount of weaponry in that room, it was preplanned extensively. And I'm pretty sure he evaluated everything that he did in his actions, which is troublesome.
I was hoping -- you know, I pray that, in these situations, that a citizen, because we can't be at all places at all times -- that a citizen sees something and says something, and we act on that.
Quite often, what we experience in our line of work, a citizen thinks it's trivial. And they say, no, I don't want to bother the police. We ask you to bother the police, because those individuals, especially housekeeping-type individuals, or any cab drivers, anybody in the public space that can assist us, we ask them to...
QUESTION: Sheriff, did the girlfriend have any knowledge?
LOMBARDO: Let me ask back here.
QUESTION: Did police or security guards prior to any shots (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: During while he was discharging his weapons? We are not aware of that. No security guard or police, other than the encounter at the room.
QUESTION: And can you expand on what went right? I know you practice (OFF-MIKE) scenarios. (OFF-MIKE) Can you expand on what went right?
LOMBARDO: You know what? I'm glad you asked that, Ricardo (ph), because, obviously, people have the assumption things went wrong in this type of carnage.
But what went right is, we saved hundreds of lives. In an event, and this guy having an ability with those weaponry, the carnage that could occur, outside of what did occur, a lot more was prevented because of our police action in short time, and private security action in short time to save some lives.
QUESTION: Sheriff, with all of this in the room, the cameras now, the guns, everything else, yesterday, you had said that there had been hotel staff inside that room during his stay.
Is that still believed (OFF-MIKE) did housekeeping go in there during this time?
LOMBARDO: The only thing I know at this point is room service was provided.
QUESTION: Sheriff, could I ask you (OFF-MIKE) I just wanted to clarify, do you believe you are going to find the motive for this crime?
LOMBARDO: I absolutely believe that.
LOMBARDO: Yes, I do.
QUESTION: And why is FBI not trying to bring her back? (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: How do you know that's not occurring?
QUESTION: I guess that's what I'm asking. (OFF-MIKE)
LOMBARDO: That is occurring.
Yes, ma'am.
QUESTION: You all have been investigating this nonstop for the last (OFF-MIKE). How are you and your investigators doing?
LOMBARDO: I'm so glad you asked that.
LOMBARDO: No, I am. I'm not being sarcastic.
We are doing good. I'm actually very proud of our people. I mean, this guy here is the local SAC, Aaron Rouse, in charge of the FBI.
You know what's important? Greg Cassell talked about this yesterday, the chief of the Clark County Fire Department. I'm telling you right now, this jurisdiction has the best partnerships, I believe, in the United States as far as public safety.
We would not be able to accomplish what we did, as you described in the last 48 hours, without that partnership. The FBI stepped up to the plate to help us with evidence documentation and prosecution.
The fire department, here -- he didn't do a good job describing it yesterday, Greg. The fire department in our jurisdiction marries with a police officer during the critical incident. I beg you to find such a robust-type operation in the rest of the United States.
Quite often, what you observe in the public space is the fire department will wait until it's secured by public safety before aid is rendered.
Our primary mission is aid and the safety of the public. They took it upon themselves to train with us, to marry with us, and to go into the fray to assist the victims.
If you look at the video, you quite often see individuals with helmets on and vests on. Those are firefighters standing next to us. So, I think it's very important for you to ask that question. It's very important for me to convey the answer.
But the next 48 hours, we will be able to tell. We have gone into incident management mode. So, in other words, people have to get sleep and nourished and -- because we don't want to make any mistakes in the investigation.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sheriff?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sheriff?
LOMBARDO: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you have any indication (INAUDIBLE) what they are doing (INAUDIBLE)
LOMBARDO: We do have some information. I'm not at liberty to say at this point. There is the guy I was just talking about. Make sure you get him on camera. All right.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sheriff, have you been in communication with the Philippine government (INAUDIBLE) for cooperation with the whereabouts of (INAUDIBLE)?
LOMBARDO: Yes, we have.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A couple more questions. One is --
LOMBARDO: OK, before we get too long, too contracted in this press interview, I'll ask -- answer your questions Ken, I'll ask a couple additional more, and then I want acknowledgment of the people standing behind me. As you can see it's our Congressional delegation and our other public safety officials. And it's very hard for them to conduct federal government and local government while they're standing behind me. But I think it's important for you to realize their community support and they want to be there amongst everything else they do to ensure that people understand we are bringing all resources associated with this to bear in order for (INAUDIBLE) success. Go ahead, Ken.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The first one is the follow up to (INAUDIBLE) question. (INAUDIBLE) camera on service cart in the hallway and the security guard --
LOMBARDO: I'll tell you what, I wish I had some of you on my investigative team, because it's amazing -- it's amazing some of the information you come up with. But I'll confirm it, yes, one of them was on a service cart.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) you talked about motive, you talked about premeditation, you want to learn what -- why he did what he did. Videos, can you tell us the number of interviews you're have to do to do that? Talked about reviewing cameras, videos, computers, who do you have to talk to?
