[ banging gavel ] this hearing will come to order. good morning. we are meeting today to consider the nomination of kirstjen m. nielsen to be the next secretary of the united states in homeland security. i want to thank her, her family. our senators making introductions later on. i certainly want to call out mrs. karen kelly, general kelly s wife. she s here also. showing her support for the nominee. and i know ms. nielsen will introduce her family in her opening statement. america s facing enormous challenges. our national debt exceeds $20 trillion and there s no serious effort being made by either party to significantly reduce the 30-year projected deficits that are currently expected to exceed over $100 trillion. our enemies are on the rise. russia continues to destabilize its neighbors and is partnering with iran to increase both countries influence in the middle east. the iranian nuclear agreement did modify iran s behavior. for the worse. north korea remains determ
middle east analysts discuss what this means for the saudi government at an event in washington, d.c.. this is an hour and a half. mr. jahshan: evening, i: good would like to welcome all of you to this special briefing focusing on the shakeup in the riyadh regional and international implications. over the past 13 days since the november,ifth of some serious and very significant changes and steps have been taken in the kingdom of saudi arabia that attracted andattention of media political analysts all over the world, as a matter of fact. know, there have been hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of articles and interviews conducted, written about the significance of these immediate,erms of midterm, long-term implications, domestic implications, regional implications, international implications, for the kingdom and for those like the united states countries that have interests and special relationship with the kingdom. although it has been a couple of weeks of hyperacti
, we will look at 2018 politics and the senate hearing. the president s authority and calling with the desk calling for the use of nuclear weapons. al franken, and some calling for his rigid resignation. call in on (202) 748-8000, that is the line for democrats. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 we also have a line for minnesota residents, (202) 748-8003. good sunday morning, thank you for being with us. we want to begin with the very latest involving senator al franken, and this is a story from usa today. when it comes to al franken and the assault allegations, congress appears united. congress may be gridlocked when it comes to policy battles but the condemnation of lawmakers of senator al franken harassing a tv host and sportscaster was incredibly swift. so was the minnesota democrat s apology. by the end of the day the accuser already accepting his apology. a national conversation about sexual harassment is ricocheting from hollywood wh
temperatures this afternoon to the 60s. sunny for philadelphia, the lehigh valley and delaware, too. a fast warmup today. you ll need the heavy coat if you re heading out the door now. i ll break the forecast down hour by hour in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington with first alert traffic. bill, watching we ll come back to traffic in a moment. two children, 12 and 13, crashed a car into a pole at 4:00 at front and olney. authorities tell us the children are not seriously hurt. we ll keep you update on air and on our nbc10 app. here are other top stories this morning first to bucks county. police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say hit a man on street road in trevos around 8:00 last night. the driver got out of his vehicle, took a look, and got back in and drove off. he was in a late 90s ford pickup truck. maroon and tan or gray in color. had a ladder, we re trying to learn how badly the victim is hurt. a woman living illegally inside a home in
order. the purpose for this is to discuss the details of the chairman s mark. we are not here to speculate about those that may or may not end up in the house bill. we are not here to debate items that are not part of the chairman s work. as of now, there is no official or final version of the modification so to make clear we are working to find highlights the details. when that work is done i will be provideit willbe provided with o go through them and after that most likely tomorrow morning we will have another walk-through to give members an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the modification. long story short, no one needs to be talking about the individual mandate at this time. the statement about the individual mandate are already distractions in the meeting we are having now and frankly they are a waste of this committee s time. i want to be reasonable and accommodating, so i ask, do any members have any questions or comments about anything other than obama