G. W. Lebannon the only country in the modern middle east that was long dominated by christians today muslims are in the majority its a society that has repeatedly been under threat. In the us was that there have always been tensions between the different religious communities and to nominations in various ethnic groups in lebanon. Supposed in financed by iran the Shiite Hezbollah Party of god has had a huge impact on the political fabric of lebannon. As far as critics would say yes so this does the stabilize the region hezbollah supporters would say that as well as military strength is an asset for love money because that keeps israel away. In the civil war in syria the hezbollah militia defended the assad regime now theyre back and theyve been on in stronger shape than ever. The more there are fighting to defend is the model of bashar assad which this is its a shame. But just to watch extent dance has ability to term in the course of politics in lebanon. Beirut the lebanese capital s
Cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. With the federal government at work and d. C. Throughout the country, use the congressional directory for Contact Information for members of congress, governors, or federal agencies. Order your copy online today at cspanstore. Org. Once again, we are back and we are helping our High School Students around the country prepare for the upcoming advance placement u. S. History exam. Woor here with jason stacy and Matthew Ellington, to help our students prepare for this test. Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning. Good morning. This is the first year weve done the u. S. History cram for the exam advance placement history test here on cspan. The first question everybody wants to know is what is changing this year for this test because of the coronavirus pandemic . Well, theres quite a bit change this year on the exam. Its a shorter test. It will be about 45 minutes long and its going to be an online test for students. In addition, its ju
We had a vote yesterday evening, the first that weve had in some six weeks here. As i walked over to the chambers just now, 4 00 on a tuesday afternoon from the hart building, the only individuals that i saw were the extraordinary men and women of the Capital Police who are here in the building, but suffice to say that these are strange, these are unusual, these are challenging and difficult, difficult times as we face the covid19 pandemic, as we address the challenges that our constituents, our friends, our family are dealing with at home, whether its the impact of the virus itself on our health and our health facilities, or whether it is the impact, truly the economic devastation that were seeing in all corners of the nation. And so the opportunity to be together as a member as a body to address these challenges is important. It is challenging for us as we adapt to this time and this situation to be wearing protective masks, to be separated from one another, to be teleworking as we a
Here we go, another workweek, thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. Mike will get us through with that commute in about eight minutes. Al taking a look at the warm weather that was shaking up the week. We ended the week with very warm weather. Well see the same thing again today, in fact, our temperatures peak again tomorrow. As we get started a look at our concord temperature trend in the mid50s but at noon were at 77 degrees and thats well above our normal high temperature. As we look at our micro climates expect it to reach into the low 80s inland. Well talk more about this and whats ahead coming up in the forecast in a few minutes. Thank you very much, kari. Decision 2020 and no surprise here, House Speaker nancy pelosi is the latest big name in washington to endorse former Vice President joe biden in his run for the white house. A prerecorded video was sent out saying biden helped to pass obamacare and the 2009 stimulus proves he has the leadership skills to guide america throug
Like yesterday and then well see a cooldown. Right now were enjoying a beautiful sun rise as we take a live look outside in the trivalley checking out dublin right now and our temperatures in the low 50s, now is the time to open up the windows, let the house cool down. It will open up for a lot of our east bay and north bay valleys as we see our temperature trend going straight up. A look at our micro climates and will talk about our temperatures peaking and going back down coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, kari. We have breaking news. A grass fire burning between interstate 280 and their good Marshall High School in San Francisco. Our photographer just getting this video in for us. Sf fire says the fire is burning near waterloo and conklin. Well follow this breaking story and will bring you the latest as it comes in. Decision 2020, no surprise here, new this Morning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the latest big name in washington to endorse former Vice President joe biden in his run fo