Many more are still unaccounted for. Thank you very much for being with us. Thirteen french soldiers have lost their lives in mali they were killed when two helicopters collided in the dark as they h hunted down islamist militants the part of aerial reinforcements cold in during an intense gun fight. With the biggest loss of french troops in a single day since an attack in beirut some thirty six years ago when fifty eight soldiers died. The president of france among american has expressed his deep sadness at the loss and his government said it would not back down in its fight against terrorism. Thirty soldiers lost their lives a station in the sahel region but for some the home base is imposed. In Southwestern France and our reporter nadia massey is that we can join alive now. At ninety getting to you. What more could you tell us from the scene. Yes good evening mark as you can imagine its a pretty somber atmospheree hit in po tonight im just outside. The town hall was several hours ag
playground for your misplaced anger. although we have no specific threats people like marjorie taylor greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you re in town be on your best behavior. new york city mayor eric adams with a warning ahead of historic day here in manhattan donald trump will become the first former president of the united states to face criminal charges. we ll go through the time line of this arraignment and tell you about the new member of his legal team plus there s also new action in the classified documents investigation as special counsel jack smith sends subpoenas to people who are always with the former president and later voters in wisconsin today will decide what many are calling the most consequential race in that state in decades we ll explain why that description is not hyperbole good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for star
Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We have a number of distinguished nominees here today and we welcome them. We also have a number of very distinguished introducers. We welcome you and thank you for coming to our committee. In order for you to be able to go ahead and do other Business Today we will defer relative to making Opening Statements and let you go ahead and do what you need to do. We look forward to those comments and we realize youll like to go elsewhere. I know senator mcconnel is coming today. Why dont we start in the order of seniority. We appreciate so much you being here. We welcome you all. Thank you for being here today. If you will, begin. Thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member of the committee. It is a pleasure to be back here. Sit the second time in less than a couple of weeks. Its not often i darken the door but as long as a president keeps nominating texans i promise to keep coming back often. She is truly someone that needs no introduction but i
Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We have a number of distinguished nominees here today and we welcome them. We also have a number of very distinguished introducers. We welcome you and thank you for coming to our committee. In order for you to be able to go ahead and do other Business Today we will defer relative to making Opening Statements and let you go ahead and do what you need to do. We look forward to those comments and we realize youll like to go elsewhere. I know senator mcconnel is coming today. Why dont we start in the order of seniority. We appreciate so much you being here. We welcome you all. Thank you for being here today. If you will, begin. Thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member of the committee. It is a pleasure to be back here. Sit the second time in less than a couple of weeks. Its not often i darken the door but as long as a president keeps nominating texans i promise to keep coming back often. She is truly someone that needs no introduction but i
Full spectrum of policy issues. My expertise is in federal audit matter and im glad to be here today. The center for American Progress is a progressive think tank, also covering wide range of issue. I cover budget policy, i get to work with subject Matter Experts across a whole range of issues. I will start with remain at first. The house has been in control for some time now. Also underite house control of the parties. Is this budget a continuation of the budgets we had seen or are there noticeable differences . Notable differences include reconciliation package. Is from congress supposed to cut 200 billion in what are called autopilot or entitlement spending program. That is the biggest proposal to cut these programs that we have seen it yet. Vehicle alsoiation includes concessions for tax reform. You can clearly see the house gop is setting up for tax reform packets with the president , trying to do so while also cutting spending at the same time. What are noticeable differences if