Susan ferrechio discuss the political career of Vice President joe biden. Bob using the cspan video library, we welcome susan, chief Congressional Correspondent for washington examiner. We want to turn back to what joe biden said on the senate floor. It is my view that particularly if the reality of a divided government during the time of great change at the Court Continues in the next administration, future confirmations must be conducted differently than the precedings ones. Mr. President , the president s intentions on the existing process which exploded during the thomas nomination fight make restoration of what came before judge thomas nomination even if it was desirable, a practical impossible bill. Having said that, mr. President , we face one immediate question, can our Supreme Court confirmation process sow discord and bitterness in an Election Year . Mr. President , history teaches us this is extremely unlikely. Some of our nations most bitter and heated confirmation fights h
Whos to say out the gate that new ideas are not needed in our debate and finally i want to echo needas concluding words about people , its about democracy and id introduce the term resiliency. To kind of complete the thought that i opened earlier. One of the most exhaustively written about and i think also exhausting in effectiveness policy lanes is that of punishing bad guys. We have been in search for a quartercentury or more of tools that will work to punish bad guys, whether that bad guy Vladimir Putin or al qaeda and we go back and forth between overuse of sanctions and overuse of diplomatic finger wagging and what is enormously refreshing and if i may say so fundamentally george s kennan about what nina has written is that it is selfcritical about the way that we are not resilient in the face of challenges that are going to be there whether theres a Vladimir Putin behind them or there isnt so i find that very refreshing. Its an unfortunate description of an unfortunate reality bu
Described as potentially one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the country in decades. Officials are warning there could be record breaking winds in affected areas this weekend. Theyre also forecasting heavy rain across the region. People are being urged to start preparing as soon as possible. Its prompted rice farmers to harvest rice crops a week earlier than normal. Translator i only hope the typhoon will pass through without causing damage. And a major japanese Delivery Company says it will suspend services in the kyushu region to ensure staff safety. To find out more on where thehe storm iss headed, lets bring i yoko komagata. Back to back storms have left damage in southeastern japan and the Korean Peninsula. This is a path of typhoon maysak. Conditions have improved in many parts of the Korean Peninsula, but the next storm system is on the way. Typhoon haishen is likely to track along a similar path of maysak. That means more heavy rain is expected, and that could lead to furt
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
Alaska, a bears and ballot, little bit later arizona senator discusses her book, dare to fly. Representative ilhan omar, democrat of minnesota has a new book out, heres what it looks like and its called this is what america looks like, congresswoman thank you for joining us on book tv, there are two characters in your book, baba and abe, who are they . My grandfather and father, abe is the word that we use for data into molly, and baba is a traditional word that is used in the middle east for father, since i was born in his house, that is what his children called him and we continue to call him that as well, they were both father figures to me, i continue to call them that. What were the first eight or so years of your life like . Peaceful, i had a really enjoyable childhood, i grew up in a household where we had not just my siblings and my father but my extended family with my uncles and aunties and grandfather, my greatgrandmother was always around, and so it was a very loving enviro