The conditions for bringing a lawsuit against a foreign state. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing is chaired by senator Lindsey Graham of south carolina. Generally speaking, we have a foreign sovereign immunities act , basically shutting off lawsuits against other nations because whatever we do to them, they can do to us. We made exceptions to it. We have amended the act regarding terrorist activities. This is not an issue i take lightly. Ive thought ang lot about. My colleagues have worked to put together legislation, they have reconciled the legislation. Want to have a hearing about what it would mean if we amended the act to allow suits against china. And why would we take this unprecedented step . This is the third pandemic to come out of china. The coronavirus came from hunan province, but it was a mistake in a lab or spread at a wet market, i dont know, but we do know where it came from. We know china failed to inform the world about the nature of the virus that did restrict
Tech, 202 n send a text,03 is that number 202 7488003 is that number. Is day number four of New York Times adding on that story. Heres the focus on todays lead in the publication, cash discovery tipping off spies. Special operations officers in afghanistan alerted superiors as early as january 2 a suspected russian plot to pay bounties to the taliban to kill american troops in afghanistan host here is the headline from usa today. The president says in this piece that facing strong criticism from democrats, trump on twitter said that neither he nor the Vice President had been briefed on the assessment. So, early in the day on sunday the president tweeted this distinctse are two tweets from the president at opposite ends of the day, yesterday. Reaction has been swift to this story. Here is joe biden, presumed democratic nominee for president. [video clip] a truly shocking revelation ist, if the times report true, i emphasize again, President Trump, the commanderinchief of american troops
Responsible for overseeing Nursing Homes to testify today. She was offered dates and times of her choice this month and next month. She was offered the opportunity to come in person or appear virtually from her desk. Administration, which seems more terrified of transparency and accountability then covid19, has declined to provide any witness with the courage to face the responsibility for the thousands of deaths that have occurred. These were send a crisis that existed long before covid19 occurred. We will learn from a nurse who took it on herself to purchase protective equipment with her own funds for her staff. Including preventing evictions and appropriate settings. Like sending nursing home residents to homeless shelters. Thousands of nursing home residents are being evicted across the country to homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings because there is a natural incentive for some homes to take more lucrative patients. We will get their perspective. Much of this crisis
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Coming into the pandemic we were seen a system already broken, only exacerbated by this problem so where we stand today is post a whole bunch of state shutdowns that limited capacity led to 30 of childcare workers being laid off and now that we are in a stage where were trying to, you know, regain the economic gains we have had over the last year, get people back to work and parents are going to struggle to be able to find affordable and available childcare as they look to return to work. Phone numbers are on the screen for our guests, isabel soto, parents call 202 7488000, employers is02 7488001, everybody else 202 7488002, our guest is isabel soto with the American Action forum. Explain what the American Action forum is and what its mission is and how it is funded. Guest could you repeat the question . Host your organization, tell us about it. Guest the American Action forum is a centerright think tank and we focus on Rapid Response policy pieces to inform the public as well as polic