The president and the first lady and rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel and we just learned about senator mike lee and all of this started with hope pics, the mike Lee Development that we are indicating, he sits on the Judiciary Committee, a number of democrats have been calling for delaying the confirmation hearing or knocking altogether as a result of this, we do know that judge barrett has already tested negative but again the news only is going to prompt more calls for him to be tested yet again, among those who have been testing negative besides the judge wilbur ross, the secretary negative, Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, negative, alex azar the health and Human Services secretary, negative, yvonne cattrall, mark meadows, the chief of staff, negative, secretary of state, mike pompeo, negative, the defense secretary, mike esper, negative, bill barr, the attorney general, that was known yesterday, negative, the widespread Contact Tracing to get to the bottom of anyone who was 50
order. let me thank our witnesses for joining us today to discuss this turmoil and instability plaguing the sahel. while the region may not often make front page news, millions of people continue to face threats from millions that are supposed to protect them, ethically based militias, and displaced 2.4 million people in the central sahel by this may and more than 30 million people in the sahel will need lifesaving assistance this year, more than two million than the coordinator for humanitarian affairs. some of the militaries in the subregion which we trained and equipped, by the way, have contributed to the problems of being a stabilizing force. in burkina faso, mali and particularly in mali, the military has committed gross human rights abuses in counterterrorism with little to no accountability. making matters worse, russia has established a foot hold with the wagner group and extra judicial killings. in chad, killing seven, wounding dozens more and has yet to commit to t
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 234. The nays are 193. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The gentleman from florida. Mr. Hastings mr. Speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore the ayes have it. A recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The Unfinished Business is the ote on the motion of the georgia, mr. H
Amazing bon jovi to kick off this monday morning. Welcome. Each dominic chu and im seema mody. First day of the second half of the year and it is a holiday shortened trading day on wall street with the New York Stock Exchange droe closing at 1 00 p. M. So lets get a check on the Global Markets well see green to start the day if things hold we have s p up by about 8, dow jones up by about 65 and nasdaq up by about 25 points. If those hold, we will have a green open to start. We have seen moves higher and the trend takes us to around 2. 32 . And for the ten year u. S. Government note, some signs perhaps of optimism or perhaps of more inflation ahead. We dont know. The rise in the yield certainly something were seeing around the world sentiment beat expect aboatione. And in china, pmi also topping expectations in the month of june touching its heist level ighest three months and you have the china bond program with hong kong taking off. You can see a positive session in asia, japan, the n
Corps sergeant dano hamilton. Starspangled banner] [pledge of allegiance] i ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the lyndon b. Johnson foundation. [applause] good afternoon. On the half of the board of trustees of the linden and Baine Johnson foundation, i welcome you to the vietnam war summit. Last day, Henry Kissinger said on the stage, in a debate that is bound to generate discussions, that he does not blame u. S. Policy for the quagmire of the vietnam war. Instead, he thinks the massive split in Public Opinion is what theed the conflict to end way it did. Today, we will explore the roots of the split, hearing from people who are both involved in widening the gap and reporting it in the media. In the session this afternoon, willgendary journalists discuss the role that the media had in shaping our opinion on the vietnam war. Coverageralleled brought the was brutal wars brutal reality into our living rooms every night. The afternoon will also feature two photographer