Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
For private tenants. Major wins for pro democracy campaigners in hong kongs council elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. People orderly and peacefully lining up people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. We deserve democracy. And coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. We speak to one of the actors in the movie. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson appeared at the old bailey a short time ago. Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, is at the old bailey. Tell us what happened 7 tell us what happened . This was a plea and trial preparation hearing in front of mrjustice id, and Maurice Robinson spoke first of all to confirm his name, date of birth and addr
2 people are killed and 200 injured in iraq as police fire on antigovernment protesters. And the u. S. Secretary of state and 3 beating democrats accuse each other of intimidation over the trump impeachment inquiry. And im pitas them at the world athletics championships where its a gold rush for america now a lot of lead time ahead trick of victories as he takes the 200 meter world. Chinas day of celebration as the send it into violence in hong kong with antigovernment protesters clashing with riot police as Mainland China marks 70 years of communist rule a teenager demonstrator was shot at close range by police in hong kong leaving him in a Critical Condition prodemocracy organizers say that the spite a protest ban at least a 100000 people marched in the city this says beijing showed off its military might in a jubilant parade were going to have more on that in just a moment 1st though adrian brown reports from hong kong. The police had warned the choose day would be very dangerous it
A piece of shop in stone to one where weve got a small phone in pretty much every pocket and the more i look into it the more i came to realise that actually theres been incredible Human Progress but its all happened very very recently within in many continents and countries in the past generation or 2 but even within western europe only within the past 23 maximum 400 years relatively recently i want to get on to progress was in who the parasites are in the title but while you were writing it did you think and this is a kind of history of the world there was more than a little call works in the book given that it seemed to talk about the power of capitalism and it was at the core me thats where the 1st will know where i was in love with the with capital and actually i would say its a repudiation of coal marxs view of history komaki tends to look at history as a story of claw struggle i certainly agree that through. History many societies have had small parasitic elites but marx then ar
A little call works in the book given that it seemed to talk about the power of capitalism and they were at the core minutes when the 1st you will know when i was in love with the with capital is actually i would say its a repudiation of comics his view of history karl marx tends to look at history as a story of claw struggle i certainly agree that throughout history many societies have had small parasitic elites but marx then argues that actually the the answer is to try to organize society by blueprint by design you know i did mean marxist prescription but before you get to the prescriptions you talk about the power of capitalism to transform Human Society is this recent phenomena this is talk of absolutely the driving force for Human Progress i argue historically has been the free market theyve built to specialize and exchange its the opposite actually of exploitation its people freely entering into mutually advantageous through. Nation ships economic relationships from which they g