Their video functions on at all times even when they are not recognized by e chair. Members are also reminded tha they are responsible for muting and on muting themselves and to commute to themselves after ty finishedpeaking. Constent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965 will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized for inadvertent background noise. Members are rinded that our house rules relatin to the order andhe decorum of the hearing. This hearing is entitled insuringgainst a pandemic challenges and solutions for policiesnd i now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 million ople could enter a state of extreme poverty do that tohe global econoc contraction and here in the United States, 67 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance since march of this year. The harmfu effects of this pandemic are the stability of small bunesses like restaurants can
A week in the job, people in the disputed region of kashmir returned home to find little is left following some of the heaviest on telly bombardment in months. The uns acting envoy to libya says shes pleased with the outcome of talks aimed at ending nearly a decade of violence. Thats despite rival factions being unable to reach an agreement on who will lead the country through the transitional period. Of both sides have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. The majority in the room do not want the status quo. This is not an acceptable alternative, it is not sustainable. Everybody recognizes the hard summer. We are, many libyans just passed through with no electricity and very little water. And all the other hardships and the pandemic really, i think, was a wake up call. Clarions has been following the story from tunis, from the point if you are of the United Nations and the special envoy there, Stephanie Williams there emphasizing whats been achieved from the ta
Very little water and all the other hardships and, and the pandemic really, i think, was a wake up call. Aljazeera is claire harriet, tell us more from tunis, a moot point if you are of the United Nations and the special envoy there. Stephanie williams there emphasizing whats been achieved from the talks. So the major headline from this week was the elections. The date has been set for that. The 24th of december 2021. No, they are obviously very optimistic about that. Stephanie williams was absolutely thrilled about that date. Her predecessor ghassan salami who resigned in march, citing stress and exasperated at the international communitys what he described as a lack of support. He has said, this is the most optimistic hes been in libya. Sources are telling us that there is an element of skepticism about whether those elections will actually take place on december 24th 2021. But thats the date thats what theyre working towards. And they have to, as im said in the week, you want to sol
Debate for the state. The u. S. Senate candidate. Here are your moderators. Lori townsend and mike ross. Mike good evening. Im mike ross with skis news source. Im lori townsend. Republican senator dan sullivan nd democratic nominee, independent dr. Al gross who is here in the studio and senator sullivan is joining us remotely from washington, d. C. Welcome to both of you. Mike you might have noticed were having some technical complications with this setup. If you hear a little screech every once in a while, dr. Gross is wearing an earpiece so he can hear what the senator is saying. Taylor perez will be getting questions from our viewers on social media. Were distanced here because of the pandemic. We are taking precautions. Well feature video questions from rural alaska and young alaska here in anchorage. Be sure to tune into Facebook Live immediately after this program for some debate analysis. Lori all questions and answers will be timed. A single bell will signal 10 seconds left and
Good evening from the clerk Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts and boston. Im jim of the news hour of pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90 minute debates between the democratic candidate for Vice President , president , are gore and the democratic candidate traditionally bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to buy the commission and the campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes, rebuttals are limited to one minute. As moderator i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular given take it another three and a half minutes. But even then those who go answer can exceed to minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements and each candidate may have up to timmins for closing statement. The questions and the subjects were ch