Ioc president thomas bach says he is confident there would be a decision in four weeks. The government of the host city says there are a number of issues to tackle including the issue of the athletes village. The facilities, changed into residential units. People expect to start living in them 2023. Translator there are many stake holders invololved in the tokyo 2016 games. So i think it would take four weeks toeaear from each o of th. I think the metropolitan government is the most important stake holder and we will express our opinions in the negotiations. Meanwhile, the head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing Committee Also spoke after the ioc announcement saying he agrees the new coronavirus could force the games to be postponed. T translatotor the situatio with the virusus is growing mor severe a as itt spreads to new regions particularly in the u. S. And europe. And we are fully aware off the circumstances. Were considering a n number of opinions from different places and were not f
It eroded. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president s 2021 budget request. During the hearing she addressed infrastructure project, highway and rail safety, investment into the nations ports and discretionary Grant Programs that impacted the needs of rural and urban areas. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off the subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 20 21 budget request for our department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Frur serves as the foundation and quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects Education Opportunities and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires an massive investment into bridges and restore Transportation Systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, bui
That. I dont think donations are disqualifying at all but if you represented the Clinton Foundation or clinton herself, it would be a bit disturbing to me but i will take care of that. As to russia, do you have any doubt that the 17 Intelligence Agency report that was submitted last year or early this year, that russia interfered in our election is acted . Senator, this is an issue discussed in my confirmation rate and trouble of you attended that. At the point i access only to the public right. Public admission which classified information but what can you tell us down . I know access to classified information and i think that assessment made by the Intelligence Community is justified based upon investigation, the evidence they had. Jeff sessions will testify on capitol hill today. Hes expected to get questions from lawmakers about his contacts with russian officials during the 2016th election campaign. This will be the first time hes testified before Congress Since his confirmation h
The irs, now retired. And i asked them what they thought of what was going on at the irs. I heard despicable behavior every step of the way. The irs, no longer credible. I think, at this point, mr. Chairman, id like to yield back. Thank you, chairman. In regular order, this is helpful to have a second round. Commissioner, theres been approximately a year of production of emails. In your earlier hearing, i remember it might take two years sort of an estimate. Well, let me ask you a question. Have you reviewed the timeline when this committee issued lawful demands for lois ler lois lerneres emails, have you reviewed the timeline of who did what and when . No. Would you be prepared to deliver to us a timeline, meaning calendars, activities of individuals who were charged with going out and finding those email sns. With over 250 people doing that work no, actually, youve had people redacting and legally reviewing. Im only talking about who went and got the information, the emails, who accu
And then the north korean government dont tell [inaudible] the second cause, the poor environmental about media industry, as some have already said, too much competition between Media Companies and between people exist. And too little too much space on newspaper and too much time on tv news. So we have to write reports, whatever, everyday, every night. So sometimes well have enough time to verify the facts and check. Its reality. And i think some reporters have the first belief that North Koreans do not argue about their article. And then the last code i have, ideological [inaudible] i want to bring [inaudible] you know, everybody have their own view of north korea. So do the journalists. Some are conservatives and some are [inaudible] so usually the conservatives want to blame north korea, right . And the progressives want to verify. So when conservative journalists meet, conservative also received conservative pundit, or and vice versa. Progressive meet progresses. I think it is like