The communications and technology subcommittee. Representative shimkus, thanks for joining us. Guest its great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Host and also joining us, david mccabe of the hill, thank you for joining us. Pleasure to be here. Host theres an effort in congress about who controls the internet, internet dominance, and you have a piece of legislation that deals specifically with this. Could you set up our audience and let them know what the issue is and what your bill addresses . Guest well, its called the dill the bill was originally called the dot. Com act, and it was about icanns transition of the eye january that functions, who is the keeper of the addresses, how the internet operates. And there is kind of an international struggle, and the u. N. And some people saying, you know, the United States should not be the keeper of the final vestiges of a contract, and we should have a multistakeholder approach. The Tech Community has gathered support for that, and we go
Mr. Trump thank you so much. I did not expect that. They said, would you come over and speak. I got here. Possibled, would it be to come and say a few words . An endorsement from your group with so many veterans, hundreds of thousands, i appreciate that. I did not expect that. I did not expect it. I did not ask for it. I will say this. I am with the veterans 100 . Are our greatest people. They are being treated terribly. Not only the number of deaths, is going that is, what on is incredible. As of two weeks ago wednesday, had the longest wait in the history of the veterans administration. You go in and see a doctor, you wait for days. With me, that is not going to happen. The veterans hospitals have problems. When you have to wait hours and days and then have the doctor say, i am sorry im going on vacation. Thanesnt get much worse that. We are going to create a whole new system. System apart. If they are not doing the job, the veterans are going to go to private doctors and hospitals.
Properly, they can be an advocate of Economic Freedom. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. We will now open it to q a. Please wait to be called upon. Thats for the benefit of our viewers. Microphone will come to you. And would you please be so kind to make your question really short and in a form of a question so we can get through as many of them as possible. So are there any questions in the audience . The gentleman over here. Wonderful talks by everyone. My name is steven shore. I have a question that of a dog that didnt bark. A classic distinction between accidents and substance, and when the holy father talks about the capitalism, is he clear as to whether hes attacking unfortunate accidents or the very substance itself . So far as i can tell he tends not to make that distinction. Pope john paul did make that to capitalism. Id frankly love them to make the difference but Pope John Paul ii, st. John paul ii said if by capitalism we mean this then no. If by capitali
And israel leads the world with the highest rate of vaccinations one in eight israelis gets a covid jab. Now its time for dateline london. Hello and a very warm welcome to the first dateline of 2021. This is the programme that brings together some of the uks leading columnists, bbc specialists and those who file their stories for audiences back home with dateline london. With me this week are uk newspaper columnist Yasmin Alibhai brown, henry chu whos Deputy News Editor at the los angeles times. And here in the studio, at a suitable distance in this age of pandemic, the bbcs asia pacific editor, celia hatton. Welcome, it is very good to have you with us at the start of the year. Forget the weekjust ended, and a year many are glad is done. This is the week to look ahead. To january 20th, when joe biden becomes president of the United States, to september when the European Unions longest serving leader Angela Merkel is replaced, and to november when nations agree, or are supposed to agre
Hello, and a very warm welcome to the first dateline of 2021. This is the programme that brings together some of the uks leading columnists, bbc specialists and those who file their stories for audiences back home with dateline london. With me this week are uk newspaper columnist Yasmin Alibhai brown, henry chu whos Deputy News Editor at the los angeles times. And here in the studio, at a suitable distance in this age of pandemic, the bbcs asia pacific editor, celia hatton. Forget the weekjust ended, and a year many are glad is done. This is the week to look ahead. To january 20th, when joe biden becomes president of the United States, to september when the European Unions longest serving leader Angela Merkel is replaced, and to november when nations agree, or are supposed to agree, how theyll make each other actually meet the promises theyve made to cut the emissions heating the planet. A year of possibilities, then. But recall too, that, ten years ago this weekend, mohamed bouazizi,