At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
Mr. Jeffries for working closely with the caucus to be able to pull off that organizational meeting entirely virtually, given the dynamics of the pandemic and the extreme Public Health crisis that we continue to confront. We were able to convene with full participation from every Single Member of the House Democratic caucus and the incoming memberselect. We are unified in our sense of purpose, to go out, to work closely with joe biden and Kamala Harris to fight for the people. To make life better for working families, middle class folks, senior citizens, young people, veterans, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, the least, the lost and the left behind. Thats what House Democrats do. The House Democratic caucus elected nancy pelosi as our speaker designee for the 117th congress. Steny hoyer as our majority leader for the 117th congress. Jim clyburn as our majority whip for the 117th congress. And Katherine Clark as our assistant speaker f
Chief of staff. Before that i held a number of different positions with another member and with two committees. Being the chief of staff of the speaker is very much like drinking out of a fire hose everyday. We had two years under president bush. Then two years under president obama. During that time we covered everything from the financial collapse to the passage of health care and stimulus and the after effects of the financial meltdown. The last two years we lost the majority so we were in the minority. And highite a diverse pressure ride i o is described as just drinking out of a fire hose everyday. Host i want to show viewers with the speaker has to say when she was asked about the election results. [video] we had a very deep victory two years ago. I dont think people are quite understanding of the 40 seats that we won, 31 were in trump districts. He wasnt on the ballot and right away we said he is going to be on the ballot. At the steeper climate these districts. We saved most of
Right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area we are looking live from our Sales Force Tower camera as we look out east and look at that beautiful bright and shining bay bridge. Good morning. Good morning, glad to have you with us on a tuesday morning. Lets get a check of your weather. Good morning to you. Tracking a critical fire weather conditions and extreme fire danger with a red flag warning for the north bay mountains. Really watching in this area as we are watching the winds starting to kick in. Looking at gusts, especially up in the Higher Elevations for the north bay mountains. Up to 20 to 30 miles an hour and low relative humidity as well. A big concern for us as we go through the rest of today into tomorrow morning and then we are not done yet. We have that red flag warning in effect for the forth bay mountains right now. We are going to have a second burst of off shore winds as we look to the rest of the week. From wednesday evening to friday morning, a second burst of
The carmaker is accused of violating former employees rights by collaborating with the countrys secret police some were arrested and tortured w. Pay the damages to avoid going to court. Riot police have clashed with protesters at the gates of madrids Assembly Building this as new measures to contain the corona virus are being imposed in the spanish capital new outbreaks have triggered a sharp rise in infections across the continent and spain has had more than 700000 cases so far. This is w. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the you knew zz or visit our websites did appear dot com. 24 hours ago the u. S. State Department Said it no long. Recognizes Alexander Lukashenko as the democratically elected president of the roofs the us called his reelection fraudulent and condemned him for using force to silence his own people from europes last dictator to the us president sounding like americas 1st yesterday for the 1st time in living memory a u. S. President signaled just