He currently is serving as the deputy secretary of energy, and i am certainly one who believes that you have done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full mornin
So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full morning, but we certainly welcome all the good comments. So senator cassidy. Madam chair, what a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. But its a privilege to represent my fellow
Really good afternoon, everyone. Right. Apologies for the delay. We had the administrator was actually briefing the president in the oval office. So we wanted to make sure that she was ready to go and the president got the briefing that he needed before we came out. So apologies for a late start in the briefing. So in a minute, you will hear directly from the fema administrator on how the Biden Harris Administration has mobilized a robust whole of government response effort to support immediate and long term rescue and Recovery Efforts in maui. Hawaii. First, as the president said yesterday, we are praying for those who lost so much who lost loved ones, their community, their businesses, their households. We are also incredibly thankful to the First Responders and also the the very brave firefighters who are on the front lines who are dealing with this response and recovery effort. Early today, we announced that the president and the first lady who will be traveling to hawaii on monday
We begin with Breaking News, im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. A manhunt is under way in maine after multiple Mass Shootings at a Bowling Alley and bar in lewiston. Law enforcement sources say at least 16 people are dead. Police say they are looking for robert card, he is described as armed and dangerous. A person of interest in this case. Were told thoo he is military trained as a Firearms Instructor and Army Reserve Member who was recently committed to a Mental Health facility. These are the images of the gunman inside the Bowling Alley and this video showing you is of people running out of the building as Police Search the area with flash flights and guns drawn. Listen to this survivor, he was bowling when the gunman came in and opened fire just 15 feet behind him. Just a night of bowling. Out of nowhere he just came in and heard a throughout bomb. Thought it was a balloon. I had my back turned to the door. As soon as i turned and saw it was not a balloon, he was hold
Bolinkin was asked this question at a panel of the notorious macain institute, created with a Single Mission to fight for democracy, Human Dignity and security in the name of a free, just world for all people. Going on a transcontinental tour, blinken probably thought that he himself was created just for this, but something went wrong and ended up being really extremely ineffective. The us secretary of state flew to beijing with an ultimatum, to washington the main goal. He did not hide his visit to heaven. You have seen how we have used our diplomacy to force other countries to stop supporting russia. This was the theme of mr. Blinkens trip to china, where he made it clear that beijing must stop supporting russia in rebuilding its Defense Industrial base, and also made it clear that if they dont take action, we will. The politician came out with the headline blinken returns to china with a threat. This is the second trip of the american secretary of state to beijing since the beginnin