Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre
The chance to meet a man who holds a place in history like ben ferencz. Hes 99 years old, barely five feet tall, and hes the last surviving prosecutor of the nuremberg trials. Tonight, youll hear his remarkable story. And i started screaming. I said, look, i have here mass murder, mass murder on an unparalleled scale. He said, can you do this in addition to your other work . I said, sure. He said, okay, so you do it. ticking whether its a male grizzly bear with battle scars, a cheetah chasing down its prey in tanzania, or butterflies sipping on the tears of a giant caiman in brazil, each of Tom Mangelsens photographs tells a story. Over the course of your lifetime, the amount of time youve spent waiting is incalculable, im sure. Stupid. Stupid . Yeah. Have you learned anything with all that waiting . You wait long enough, it does pay off. And at 73, he still travels to remote and inhospitable places. What he brings back are some of the most spectacular pictures of wild animals youll ev
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That tests could take many forms. Ask me the name of the pr
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of
On day 5 at wimbledon, djokovic and 15 year old cori gauff in action later as well as andy murray and Serena Williams in the mixed doubles. Well be live there at 2. 30 and bring you news on England International karen carneys retirement from football. Matt has all the weather sunny and warm in places but will it last . 28 this afternoon in some southern areas, to live this weekend, will it stay dry . I will let you know. I will explain more in 25 minutes. Thanks matt. Also coming up tributes are paid to horse racing puinditjohn mccririck. Pundit. With his signature deerstalker hat and flamboyant style, he was a familiar face on british television. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. A gang behind the biggest modern day Slavery Network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, Money Laundering and forcing people into forced labour. Police believe there were up to 400 victims put to work by the polish organised crime gang in the West Midlands. A thr