Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the Senate Despite efforts by Marjorie Taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. Well get to the lead story in one moment, which are Opening Statements in Donald Trumps hush money trial. First, jon meacham, i dont want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that saturday vote was one that wil
But india and many other countries that have kept this line as high as it has. This is part of the whole debate that goes on. Emerging countries say, well, you got to pollute for 200 years. We need to be able to pollute for a little while to catch up economically. Steve rattner, thank you very much for that. Lets bring in monica madea, former Assistant Secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs. Also with us, dr. Derek menzelleo of the coral reef program. We talked about this global Coral Bleaching event that the world is enduring, doctor. What is it, and what is the impact on the environment . Well, since february of 2023, we have seen mass Coral Bleaching confirmed in at least 54 different countries, the northern and southern
Transportation, increasingly, were ramping up our plastic production. Every piece of plastic that we have ever made is still in the environment because it never degrades. Former Assistant Secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, monica medina. And coordinator of noaas coral reef program, thank you for coming on. So important on this earth day. Ahead, were continuing to follow donald trumps historic criminal trial as Opening Statements are set to begin in just a few hours. He will be back in court. Plus, a New York Times investigation finds 23 top chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the tokyo olympics. But they were still allowed to compete. Well talk to one of the reporters behind that article. And democratic Senator Reverend Raphael warnock will be our guest as the senate takes up
The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host the April edition of its “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series” featuring Mark Hixon, professor of marine biology at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, on Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.