Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
The crown prince. A plane repatriating indian stranded abroad because of the coronavirus skids off a runway splitting into and killing 18 also. Change for. 3 day protesters in colombia step on the gas to rally against a Court Decision placing the president under house arrest. Welcome to the program its a decision that hong kong calls despicable and shameless theyve condemned the u. S. For imposing sanctions on the territories top leaders kerry and the current and former Police Chiefs are among 11 officials whose u. S. Assets are being frozen the sanctions come a month after president of trump stripped hong kong of a special status at the time he said he was punishing china for imposing a National Security law on hong kong so a clock joins us now from the city was the response really been from the government in hong kong despite those initial words. Well the condemnation has been swift not just from the Hong Kong Government but also a by beijings top representative in hong kong that he
Russia spot for a Huge Oil Spill from a japanese ship that ran aground near the island greenpeace is warning of devastating consequences its. Now an Air India Express flight with about 190 people on board a skidded off the runway while landing in code in careless state at least 11 people have now reportedly died including the pilot airport Officials Say he couldnt see the runway clearly due to heavy rain now that crash caused the plane to split into 2 but it did not catch fire local media are saying that dozens of passengers are injured joining me on the phone now from new delhi is our india correspondent elizabeth purana liz i know this is a really fast moving story it all happened less than 3 hours ago now details still emerging what do we know at this stage. Hundreds classical unfortunately local media are reporting that the death how has gone up in the last hour that weve spoken local media reporting that 2 people have been killed including the pilot 122 really injured being seriou
israel s war with hamas. and tonight, news coming in on this potential deal on hostages. how close are they? and the scene in israel tonight. families growing desperate. furious at the israeli government, demanding they do more to get the hostages free. also, that largest hospital in gaza raided by israel, with patients inside. the israeli military now releasing video that they say shows hostages being brought into that hospital. and the tunnel shaft they say they ve now found. matt gutman in israel. also tonight, the iranian-backed militants highjacking a cargo ship in the red sea. 25 crew members taken hostage. those militants claiming the vessel seized in international waters has ties to israel. marcus moore with the images coming in. back here in the u.s. tonight, the deadly collision on the tracks. a train slamming into a fedex truck. tonight here, rose land carter in her own words. how she wanted to be remembered. her work as a humanitarian. her work as first lady
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