Ordered. Were here today to examine the state of Voting Rights and Election Administration in america. The right to vote is sacred. As members of congress, we take our responsibility to protect access to the ballot very seriously. This subcommittee and our committee as a whole is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. This country has a long history of failing to ensure equal and unencumbered access to the ballot for all her citizens. While states and localities have a significant role in carrying out elections, congress cannot abdicate its critical responsibility to ensure every eligible american can access the ballot box, cast a ballot free from discrimination and suppression, and has a steadfast faith in our democratic process that their ballot will be counted as cast. Since the beginning of the 116th congress, this subcommittee has been Holding Field hearings across the country, convening forums to hear from voting and election advocates, experts, communit
November 10th and 11th. That is thrown into the mix. Were told this is not part of the ongoing trade talks but put as wrinkle or maybe a hatchet in them. Blake burman at it whoo house with more on that. Markets are confused. So am i. What do you make of this port . I spoke with someone familiar with the matter. The way it is described there is a ongoing policy process, taking place, during the policy process one of the discussions the u. S. Might, it was stressed to me, might, limit investment flowing into china. A couple things were pointed out to me which you hit on, according to the source, this is a way essentially to protect u. S. Investment. As you know the u. S. Feels there are a host of issues, once you start dealing with china and and protections, companies there and making sure those companies are taken care of. Also it was put to me this is separate from the ongoing u. S. Trade discussions. Now about you believe that to be the case is another matter. We talked about the issu
The mix as well and for the 1st time a long time singapore the temperatures in the high twentys not only thirtys that look at they have borne you know basically blanketed underneath all that cloud and that rain no real rain though in australia certainly not where we need is across into the southeast there is some bits and pieces of cloud temperatures actually little bit cool melbourne 1413 in hobart but where weve got some very warm air in place is across into perth 31 celsius on sunday them by monday theres a from the just flies through says in cool air coming in behind thats the time of just above average but feeling better at 24. 00 and then we got another cool day in melbourne at 14 degrees not bad in brisbane a 27. 00 then across towards new zealand a wet couple of days a warm day settling crys church but again by monday cooling off widespread rain across both islands. Counting the cost bodies economic failure job losses rise and consumers tighten their belts plus stripped of its
Hilsenrath. No, no. Never. Also on deck this morning fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four star general jack keane, at the bottom of the hour talking about iran, pesm congressman member of the house of judiciary commit yes and services committee, former toysrus, former vice chairman, gary on china and consumer, Fat Brands International chairman ed ramsey is here. Saturday night live alumni talking about eddy murphy, right now checking on futures this morning, losses slight on the dow futures down 7 points after major turnaround in the markets yesterday as cooler heads, calmer heads prevailing in the trade fight between United States and china yesterday. President trump softening his stance toward china after announcing new heightened tariffs on friday saying yesterday at g7 saying he sees a trade deal happening. China wants to mick a deal, now, whether we make a deal, has to be great deal for us you know, i tell this to president xi who i really respect, i said, look, your
The day, i am a david milne i teach at the university of east anglia in the u. K. Unfortunately, a professor cannot be with us today. It goes without saying she will be greatly missed. If you lived in the u. K. Or the u. S. , it is probably fair to say that 2016 was a challenging and distracting year. In june, the u. K. Voted to leave the european union. In november, the u. S. Said hold my beer and elected donald trump to the presidency. One group in particular remained calm and productive during this tumultuous time and i refer to the historians of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 2016, a man published his first book, the computer see the contest the conspiracy of free trade. Nicholas published his third book. 2016, Danielle Holtz asked who are the true conservatives . She passed with flying colors the following year. Matt published6, his first book with Harvard University press. Books and the dissertation were met with great acclaim. 2016 was a bad year for the re