If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
R. T. Dot com ill be back with the headlines in around an hour in the meantime here on r. T. Sophia and code looks at the repercussions of trumps Jerusalem Decision stay tuned for that. Shavar not say the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital has been condemned as illegal around the world even by americas own allies well this mean for the Palestinian Conflict well i asked former head of the Un International Law Commission Christian Thomas shot. Palestinian conflict is heating up once again with. Russia over the west bank clerics in gaza calling for a general uprising against israel what will. Help accomplish in the middle east the world react to washington and the road to jerusalem spark that will ignite more bloodshed the. Question tom was shot former had of the u. N. International Law Commission welcome to the show its really great to have you on our program now mr summers that strongest move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel goes against the u. N. Se
Slipped in the west bank and gaza journalist him both witnessed just how tense the situation is. The situation here and extremely was no. Its not a race because ive been running down the road now and. Holders have made their way to the right in see them off my last time a cardinal somewhere made certainly in firing tear gas and everybodys been running amok the streets are rich and. The soldiers are just you know to hear us. All the way into the pit. You can hear the ambulances so they certainly will be you. Who has been in the us and at the same time interested in my coming over to the back of the posse from here exactly whats going on but. Weve taken prothero weve taken cover in a way in a petrol station. Waiting for him to be in front of a trace and when father told him who was taken. And. Were standing right over here you can see that theres a number of injured people you can see the insist on carrying people with them you can see the israeli tanks that which in the last few minutes
Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital has been condemned as illegal around the world even by americas own allies well this mean for the Palestinian Conflict well i asked former head of the Un International Law Commission Christian Thomas shot. Heating up once again with american recognition of jerusalem. Over the west bank clerics in gaza calling for general uprising against israel. In the middle east world react to washington and the role of the jerusalem. Question tom was shot former had of the u. N. International Law Commission welcome to the show its really great to have you on our program now some of that strongest move to recognize the capital of israel goes against the u. N. Security Council Resolutions that the u. S. Itself supported like you said the tell me can the usa go against a legally binding decision stat it has backed itself. Security council. Legally binding decisions on jerusalem but there are many. Of those Security Council which. Focus on. Resolutions.
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman and cftc chairman carlo with the Virtual Currency and the oversight connected by their two agencies. Welcome. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a money to be traded with the online exchanges such as dollars used to purchase goods or services predominately online. Additionally developers and individuals are selling one selling virtual coins also known as the ico to raise capital over the last year Many Americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currency given the rays of valuation with bitcoin it broke the 1000dollar barrier and then peaked december 2017 and almost 20000 as of this morning trading at roughly 6900. Today the market capitalization is roughly 115 billion. This is an incredible rise given in 2013 when this committee had subCommittee Hearings the total value in circulation was approximately 5 billion. As Virtual Cur