Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. As we begin our final day of consideration of the fy21 spending bills, id like to thank you all for your kind words and well wishes and ask you, please, to indulge me in just a few more reflections. I came to congress in 1989, one of just 31 women in the house and senate and to this committee in 1993 alongside only six other women under the 64member panel. This body is better for the 100 women serving in the 116th congress and for the many women in the room today. Its my honor to address the full committee for my final time as the first woman chair. You know, its ironic [applaus [applause] thank you. Its ironic that back in 1993 i had to choose between serving on appropriations or ways and means. I was fortunate to be given that choice. And today, we markup my final appropriation bills in the ways and Means Committee room. I chose appropriations because i believed it was the best place to give more people a better chance at a better l
Well, good morning, everyone and thank you for coming here to csis. Im glad to see theres also a large group of students in the room. Want to raise your hands wax thats great. Wow. Im deborah mccarthy, executive director of a new program we have here at csis to bring Diverse Voices and diverse perspectives to discussions of foreign affairs. Its a result of the partnership between the International Career Advancement Program alumni association. And csis. We have some amazing donors were committed to this effort and we want to thank. The panel we have today is fantastic. It will challenge you, bring your thoughts and provoke new questions. Our moderator, beverly kirk, is well known to many of you as a Program Manager of smart womens march power plus four other incarnations yet csis. Shes also a member of tranone to icapaa and getting so Program Going so please enjoy. Thank you so much and thank you everyone for joining us here and online and ten views on cspan. As deborah mention im beve
The major yes, so we prepared you for whats to come in the last few days, now lets prepare you for the weekend. If you are in philadelphia, heres what you need to know. 10 00 p. M. Today the schuylkill expressway eastbound will close, on the westbound side from 95 to route 1, on the vine street expressway, both directions close from 95 to the schuylkill. 30 to belmont avenue t ben franklin bridge will be closed so no access to or from philadelphia or new jersey on the ben franklin bridge. A pedestrian bridge for now. 95 will be open so good news there, well have some select exit ramps closed. Washington avenue, broad street exits will close as well as the traffic box that weve been talking about for weeks, center city will start will begin around 6 p. M. And West Philadelphia it will be 10 p. M. Thanks for that. Pope francis is in new york city where he has a busy and historic day ahead. Hell begin at the United Nations where he will address the General Assembly in spanish and english,
And it will stay breezy through the weekend. Especially if youre along the shore you can expect about 25mileanhour winds with coastal flood advisory. Here you see the clouds moving in, not as much sunshine today as we had yesterday. Temperatures are comfortable. 65 now again, 59 in pottstown, 58 in allentown, 65 right now in dover, 62 millville, 70 degrees in wildwood. Now today we will get into the mid to upper 70s, and a cool weekend forecast especially for the the papal visit in philadelphia, ill show you all of those numbers coming up. Thanks for that. Lets talk traffic. What you need to know. If you take the vine street expressway, its open but keep in mind several exits are closed and will remain closed throughout the weekend. Those exits are 23rd street, Ben Franklin Parkway, broad street and eighth street closed. Jessica has been telling us. If you use septa, some stations are closed right now. This is video from city hall. The broad street line closed, so did suburban station
People in rome that sued the u. S. Government for what was wiretapping and countersuit actually rejected by the Supreme Court on the grounds the we couldnt prove standing, two months before the ed snowden disclosures which makes me wonder if we could have proved standing two months later, choosing the phrase the disclosure problem makes it seem less serious than i think it really is and it is not just on its human rights levelland the right to privacy but on a commercial and political level. It fundamentally has to do with trust. I understand it is corporate as well as domestic, but i would like to hear you respond to that because i do think it discounts the seriousness of what is happening. The second is with respect to education and the number of brazilian students coming to the United States which is enormous how has it gone from the u. S. To brazil. I have a sense it is much less but i dont know the numbers and what you see as the future and that side . I will address the last one