good morning, welcome to toda hey, good morning everybody. welcome to today s remote hearing. we are in hybrid form today, pursuing the house rules. some members will appear remotely via zoom. i know you all know zoom by now, but a few points first. you have been using active you for the hybrid s. this will still work. the great view gives you a better overall perspective. secondly, we ve got a timer visible on your screen. members who want to pin the time into the screen should ask committee staff for help, if they need it. third, the house rules require that we see you, so please, have your cameras turned on at all times during the hearing. fourth, members appearing remotely or not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise from dogs and tv and honking cars and all that. fifth, you can seek recognition from the chair, verbally or by chat or by email, with the staff. and i will recognize members in seniority order for questioning. finally, if you want to
3 3 3 3 3 if you are traveling in the town of lexington early this morning. Here is a road closure you need to be aware of. The city will close the up until 5am today. For landscape maintenance. East bound traffic will be detoured onto east butler street. West bound will be detoured on maiden lane. 3 if you head some loud booms going off in orrangeburg county today, dont worry. The organeburg county Sheriffs Office and sled will perform bomb squad training. You may hear explosives going off. This is happening from 9am to 4pm. At the Training Facility located about eight miles east of bowman. 3 lexingtons state of the town address ius tonight. Mayor Steve Macdougall will discuss the steps taken to provide cleaner water and lower waste in the lower saluda river. This includes closing the Coventry Woods and four other wastewater plants. The state of the town address is at 6 30 at lexington town hall on maiden street. You can also watch the address live at lexsc dot com. 3 3 in columbia. P
Been working on impeachment for two and half years. I want this to end as quick as possible for the good of the senate and the country. And i think the best think for america to do, is to get this behind us. If you dont like President Trump, you can vote a bit dense him in less than a year. I understand theyre acting in the best interest of the president and the party right now. Eventually they will have come to the con chance. Historic, this is americas new central. This all comes a some democrats slam ms. Miss mcconnell, for staying that he is working in quote toll coordination with the white house with the president s potential trial in january. Live in the white house with more on this part of the story. And more. Are so good afternoon at this hour President Trump news at philadelphia to armynavy of a game. With the impeachment hearings going on that we seen on capitol hill all week, foxs also learned that on friday President Trump also had a chance to meet with democratic congress
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