I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
News. This region igned a government ultimatum to surrender. The defense minister telling us the military offensive will be over within a week. Plus, huge police raids here in berlin. Last years elaborate theft of precious jewels. They say that no sign of the spectacular stolen 18thcentury gems, worth more than a billion euros. Hurricane iota rips through central america. Claiming hundreds of lives. We will go to nicaragua where the country , we will go to nicaragua, the country hardest hit by the hurricane. I am brent goff. To our viewers on pbs and the United States and to all of you around the world, good to have you with us. We begin with what could be one of the final decisions of u. S. President donald trump. The United States announced that it will be bringing troops home from afghanistan and iraq by midjanuary. President trump said he wanted to withdraw. Theentagon says th just 2500 trips will remain in each country. U. S. Troops have been stationed in afghanistan since 2001 an
That is correct, mr. Chairman. We got to find something we can join here. There may be good reasons, im just trying to i want a global fund to be created like we have done for aids and malaria and other things to deal with plastics that we can control. I want us to look at the World Bank Program and see if we can make some contributions there. We are going to leave the hearing open to friday at 2 00 p. M. For additional questions. I just want to thank you both. I look forward to working with you on this. We are going to provide you more resources. Tell us what you think it is best utilized. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much and thank you for the attention. Thank you. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Thank you so much. Today, the conclusion of a q a interview about the relationship between the media and u. S. President s. Todays program talks about president s from Franklin Roosevelt to donald trump. With joe biden as president elect, go to cspan for live coverage of the
For us on the committee to do something radical, to listen more than we talk. For us to heare from our colleagues on both sides of the aisle about their ideas for the next rules package. Regardless of who controls Congress Next year, i think we can all agree running this house with integrity means listening to all members so that is what we will be doing today. We took a collaborative approach with the rules package for this congress and im proud to say the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time to acknowledge no party has the monopoly on good ideas. Of what weve created together, the consensus calendar to expedite consideration of ideas with bipartisan support, the Diversity Office to get the calls falls of Congress Looking like the real world, and the Modernization Committee to advance good ideas from both sides to get this place functioning better. Although we were hearing these in committee, we required other committees hold them so all members have the chance to be hear
Yesterday, another record high how concerned should we be about our health and the health of the economy . And three full days until the president ial election. A live report from what could be a key county in the deciding of the election power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Another down day for the market. It is the dow clearly outperforming the nasdaq three of the four tech giants reporting yesterday are lower right now. Apple, amazon, facebook, google in the green twitter off its low hitting a major roadblock today. Exxon and chevron under attack and underperforming. Are these stocks still worth investing in well get into all of that we begin with stocks closing out a bad week and a bad money bob pisani tracking the action for us good to see you its a tough end of the week and tough end to october look at these stats here were not closed yet but still pretty bad worst week since march 20th. Dows worst month since march. Its the second straight down much for stocks an