good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. i want to thank senator merkley, and i m grateful for our continued partnership on so many issues, senator. i d also like to thank the senior senator from indiana, senator donnelly. as well as senator peters of michigan. the purpose of today s hearing is, of course, to review the nominations of five individuals for key positions. they include the following: david t. fischer, nominated to serve as ambassador to the kingdom of morocco; the honorable earl robert miller, a career member of the senior foreign service, to serve as ambassador to the people s republic of bangladesh; mr. daniel rosen blume, a career rosen blum to be ambassador to the republic of uzbekistan. easy for me to say. mr. kim tom to be ambassador and u.s. representative to the united nations agencies for food and agriculture. the honorable david yamamoto, a career member of the senior foreign service, to be ambassad
make his first public comments since his resignation. all of them she went on this is sound is a live from london also coming up. i want to be able because i think it s very important you get along with russia conflicting messages from trump on whether russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election. thousands of civilians flee aleppo was rebel fighters face heavy bombardment from syrian government forces. and how this. could become this the boat being built in kenya entirely out of plastic waste. their warm welcome to the program and interview with saad hariri is to air in the next few hours an opportunity for the lebanese prime minister to make his first public comments since his abrupt resignation in saudi arabia eight days ago sided t.v. has aired pictures of hariri the third time he s been publicly seen since his resignation his interview later as they did to air at nineteen thirty g.m.t. on future t.v. that s a network owned by the prime minister now amid suggestion
voters on election day in violation of the voting rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. we will speak to carol anderson, author white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide. plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. and we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in sunday s national elections. change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. and make a we will speak with birgitta jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comey s announcement to congressional leaders that the agency is investigating more emails as part of its probe into hillary clinton s
party files suit in ohio, arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania alleging donald trump s campaign and the republican party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the voting rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. we will speak to carol anderson, author white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide. plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. and we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in sunday s national elections. change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. and make a we will speak with birgitta jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in election news, controversy continues to swirl
pennsylvania alleging donald trump s campaign and the republican party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the voting rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. we will speak to carol anderson, author white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide. plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. and we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in sunday s national elections. change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. and make a we will speak with birgitta jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comey s announcement t