What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The cons
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
How are you doing, will . Super bowl weekend. Will right here. Good morning to you both. Thats right. Im live here in tampa. Super bowl lv. I know you are very excited about that jedediah. We will get your picks later. We know you will change the chiefs or the punxsutawney. For now a hometown battle in tampa. Hometown bucs look to be pretty popular, pete. Pete whats the feel . You are there on the ground. Its a little bit different everything is a little bit different whats the vibe in tampa . Will its excited because there is a Hometown Team for the first time Playing In Home Stadium for the super bowl. Its tampered by the bittersweet relation what would it be like if it were a normal year. Street packed and cash registers ringing they recognize its a little down from expectations. Pete absolutely. Jedediah i know you are waiting for my pick. Im waiting for yours, will cain. I had a conversation about it yesterday. You know what . Im going to wait and hold my pick and see who will pic
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers amy adams, author and journalist, adam davidson, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . Thats great to hear in that case, lets get to the news President Trump announced last night that he was instructing his administration to begin cooperating with president elect joe bidens transition team. Wow id say, what took you so long . But ill be honest, this is way sooner than i thought. I figured youd hide out in the basement for the next four years like the family in parasite. Im just kidding that family has way more money than you thats right, President Trump is instructing his administration to begin cooperating with joe bidens transition team. If nothing else, itll be Good Practice for cooperating with law enforcement. Though im not sure if trump understands what cooperating with the transition means, because he told melania, go with
Survive that pandemic. They opened this cross fit 15 years ago. And now there are roughly 15,000 cross fit gyms in the world. It is really sad, you know, we have been here for 15 years. As you can see, you know, there is a Huge Community of people around us. Its a sad day. Reporter they pry themselves as a Small Business. Membership has gone down by 70 . Yet at their location, they remain high. And massive amount of money every month, no end in sight. The first wave of store closures back in april and may. Dozens of businesses shut down for good. We saw an early wave of early business closures. Thats because, you know, the margin for some of the businesses, they were really thin. What you saw is the sort of second wave that people have been able to manage to hold off on this point. The second wave could shut down Small Businesses. They will have a retail store and wholesale. And grocery stores, hotels, then were down to maybe 170 customers per delivery and they are all basically closed