provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. here is testimony from secretary of state antony blinken, his first appearance before the house community on his house committee on his new cabinet position. this is just under two hours. in a moment, with house rules, all produce of interest to keep themselves muted when not speaking. the host will mute. remembers are responsible for unmuting themselves any time they wish to be heard. it may take a few seconds for your microphone to unmute. keep that in mind when speaking. a time keeper will monitor the time for this hearing. if you re joining virtually you can switch your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen to stage view. you can pin the timer by hovering your curser and pressing the icon. for submission of documents, please email. members must have their video on to be recognized and we ask that all participates remain muted. with that, chairman meeks, count down for five and pause for the system recog
in a moment, with house rules, regulations, all participates are asked to keep themselves muted and while not actively engages in the discussion which should help limit echoes. the host will mute. remembers are responsible for unmuting themselves any time they wish to be heard. it may take a few seconds for your microphone to unmute. keep that in mind when speaking. a time keeper will monitor the time for this hearing. if you re joining virtually you can switch your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen to stage view. you can pin the timer by hovering your curser and pressing the icon. for submission of documents, please email. members must have their video on to be recognized and we ask that all participates remain muted. with that, chairman meeks, count down for five and pause for the system recognizes your video and we re ready to begin. three, two the committee on foreign affairs will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare
You. The department of Homeland Security says the 40 drop in the number of Illegal Immigrants range across the border in february is even more remarkable when you consider that historically, border crossings in february rise by up to 20 . Look at the actual numbers here. In january, 31,578 people were apprehended trying to cross the southern border. In february, it dropped to 18,762. That is the lowest monthly total in at least five years. It also appears there was an all out rush to get into the u. S. Before Donald Trumps executive orders on immigration. In the three months prior to the inauguration, Border Agents apprehended 157,000 Illegal Immigrants. It thats up 35 from the previous year. As soon as trump took office, apprehensions plummeted. Customs and Border Protection says this is good news for those who did not try to cross the border because they didnt put themselves and their families at risk. For exploitation, assault and injury by human traffickers and the physical dangers
Was taken hostage in iran 12 years ago talks to cnn about why she feels the u. S. Government has forgotten about him. We are live from the cnn center here in atlanta. Im cyril vanier. Great to have you with us. So u. S. President donald trump says hes a little disappointed in new evidence that suggests north korea is preparing for a new launch of some type. That evidence comes from experts who examined satellite images of two sites within north korea. This new activity could be military in nature or to send a satellite into space, or possibly just to send a message to the u. S. After last months disastrous summit in vietnam. Will ripley is in beijing taking a closer look at all of this. Will, run us through the satellite pictures. What do they tell us . Reporter well, they paint a pretty troubling picture, cyril, in terms of tensions on the korean peninsula. Possibly escalating in the very near future. Ive spoken with two analysts who are looking at these images from a facility outside