serve on the federal trade commission. they hearing is two hours and 40 minutes. the committee will come to order. i want to welcome our witnesses today. today is a very important hearing date. we are going to be joined by our colleagues and former colleagues senator nelson to be nominated as nasa director and senator jensen senator hutchinson who will join us virtually. i cannot think of two more active ranking members on this committee. we welcome them. certainly, we have our former commerce secretary joining us virtually. it is a big commerce they they day. to see our colleagues. there is a lot of enthusiasm by members who hoped to join in in support of these nomination. we will be joined by a variety of senators. senator rubio is with us already. welcome to the family. we are covering everything from the digital and natural to the commercial world space today. it is a broad topic area. we are going to be talking a lot about innovation. i am pleased to consider the
has died aged ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the select committee investigating january s attack on the united states capitol has unanimously approved a report which recommends that steve bannon a former aide to president trump be held in contempt of congress. steve bannon has refused to appear before the panel. the report says that mr bannon had specific knowledge of the events planned forjanuary the sixth before they happened. donald trump has urged former aides to reject the panel s requests, claiming the right to withhold information because of executive privilege. in his opening statement, the chair of the committee democratic congressman bennie thompson expressed astonishment that mr bannon hadn t given evidence: it is shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. so it is a shame that mr bannon has put us in this position but we won t take no for an answer. this position but we won t
a damning report says children who claimed they d been sexually abused by the late labour peer lord janner were let down by the police and state. the elder brother of the manchester arena bomber salman abedi leaves the uk, after being ordered to appear at the inquiry into the attack. la palma s volcano is still erupting, overa la palma s volcano is still erupting, over a month now, la palma s volcano is still erupting, overa month now, it la palma s volcano is still erupting, over a month now, it has destroyed 2000 homes. and coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland take a big step towards qualifying for the super 12 stage of the men s t20 world cup, with a second win in three days. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in less than 30 years time, the united kingdom should be a net zero country, putting nothing into the atmosphere which would make climate change worse that is the ambitious target that the government has set out today. anything that does produ
look at these temperatures. these are the overnight temperatures, 16 , no lower than that in the south overnight and a bit fresher in the northern climes in scotland and northern ireland at around 9 . it s still going to be very mild tomorrow with a rush of wind from the tropics and there will be showers, perhaps thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail all mixed in with some sunshine, so not 21 but 18, which i m sure you will agree is warm enough for this time of year. thursday, a complete change and it will be a shock to the system. the wind is going to do almost a 180, so rather than coming in from the southern climes, the wind will blow around the area of low pressure and come from the north, so rather than tropical air, we will have arctic air and it won t be cold enough for snow but may be across the mountains of scotland, but with the strong winds up to gale force it will feel quite chilly so we will lead our coats. today was practically t shirts. by thursday we are talking
of what exactly i came for- would actually stand for i i would 100%, as long as it was beneficial to the i children of tomorrow. and at half past eight, we ll answer your questions about insulating your home and installing a heat pump. that s in your questions answered also in the next hour sexual abuse claims against the late labour peer lord janner. a damning report says children were let down by the police and state. the elder brother of the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi, leaves the uk after being ordered to appear at the inquiry into the attack. and coming up, the story of amal. a giant puppet of a nine year old girl from syria, highlighting the plight of young refugees. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in less than 30 years time, the united kingdom should be a net zero country putting nothing into the atmosphere, which would make climate change worse. that is the target that the government has set out today. anything that does produce greenhouse gas