Monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. Scams thathearing on have surfaced during the coronavirus pandemic. A Senate Congress subcommittee heard from officials on protecting the public, especially the senior population. Good afternoon. All here today to a hearing entitled acting americans from covid19 scams covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the Health Crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In addition to the threat this pandemic poses to americans, the Economic Impact resulting from responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. It has become clear that preventing practices and dedicated resources including expanding testing capability and the availability of personal protective equipment are absolute necessities to a responsible path forward in extinguishing this Health Crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency and coordinated recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially the na
Good afternoon. All here today to a hearing entitled acting americans from covid19 scams protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the Health Crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In addition to the threat this pandemic poses to americans, the Economic Impact resulting from responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. It has become clear that preventing practices and dedicated resources including expanding testing capability and the availability of personal protective equipment are absolute necessities to a responsible path forward in extinguishing this Health Crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency and coordinated recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially the nations most vulnerable communities, like that of our nations seniors. Networks Consumer Reports consumers across the u. S. Reported over 136,000 Different Cases of covid related scams totaling appro
Number 186135, kahler versus kansas. For centuries criminal culpability has hinged on the capacity for moral judgment, to discern and choose between right and wrong. The insane lack that capacity. This understanding of insanity has persisted since the 1500s and remains the rule in 48 jurisdictions. It runs afoul over the 14th and eighth amendment. Kansas rewrite history and two ways. First by elevating a test that was never used in this country and only rarely in england and secondly by conflating commonlaw intent which required a vicious will and bound up in moral capacity. What applies today . A morality free, kansas uproots the deeply rooted by eliminating any method to assess whether defendants capacity for moral judgment was intact or irretrievably compromised by Mental Illness. I would like to turn to do process and explain why the moral capacity notion is or has been fundamental in our system. The model penal code is an excellent example. Is criminal law eve all the drafters mov
in ukraine, and we re learning wagner forces have reportedly entered the far west russian city of rostock been done without resistance. those forces apparently rolled into the city, with tanks and a large amount of troops taking over the military and police headquarters as well as the city hall there. russia s military is responding by ramping up security in and around moscow. those measures are said to include roadblocks and checkpoints, and we haven t heard from russian president vladimir putin on the developments tonight but one of his top generals is telling wagner forces to stop and obey the will of president putin. we re also hearing from the white house. we re told president biden is and has been briefed on the matter. that he is closely monitoring it again . if you were just now tuning in, we are following breaking news out of moscow. that is where russian forces are on high alert after the leader of the private wagner mercenary group called for a coup against russia
and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats, and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days fr