Know, Ryan Christiansen is fully supported by everybody in our house, and they know who he is, and so do i. Obviously did not look great, but that was not his intent at all. I know that for a fact. Christiansen himself released a statement. I made a mistake and will not deny it. I greeted i adopted our elbow bump to create some distance with the players. My gesture unintentionally resulted in a racist and horrible salute that i do not believe in. What i did was unacceptable, and i deeply apologize. As fans were not entirely buying the denials or apology. I think when people do it, they are revealing their underlying prejudice. Christiansen remains with the as and has not been fired or suspended. Creator of baker street advertising calls it a mistake handled the right way. Speaking as both a jew and someone who worked with Ryan Christiansen back in 99, he is an upfront guy. This is an accident. It was stupid, it was absent minded, it certainly was not intentional. Ondrea, we have heard
Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Space center in houston. Today we will hear more from nasas leadership to tell us more about the mission in the last 24 hours. With us is nasas administrator, jse director, director of the Johnson Space center. The Program Director of the commercial crew program. Space stationnal Program Director, deputy Program Director. The nasa astronaut. Thank you for joining us. We will start with opening remarks, and then we will go to questions from reporters. First up is our nasa administrator. To say, just want congratulations to the nasa team and to the space x team, and congratulations to the United States of america. This has been an amazing two days. We are still at the beginning. We have a mission in front of us. We need to make sure we bring bob and doug home safely. When we think about watching american astronauts for the brandnew, on a rocket, this has been done four times in the history of the United States. Mercury, gemini, apollo, and now crew dragon. Now,actually five times and thi
A few hours after the talking and welcoming, nasa officials led a briefing from the Johnson Space center in houston. Good afternoon and welcome to the Johnson Space center. Thank you for joining us for this post talking news briefing of the nasa spacex mission. Astronautss ago the arrived at the International Space station aboard the dragon. Today we will learn more about the mission. With us is nasa administrator jimeitel stein bridlestein. The Program Director of the commercial crew program. The International Space station Program Director, deputy Program Director. And the nasa astronaut. Thank you so much to all of you for joining us today. We will start with opening remarks, and then we will go to questions from reporters. First up is our nasa administrator. James i just want to say, congratulations to the nasa team and to the space x team, and congratulations to the United States of america. Days. S an amazing two we have a mission in front of us and we need to make sure we bring
Thank you for joining us for this post docking news briefing of the nasa spacex demo two mission. Hurleynken and douglas arrived at the International Space station aboard the crew dragon. We will hear more from nasa leadership talk more about the mission. Administratornasa jim bridenstine, mark geyer, isse fitch, kenny todd from , the International Space Station Program director, and shall linger in and shall longer and and an astronaut. Up, our nasa administrator james bridenstine. I want to say congratulations to the nasa team and to the spacex team, and it really congratulations to the United States of america. This has been an amazing two days. We are still at the beginning. We have a mission in front of us and we need to make sure we bring bob and doug home safely. Launchingbout american astronauts for the first time on a brandnew rocket, this has been done four times in the history of the United States. Apollo, spacei, shuttle, and now crew dragon. So actually five times. This ha