Defense department. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Mr. Louis bremer to the assistant secretary of defense special operations. We thank everyone for being here today. Briefly say who these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the admissions that theyre nominated for. Mr. Abend, youre presently the southeastern adviser to the u. S. Customs and Border Protection and you have extensive experience leading the investigations part of the Inspector General offices for the federal Housing Finance agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. Youve been former secret Service Agent with in the winter of the 2015 council of Inspector General award for excellence. Mr. Hansell, you are currently an associate director of the Boston Consulting Group in its north American Public sector, having previously served as the special assistant to the president for National Security affairs and a senior director for national threats, transnational t
And lots to talk about in your Weather Report today. Shell have the latest on that very soon. We want to get right to our top story. That is the president s late night communetation for his late night friend. Stone was just days away from going to prison for his help in the russia investigation. He was found guilty for lying to congress in part prosecutors say to protect the president. In just a moment, we will talk to congressman adam schiff who led the impeachment fight against President Trump, but we want to begin with kelly odonnell. She is at the white house with the latest. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. This is the first time the president has used this absolute authority to benefit a convicted figure from the russia investigation. After years of mocking and underdhauunde undercutting that probe. And part of the rationale is that the president wiped out the prison sentence in order to protect roger stone medically, to keep him from contracting coronavirus if
Consecutive days. Good evening to you. Most indoor businesses will now have to shut down or move their business outside. And those list of businesses include gyms and fitness centers, places of worship, hair salons and nail salons, shopping malls and tattoo parlors. Greg joins us now. Depending on who you talk to, its been a very confusing 24 hours for the county. After three days of being on the state watch list, it is typical for counties to have to shut down certain indoor businesses, and sac company county was preparing its businesses for what seemed line it was going to be the inevitable. Businesses had anticipated closing down after san mateo became the last local county to be put on the state list. Saturday morning they were still awaiting guidance. Just after 10 00 a. M. , they announced via twitter business could continue for now. The state never got back to us, and thats why today, we were open. Reporter so some businesses got an unexpected reprieve, giving this man a window
Proposals put out to expand Rural Broadband, especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thank you for having me on. Its important we talk about Rural Broadband. I have been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the caucus and also have groups meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat or independent issue but this affects everyone in the rural area and its important to get this out as soon as we cant because during this, 19 you will see the effects and what can be done when they have the broadband of our rural areas. Everything from telehealth and i talked to so many doctors that they have telehealth but again if you dont have the access and a problem so that is one of the first things on the telehealth side and we have educational side here in the state of ohio where they share closing schools and say we have the kids doing it remotely from home an
Ceainly going to see that in the population of childn w attend camp. All that and more on tonights pbs nshour. [music] major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. E wthe world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealth management, a dedicateddvisor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. Thats fideliy wealth management. Onsumer cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial services firm, raymond james. Womens Suffrage Centennial commission. The zuckerberg initiative. Working to build a more healthy, just and inclusive future for everyone. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting instutions to promote a better world. And with t ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contbutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Y thankou the covid19 death toll across the United States haspu ed past 155,