The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, 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 senate, democrats and republicans, with one
Erin another day, another grim milestone set in the united states. For the fifth time in nine days, the u. S. Hit yet another daily record of new coronavirus cases with at least five states in the south and west, setettin single day records for new infection. The worrying spikes have done little to sway the trump administration, afterr framing lockckdown measures as harmful for the economy and confusing messages around masks, they made reopening schools the new battle even threatening to take fred aid from schools that refuse to reopen on schedule. Its not just about kids learning and not falling behind academically, its about all that tal Services Children receive at our schools, its about families and opening up america again. After the administration criticized the centers for Disease Control guidelines for reopening schools, the organization announced it would issue new recommendations next week. Ththough t the director added t measure should not justify keeping schools closed. Wit
Two very distinguished attorney generals. This part of the series the Constitution Center is doing at the National Association of attorney generalg plated and it would likeo to thank these peope for helping us put together this program. Please remember to put your questions in the q a box has are talking. I will introduce them as we are moving along. And i know we are going to have a great discussion. We have to extraordinarily distinguished attorney generals. They will guide us but some questions involving peace in the constitution. That are at the center of but america today. And the attorney general ofmi minnesota in 2019. From 2007 2019, he represented the fifth congressional district. And house of representatives and also was an attorney specializing in civil rights ana defense law including as executive director legal rights center. And is an honor to have you with us pretty. It is an honor to be here with you. Thank you for having me and inviting me today. And turning became ohi
Policies and antiracist behavior. You are either with us and with the black community or you are against. There is no way you can straddle this. Allies in action. A bay area conversation. Thank you so very much for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news. Im dan ashley. Over the past several weeks, the issue of Race Relations shas exploded into the headlines, into the streets and into the national consciousness. It has. Instead of our 4 00 p. M. Newscast, well spent an hour engaging experts and you in an abc7 listens virtual town hall on allies and racism. This has been on the backs of our friends of color and it is time to step up. Well have a very frank conversation including questions from you. This is a very important onehour virtual town hall airing on tv. You might be watching it right now on youtube and facebook. Were glad youre here. If alliship is a new term for you, it is someone who cannot fully understand what oppression fels like but can tea that struggle as their
On the verge of collapse. Welcome to the Program China is imposing a controversial law in hong kong that critics fear will restrict freedoms and undermine the one country 2 systems policy agreed to when beijing took control of the former british colony in 1907 the new north takes effect immediately britain has called it a grave step while the European Union has said it deplores the move. They fear this might be their last chance to protest todays flash mall been a Shopping Center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing and some feared showing their faces. Today i feel on the top of that its very sad because they cant pass a law and they even dont know the details of the law and they just pass it with no one reject so. I think most of the people there are scared as. This is what theyre scared of the Chinese Security law promises to crack down hard on more to terms terrorist activities it criminalizes subversion and secession activities as well as foreign interference an