We are funded by these Television Companies and more. s supporting cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Energy secretary on clean energy any factoring investments modernizing the system and helping the u. S. Better compete with china. Our testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is about two and half hours. The committee will come to order i want to welcome everyone. The chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Madam secretary i want to thank you for being here today before the committee. After traveling to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates last week. I am sure you are well received abroad. I hope the purpose to booster foster fuels. Especially what President Biden and his administration of the department of energy. Getting to make it less independent. President biden in the secretary should not be prioritizing
the story starts right now. martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. there s a lot at stake and going on behind chosed doors at this hour. we have high level meetings among members of the israeli government, possibly deciding if there is a deal that they can pass in their government to free some of the faces and the people behind them that you re seeing right now on your screen. about 50 hostages, women and children, in this first group is what is being considered right now. would be an exchange for a multiday pause in fighting and also for the release of about 150 palestinian prisoners to include women and some under 18 as well. so president biden made a comment on this not that long ago saying we re now very close. you can see these loved ones of hostages gathering in tel aviv. looking at their pictures, lighting candles, bring alma back says that poster. all of these families distraught for over a month now. the president was asked about t
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. To theome everyone hearings and oversight in the department of justice. I begin by recognizing myself. Today we welcome attorney jeff sessions, the annual Department Oversight hearing. General, you have a long and distinguished career in public service. Even when your decisions are not always well received. Leaving theear department of justice has not been without difficulty, which is expected at the outset of a new administration. While much has been done to theect the proper under Obama Administration, more work must be done to ensure the department is operating to impartially administered justice. Our last doj oversight hearing was beyond disappointing. Loretta lynchal gave the least. And at least transparent testimony i can recall in my time in congress. It was lame a disservice to the American People. Ms. Lynch failed to respond substantively to every question posed by this committee. Former miss lynch and f
Way. Dangerous dare, the socalled tide pod challenge, a trend among teens that has parents extremely worried. And a quick thinking shuttle driver narrowly avoids tragedy during a rock slide. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. With less than 23 hours to go the government hertls toward a shut down. The president knows exactly who is to blame. I really believe the democrats want a shutdown to get off the subject of the tax cuts because they work so well. Nobody thought, including the democrats, it would work this well. Theyve been so good that i think the democrats would like to see a shutdown in order to get off that subject. Those remarks came as the president touched down in pittsburgh to tout recent economic gains and his tax plan just as the senate reached a major impasse that shows no signs of letting up. The central conflict, immigration. The reason were here right now is our friends on the other side say, solve this illegal immigration
And new vaccines may be on the way. Dangerous dare, the socalled tide pod challenge, a trend among teens that has parents extremely worried. And a quick thinking shuttle driver narrowly avoids tragedy during a rock slide. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. With less than 23 hours to go the government hertls toward a shut down. The president knows exactly who is to blame. I really believe the democrats want a shutdown to get off the subject of the tax cuts because they work so well. Nobody thought, including the democrats, it would work this well. Theyve been so good that i think the democrats would like to see a shutdown in order to get off that subject. Those remarks came as the president touched down in pittsburgh to tout recent economic gains and his tax plan just as the senate reached a major impasse that shows no signs of letting up. The central conflict, immigration. The reason were here right now is our friends on the other side say,