Vernon hosted this program, and monticello provided the video. We are pleased to partner with mount vernon today to bring you a special q a session with Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by bill barker, and george washington, as portrayed by dean melissa. I will be moderating doing your questions for these Founding Fathers. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. Bill my pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome my old friend, general washington, to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. Dean it has been, sir. It is actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not rightly understand how this is happening. Bill i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution, one of the duties of the legislative bodies, the pursuit of science. Dean which im a strong supporter of. Our first question for the two of you
Others physically present in the room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except for the member or witnesses speaking, please also sanitize yourss seating area we use these chairs as a safety issue in an important matter of order and quorum for this proceeding. For members participating remotely, keep your video function on all times, when you are not recognized by the chai. Members are responsible for mutating and on muting themselves and please remember to meet yourself after you finish speaking. Consistent with House Resolution 965 in the accompaniedr regulation, staff only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when they are not under recognition to eliminate background noise. I see that we have a quorum and i now recognize myself for opening remarks, let me welcome or witnesses as i let the Ranking Member know, ill be going considerably longer than the customary five minutes by my this morning and ill yi
A new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already of place but now includes the opening of embassies its a pivot point they hope will end old conflicts that lead to new Cooperation Among israel and eventually even more arab nations to all over israels friends in the middle east. Are with us today. And those who will join us tomorrow i say. Earlier in the day trump hinted that other countries will also be signing diplomatic pacts with israel but well have at least 5 or 6 countries coming along very quickly and were already talking to him but noticeably absent from tuesday steel signing the palestinian leadership the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates acknowledge their participation in the agreement require the preservation of current palestinian land. I thank you for choosing peace and for halting. Territories at position that reinforces our shared will to achieve a Better Future for generations to come
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Mondays drier conditions and gusty winds meant no respite as nearly 100 fires continue to burn across 12 states get these otherworldly scenes are New California has now experiencing several summers of severe wildfires realizing predictions of a climate report released by the white house in 2018 but President Trump who flew to california for fire briefings continues to deny manmade Climate Change exists it will start getting cooler i will just you just watch i wish science and everybody else but. I dont think science knows actually trump has repeatedly blamed the wildfires on democrats accusing them of mismanaging forest lands in western states as the election nears hes dug into the pro fossil fuel policies of his Administration Former Vice President joe biden who seeking to replace trump in the white house challenge his record in a speech from delaware we have 4 more years of trumps climate denial how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires how many suburban neighborhoods will have be