Donald trumps falsely claimed election victory and is disputing the results. And in other news a minute she escalation in northern ethiopia tensions between the government and local groups threaten to spill across the border. Is 2100. 00 g. M. T. 4 pm u. S. Eastern time and 15 hours after the last polls closed in the president ial election the result is still on a knife edge but it seems it could be tilting the way of former Vice President joe biden and his Democratic Party is due to speak at any minute and these are live pictures from wilmington delaware well take you there a soon as he starts but dont trump is definitely not about to concede hes not showing a string of legal attacks or disputing ballots and challenging results biden has moved closer in the past hour to the magic total of 270. 00 votes for the white house adding the 10 Electoral College seats in the state of wisconsin. But the trunk campaign is already demanding a recount in that state and has fallen lawsuit to try to
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We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
Questions on the backgrounds and priorities. Many members i asked about military training, readiness, Technology Implementation as well as the state of military bases and specific projects in their home states. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess we are one minute late. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force, and mr. Ryan mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thanks for being here today. We have the standard questions, whether you like about your to answer. Would you answer audibly so it can be heard . And appreciate it very much. Do you adhere to the applicable laws and resolutions governing topics of interest . Yes. Yes. Will y
All right, well, thank you very much. We have one more meaning in our panel today before we break, and that is a eally urgent panel focusing on immigration reform. Its no secret that immigrants play an extraordinary role in this country. Everybody who is here is dissented from an immigrant descended from or is an immigrant. You think back to our great innovators, we would not be where we are were not for our immigrants or immigration policy. The other thing is as business leaders, we often find it difficult to find the talent or skill in the work ways to meet our business needs. Here to discuss all of that is another great panel led by a principal economist at the Conference Board. Her research focuses on consumer markets, labor demand, and Household Research markets. She also serves as adjunct professor at George Washington university and georgetown university. She immigration reform. Its no does not have to travel arsons both are relatively close together and down the road. Panelists