Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
At cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, Justice Stephen breyer talks about the role of the Supreme Court with msnbc chief Legal Correspondent ari melber in a discussion presented by the Kennedy Institute for the u. S. Senate. On behalf of the edward m Kennedy Institute for the United States tenant, i am a very pleased to welcome all of you to this very special addition of our getting to the point series. The Kennedy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan place envisioned and planned by my late husband senator edward kennedy. It is a place where visitors come now virtually as well as in person to experience democracy. Through handson learning about the United States senate. And then use that knowledge as a touchstone to understand the branches of our government. It is also a place where we encourage participatory democracy. In fact, we just started a nonpartisan effort called just about and i encourage you to go to our new website called important, but most i encourag
A massive explosion in parts of the city a huge new fire has triggered panic and prompted fresh questions about government negligence. Its good to have you with us tonight european governments are racing against the clock and the weather to find shelter for thousands of displaced migrants from greeces camp a massive fire destroyed the camp tuesday night leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of the refugees for the past 2 nights most of them have slept outside and theyre still struggling to get enough food and water. A 2nd one to foreigners burn the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. Leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. Among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children some of whom are born in the now destroyed morea camp we do if it were free. Im definitely not ive no doing nothing really. To do with the you all for. Taking no money put up that lets a little know we will
This following the latest on the story for us hi emma good to see you of the german and french leaders angloamerican and im on my call as we said as we said to have agreed on an initiative for the e. U. To take in around 400. 00 miners can you tell us more about what exactly they agreed on well theyve agreed to take in those 400. 00 underage miners and thats a 1st step since there are more than 12 pozen people currently without a roof in morea camp into conditions weve just seen in their reports and among them more than 40000 children another 400 children will be relocated within the European Union and the situation was dire already in moria and its now becoming dramatic and thats why both both france and germany will try to convince other e. U. Countries to also take a more migrants from last fall so lets have a listen to what im going to marco the german chancellor had to say. Right. Ok so it looks like were having some trouble with that clip there emma but certainly saying that she
A 2020 Academic Year has been cancelled. Then whats brewing in uganda well find out why coffee is a demand in the nation off teetering. Hello im kristie one to welcome to news africa its good to have you accompanied the European Union has said it will defend the International Criminal court against attempts to undermine it the e. U. Is the latest as situation to stand behind the courts off to washington sanctioned top officials in the hague now the i. C. C. S chief prosecutor 5 tubin sudha and her top aide bucky so much will have been blacklisted by the trumpet ministration over the coals investigation into the way the us forces committed war crimes in afghanistan now on wednesday the us navy. Just ate my own pail announced the sanctions on sudan accusing the i. C. C. Off huntin uing to talk its americans in june the trumpet ministration authorized the imposition of economic sanctions against foreign persons directly engaged in i. C. C. Efforts to investigate u. S. Or allied personnel