1st time since a pandemic hit in early 2020. We have hope. In other words, i just want to say there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccine developments have a right faster than expected, and this is tremendous news. You know, this could include, if were lucky, if everything goes right, this could be available just to do it in a few weeks. Is on the way. But its not your doctor. You still have to be disciplined to. We have least find out the facts, the nation that is appropriate to the ready, kate, this finds also coming up on this world aids virus which the pandemic almost made the world forget. But weve seen in at least a change the services is that early on we says and dipping in terms of the number of people getting tested, the number of people getting put on to treatment. And that can have effects over the long term of increased gas increase new infection and to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to our viewers all around the world. Welcome, we begin the day at
I mean for the last time German Police have now confirmed that 5 people have been killed after a car plowed through a process train zone in the western city of tia. And 9 month old baby is among the dead. Several other people are seriously injured. The driver, a local man is in custody. A police havent yet been able to say what prompted him to carry out the attack. Investigators are hard at work. Im acting halfords. Earlier the suspects vehicle was taken away. True, here is a city in shock. That hastened our sorts are with the victims next of kin who have to mourn the death of a loved one. People whose lives were extinguished from one second to the next by such a heinous crime. Among them as a baby, a truly horrific thought. The parents would have to mourn the death of their child. Its just terrible. As i thought, besides the child police say 4 others were killed when the 51 year old local man drove an s. U. V. For around one kilometer through the center of tree or hitting people at ra
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The committee on rules and ministers will come to order grea good w morning to i want to think our colleagues for joining us today and i like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing and shauna broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be member of the federal Elections Commission and as our witnesses are joining us remotely i also want to understand that their familyod and friends are watchig today and i welcome them as well. This is a big response ability and a significant president ial p nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know you are proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity and let me say a little bit about a couple of the nominees and then i will turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Alan dickerson isom the nomineeo be a member of the federal Relations Commission for a term expiring on april 301, 2025. Mr. Dickerson has been practicing law for 20