To see whats next for this special singer and good morning, everyone. Apparently no christmas break for the impeachment break. President trump is celebrating christmas on maralago. Accusing nancy pelosi of hating the entire Republican Party. The moment standing in sharp contrast the president s making his own list of whos nice like Mitch Mcconnell. A very good guy, a very fair guy. And whos not like fanly pelosi she hates the Republican Party. She hates all the people who voted for me reporter frus stated as democrats back the House Speaker has she holds off on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate until shes confident that process will be fair. Instead the president insists its republicans who have the upper hand ultimately that is going to be made by Mitch Mcconnell and he has the right to do what he wants. The trial start date in question overseas. The so called christmas surprise north koreas been hinting at for weeks. Officials releezed these photos on horse back. Well
Will be introducing tonights guest speaker but before we get started first please silence any cell phones or any other Electronic Devices we will be recording audio cspan is here recording. We will be doing a q a following the presentation we have plenty of copies at the register if you like to purchase after the event. A columnist from the Bloomberg Opinion covering industry over two decades his new book secondhand is a revealing investigation of what has happened to those billions of items we clean out our home they could end up to a thrift store flea markets in Southeast Asia or in ghana to examine all facets of the multibilliondollar Global Industry including the marketing practices to load up after the purge of Household Items please give him a warm welcome. [applause] thanks to everyone for being here including the man who commissioned my first article so thats quite a thrill to have him here at this reading. When you finish a book you get to questions typically the first is very
Now if we take a look at the impact of wildfires on the u. S. Electric grid, mitigation technology, Forest Management and power system reliability. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to stop at 11 00 oclock this morning. A series of votes that are beginning at 11 00 a. M. And we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in Senate History but that is the goal. We want to be able to hear from everyone this morning and have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase good resiliency. In recent years devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the chal
Washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Host this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to a new guest. His name is bob udell, ceo of the consolidated communications and joining us as the guest report is matt daneman of communications daily. Mr. Udell before we get into some of the issues that we will explore with you, tell us a little bit about consolidated communications. Guest thank you for having me today. Consolidated communications is a Broadband Service provider that Services Mostly rural areas. Were passionate about bringing Broadband Services to our customers. Our territories extend from the Northern Areas of the midwest all the way down to east Central Texas and from the outskirts of sacramento up into the most Northern Areas of northern new england. Host what exactly is at the service you provi
Northern areas of the midwest all the way down to east Central Texas and from the outskirts of sacramento up into the most Northern Areas of northern new england. Host what exactly is the service you provide . Guest we provide Broadband Services to consumers, commercial customers and even backhaul or connections to wireless powers. We Service Everyone in the community and we help Rural Communities connect with the internet and really are passionate about living, working and playing in those committees and raising the economic developer and prospects. Host who are your competitors . Guest competitors are the Cable Tv Companies but often we serve places where they dont go so you will see Wireless Service providers which is technology we employ as well to extend our fiber footprint but that is predominantly the competition. Host mr. Udell, to someone who has your service write out a check to consolidated communications or send money to consolidated every month . Guest they do. We are not