editorial report . i m paul gigot. hunter biden was indicted in los angeles thursday on nine new federal charges with the justice department accusing the first son of willfully failing the file and pay his taxes on time. hunter s9 latest legal woes come as republicans get set to move forward with vote to formal oohize their impeachment inwiry into his father, president joe biden, next week, with speaker mike johnson calling the move a necessary step. wall street journal column is dan dan henninger if editorial board members kyle peterson ask kate bachelder odell. abby if lowell, hunter s attorney, says the charges are wrong, hunter s innocent, and they would never have been brought if his name weren t biden. well, you ve got to put up a defense of some sort, don t you? and that s abby lowell s defense for hunter biden who evaded taxes for four years. isn t it kind of an irony that the biden administration is asking for a lot more money for the internal revenue service to
c-span2 was greeted by marcus cable television companies and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 the viewers as a public service. federal bureau of prisons director michael carvajal testified before house appropriations subcommittee, on how the prison systems was responding to the coronavirus pandemic. this is just under two hours. overall, how shall we assess b.o.p. is treatment of those in its custody and dedicated staff who work around the clock to carry out their corrections mission. reducing overcrowding of use of staff augmentation an issue i ve contacted b.o.p. about on several occasions in the past, grappled with the continuing threat from contraband such as opioid drugs like that no and implementation of the first step act. in addition we would like to hear how b.o.p. is addressing the ongoing and urgent challenge of its aging facilities and infrastructure. so once again welcome, director carvajal, and we look forward to yo
subcommittee on justice on how prisons are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. overall, how shall we assess bop s treatment of those in its custody and the dedicated staff who work around the clock to carry out the bops, corrections mission. examination of bop s operation during the pandemic is not the only matter that deserves close examination in today s hearing. we d like to hear how they re addressing other things, like over crowding and the use of staff augmentation. an issue i have contacted bop about on several occasions. dealing with contraband, such as fentanyl, and implementation of the first step act. in addition, we d like to hear how they re addressing the challenge of its aging facilities and infrastructure. so, once again, welcome director. and we look forward to your testimony. his comments. thank you for yielding, and i appreciate you, mr. , mr. c, rolling this hearing today and i come like like is a pleasee here for the first official hearing of the f
extend my deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by the california wildfires and hurricane laura. hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast 15 years ago this week. the storm caused terrific damage and upended people s lives, but andugh perseverance oversight with the response, we built back better. as the residents of communities affected by hurricane laura assess the damage to their homes, they can rest assured that the committee will hold a federal emergency management accountableartners to make sure they provide the help communities need to get back on their feet. from hurricane katrina is that the initial with the inapt leadership by an inexperienced, unqualified presidential donor who had been appointed to lead emergencynation s management. the hurricane served as an important reminder that federal agencies should be led by experienced people committed to the mission, especially in times of crisis. today, the country is in crisis leadership and the is stall
A very warm welcome you are watching r. T. International with mina care and good to have you with us this hour and our top story preliminary results from the castle and Regional Election indicate the Pro Independence parties are set to keep that absolute majority in parliament they are projected to win seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats the pro unity Citizens Party meanwhile took around twenty five percent of the vote although that makes it the single most Popular Party the unions part unionist parties together will only have fifty seven seats the troubled spanish regions formally to carlos proved a month has held the outcome as a victory. Well the year you double that at the lawyer i want to congratulate the catalan people because they have sent a message to the world the catalan republic has beaten the monarchy and article one fifty five the spanish they has been beaten. And the official results will be announced on the fifth of january heres Jonathan Martin wapas with mont