Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
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Im melissa chan welcome to news asia tensions between china and taiwan have hit a high not seen in years most recently chinese warplanes crossed to the median line the Narrow Strait separating the 2 sides over the past week thats according to taiwans president haiyan one the United States plays a role in all this says taiwans main supporter the trumpet administration plans to sell taiwan billions of dollars in weapons from missiles to Surveillance Drones in order to shore up its defenses against any potential attack by beijing taiwan is a democracy with a separate government but president xi jinping considers it a part of his peoples republic of china. Over ousting reception for taiwans leader as she meets air force offices at one of the territories most important to military bases. President sighing when he was there to deliver a special message following a spike in tensions between time china so were going off as the commander in chief of our National Armed forces i want to assure th
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He is definitely no longer this countrys president and that as a result the countrys Security Services were under no obligation to follow his orders tonight were expecting big protests here in minsk the police has closed down effectively the city lots of police and police vans on the streets ready to make arrests people being sent home early from work in the expectation that the police will need to get their streets emptied to deal with protesters and journalists have been arrested doing their jobs out in the streets of mints today so really a sense that events are accelerating here and its now in the 30 seconds that we have together is this going to galvanize demonstrators or is this really such a big blow to their efforts. I think it will defeat galvanize their efforts this is how scared this regime is how its feeling the pressure that it needs to basically do this in private without any real legitimacy or guests on hand to see whats going on so i think if anything this will bring mo