steve bannon to testify publicly on the eve of his federal criminal contempt trial for refusing to honor the committee s subpoenas. among those scheduled tomorrow, a former spokesman for the oath keepers which played a central role in the coordination and execution of the capitol insurrection. just moments ago, president biden was joined by gun safety advocates at a white house event celebrating bipartisan legislation signed last month. while the administration is struggling with the grim reality, on the cover of today s new york times about how many in the president s own party as well as independents are souring on him. and hundreds of firefighters in california are in a desperate battle to protect 3,000-year-old historic sequoia trees from the wildfires. we begin with the january 6th insurrection. joining me now ali vitali, jeremy peters. and tim miller, author of why we did it. ali, take us through what we can expect this week from the hearings and how they might
is cnn newsroom, with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with breaking news out of moscow. russia is confirming for first time that it did strike the ukrainian port of odesa. the russian foreign ministry now says it hit military targets in the port with precision missiles, but these strikes came one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul, which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports through its ports. now, turkey said moscow initially denied it had anything to do with the strikes, and turkey said the attack hit port facilities, but didn t damage any infrastructure that would be used in grain exports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwarranted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners
Thank you mr. Chairman. It is worth noting for the public that the reason we had to go to recess is because actually the majority would not succeed in passing an appropriations bill so they brought us to the floor to try to wipe out two endangered species including bass and the lesser prairie chicken. It is unfortunate that is the state of our nation but here we are in the last day of voting before recess. Mr. Reynolds, we do so appreciate you being here today. I would like to ask a few questions about Climate Change, about the current challenges that the Parks Services are facing generally and tribal comanagement and how you are using the Inflation Reduction Act ones. Big picture, could you talk to us about what do you see as the Biggest Challenges right now that the park service is facing and how can we in congress address that . Mr. Reynolds i mentioned housing which is that a broader category of one of the number one priority is, the thriving workforce. I think any suggestions that
The subcommittee on oversight investigations will now come to order. The chair is authorized to recess the subcommittee at any time. The committees hearing testimony on examining barriers to access at Americas National parks. I asked unanimous consent that all members be allowed to give testimony and participate in the hearing from the dais. I ask that the gentleman from california be allowed to participate in the hearing. I asked that the gentleman from minnesota be allowed to participate in the hearing. And the gentlewoman from virginia be allowed to participate. And that the gentleman from illinois be allowed to sit with the subcommittee. Without objection, so ordered. The hearings are limited to the chairman and ranking minority member. Questions may be part of the hearing record if they are submitted in accordance with the committee rule. So ordered. I recognize myself for my introductory comments. I think Deputy Director reynolds for coming before the committee. We are examining
Mississippi festival board of directors, i had the pleasure of working with scott on the board. Hes something of a lifer. Hes been on the board since the very of the book festival in 2015. Scotts also a member of the mississippi arts commission, the Mississippi Institute of arts and letters hes an ardent champion of arts. Hes the coowner of books and cat island coffee, house and Pass Christian and gulfport gulfport. Thank you very much and welcome to our session this morning on nature and the environment for of my life, my entry to america in history was through the biographies of our founding fathers, washington, jefferson, franklin, and then through to lincoln, frederick douglass, Theodore Martin luther king, chisholm, henrietta lacks, james baldwin, eisenhower, among many others. But then two years ago, i was fortunate enough to read jack davis as the bald eagle. And then a whole new world opened to me and missed the little earth upon which our country was founded and without which