Of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more, including comcast. Do you think this is just a Community Center . It is way more than that. Comcast is partnering with a thousand Community Centers to enable wifi centers so students can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports can as a public service, along with the other television providers, giving up a front row seat to democracy. Of next, u. S. Postal Service Officials testify on holiday preparations before House Oversight and reform subcommittee. They were also asked about the rising cost of services. The Job Performance of postmaster general louis dejoy, and the legislative proposals for representative Carolyn Maloney that would place barcodes on mailin ballots for tracking purposes during elections. The hearing is just over two hours. Cspan 3. Welcome everybody todays hybrid hearing. Sorry to keep you waiting. I got stuck on the floor. The for the house rules, some appear in persons o
Going on in this country. I mean the unemployment is ridiculous. And it is just going to get worse. It is like, things follow things. No employment, no sales, no money. And it just keeps escalating. Not escalating, but going downhill. Okay. Lets hear from karen in pennsylvania, democrats. Line yeah, hi. I was really just just to say the least about Donald Trumps announcement. I did listen to it briefly. We will leave this here to continue with live coverage this afternoon. U. S. Postal Service Officials are testifying on holiday preparations before a house subcommittee. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Welcome everybody todays hybrid hearing. Sorry to keep you waiting. I got stuck on the floor. The for the house rules, some appear in persons other faux pas appear by zoom. We are all familiar with soon by now. First the house rules will require that we see you, so please have the chemist or not at all times. Second, members appearing remotely who are not right i should remain muted to min
Money. Nairobi. Where they are being held by a number of attackers. Israeli forces are involved and are helping the kenyan army come up with a plan to rescue the hostages. Hundreds are donating blood to help hospitals cope with dozens of wounded. We are expecting president uhuru kenyetta speak. We heard from the interior minister, who said Security Forces are doing everything they can. I want to assure kenyans that our security agencies are fully in control of the situation. For now we want to thank you and keep you posted. Possibly in an hour or so well come back to you. Please allow us to plan the next stage of the operation. Lets go live to al jazeeras correspondent outside the Westgate Mall in nairobi. What has been happening out there, what is the scene like right now . The gun men are still at the mall. The siege continues. They are Still Holding hostages. Questions are coming about about the Security Operations and the security in this country, really how could heavily armed gun
Here in the uk, the newly elected labour leader sir keir starmer says the government has made serious mistakes in its handling of the coronavirus epidemic and that he wants ministers to publish what he calls their exit strategy. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Katherine Forster from the sunday times and sienna rodgers, editor of labourlist. Welcome to you both. Lets look at the front pages. The mail reports on the queens rousing message to the uk ahead of Queen Elizabeths historic address on sunday, with the telegraph reporting that the speech will look to invoke the spirit that saw the country through the Second World War. The observer focuses on the election of keir starmer as the new labour leader, with the headline well work with pm in National Interest to fight covid 19. The independent suggests that britains underfunded care system is at risk of collapse and the repurcussions could overwhelm the nhs. Sienna, let
Rule czechoslovakia in the capital prague cameramen secretly shoot this footage of soviet tanks arriving to put an end to what is known as the prague spring at dawn the czech government announces the invasion and appeals to the population to remain calm and offer no resistance but in some neighborhoods like this one near Wenceslas Square predominantly young residents try to stop the tanks tension rises following the arrest of alexander dubcek the czech leader who led the reforms constituting the prague spring a large spontaneous demonstration takes place in the Late Afternoon at the head of the procession as a czechoslovak in flag stained with blood more than twenty people lose their lives the secret footage quickly reaches the west and is broadcast on television in several countries. What sparked this violent military intervention what were the consequences who shot the footage and how to get to the other side of the iron curtain on the night of august twentieth one thousand nine hund