Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Barbara doran from b88 Capital Partners good to see you, barbara less than two weeks until the official u. S. China trade talks kick off and a new wrinkle as to what will actually happen when both parties meet. It is definitely a new wri wrinkle today. For me the bigger concern emerging is what happens to the consumer all of the consumer data this week was pretty terrific, except for Consumer Confidence numbers. Housing, et cetera, we continue to have strong wages, growth, that sort of thing but for the first time, were seeing Consumer Confidence down a little bit, consumers and surveys are saying, hey, trade issues have crept into their head and, you know, my real concern is the margins of companies, if they start to do layoffs, that hurts Consumer Confidence, and stops spending and that is the underpinning, which by all accounts, we all agree. By the way, the china has got markets spooked. Nasdaqs down 1. 6, the laggard of those indices. Bob is with us for the full first hour, which
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week mud, mud, glorious mud smart matchboxes. And what happens when you get to see for the first time in years . The sun is finally out in the uk and festival season is upon us. And to celebrate the good weather we find ourselves at the world famous hay literary festival. Nestled in the border of england and wales hay on wye has been home to the event for over 30 years. I love the hay festival. You can come here and fill your brains with all sorts of new knowledge on all sorts of subjects delivered by all kinds of brilliant speakers. And when you have done that, you can come see us doing our live show too. Yes, once more click live hit the hay. We spoke about robots, explained in detail about how our brains develop and we built an Artificial Intelligence using matchboxes. Please welcome maisy mcadam and willow. Applause. But possibly the most magical moment of all of our click live shows starred maisy and her dog willow. About six years ago at t
Fears grow for four uk climbers among eight missing in the himalayas. Heavy and rain and snow are hampering search efforts one of the biggest shocks in the history of the of heavyweight boxing Anthony Joshua loses his three titles to the mexican andy ruinr after a seventh round stoppage at new Yorks Madison Square garden. Yesterday we got to 27. 6 degrees caller 28 if you like just to the west of london at heathrow, officially the hottest day of 2019 so officially the hottest day of 2019 so far. Fresh air is on the way for the week ahead. Its sunday the 2nd ofjune. Our top story liverpool have become european champions for the sixth time after beating tottenham in last nights Champions League final. The reds won the game in madrid 2 0 to givejurgen klopp his first trophy as liverpool boss. 0ur Sports Reporter david 0rnstein was at the game. Backin back in possession of the trophy they have come to love the most, a clu b they have come to love the most, a club defined by european succes
Now the news with al tansley. The Prime Minister has confirmed hundreds of new licences will be granted to drill for oil and gas in the north sea. Rishi sunak, whos in aberdeenshire to announce funding for two new Carbon Capture projects, said it was vital to bolster Energy Security. A former miner from northumberland who killed his seriously ill wife is expected to be released from prison by august. David hunter was found guilty of manslaughter last week hes been sentenced to two years by a court in cyprus but theyve taken into account the time hes already been in custody. The president of the Royal College of emergency medicine has said nhs plans for the coming winter in england are inadequate and could mean thousands of people dying needlessly. The nhs says it will build on recent improvements in ambulance and a e services. And police have begun a Murder Investigation after a man in his 30s was shot dead in north london last night. The victim was found on White Hart Lane in tottenha