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Administer chinas takeover of hong kong. Blake burman is at the white house as we await the president s remarks. What are you hearing from the folks at the white house about what hell be telling us . Reporter the president will be making remarks about china upcoming at what is billed as a press conference from the rose garden which we expect to hear from the president moments from now. You mentioned that reuters report about hong kong and the autonomy act that was passed by congress. Keep in mind one thing on that, the president that was signed, or passed, rather, by both the house expect senate, overwhelming support. Earlier this month. Without getting too granular, the way that it works the president has to sign that into law or at least take action on that give or take within ten days. That puts the clock at about that time that the president would have to take some sort of action as today on the hong kong autonomy act which would call for sanctions on certain individuals that the p
The cabinet position since february of last year. He had been scheduled to appear in march but, of course, the china virus pandemic interrupted that. Chair jerry nadler further delayed the hearing today. He got into a car accident on his way to capitol hill. Once that hearing did get underway, the radical dems proved themselves to be nothing more than idealogues, scared to death of attorney general barr. So much so they wouldnt let him talk. They wouldnt give him even a moment to respond to any of their questions. And as it turned out, from one radical dem congressman to the next, they had nothing to say except spew more leftwing propaganda. The attorney general subjected himself to their insults, their rude behavior, and they seemed to be pretending to be his equals intellectually. It was clear to all that they were not. The attorney general stated there was absolutely no basis for the states prosecution of general Michael Flynn. I think what the counsel concluded was that the only pu
And black lives matter have plunged portland into chaos. The leftist acts attacking citizens activists attacking citizens and destroying property, and the mayor just grins at it all. Ing Law Enforcement under constant attack. And today the police had to step in to clear two downtown parks of demonstrators trying to create their the own autonomous zone. Businesses have lost millions of dollars because of the rioting and the looting, and federal buildings including the courthouse have been fire bombed and vandalized. Acting dhs secretary chad wolf today said, quote a federal courthouse is a symbol of justice. To attack it is to attack america. End quote. I would add, to attack a city is to attack america. Federal dhs and doj officers and agents have been deployed to protect the courthouse and other federal buildings and to keep the mobs in check. The radical dems arent happy about that. They dont want the federal agents in portland for obvious reasons, because the feds, of course, will p
And black lives matter have plunged portland into chaos. The leftist acts attacking citizens activists attacking citizens and destroying property, and the mayor just grins at it all. Ing Law Enforcement under constant attack. And today the police had to step in to clear two downtown parks of demonstrators trying to create their the own autonomous zone. Businesses have lost millions of dollars because of the rioting and the looting, and federal buildings including the courthouse have been fire bombed and vandalized. Acting dhs secretary chad wolf today said, quote a federal courthouse is a symbol of justice. To attack it is to attack america. End quote. I would add, to attack a city is to attack america. Federal dhs and doj officers and agents have been deployed to protect the courthouse and other federal buildings and to keep the mobs in check. The radical dems arent happy about that. They dont want the federal agents in portland for obvious reasons, because the feds, of course, will p