could bring their counties and their communities with them. and the fact that they were able and had to mix with each other, day in and day out, sometimes for hours on end, meant that gradually and very slowly, trust was built up. confidence was built up and they started talking to each other in a way they could never have done had they not been forced into this as it were a hothouse of talks that had been going on for nearly two years. that meant they were dealing with each other as people, as individuals, not simply as names and that was a huge difference in terms of what previous peace attempts had been attempted. indeed, i ve been over the world, the philippines, sri lanka and elsewhere talking about the northern ireland peace process and my main theme was you cannot make peace part time. these were full time negotiators, spending all their time, literally, week in and week
cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is on capitol hill for us. reporter: embattled congressman george santos of course the republican from new york being seated on two committees, the small business committee, and also the science, space, and technology committee. we heard from the chairman actually of the small business committee a little earlier today about having him sit on that panel. here s what he had to say. well, i don t condone what he said said, what he s done. i don t think anybody does, but that s not my role. he was elected. he represents the main people. reporter: and ironically, of course, wolf, he did lie about his résumé when it comes to places of employment including places in the business community. we also learned today from sources santos had been requested to be on the very powerful financial services and house foreign affairs committees. of course that did not happen. but the fact remains he was seated on some committees, and it kind of paints th
what we heard going into the congress. there will be aggressive oversight of the weaponization of the department of justice. that is just one committee. that is the view at the republican side of the aisle. many feel that the doj has been weaponized and they will investigate and this will all get fleshed out. if you are garland today you are saying this is not another great fact pattern for me to go to the hill and explained. one thing we can all agree on is garland s future is looking different than it appeared five years ago when he was poised to be on the supreme court. justice garland would be having a much more scholarly life surrounded by clerks in the law than the political hothouse he will find himself in for the next few years. they are under the microscope as well but i do take your point. karen give your last words. we have every indication that garland will follow the law to the letter of the law.
weaponized and they re gonna investigate it, right? it s all gonna get flushed. out so if you re merrick garland today you are saying that this is not another fact pattern for me to go up to the hill and tried to explain. one thing that all of us can agree on is that merrick garland s future is looking very different when it was supposed to be on the supreme court and justice karlyn would be having a much more scholarly life surrounded by clerks and the law then sort of the political hothouse that he s gonna find himself in for the next two years. anna, there on the microscope too. they re not pouring it out of the water at all. but i do take your point carrying every last word. no, i agree, i think that we have every indication that merrick garland is going to follow the law to the letter of the law. well, that s a of a lot worse. what we ll see, we d like the glass half full but it is not and of course, the american people and national security is an issue. any of the classif
mentioned the promised slight. . you will get a warm welcome in birmingham, . you will get a warm welcome in birmingham, earlier- . you will get a warm welcome in birmingham, earlier this - in birmingham, earlier this year he set up a roadmap to higher productivity uk by talking about people, capital and ideas, the ideas is really important, we know the uk underperforms, we are a brilliant hothouse of ideas but translating them to commercial success, there is more to say on that. now as we ve been speaking about one of the issues plaging the uk economy is productivity. well, fears are it s about to get a lot worse! the reason? the football world cup! as the most watched sporting