Defends a former white house aide the qs of Domestic Violence angry protests so far as far to suspend its Election Campaign in colombia. And the space x. Rockets ahead fears in russia that their legacy could be under threat. And im tatiana doha with all the sports will have more from pyongyang including the court of arbitration for sport for jack to the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were waiting to be allowed to compete and more later in the program. A very warm welcome to the news hour the u. S. Vice president mike pence turned a call childer to the sister of the north Korean Leader as the Winter Olympics got underway in pyongyang chang but as Nuclear Tensions simmered south koreas leader did break the diplomatic ice shaking hands with kim jong thats a good name reports now from south korea. A step towards reconciliation for the First Time Since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north koreas ruling family is welcomed in the s
Great to speak with you once again. Let me start with asking you how you are processing all of this happening on capitol hill. Housef republicans in the and senate wants. We just heard the senator of north dakota saying the top tax rate will be 38. 5 . How are you processing what is happening . Mick we love it. We are having a great time because every time we hear more details, what we learned is it is reinforcing the fundamental principles are being met. The contest we set up six weeks or eight weeks ago we set the most focus on,re middleclass tax cut in the tax and thets more simple, tax rate is as low as we can get it at 20 . The houseal about bill, just hearing stuff about the senate bill today. Those principles are being maintained, which is encouraging. It means they are taking our proposal seriously and setting those in stone. Right now, it looks like were negotiating the smaller details. It does not mean they are not important, but things are moving in the right direction. Pres
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[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second bubble confirmation hearing of this anon girls feet. I would like to start by thanking senator korn and for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee is. Always good to have you. Our fellow committee member, senator mention from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for a nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed the meeting that we had together, learning more about your leadership as governor of the state of texas, including your accomplishments in the area of energy and environment. Im going to withhold this morning and a reference to text size versus alaska size. Weve had that discussion. But in all seriousness, we know that you are seeking to leave the department of energy at an inter
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