The subcommittee on environment and Climate Change will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding aomd hearing entitled o time to Waste Solutions for americas broken recycling system. Due to the covid19 Public Health emergency todays hearing is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will be participating via videoconferencing. As part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute for eliminating inadvertent backgroundme noise. Members v and witnesses will ned to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Since members are participating from different locations at todays hearing all recognition of members such as for questions will be in the order of subcommittee seniority. Documents for the record can be sent to the email address we provided to staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. To give our digital team some notice, its important t
To take payments from foreign governments three years ago. This is coming from the house democrat, Elijah Cummings who lashed out today. The white house refused to release even a single document, not a single document in response to the bipartisan document requests. Not one syllable. I watched sean spicer say how hard it would be to respond to our request. Come on, man. I do not understand why the white house is covering up for Michael Flynn. I dont get it. After the president fired him. For lying. So the president fired him for lying about his communications with the russian ambassador. They should be bending over backwards to help us. It doesnt make sense and makes the American People think the white house has something to hide. So the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer just now in the Daily Briefing hitting back on the vetting process in putting the blame on the Previous Administration on the Obama Administration and how spicer responded to this saying these trips in question,
Safe scott pruitt. Scott pruitt is standing strong in his job. Plus, new evidence of a russian attempt to hack state voter systems. And rebecca trayce traister on the glaring difference between samantha bee and Roseanne Barr. Americans are finally paying attention. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes with two big Foreign Policy moves just today, the president is turning away from the western democracies that have for decades been americas closest allies, aligning the u. S. Instead with autocrats and strongmen who practice the type of leadership that this president admires. In the process he is reshaping our relationship to the rest of the world. The president announced today his june 12th summit is back on fulfilling a long time goal. North koreans meeting with the u. S. President without securing concessions in return. The announcement came after the president welcomed a top aide of kim jongun to the white house later bragging to the press corps ab
Responds next. Plus one time shot. The president touch tsz does do singapore for a summit many thought wed never see and tez is wont take him long to figure out a devious dictator. I think within the first minute ill know. My touch, my feel. Thats what i do. If the president wings it, is there is a prayer for peace . Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein will be here in moments. And blaming obama, as president puts in a good word for Vladimir Putin with u. S. Allies, he says thanks obama for letting russia run over crimea. So who is giving russia the pass now . Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is solo. And im not talking about the new star wars movie. Sprd in singapore for what could be the biggest meeting of his entire presidency. Kim jungun is also on the ground meeting with singapores Prime Minister. But right now, it is the news President Trump made on the way to his meeting in singapore that is rattling world order as President Trump is preparing to improve
When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes was two big Foreign Policy moves just today, the president is turning away from the western democracies that have for decades been americas closest allies, aligning the u. S. Instead with autocrats and strongmen who practice the type of leadership ha this president admires. In the process he is reshaping our relationship to the rest of the world. The president announced today his june 12th summit is back on fulfilling a long time goal. A meeting with the u. S. President without securing concessions in return. The announcement came after the president welcomed a top aide of kim jongun to the white house later brag together press corps about their strong relationship. It was actually very interesting because this was literally going to be the delivery of a letter and it ended up being a twohour conversation with the second most powerful nan north korea. I think the relationship we have right now with north korea is