Impact of Climate Change. Members talked with james witt and Atmospheric Science professors about efforts to prepare for Natural Disasters which might result in change in weather patterns. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objections, the chair is authorized. This is our third in a series of Climate Change hearings, continuing with Natural Disasters. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Mentioned, this is the third in a series of hearings. History ofning the the Scientific Consensus of Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change in our first two hearings, the subcommittee turns to the impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. This subcommittee has three goals today. First, we are going to illustrate how Natural Disasters are made both more intense and more frequent to to Climate Change. Climate change israel and we are constantly reminded of that fact in terrifying ways. Just two weeks ago, it was reported that greenland l
Check on markets. Some positivity still feeding through the back of that china data that came in better than expected in terms of the retail sales. S p futures on the front foot, up. 2 . Four days of gains. Closer to above 3000. How much farther does the rally have to go. We look ahead to earnings. The 10year yield is backed up a. 2 curve. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. President donald trump has been accused of racism this after suggesting four female lawmakers to back to their crime invested crime infested places they came from. Of the four women were born in the u. S. And are racial or ethnic my own minorities. The purchase of a Russian Missile defense system. The u. S. Says deploying the missiles jeopardized a fighter jet. The white house as picked a package of sanctions for turkey with an announcement coming soon. Dozens arrested as protests continue in hong kong. This includes clashes with the police in a shopping mall. Emmis traders were demanding demonstrators were dem
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This morning, jeff mason of reuters who covers the white of fox wholan nelson was their congressional reporter, thank you for joining us. Lets start with you, the president tweeted toward some democratic powers of congress. Tell us the reaction since those tweets were delivered. Guest there has been outrage over them particular from democrats but others as well. Many people are viewing them as racist. The president suggested that three or four four members of congress who are women of color should go back to where they came from. Three out of the fort of them were born in the United States and the other was an immigrant or is an immigrant. This is sort of part of a pattern that his critics see as engaging and racial baiting and outrage to essentially White America or White Supremacists. The president denies that in the he is notund him say engaging in racism and is just talking about love of country and objecting to some of the things they have said. In terms of the pattern of some of
Demint and a panel of experts. They discuss whether term limits would be effective in government. This is one hour 40 minutes. [gavel bangs] sen. Cruz good afternoon. I apologize we are late. We will now begin the hearing. Let me begin by thanking you all for attending, and thanking senator hirono for working with me and my staff to convene this hearing and bring these witnesses together. The topic before us is one, i believe, of great importance the need for term limits for members of congress so that we can begin to fix what is broken here in washington politics. Before i introduce our first panel, id like to explain why we organized todays hearing. In the 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp that is modern washington. And sadly this is a bipartisan problem. The American People have lost confidence in washington, and especially in congress. Enmeshed in backroom deals and broken promises, our capital has too often become a political playground f