Breyer. Welcome to one and all. We are excited to be hosting Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer. The interview will be conducted by talia, my dear friend. Talia is in jerusalem. Talia, if you can hear me, turn on your audio and video. I think your audio is on. Weve asked you to start your video and hopefully you can do that. It is a pleasure to welcome everybody back to Harvard Hillel. We have Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer. Justice breyer is on the United States Supreme Court and one of only 113 people to have ascended in our nation. I believe only 18 jews have done so before. For our purposes, he was a professor at Harvard Law School and at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. He served as chief judge of the United States court of appeals for the first circuit. Justice breyer, it has been a delight to speak with you over the past few weeks. You have been very kind, generous, so i thank you. When i was a kid i was asked to memorize, as an assignment, the nine justices and
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U. N. Security Council Meets to discuss the increasingly bitter dispute about ethiopias grand dream extends down. Below thank you for joining us pressure is mounting on u. S. President donald trump over allegations that russia paid that the taliban to target u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan the white house has invited 8 members of congress for a briefing on the intelligence reports trying says the Intelligence Briefings revealed by the New York Times never reached him because the agencies they didnt think that they were credible House Speaker nancy pelosi says trumps the nyos shows that it wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president Vladimir Putin the Washington Post meanwhile has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the Russian Program at a press conference the White House Press secretary reiterated the trumpet not being briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the Intelligence Community on these alle
This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in in the room necessary to operate the hea
Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use