Whether i was on the staff for a candidate. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates have become a highlight of the campaign season. It is something we expect to happen. When was the first debate . Here is a trivia question. Historical trivia. Does anyone know . I will give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . [laughter] this is a false hint. That is lincoln and douglas. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. Bid illinois in 1858 in 1858. Is and in they had numerous debates. Kind of an odd situation. Two years later, they were on a Major Party Ticket against each other. The real first president ial debate was between kennedy and nixon in 1960. Richard nixon had been Vice President for eight years. Much better known than kennedy. Nixon had taken advantage of television. Believe it or not. He was known as a fierce debater. The Television Networks decid
Kong these are live pictures from there where the beijing protests continued for a 4th consecutive put. On deadlock in israel after a 2nd election failed to give any side of majority to form a government but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival flying to lead any Coalition Plus thousands of children as young as 5 being held without charge in crimes the tension centers in nigeria Human Rights Watch says the arrests were made as part of an anti terror crackdown. He described severely overcrowded cells with 250 or 300 teens packed into my cell i was 10 meters by 10 meters. So i welcome just want to call carry moscow you watching weekly head on r. T. International now the right. The president says he wants gulf nations to Work Together to provide security in the region comes after his country standoff with the u. S. Intensified this week washington accused iran of being behind a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia and made this pledge of support to riyadh the pr
Without charge to preempt attention hunters in one theory of Human Rights Watch says the arrests were made as part of an anti terror crackdown. Described severely overcrowded sounds weve 250 or 300 detainees hacked into a song that was 10 years later. Youre watching the weekly here on our to recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us this hour. The iranian president says he wants gulf nations to Work Together to provide security in the region that comes after his country standoff with the u. S. Intensified this week washington the qs tehran being behind a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia and made this pledge of support to riyadh. The president has approved the deployment of u. S. Forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and Missile Defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. To enhance their ability to defend themselves it is clear that
Without charge in cramped Detention Centers in nigeria Human Rights Watch says the arrests were made as part of an anti terror crackdown. He described severely overcrowded cells 250 or 300 detainees packed into that was 10 metres apart to be yours. Welcome to the weekly here when are to international where we bring you the top stories in the past week. The iranian president says he wants gulf nations to Work Together to provide security in the region that comes after his country standoff with the u. S. Intensified this week washington accused iran of being behind a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia and made this pledge of support to riyadh. The president has approved the deployment of u. S. Forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and Missile Defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u. A. E. To enhance their ability to defend themselves it is clear that even the saudis th
House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee. I ask unanimous consent the chair be authorized to declare recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent of members not on the committee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee and ask questions without objection. If members wish to insert documents into the record please also email documents ti mail. Gov. Several other senators and a press release from senator kramer into the record without objection so ordered. I now recognize myself for the purpose of an Opening Statement for five minutes. Good morning and thank you for being here today. The undersecretary and the administrators before us represents the full scope of the jurisdiction in the subcommittee on highway and transit. However despite the long record of bipartisan oversight efforts, weve not had any administrators before us since 2019. Todays witnesses can help provide clarity on issues related to the Infrastructure Inve