Has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the world foodd program for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflictaffected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. The World Food Program was founded in 1961 and is the Worlds Largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. The Nobel Committee says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge inn the numberr of vicis ofof hungerr in the worldld and ququoted the wfp whichch said, l there is a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. In 2019 the u. N. Branch provided assistance to close to 100 Million People in 88 countries affected by Food Insecurity and hunger. The wfp thanked the Nobel Committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful reminder peace and zero hunger go hand in hand. Next, a typhoon is now barreling toward japan. Weather Off
President trump spoke earlier at the 2020 council for policy meeting in arlington, virginia. The president continued to criticize the use of mailin voting during the pandemic. [applause] [crowd cheering] [crowd chanting usa] you are really fantastic and i want to thank you very much. Fork you to the Council National policy. My Brother Robert would have wanted me to be here today. Thank you very much. [applause] together we are committed to protecting the American People, preserving american values, defending americas heritage and keeping america safe, strong, prosperous and free. Mcewan,o thank bob Kelly Shackleford and Jenny Beth Martin for your tremendous leadership of the cnp. You have done a fantastic job. We are joined by acting secretary of homeland security, who has done incredibly, chad wolf. [applause] pres. Trump thank you, very much. You are right in the heart of it. Some big things coming. Good job. Also lieutenant governor, a friend of mine, dan patrick of texas. [applause
There has already been one Tornado Warning north northeast of Corpus Christi. There could be others arise and its always to be anticipated and expected in the course of a hurricane coming on shore. In this regard, and also with flooding, it is so important that everybody in the region affected by the hurricane stay tuned to local News Agencies and local alerts so you can be aware of a potential tornado in your region, potential rising waters in your region, so you can take the action recommended to make sure you can be as safe as possible. Already, in response to this issued a, i have governors disaster declaration for 32 counties in texas. This provides the governor the ability to waive administrative rules that may hinder the response of the recovery. This declaration provides texas the ability also to ask the federal government for assistance in response to hurricane hanna. Im also issuing a federal emergency disaster declaration request. This request is for public assistance, direc
Good afternoon. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules now we have set up any mileage us to which members can send anything they wish to submit they wish to submit in writing in any of her hearings or markups. Our hearings or markups. Has been provided to staff. The first order of business is consideration of the energy and Water Development appropriations bill. For fiscal year 2021. Captornow recognize this ms. Captor to present the bill. Please let me also add my you for your honorable and dedicated service to our community and nation and for your recognition of the full potential of this bill. You will truly be missed. I am pleased to consider the energy and water bill today. It is a good bill. A bill that captures the spirit of ingenuity and independence of the American People. Are actually able to provide the most important Climate Change bill congress will pass this year. This bill provides the foundation of critical investme
He wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president Vladimir Putin the Washington Post has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the Russia Program the White House Press secretary has reiterated that trump was not briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the Intelligence Community on these allegations and. In effect there are dissenting opinions from some in the Intelligence Community with regards to the veracity of whats being reported on the veracity of the underlying allegations continue to be evaluated glen karl is a former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for transnational sorites with the cia he says the information would have been conveyed to the president. He spent my career doing this and i know how things are funneled up the chain of command or what kind of things are in something of this importance would absolutely be briefed to the white house now did a cia officer sit down and speak direc