South carolina governor tim scott. The hearing of the Pensions Committee will come to order to consider the nomination of betsy devos to be United States secretary of education. Openingmake an statement to introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott and senator lieberman. He will make introductory remarks. Following the nominees comments, we will have a fiveminute round of questions. One note, we have capital will removeay who anyone who attempts to disrupt the hearing. This is the First Committee in our new congress. It has considerable differences of opinion on a variety of issues. We have found that we can sometimes resolve them in important ways. What was thee past most important bill in the congress, 21st century cures. The year before, no child left behind, which president obama called a christmas miracle, plus 33 other bills signed by the president. I want to thank senator murray and republicans on the committee for operating in that fashion. We have done that by showing cou
Pensions committee the topics include School Choice, vouchers, Student Loan Debt and Education Program funding. This is three and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the hearing of the Health Education labor and Pensions Committee will come to order. This hearing today is to consider the nomination of betsy devos the United States secretary of education. Senator murray and i will make an Opening Statement. I will introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott a member of this committee senator lieberman a distinguished former member of this body who will make introductory remarks and following the nominees comments we will have a fiveminute round of questions. One note we have capital officers here today who will remove anyone who attempts to disrupt
They say they stand to lose more than a billion dollars in federal money each. But assistant attorney general chad reidler made a completely different argument in court. H said the executive order was narrowly focused and would affect grants from the Justice Department and homeland security. Almost a Million Dollar for Santa Clara County and no money at all for San Francisco. Government attorneys would not go on camera, but u. C. Hastings law professor says the feds are walking a fine line. And the Justice Department seemed to be saying, well, were not doing anything to them right now. So, whats the need for any litigation now . Were all friends. These are contradictory statements not only in a court of law, but in terms of continuing to confuse the public. Reporter now, another surprising argument made in court by the feds, they said that legally San Francisco and Santa Clara Countys arent sanctuary jurisdictions yet because the executive order doesnt define what exactly that is. That
The North Koreans and the United States. Even china is warning this could spin out of control. Abc 7 chief global correspond depth Martha Raddatz has more. Mounting tensions with the United States, north koreas unpredictable leader greeted with thun drus applause by his nations military brass. Tomorrow they celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founder. It comes during an escalating standoff between kims regime and the white house. Today, a top north korean official tells the Associated Press that Trump Administration is more vicious and more aggressive than its predecessor. Translator trump is always using aggressive words he says. Singling out the president s tweets. It is the u. S. Has threatening us. Meetings in north korea, hes acting very, very badly. I will tell you that. President trump has often tweeted about the menace of north korea north korea is looking for trouble he wrote. Th have been playing the United States for years. He has promised to solve the proble
To tell you about. Actually there were earlier crashes in the south bay that are now being cleared out of the way. But theres two still left. Theres only one icon because the other hasnt popped up yet. Southbound 17 at hamilton and campbell. An earlier crash involving an ambulance called to the scene a tow truck. The other one you dont see the icon for yet is northbound 280. Theres a crash in one of the cars involved that drove off the roadways. You may see some activity there as youre driving by as they work to get that car out of the way. 280 in san jose northbound looks good as you head towards cuppertino and highway 17. San mateo bridge. Time now is 501. Lets go back to the desk. New this morning, the pentagon has now released video of that massive bomb the United States dropped yesterday on an isis tunnel yesterday in afghanistan. Did you see that . 36 isis fighters were killed and there were no civilian casualties. It was the biggest weapon used in combat. This weapon was very ef