One year after 189 people died in the crash of a boeing 737 in ethiopia the airline c. E. O. Apologizes to the families of the victims. And the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraines president testifies before congress. Hello lebanons Prime Minister saad heidi has submitted his resignation to the countrys president michel on how do you he says he has reached a dead end after weeks of protests paralyzed the country after the long awaited statement protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters of the government attacked a protest camp set up by antigovernment demonstrators in beirut tearing down tents and roadblocks banks are being closed for the 10th straight day as well as schools and shops. The. 13 days the lebanese people have been waiting for a political solution to put into the deteriorating situation throughout this period weve been trying to find a way we can listen to peoples voices and sterile
See you admit mistakes were made with it 737 max jet as hes questioned by congress over 2 deadly crashes. And britains Prime Minister moves a big step closer to getting the december election he hopes will break the breck 6 deadlock. And it will begin in lebanon where Prime Minister saad hariri has submitted his resignation to the president after 13 days of antigovernment protests i reread says hes reached a dead end in dealing with the unprecedented demonstrations and violence that have paralyzed the country and of course live now to santa whos in beirut so whats the reaction been among the protesters to harrys resignation. Well as you could imagine people are celebrating theyre welcoming this as a 1st step like you mentioned 13 days of protests these protesters theyve been blocking roads not just. Across the country piling pressure on the government to resign now the Prime Minister submitted his resignation to the president so far the president has not reacted were expecting him to re
Next, officials from the fai Justice Department, Homeland Security, and u. S. Election Assistance Commission testify on election infrastructure security. And how each agency is working to protect voting systems and coordinat coordinate with state and local officials. This house judiciary hearing runs about 2 1 2 hours. On judiy welcomthe judiciarywill come to. Without objection, the chair is authorized to house subcommittee on the judiciary will come to order, without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on securing americas elections part two, oversight of Government Agencies. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Last month this Committee Held part one of a series of hearings on securing americas elections. In that hearing, three witnesses who had been jointly selected by the committee testified unequivocally that our nations elections are under attack. Deborah plunket, former
Of the Trump Administrations muslim ban, i would like to welcome the members of t the subcommittee and oversight and investigations to this hearing. We are happy to be working on this important issue with you all today. Id also like to thank all of the majorityminority members in staff of both subcommittees for coordination and flexibility while planning this joint hearing particularly given the cancellation of yesterdays vote, i want to note that because of the cancellation not every member is able to be here today, but i did make a point of talking to mr. Columns and mr. Buck to be assure that they would be okay with proceeding and they assured me that they were since mr. Bigg and zeldon will be here, we do appreciate that flexibility and our opportunity to learn more and to probe issues about this matter. I really do think the hearing in many ways is overdue for 2 and a half years the administration has been allowed to arbitrarily ban from predominantly muslim countries and no overs
Promised there would at some oint be open hearings. The two other chairmen have agreefment when and how in depth and how far along, how much those opening hearings will matter is anybodys guess at this point because they do seem to be putting together a case. Pretty much in private downstairs in a small room. Well continue foul on twitter house in session. And your report, thanks so much. Cspan will continue follow odays impeachment related updates. That will improve our standing in that regard. I want to congratulate congresswoman lofgren for the work of her committee on the uestion of shielding us from language in the particular says if a candidate or any individual affiliated with a campaign of a candidate knowingly receives an offer for assistance with the campaign from a source the candidate or individual knows is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, the candidate or individual shall refuse the offer for such assistance and notify the federal bureau of investigation of