What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The cons
A lowerures point to open on lockdown news. Fears rise of a prolonged economic slowdown. And u. S. Equity futures trade higher. 24 hours to go. The president ial campaign enters a final stretch as donald trump and joe biden focused on the key swing states of pennsylvania. Biden leads his rival in a series of weekend holes. It is 6 00 a. M. In london and dublin. Ryanair. Good morning. We have an expectation for more losses. First half losses, record losses in the second half relative to the first half. Theres a couple of lines that are critically important. 1. 18 billion. There is no fullyear guidance going into 2021. As Michael Oleary and the rest are facing new lockdowns and the u. K. In terms of no leisure travel, it must be essential travel. This is the message from Boris Johnson. It could be extended. Ryanair expects record losses in the second half but theres one line here and we will put it to Michael Oleary himself. He joins us very shortly. Putting measures in place to owned. A
Good morning. I appreciate you all of my colleagues being here promptly. As you know, our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last night they will not participate the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, 22 days to be questioned. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. I want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the kavanaugh road. I want to complement the republican members of this committee for asking questions that mattered to you about showing tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well. Each of you, when this is over, i hope you feel like a sense of accomplishment. This is why we all run. Its moments like this that make ever
Sen. Graham good morning. I appreciate you being here promptly. As you know, our Democratic Politics informed the committee they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. We are not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge judgeour days merrick four days to be questioned. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions. I thought she was aggressively challenged, but not inappropriately. I want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the kavanaugh road. I want to complement the republican members for asking questions that matter to you, but showing a tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well. Each of you, when this is over, hope you feel like a sense of accomplishment. This is why we all run. It is moments like this that make everything you go through matter. Wherem
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. Senate debate on Amy Coney Barretts nomination begins at noon eastern. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee voted yesterday to move the nomination from the committee to the floor for consideration. Democrats boycotted the vote. The committee voted to authorize subpoenas for the heads of tech and social media companies. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I appreciate all of my colleagues being here properly. As you know, our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last night they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, two days to the question. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. What to co