The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, madam speaker. And now mr. Speaker. By rejoining the Paris Agreement, President Biden has promised the world the u. S. Will retake its position in the fight against Climate Change and be true to its word to meet our commitments to reduce Greenhouse Gases and now it falls to us, it falls to congress to prof. The president right. Prove the president right. Despite the confused, disingenuous and false rhetoric around the Paris Agreement, in reality, it is catalyzing, measur
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle as a culture war consumes american politics during this election cycle the economy remains in a big area state millions of people live on the margins the only constant for them is insecurity economists debate and eventually recovery they speak of a u. Of the end of now but is the reality a k a recovery a permanent underclass. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Richard Wolffe in new york he is Professor Emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst as well as author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in westport we cross to peter schiff he is chief global strategist at europe a civic Asset Management right gentlemen crosswalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new york richard you know looking at the news about the economy looking at a lot of macro numbers and sometimes i th
A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me karen. Our top story Ukrainian Military plane has crashed landed on the highway in the countrys eastern kharkov region 27 people were on board but only 2 survived they said to be in a Critical Condition suffering severe burns the twin engine antonov a n 26. 00 its reported to have crashed while coming into land in the city of truth which is about 500 kilometers east of the capital kiev the preliminary cause for the accident is being stated as left engine failure because president vladimir selenski is to visit the crash site on saturday. A machete attack near the former paris headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is being treated as a terror incident 2 suspects were detained at the scene with 5 others arrested at a flats linked to the attack the french Prime Minister and interior minister who visited the scene from that show dubinsky reports. The National Anti Terror Agency has opened an investigation into thi
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thats the job for a historian. Most historians, if they think about photographs at all, focus on them as images not material objects and as illustrations rather than as primary sources that can and should themselves be the subject of historical analysis. Watch ken burns 1996 series on the west and Pay Attention to his treatment of the pueblo revolt of 1680. While he uses engravings of spaniards it to visual issize the story he relies on 19th and 20th century sorry gave away my story there, trying to highlight this picture here, he relies on 19th and 20th century photographs to depict the pueblo protagonists. This approach conveys an insidious image. European people change with time. One would never use images from two centuries later to depict them, but native peoples live on in an unchanging past, a photograph made 240 years later is just fine. We are susceptible to this historical use of photographs when we do not know better. I
You will call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain and pacific time zones you will call 202 7488001. You can always text us your. Pinion at 202 7488003 we are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. Again, theres a lot to talk about with the development of a covid19 vaccine. The president himself, President Trump talked about possible relief during a press conference earlier this week. Heres what he said. [video clip] will end the pandemic under operation warp speed, we have pioneered Ground Breaking therapies, reducing fatality rates from 85 this april. The press does not like to talk about that. Sincetality rate, 85 april. The United States has experienced among the lowest mortality rates cates cases in it than any country. We are a leader in every way. Under my leadership we will produce a vaccine in record time. Biden and his very liberal running mate, the most liberal person in congress, is not a confident person in my opinion, would destroy this country and eco