Challenges to some states results but fellow republican and former president george w. Bush says the vote was fair and congratulations biden as i White House Correspondent kimberly options in the coming weeks the legal challenges will continue in fact the u. S. President wants to remind it was tweeting today that joe biden while claiming victory is the projected winner by a number of Media Outlets on twitter he said when does the lame stream media as he calls it call who our next president will be so until that vote is official and certified in mid december the True Campaign believes it has a window of opportunity so it is continuing to receive funds soliciting funds in order to finance these legal challenges that are taking place across many states. Saudi arabias king saul mana and crown Prince Mohammed bin salma have joined World Leaders and graduating joe biden and come to the house they were the last of the gulf leaders to do so ties between riyadh and washington have been exceptio
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Just said we live in a fragile world today. And as a class as complex and difficult situation that we as a society have yet to figure out. At a personal level, i make decisions every day, i bought this car a while back, a hybrid but i tell you i have annoyed you if the co2 i get for my 70 Miles Per Hour gallon as a benefit to all of us outweighs the cost of creating the car and the potential pollution impact of the battery after get stored. And maybe if we had not done the battery we would export new technologies that have less of an impact, was it good for me too buy this car, i do not know. This is my mom, i bought her that scarf a couple years ago at christmas. If i had bought that 100 years ago fine, no problem. Today i dont know if that scarf was made in a sweatshop using cotton that had pesticides growing on it and there were huge amounts of co2 as the scarf traveled a long way away to the place were about it. My choices have actions at a distance and i have annoyed you what thos
Test of these taking back power from the executive branch is often a challenge that requires overriding a president ial veto which is increasingly difficult. A return to normal appropriations, increase in legislative oversight, particularly by a spending authority, an earmark reform that both returns the practice while strengthening its integrity requires no president ial signoff. In fact each step rests solely within the purview of congress and it would allow legislators to increase capacity, better represent their constituents, uphold their oath and recommit to the spirit and letter of article i of the constitution. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Were going to head into questions. Im going to yield my time to representative scanlan. I know you have another hearing to get to. Thank you so much, i appreciate it. And thank you, chairman kilmer and vice chair graves for holding this hearing. Weve had a number of hearings talking about kind of the Practical Impact of issues so its re
Okay the committee will come to order the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee. And this time article one, restoring capacity and equipping. I get myself five minutes to give an opening statement. Its our first hearing of the new year, this committee has had an incredibly productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focused on making congress more effective and efficient so that they can better serve the American People and i am proud of what we have conceived and accomplished with this committee so far and what weve accomplished together. Every member of this committee has been fully engaged, the work has taken time to consider the work in the mandate, and really working consider the colleagues. Finding Collaborative Solutions to the challenges this institution faces. Successful institutions what you are talking up businesses or organizations or governments, depends on people who are invested in the work they are doing. And that is fundamental. Invite successfu