And how many were enslaved including those born free in the north. Enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, a hearing on the Health Concerns of veterans exposed to dangerous chemicals in uzbekistan known as k2. A veteran told members of the House Oversight committee that more Scientific Data is needed before providing health care and disability benefits to veterans who served at the base between 2001 and 2005. Hearin this is about 90 minutes. Ecur ity all right. Good morning, everyone. O welcome to todays hybrid will hearing of the national Oversight Committee on the committee of oversight and me government reform. Pursuant to house rules, some persons will appear remotely anl some in person via webex. Ce mas. Let me remind everyone from thea latest guidance from the house. Physician all individuals attending this hearing in persos will have to wear a face mask. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaki
Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
Welcome to the nine. Valentines day, most people like it but some people do not. I love it, and also loved valentines day. s have you heard about this . Back i have not. Telemann more. Valentines day, the day before valentines day. It is been 10 years since it is been introduced on the show. It is meant for women to celebrate each other and their friendship. Not just romantic love. Couplings are cashing in on the idea. There are valentines day cards and themed lunches and other events. Lets talk about today which is valentines day. The National Retail Federation Said people celebrate on valentines day plan to spend on average 200 on gifts. That is up about 20 from last year. 200. How does that figure sound to you . A little high . A little low . To me it is not about a . I think it is a little high. But in our lives, it is the build up. We have a lot going on in our lives. To me it is not about a . I think it is a little high this year. Im not spending a nickel. Of doing a heartshaped
of migrant crossings days before covid era policy ends. we are live at the border. plus, rocket systems sabotaged. sources telling cnn that russia is using electronic jammers to throw off rocket systems in ukraine in some cases causing rockets to miss their targets. how the pentagon is responding. the labor market is on fire but april surprise jobs report is complicating the fed s inflation fight. so what will the central bank do next? following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin as we often do at the u.s.-mexico border. alejandra mayorkas there for a second day now. red cross volunteers also on the ground helping out with the growing number of migrants all crossing into texas. even before title 42, as it s known, ends. that trump-era policy allowed the government to quickly turn away asylum seekers due to covid-19. that expires on thursday. border towns are bracing for an immediate surge, really a furt
palestine, ohio. how did this happen, was itsh avoidable?ou who should be held accountable? i know, i know, pete buttigieg. of course, he inspired zero confidence. his main contribution seems to be to tell us nothing to see a here because there are 1,000 train derailments a year. is it good or terrible. how many have toxic chemicals, don t ask me said pete. what is going on with the train company, they had other derail ams in the past few months. after poisoning the area, they put all of a townhall. then the ceo, paid 4 half million a year to declare he will be reimbursing the residents affected by the derailment. when you do the math, it worked ought about 200 dollars a person. now they say, they will offer a thousand dollar inconvenience checks. it is run by aoc and benc bernie sanders, on the other end, government agents, they are secretly run by crazied lib te libertarians, taking a break. to engage in patronizing elitism with a dash of incompetence. head of federal epa s