[moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] [moment of silence] neil we have just completed what is one of the longest moments of silence ever recorded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 8 minutes, 46 seconds to indicate aicers knee before he ultimately died two weeks ago. This being simultaneously recognized around the world as exchanges in towns, protests all stopped in their tracks to honor the victim who is now become a cause and a big cause at that. Already we heard from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says hopes to move rapidly on legislation that will reform the Police Forces in the state of new york. There is a similar move afoot to do the same on the federal level. Some going so far as to advocate totally defundings Police Forces all together. They are a minority of the Progressive Movement but a powerful and vocal element within that call to change business as usual within
So we will allow governments to support banks as well knowing full well that supporting banks is very unpopular right now yeah you know they arent coming back to you and listening to some of those measures that i had was just discussing there you know theres enough when i really was at pains to mention time and again or say time and again you know that we are ready for this the European Union can withstand this and fed you know what has been learned from the last financial crisis what has been put in place how ready is the European Union for this type of crisis economically. In fact harris im not exactly sure he can it looks like hes currently dealing with technology there so im going to ask that question to both of you you know if weve heard that from was a friend of mine and also echoed from the state and about space as well we are ready and we can withstand this i mean how robust is the economy on the european level well at the moment this very very different if you look at germany
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserve the right to reset the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office, and protect and defend the constitution. That old, of course, cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. Our National Security is jeopardized, in our country is then thefended, ability to faithfully execute the office becomes smooth. The duty to defend the nations foundational to the responsibilities. But what of the second responsibility to defend the constitution . What does that really mean . The founders were not speaking of course of a piece of parchment, rather they were expressing the obligation of the president to defend the. Nstitution to defend the rule of law, a principle on which the idea of america was born that we are a nation of laws, not men. If we do not defend the nation, there is no constitution.
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Some of it is redacted as you can see the black marks here. We dont know what it is. There is a reference to military aid that was suspended, essentially, or put on hold to ukraine that is raised in the whistleblower complaint. That is at the heart of what some have described as potential quid pro quo, one the president has denied. Let me explain what that is. The United States had been set to deliver this military assistance to ukraine. The president did ask for that to be reviewed. That was not because of anything nefarious, per se, the president wanted to get other allies onboard but it is notable it is raised in the complaint as we take a look inside the hearing room. This issue of Rudy Giuliani repeatedly being mentioned is of concern. The president , when i asked him about his personal attorney over the last 24 hours fiercely defended Rudy Giuliani. He did not try to distance himself from his lawyer who, as this complaint describes and as giuliani himself acknowledges, talked wit