The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee. We are convening to hear the testimony of acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Mcaleenan. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held un, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along quickly. Every time i have to stop and police have to address issues lik
Joe crowley will be here. A new bill is sparking concerns all anew about trade with china, whether well even see a deal anytime soon. Edward . Reporter the bill announced by senator rube rob in order to stop marco rubio stopping people from selling to companies on the entity list. That is a big, big issue for the china trade talks. Its a sticking point. The chinese would like to see huawei removed from the entity list all together. They wont budge in the trade talks unless that happens. Enormous pressure by the u. S. Intelligence agencies as well as here on capitol hill to keep huawei on that list. In addition to the bill being submitted here is senator Mitch Mcconnell in an exclusive interview on mornings with maria. Huawei represents a National Security risk and i dont think we ought to do anything to make it easier for them to operate and do business here in america. Or in europe for that matter. Were talking to them about it as well. Reporter trade teams will have a second phone co
After this so leave your chairs where they are that would be great also we are recording this event with that question and answer portion of the program we just want to hear what you have to say and we are here for the book trump for the book true gentlemen of the Fraternity System across the country that have been getting a lot of publicity but specifically sigma Alpha Episilon with those under graduate brothers representatives have been extreme where we listening to john today with this . And also a finalist for the pulitzer two years ago to enjoy dinner conversation today as the top editor for Higher Education and the Washington Post contributor [applause] it is great to be here. So we will open for questions. How many if you are in fraternities . , and if you are parents . To get about third in fraternities. Were you in a fraternity . With a series of stories that Bloomberg News and when i was finished i found myself with all these questions, why did so men desperately want to join
Event, cspan is here as well. During the question and answer portion of the program, step up to the microphone over here, we want to be able to hear what you have to say. Always wonderful as well. So today, and colleges across the country. And many books written about it as well. And the national organization, and it is a bit extreme, why are we listening to john today on this. Two time winner of the book award, the only reporter granted the cooperation, president , and a finalist for the pulitzer a few years ago, quite a few honors there, and he is joined by the top editor of the chronicle for Higher Education and author of the book there is life after college and with that i will leave it to them, thanks for coming up. [applause] it is great to be here, welcome to washington. We are going to talk for 25 minutes or so and open up for questions from the audience but i want a sense of who is in the audience. How many of you were in fraternities . A couple. How many of you, parents or ch
Trendy and art documentary firm interviews are standing goals with these nature installation. And energizing downs how a seventy nine year old d. J. Makes your contemporaries groovy. This week weve got a very special highlight for you on your maks our series wintry lights right now its getting dark a lot earlier in europe the perfect time to see some cities in a completely different light we kick off our European Tour off lighting displays in moscow its very cold in the russian capital at the moment but its worthwhile to dress warmly and paid a visit anyway the whole city center is illuminated the russians try to outdo themselves every year lets have a look at this wintery fairy tale. Winter days are short in moscow no wonder people in russias capital do Everything Possible to brighten things up a tough some fool thousands installations eliminate the city center with more than twenty million lights. Like in this pedestrians or. Piers but youre going to run across going the street we ha