LOMBARDO: I'll take -- I'll give you a global answer on that. Yes, yes to everything you said. Yes, we are evaluating all that. I can't give you -- because the number is changing. It's fluid Ken, on the number of videos we're evaluating. Just on body cameras videos, we had over 67 videos we were evaluating. OK? So you would say well, you had a lot more officers at the event than that, Sheriff, you only had 67? No, not all officers are assigned cameras because they work in investigative function with plain clothes, but when they take on the role of special events, over time, they don't -- we don't require them to wear body cameras. So we are evaluating those cameras as we speak. We have 90 percent of that done. But then we have all the common public space cameras that we are evaluating. And I can't remember the rest of your question, I'm sorry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're also talking about computers and his cameras.
LOMBARDO: So, a lot of this you're probably saying, well, Jesus, Sheriff, it's 2017, how come it's taking so long for you to evaluate that. Because it's evidentiary. There's chain of custody issues associated with that. We have to make sure we have dot in the I's and cross on the T because you know there's criminal defense attorneys out there, right? And there's this thing called the constitution. We have to ensure that we are abiding by that and we have to ensure -- I don't know if we have possible future prosecution. You know, you heard me say that we're comfortable that we have the suspect in custody. But something more may come of that investigation. And I want to understand the motivation that you describe, OK, to prevent any future incidents. And you know, did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us and we want to identify that source.
LOMBARDO: Hold on a second, and then I'll answer the present question.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Does the Congressional support include gun control?
LOMBARDO: That's not for this forum. That's a long contracted discussion. It's not for this forum.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sheriff, with regards to the President visit -- the President will tomorrow. Any security measure the city is taking? And if you can tell us what the President's plan while he visits Las Vegas, how long will be here for? I also know that -- it's been reported that he'll meet with the local Sheriffs I assume guys as yourself.
LOMBARDO: I'm the only one.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And the Mayor and Governor. So could you please give us -
LOMBARDO: You are correct in who he is visiting. And it is a matter of secrecy and offset operation security that I can't give you his travel plans. And that will it be obviously provided in close proximity of his arrival.
[16:50:03] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Any information that he will be visiting the hospital (INAUDIBLE)
LOMBARDO: Ma'am, I can't answer that question because -- operation security. But as you very well know, you have the resources to determine that upon his arrival. And I can't speak to what his agenda is. What I can tell you on part of your question was what is normal protocol when the Sheriff -- the President -- the President or Vice President or anybody of dignitary space of that quality, we ensure their safety by the joining forces, basically. It takes a great deal of resources to ensure the safety of the President. And we will provide that because of our public cooperation through NHP, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, as you can imagine all the people will come to bear. Now, an important piece on that is the President is visiting Route 91 investigation. And if you don't -- if you recall -- the Police Department, so we have over 3.3 million calls a year that we deal with. So we have to continue with our investigations, our response, and normal police business in order to be successful. So I ask your cooperation. And don't get frustrated if I don't have a press conference every five minutes because I have a job to do and my folks have a job to do. So I want to thank everybody for attending today and hopefully, hopefully as a result of your attendance and your broadcast, this investigation will be not as long as I want it to be.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sheriff, you've been very transparent as far as --
LOMBARDO: Can you say that again? Can you say it again, please? Say it again, Rachel?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As a local reporter, you have been very transparent about the method, de-escalation, and tactics. (INAUDIBLE) there was talk at the time of a very delayed Police response, trying to decide when to make entry. Can you talk about the decision to make entry into Paddock's hotel room?
LOMBARDO: Well, I will not disparage another Police Department's response. But I will tell you we quite often learn from what other people do. And everything we do on a critical incident is based on a self-evaluation. And as a result of what occurred in Columbine, what occurred in Sacramento, what occurred in Boston, what occurred at the Pulse nightclub, police response has changed. By the fact that the Fire Department is standing with us is monumental.
OK. So we have found it's better instead of securing a perimeter and hoping the person doesn't continue to do acts of carnage associated with their actions, that even a small police response will stop the suspect's actions. And so what -- to answer your question in reference to the Mandalay Bay, that training, we were listening and we were paying attention. Officers on their own without direction of a supervisor knew what they had to do. They came together, formed a team, made a response and they didn't wait on SWAT, OK. They said we have to stop. It's easy to say we are waiting on SWAT they are experts in tactical intrusion but our officers took it upon themselves to act. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE)
LOMBARDO: No. Patrol officers evaluated floor by floor of the space between 29 and 32, where the suspect was, they formed the security, they evacuated rooms, and they formed the perimeter at the suspect's location. By unfortunate acts of the suspect, the security guard was engaged during that process.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE) was the security guard in a company with officers or he's been there alone?
