Remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] well pause for one moment. [background sounds] members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members here in the hearing room also are reminded to keep your microphones muted when you are not recognized. Second, for the members participating virtually, you must have your cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceeding, please leave your camera on rather than logging9 out. Third, we will discuss pence with our practice of observing the gibbons rule and instead go in order of seniority for questioning,al for nateing between minority alternating between majority and minority. I thank you all [inaudible] a quick te
Tallied. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden has extended his lead in the closely fought race for the white house after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now only won 4 years ago by now has a projected total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember that the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the western georgia and North Carolina in the south and up here is pennsylvania donald trump has launched a legal action in several states over the votes still being counted. Lets look at georgia 1st in extremely close race bear Donald Trumps initial lead has been certainly falling now its just over 30000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted were expecting more d
He didnt take questions from the reporters. But he did do his ceremonial duty in the rose garden, thats right, for the annual pardon of the white house turkey. I hereby grant you a full and complete pardon. Wow all the networks we have to forget about the law judges dont count [ laughter and applause ] jimmy enjoy your nightmares. Its the first turkey balesed with grecian formula. [ laughter ] trump did things a little differently this year. Instead of the usual pardon, they did a prisoner exchange. We pardoned two of theirs, they sent us two of ours. Smart. Why let the turkeys go for nothing . Just so the Vice President didnt feel left out this morning they let mike pence pardon a bowl of stuffing. [ laughter ] the president and first lady canceled their trip to maralago this week. Theyre planning to spend thanksgiving at the white house. What is that dinner going to be like . When they go around the table and ask what youre thankful for, everyone has to say him, right . Its more of a
Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation in Montana Development association who will testify remotely. Todays second panel will include mr. Frank Vice President Global Supply chain on behalf of of the council testifying remotely, mr. Randy, the president and ceo of the association, the chairman and National Council testifying remotely in the association of American Railroad and mr. Dennis pierce, president teamsters real conference testifying remotely. We appreciat
High registration. Were 2000 voters away. The vote by mail ballots have hit historic levels with higher levels than the 2016 president ial election. On the day before election day we had 146,000 in house. Well go over 200,000 today. If you dont fill out the online today you can go to the registrars to fill out a provision ballot. In southern california, someone set fire to an official ballot collection box. It was in baldwin park. Arson investigators say a number of the ballots were burned. The registrars voters who dropped off their ballots should call for assistance. 30 million americans have cast their ballots. Early voting started in florida today with wait time three hours in places. I think people are starting to see the importance of voting and we try the stress its important to vote, folks are taking that opportunity. In georgia theyve seen 1. 4 million voters in the last seven days. Thats up 148 in the first six days of early voting in 2016. New rules for the next president ia