good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. my favorite day of the week, may 14th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. happy mother s day to you. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. here is what we are watching for you. a ceasefire appears to be holding between israel and the islamic jihad after days of violence. more than 30 defensive end deaths. the likely hood this holds and the reaction from the biden administration. i think we are moving along. hard to tell. we are not reaching the crunch point yesterday. president biden and republican leaders expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. officials on the u.s./mexican border say they have not yet seen the chaos they were expecting after the expiration of title 42. speculation as to why things have been calmer than ex
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chairman benny thompson says no. but you don t, just to be clear, you don t anticipate that the committee, itself, will offer up a formal referral? no, that s not our job. our job is to look at the facts and circumstances around journal 6. what caused it and make recommendations after that. but is ranking member liz cheney saying maybe. she tweeted the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. we will announce a decision on that at an appropriate time. all right. the committee laid out a case for the why when the president refused to accept the results beyond just a hurt ego. yesterday, we heard about alleged grit that the trump campaign spent months fundraising off supposed election fraud even as it knew there was no election fraud. campaign aides and lawyers admitted that they did know it under oath and said they told the president the truth as well. all while, all the while, millions of dollars were pouring in. a
Before we begin the markup, id like to extend a special welcome. Recognizing that this is their home, i think its important theyre with us here today, so we welcome them. Id also like to add just a farewell at the same time we acknowledge a welcome. I dont see angela, but shes over there. But Angela Becker dipman who has been senator cantwells staff director i understand is moving back to the west coast and that this is perhaps your last day on the committee or last week on the committee. And i just i want to acknowledge the work that you have done. I think that certainly the staffs on our side have enjoyed the working relationship weve had with you through some interesting and challenging issues, and your leadership has been greatly appreciated. So know were going to miss you here. So thank you. [applause] so lets get to work here. We are here to markup legislation to allow responsible Energy Development in a small portion of the nonwilderness 1002 area in northeast alaska. Were repor
This is just over three hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Before we begin this mornings markup, id like to extend a special welcome to some of the folks that are here this morning. They have come a long way. Several of alaskans have flown down are the north slope to be with us recognizing that this is their home. I think its important that they are here with us today. We welcome them. Id also like to add, just a farewell at the same time that we acknowledge a welcome. I dont see angela heres over there. But Angela Becker editman who has been senator cantwells staff director, i understand, is moving back to the west kocoast. And that this is perhaps your last day on the committee or last week on the committee. And i just i want to acknowledge the work that you have done. I think that, certainly, the staffs on our side have enjoyed the working relationship that we have had with you through some interesting and challenging issues and your leadership has been