I dont have the support for that position. But theres a second position that is very good and that is the role of money in politics and how we can begin to solve that problem. Theres something ive always cared about and at best our democracy serves all people equally, no matter wealth or privilege. But heres the deal. Theres much too much money that flows in the shadows to influence our elections. Its called dark money. Its hidden. Right now advocacy groups can run ads on issues attacking a candidate right until election day without exposing who is paying for that ad. Too often powerful special interests use front groups to run these ads to win at any costment even foreign entities that arent allowed to contribute to political campaigns use dark money loopholes to try to influence our elections. And heres just one recent example. There was someone who worked decades to put conservative justices on the Supreme Court to overturn roe v. Wade, now has access to 1. 6 billion in dark money t
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Votes will be taken in the following order ordering the previous question. Adoption of h. Res. 1361 if ordered. En bloc motion to suspend the rules if offered, a motion to suspend the rules and pass s. 2490. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. This is a 15minute vote. Inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by chairwoman Eddie Bernice johnson, i inform the house that she will vote yea on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what reason does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Chairman, as
Next, a look at weapons of mass destruction and their potential impact on health with representatives from Homeland Security. The committee will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us here today. For our continued service to the American People. Todays hearing will examine our nations readiness to respond to weapons of mass destruction, and Health Security threats. The goal of this hearing is to assess in countering weapons of Mass Destruction Office, housed within dhs, and its ability to combat these threats. We will also discuss the newly established office of Health Security, which will be tasked with stream lining health and Safety Operations Department Personnel and overseeing medical and Public Health matters all across the department of Homeland Security. Chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological material, sometimes shortened to cbrn it is a number to describe hazardous agents becoming weaponized, and can cause everything from mass casualties and in camp a
At risk . Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. These are live pictures from news chopper 2 from oakland where fire crews are responding to a fire at an abandoned home. You can see quite a few firefighters up on the roof and some smoke leaking from just the edge of that roof. Well be physical this developing news and have details there we will be following this develop news and have details for you. Sal will give us more details shortly. I am tori campbell. I am dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve, it was 25 when i left the house. I believe it. There is a lot of cold out there. There is 20s all over the place. Warmer afternoon, high temps very, very slowly. This is a very slow warmup. Yes, it is. The days are so short. Its mainly confined to the coast or areas down in santa cruz to monterey. Where is the rain . Its not here any time soon. Its dry for the extended outlook. I have seen 10, 15 days. That can change. But very cold this morning. 20s
That his own fda warns against using to treat covid19 outside of a hospital setting. Were going to talk to a doctor who used to work in the Trump Administration about that and more. And were going to have the latest from the World Health Assembly after the president penned a blistering letter overnight to the World Health Organization and threatening to make the u. S. Funding freeze permanent. Lets go straight to capitol hill and to garrett haake. A lot of moving pieces on capitol hill today. You have Steve Mnuchin who may be in for a rough morning after its found that the treasury has spent very little of that money created by the c. A. R. E. S. Act. Reporter msnbc has just confirmed that the president will be coming to capitol hill to join Senate Republicans for their lunch. The lunch has been moved to a large hearing room. Theyre not doing it in the traditional lunchroom to try to accommodate social distancing. The president likely to be discussing the next steps in any kind of legi