To north stream 2 now the contentious pipeline which is to transport gas from russia to germany has long anger to donald trump drive a sell us gas to europe. This is a small harbor town on the baltic islander for you can. A lot of tourists pass through but otherwise theres not much going on here. What have we done to make u. S. Senators think that they have to threaten us in this way. It was poised to surprise when sasnett suddenly became the focus of an International Political fight the latest iteration of a longstanding conflict the mash owes us a letter to the company that manages the potence us net which is majority owned by the municipality it was written by 3 republican u. S. Senators in august threatening crushing legal and economic sanctions. Thus the letter is a threat. Where they state that they dont want north stream due to be completed by ford thats the main point or die and the threat is directed at our port because we have a plant there that used to case the pipes for nor
Tolan people demonstrate for a 7th straight day against and near total ban on abortion we take a look at the widening protest movement for womens rights there. Im nickel for lishka to have you with us germany closes down at least partially german chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november the goal is to stop an out of control rise in corona virus infections which have hit a new one day record of more than 16000 bars gyms and theaters will shut next monday while schools and shops will stay open. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily coronavirus cases on wednesday chancellor Angela Merkel in the country 16 state premiers quickly found consensus theres a. Lot of it today is a difficult day for policymakers i have to emphasise that because i know how much were asking of peopl
Sen. Sanders thank you. Whoa. Thank you. Thank you, Virginia Beach and norfolk. [applause] let me start off by thanking herb jones. [applause] too long we have taken veterans in this country for granted. We have sent them off to wars. Too often, those wars are wars that should never have been fought. [applause] then, after they put their lives on the line and come home, sometimes injured in body and sometimes spirit, and we have forgotten about them. My promise to herb as the former chairman of Veterans Affairs committee, our administration will never forget the veterans. [applause] our administration will never put the men and women in the armed forces in wars that should that should not be fought. [applause] we are here tonight because we are determined that donald trump will be a one term president. [applause] the American People, no matter what their political views may be, they do not want a president in office who is a pathological liar. Who is running a corrupt administration. W
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are