I think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his work cut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare Advantage program. He was also a leader in hhss response to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9 11, t
Funded its post secondary institutions, not funding institutions that had served large proportions of mexican americans, including many of those along the south texas border. And deborah has written about this. In effect, identifying that south texas was an education desert. We see that that is still the case with one of the counties that nick hillman talked about. People in my own department actually teach students at that institution that nick hillman identified. We actually bring a program out to them. So that they can have access to doctoral education and policy studies. Even though i live in a metropolitan area, even though we are located in a metropolitan area, we have to reach out to them. We are held to the same standards, texas is one of the 25 states with performance funding. We are held to the same standards of needing outcomes as other universities like the university of texas at austin that served half as many lowincome students or fewer and we serve over twice as many lat
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Or observed it. I think if this is true, its a very important development. Its always been hard to accept trump juniors characterization of this meeting as unimportant because of the timeline that it happened on and because of the participants. You have microsoft, the then campaign manager, along with trump jr. , kushner and others meeting with russians. That didnt look like an unimportant meeting that you would runt after the fact which is what trump jr. Said. If there were setup meetings in advance, this will take on increasing significance as a key part of the narrative involving collusion between the campaign and the russians. And barbara mcquaid, the fact that the proximity of the then candidate, just one floor away from when that meeting took place, the fact he then went to a Campaign Lunch later that day with his son, the likelihood they never would have discussed that becomes even more implausible just because of the relations
Lets hope its healthy. It must be. After hearing the news this morning. A revealing admission from the government. Health and Human Services had warned the Trump Administration that separating kids from their families would be dangerous to the children. The president did it any way. So he did it knowing exactly what would happen. He also continues to tell supporters that the free press is the enemy of the people. And as you can hear, the results are chilling. Its getting bad out there. Paul manafort also back in court this morning. After prosecutors kicked off their case against him. Well have the latest on that. Boy, i just andrea, ill talk to you and mike, who have been around a little bit. Through difficult times. In covering difficult stories. Watching whether donald trump goes to the vfw and the press,
he points at the press, and whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo at the press there. Whether he whips the crowd into a frenzy to boo and take the free press in tampa. This is part o
Im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Right now, more news with hallie jacks jackson. Love that one. Chris jansing, thank you, my friend. Hallie jackson in washington, where this morning, it is all about the power of the presidency. Just how much control does donald trump really have, or really thinks he has, over our democracy . His new interview sending a shiver through the Justice Department. The president saying he could run the Special Counsel investigation if he wanted to. Yes, the investigation into his campaigns interactions with moscow. We have new reporting on What Don Mcgahn told the Special Counsel and the journalist who was facetoface with the president about all of this is here with us live. Yes, the investigation, by the way, is still happening, while attacks keep coming. One of the biggest names in tech, the kremlins latest target. Well break down what this microsoft hack attempt means for the midterms. The target for democrats right now, Brett Kavanaugh. You have de