Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Barrtorney general william was on capitol hill for an oversight hearing on the Justice Department. This was his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others as well as the federal response to nationwide protests and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order the House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time and we welcome, we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for getting the hearing late, as many of you know i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the
His handling of coronavirus. They cant waste a drop we look at why water so vital to ethiopia as a controversial one fills up. Into the program theyve exchanged threats and criticism over covert 19 trade and the South China Sea now the diplomatic war between china and the us has a new front china has been given 72 hours to shut its Consular Office in the city of houston the u. S. Says the move is to protect American Intellectual property and it comes after Fire Fighters in the city were denied entry to the premises following reports that staff were burning documents Chinas Foreign Ministry denies that arctic using the us are violating International Law its warned the Chinese Students in the u. S. To be on their guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations this was us secretary of state my pompei is speaking in denmark earlier were not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen their remarks that that brian gave that be i direct reggae even that attorney general
Department. This was his first appearance with the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration in 2019. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others, as well as the response to nationwide protests, and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for beginning the hearing late. As many of you know, i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I thank the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility, and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, leader
Thousands of protesters call on the israeli Prime Minister to resign over corruption charges and his handling of the pandemic. And the steroid with a life saving boost the drug being tested in britain thats been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for covert 19 patients. And i mean wellings of the sports news is the u. S. Tries to overcome setbacks to get its major leagues underway the n. F. L. Has now agreed to scrap the 2020 preseason games as another 95 players test positive for corona virus. Welcome to the news are they traded threats and criticism over the covert pandemic hong kong and the South China Sea now the diplomatic war between china and the us has a new focus chinas been given 72 hours to shut down its Consular Office in the u. S. City of houston the u. S. Says its to protect American Intellectual property and americans private information adding to the mystery firefighters were denied entry to the building amid reports of documents being burnt. Were not going to allow thi
A recent upturn in violence in chicago. Its not too late if we can act now new fears of famine in yemen where the u. N. Says its seeing alarming levels of Food Insecurity. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist is found with severe knife wounds just hours before he was due to give evidence in court. And only well into the sports news as the tensions between china the u. S. And britain spill into the sporting arena chinas state broadcaster has announced that it will stop showing English Premier League matches. We begin the news hour with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the United States and china the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in Houston Texas saying its to protect American Intellectual property a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u. S. Of violating International Law china is threatening to close the