Are you kidding my tree is going up this saturday lauren simonetti. I started shop if and wrapping cheryl. Good morning im cheryl casone. Good morning thank for joining us im lauren simonetti. E lets fake a look at how your money is moving this morning as we await con depressional testimony today in d. C. , dow future down 119 s p down 13 and a half and nasdaq down 46 now the dow is lower right now, almost terror threats and we close flat yesterday and closed for a new record on nasdaq last night pretty good. A point away. So weal see what happens today. Overseas in asia more unrest in hang seng down almost . Europe unclear that president will delay awe tariffs and might know something this week but under pressure. Tack and dax 40 are down. Now to our top story all eyes are going to be on capitol hill today. This is a live look were in just a few hour, public l impeach m hearings will begin. Ambassador bill taig color and john kent will be testifying first. And ahead of the fireworks G
Well as george kent. If you want to watch that. Its available on our website at cspan. Org. As day two of the hearing getting underway at 9 00 eastern, the testimony of marie yovanovitch. We should point out if you have to leave our coverage on cspan2 it will continue on the web cspan. Org. You can listen to it on cspan radio and on the free cspan radio app. Also throughout the day we expect to hear from members of congress. We have cameras outside the Office Building to get their reaction as well as the administrative response. We will show you the scene inside the room and continue to monitor developments over the next hour. Live coverage in the hearing at one hour at 9 00 eastern. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversati
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 201
Yv States Government is a cash flow budget. And the recapitalization of the Nuclear Triade is a capital investment. We are talking 40 and 50year assets. One of the problems we are facing in our budget is it all comes out, it looks like its in the Defense Budget. I call it the pigon. There is this bulk of nuclear phodendization that should be considered capital investment. I think thats important for people to realize when you look at the Defense Budget there is a piece of it that is really something that probably should have been done over the past 30 years that we are trying to do in a hurry. Is that your reading . General cotton it is, sir. The way like to describe it is am responsible for maintaining and the components under me are responsible for maintainin on behalf of the president of the United States. Senator king general whiting you talked about we have the best Space Capabilities and have for many, many years. Thats the good news. The bad news is, the dependency that we have
Sign up for the American History tv newsletter today and watchmerin history tv every saturday or anytime online, cspan. Org history. A healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at worst, where citizens are truly informed, a republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. For some months now, cindy carter has looked forward to each saturday. That is where she takes flying lessons at centerville airport. This particular saturday, shes hoping it will be one she would never forget. All set . A bit of a giggle or with little on her mind right now except her flying and the possibility she might solo today. Yet within two hours, she will face the greatest challenge of her life. Seems a fine day for flying. Column air and no low hanging c