Obviously, were here to urge House Republicans to settle their differences among themselves, come to their senses and honor the deal that they made with President Biden earlier year. If they fail to uphold this basic responsibility, then they will trigger a completely avoidable shutdown. If that happens, then about 84 hours from from now the u. S. Federal government will be forced to close, threatening our economy, our National Security and leaving americans in every state and territory less safe. I want to make clear that the impact of i want to make clear the impact of a potential republican shutdown so that theres no confusion about whats at stake for transportation for working families and for all americans. And just as importantly, i want to talk about whats at stake for all of us if those who are holding this funding hostage get their way in their demands for severe cuts to important federal functions including transportation and safety. But first, i just want to identify with th
Morning, everyone. Thank you for coming over. [inaudible] all right. I appreciate you coming over. Obviously, were here to urge House Republicans to settle their differences among themselves, come to their senses and honor the deal that they made with President Biden earlier year. If they fail to uphold this basic responsibility, then they will trigger a completely avoidable shutdown. If that happens, then about 84 hours from from now the u. S. Federal government will be forced to close, threatening our economy, our National Security and leaving americans in every state and territory less safe. I want to make clear that the impact of i want to make clear the impact of a potential republican shutdown so that theres no confusion about whats at stake for transportation for working families and for all americans. And just as importantly, i want to talk about whats at stake for all of us if those who are holding this funding hostage get their way in their demands for severe cuts to importan
Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capitol to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. If this is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg held a News Conference to outline the impacts of a potential Government Shutdown specifically on air Traffic Controllers and rail inspectors. His remarks from Agency Headquarters in washington, d. C. Are about 25 the minutes. Morning, everyone. Thank you for coming over. [inaudible] all right. I appreciate you coming over. Obviously, were here to urge House Republicans to settle their differences among themselves, come to their senses and honor the deal that they made with President Biden earlier year. If they fail to uphold this basic responsibility, then they will trigger a completely avoidable shutdown. If that happens, then about 84 hours from from now the u. S. Federal government will be forced to close, threatening our economy, our National Se
washington. we begin with new developments out of israel where the israeli military has as released a preliminary report on its killing of seven aid workers in gaza. the investigation finds a series of devastating mistakes unfolded earlier this week when three vehicles carrying the world central kitchen workers traveled outside the combat zone those vehicles were hit in three separate strikes over the course of almost a mile and a half israel says it was a case of mistaken identification after two gunman were spotted nearby, quoting from the report, one of the commanders, the israeli say mistakenly assumed that the gunman were located inside the accompanying vehicles and that they these were hamas terrorist. the idf has fired two senior officers. i want to bring in cnn s nic robertson are international diplomatic editor nick, does the report answer all the questions? it still seems to leave some questions outstanding. for example, the world central kitchen said that they we
By these firearms. And i would concur that that is unacceptable. I certainly support the bill. But having served in the United States army as a leader of soldiers on deployment, all of whom were issued at least one weapon, i wonder if it literally requires an act of congress to suggest that d. H. S. Promulgate regulations to oversee the loss or theft of d. H. S. Supplied weapons. Yes. Over 200 weapons is horrible. Yes, one life lost is horrible. But should there be an act of congress . Because as i recall, as a leader in the army while deployed overseas, we had protocol for dealing with lost weapons, with lost sense of item, with lost things. We didnt need an act of congress to tell us to promulgate it. So while i support this bill, it began to make me wonder, and then think of a bible verse, matthew. Why do you look at the speck of saw dust in your brothers eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own . So, certainly its unacceptable that over 200 weapons should be lost or stolen