LOMBARDO: He was acting independently. He got separated from our team.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sheriff, can I confirm real fast. Yesterday (INAUDIBLE) to the girlfriend in Philippines (INAUDIBLE)?
LOMBARDO: I'm comfortable saying she's located in the Philippines. You know what, just so you know I'm not giving you bad info. OK.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no, no, I wasn't implying that.
LOMBARDO: No, she was traveling. So subsequently we have determined her location. OK, I'm sorry and I know it's -- you have to give me some deference. I'm currently done answering questions. OK. So I want to thank you. Carla, do we have any idea on next conference time? OK, Hold on. That's not gospel. OK. She hasn't talked to me yet. I put her on the spot -- I put her on the spot but we'll anticipate 5:00. Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, Sheriff.
[16:55:05] JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: You were just listening to Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo updating the public on the most deadly mass shooting in modern American history. Police say it's clear that this act Sunday night was extensively preplanned. They still did not identify the motive. Sheriff Lombardo was asked, did he believe that they would be able to determine a motive. He said absolutely. We also learned that the call came into Las Vegas Police 10:08 p.m. He continued to fire for nine minutes from Mandalay Bay. Some of the other things we've learned that the police and the coroner and medical examiner have identified all of the victims, the 59 victims except for three, three people remain unidentified, 56 identified, that they searched the Reno property of the shooter where they found electronic items, five handguns, two shotguns, and ammunition.
He was not able to break down the injury count in terms of how many were bullet wounds versus how many were injuries from being trampled versus self-inflicted wounds from jumping over a fence or what not. About the girlfriend of the shooter, he called her a person of interest. He said that they were in conversation with her, that she is in the Philippines. And then also intriguingly that the shooter had cameras set up both inside and outside the room. The FBI is evaluating what is on the cameras. The Sheriff said he was not aware of any transmission of images of the shooter. But he said that was all being evaluated by the FBI. I want to bring in CNN Correspondents Martin Savidge and Stephanie Elam who were in Las Vegas for us. They have been covering the story. Martin, what stood out to you most about what we just learned from Sheriff Lombardo?
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, a couple of things, one of them you mentioned right there, the girlfriend went from being a cooperating person who was not thought to be involved to now being described as a person of interest. That does seem to be a little bit more closer towards someone you want to question thoroughly. She's in the Philippines. That raises the question of, well, is this a coincidence that she was just traveling to the Philippines or was there some kind of plan because we've already talked about, and I believe that the Sheriff was asked, monetary transfer of 100,000 to the Philippines.
So you begin to add up and see these threats coming together. And the other thing that was also very troubling, he was asked you know, those pictures that we've now seen of the weapons that were on the carpet there and the doorway were those legitimate photos. The Sheriff wouldn't confirm that, but then he said, but it's very, very troubling to see those. So in a way that's an indirect confirmation. And then he also mentioned cameras. The authorities believe the cameras were set up in a way so that the suspect could see their approach. That kind of methodical planning, that kind of detail in a shooting, in a mass murder, is something we have not seen. And that just increases the level of how bad.
TAPPER: All right. Martin, thank you so much. Stephanie Elam, the Sheriff said that of the 59 victims, three remain unidentified. This is part of what we were discussing earlier in the show. Some families there looking for loved ones and have not been able to find them. We know three families like that at least.
STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right, and that's part of it. It was also interesting to note that they said the number of injured, he said it would go down maybe 20 because there was doubt count at one hospital. But the other thing that he did say as well is that if you left the city and were injured, they still want to know about it. They still want to know if you think you have an injury that was related to what happened at that concert that they still want to hear from you. The other thing that he said that really stood out to me too is that he does credit the Mandalay Bay Security for helping them pinpoint who this person was and where he was in the hotel. And he says that that really helped the police find this man and bring him down.
TAPPER: Yes, they said that (INAUDIBLE) they learned from other incidents dating all the way back to Columbine. I want to go now live to Sara Murray, she's our White House Correspondent, she's live in San Juan Puerto Rico. And Sara the President is heading from Puerto Rico to Las Vegas tomorrow. What are we expecting from that trip?
SARA MURRAY, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right. From one sort of tragic set of circumstances to another. Today President Trump said he wanted to pay his own personal respects to the victims and to their families in Las Vegas. And that's why he's going there. Obviously, he and the first lady have already sent his condolences. He says Melania Trump --
TAPPER: Obviously having transmission issues with Sara Murray. A horrible day with a lot of horrific events both in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Las Vegas, Nevada. That's it for THE LEAD, I'm Jake Tapper. I'm going to turn you over to Wolf Blitzer in "THE SITUATION ROOM." Thanks for watching.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN HOST: Happening now, breaking news, a sniper's nest. A first look at the hotel suite turned into a sniper's nest by the Las Vegas gunman. And some of the weapons from his arsenal used to rain death on concertgoers 32 floors below.