Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.
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Well. Its good to have you with us from a principal to cancellation of talks over the principle u. S. President donald trump has said the taliban. Acts as a bargaining chip during talks this off an attack that killed a u. S. Soldier the cancellation comes less than 7 days after a u. S. Special envoy. Said both sides were close to a deal. And that proposed the withdrawal of 5000 troops from afghanistan and taliban promises to prevent it from becoming a launch pad for terror attacks against the west for the time being old is on hold and with it the law of the people of. The decision by mr trump will increase the suicide attacks as well as attacks in the provinces districts. So we are concerned about this and i hope its not going to happen. These peace talks have happened behind closed doors and afghans were not involved. In them even our president was not part of the talks you pressed upon since the peace talks began the suicide bombings and attacks have increased and our people have bee
Isaac kramer, executive director of Charleston County, South Carolina board of registration and elections. Janay nelson, president and director of the naacp Legal Defense fund. Were also going to hear from our other witnesses. Not for any omission, but because senator fisher will be introducing them. That includes alabama, secretary of state wes allen and brian cruz, election commissioner for the Douglas County, nebraska election commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in recent elections, and it is in large part because of the work of state and local officials. And these elections have run smoothly and topped Security Officials in both republican and democratic administrations to the likes have confirmed the security of recent elections including last weeks primary elections. 18 states have already held primaries this year. In fact three of our witnesses, secretary benson, secretary allen, and mr. Kramer have overseen primary elections this year already. And there are
This breaking overnight, at least three people are dead after two helicopters collided mid air while fighting a fire in california. Details still coming in at this hour. Breaking overnight, ukraine has arrested a woman in connection with a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy. She was allegedly preparing an air strike on the Southern Port Region of mykolaiv while zelenskyy visited. 11 hours and counting. Thats how much time donald trump has left to respond to the Special Counsels legal filing. Mat the heart of it, what trumps legal team can and cannot do with the evidence shared with the January 6th Case. Today is one of the most significant changes in blood banking history. The red cross now dropping those Blanket Restrictions based on sexual orientation, clearing the way for more gay men to donate blood. And barbie the billionaire. Just crossed the 1 million threshold, historic feat for a solo female director. Cnn this morning starts right now. Were going to get to all of that sho