The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
U. S. We are the latest to take a look at Something College and then i pod and explain whether theyre about to order for the 1st time in history was the goal of others is what we dont manufacture enough not just products but critically important medicine weve got a live report so much to get through today so lets get started. And the panic plunge continues thursday as the optimistic dip buyers who stepped in yesterday got smoked Global Markets around the world are all in correction territory defined as being down 10 percent or more from their recent highs wiping off more than 3. 00 trillion dollars from Global Stock Markets given how fast this drop was many economists are pointing to the coronavirus as a true black swan event in a span of just 6 days the u. S. Market went from record highs to correction territory with the dow down over a 1000 points today over 3000 points for the week not securities reports said this plunge is the only the 2nd time in history. That this has happened th
A legal body. Against the International Criminal court gives the green light to an investigation into possible war crimes. To free speech. Complaints from. Some members. And. They would not appear. So they asked me. To. Just not. Welcome to the program. To hear it so much appreciated watch and so we started with this then as described in the headlines. Following a 6 hours of high stakes negotiations in moscow earlier the leaders of russia and turkey agreed on a ceasefire in syrias war torn province the 2 International Powers backing opposing sides of course of the conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks which was the worry well the details this go to me from. Listening in live yeah it looks like this but agreement is being dialed in theres this news of the cease fire in a buffer zone take us all through it maria. Well hi kevin yes it took a total of 6 hours 3 of them. Meeting between pulls in and out of the gun thats kevin a lot for a to
With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support, but in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built, and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all
Lights would investigate the possible u. S. War crimes in afghanistan. The. Free speech advocates condemn festivals decision to sideline a family with. Complaints from problems activist. Some members of a Greek Culture minister fight back and some transacts had said that they would not be here at the conference if i was so they asked me if i would like to invite my south and just not come. By there so very early friday the 6th of march here in russia my names kevin owen welcome to r. T. International for more world news room starting with this story than a lot of negotiations in moscow earlier on today following 6 hours of those high state go the leaders of russia and turkey agreed on a ceasefire in syrias war torn province the 2 International Powers are backing opposing sides of course in this conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks. It took a total of 6 hours 3 of them tete a tete between ludmer putin and it to type it on thats a lot f