I see that we have a quorum. Before i go forward, i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi will be stopping by. I must consent that she participate at any point she rise during the hearing. There she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Speaker pelosi thank you very mr. Chairman. For having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken and the bipartisan house and Senate Democrats and republicans with one voice and defense of those being oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. We continue to urge president to hold chinese officials abuses,ble for including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act. We must consider all tools available, including economic penalties. Here today i am very honored to join the general secretary Hong Kong Confederation of trade union. Carl peterson, law o
Rep. Sherman the committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess in the committee at any point, and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials, and questions to the record subject to the length and limitations of the rules. To insert something into the record, please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact the full committee staff. I see we that have a coram and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Rep. Pelosi thank you very uch, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senat
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 its one of the best things you can become. Right there. Thank you. If you become one in your neighborhood you get a 15 increase on average turnout for the president. We had 3,000 of those in 2016. Were on pace right now for 90,000 in 2020. Thats awesome. On top of that, we were about six, seven states strongly this time. Were in 17 states. Weve increased and doubled our budget pretty much of our ground operation across the country. Let me give you a great thing about expanding the map. There are several states last time we didnt win, new hampshire, minnesota, nevada, new mexico. If you look at new mexico and minnesota our budget for those two states was 25,000, one staffer, sent them to colorado because we didnt think we were going to win it. This time were talking about tens of millions more staff on the ground than the entire 2015 ground game and you already have them in those states fighting for it. We only lost minnesota b
China as the numumber of people infected with the new virus increases. The outbreak coin siding with chinas busiest travel period as millions crisscross the country for the lunar new year. Coming up, in business the World Economic forium starts this week with Climate Change topping the agenda. And the report a also released showing the disparity between the rich and the global poor. Plus prirince harry breaeaking silence e for the firirst time sincnce he anhis wife w were stripped of their royal titles. The duke of sussex saying there was no other option but to step back. Stay with us. Live fromm paris. But first over 500 people were wounded as protests turn violent in lebanon. Police responded with water canons, rubber bullets and tear gas. Lebanese president called for security meeting to discuss the crisis under way. For more we can go across france 24, standing by in bay route. Over the past week weve seen these protests turn very violent during the week of wrath. Is this a turning
Just after 4 in the afternoon here in moscow saturday november the 16th a warm welcome to our to international my names you know me. Police have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in parlous as france braces for a tense weekend saturday marks the one Year Anniversary of the Yellow Vest Movement on rallies are expected right across the country 41 demonstrators we believe have been arrested so far in the french capital r t z go shoot down a face in the thick of the action in paris. This is how the yellow 1st movement in paris is marking their one Year Anniversary week and now this protest for them is quiet symbolic because theyre here essentially making a stand to saying that their movement that the Yellow Vests Movement one year on is not going anywhere it is supported by the Public Opinion as well because some 63 percent of the people are saying that they will they indeed believe that the movement is alive and kicking and sometimes quite literally in clashes with the police because r