mayorkas. [crowd talking] sen. inhofe: this is my last committee meeting to be important, we will start on time. the committee meets to discuss the nomination of mr. lloyd austin iii to be the secretary defense. i think you all for being here. it has been a hardship on many of you and it was on me too. mr. austin, we welcome you. welcome to charlene, your wife. my wife and i were 61 years. think you will make it? [laughter] we are mr. austin you will be introduced by senator sullivan. a member of our committee. sen. sullivan: the last time we were together our capital was under siege. america s authoritarian rivals were gloating about her disunity. democracy brings chaos, they tell their people. better to have a strong hand that keeps order. we live in an in person democracy imperfect democracy. the american i am proud and honored to introduce understand certain perfections more than many. upon closer inspection, the world s dictators a little to celebrate. congress went
and now a portion of yesterday s confirmation hearing for retired general lloyd austin to serve as defense secretary in the biden administration. the senate armed services committee hosted the event and this portion is just under two hours. [background noises] [background noises] since this is my last committee meeting to be important we must start right on time but got that, jack? all right, let s say the committee meets today to consider expected nomination of mr. lloyd j austin the third to be secretary of defense of the united states of america and we thank all of you for being here. it s been a hardship on many of you and it was on me, too. we were able to get this done. mr. austin, we welcome you and a warm welcome to charlene, your wife of more than 41 years. my wife and i were 61 years. think you will make it? [laughter] all right. we are very mr. austin you will be introduced now by senator sullivan, a member of our committee. senator sullivan. thank you, mr.
only security nominee, alejandro mayorkas. [crowd talking] sen. inhofe: this is my last committee meeting to be important, we will start on time. the committee meets to discuss the nomination of mr. lloyd austin iii to be the secretary defense. i think you all for being here. it has been a hardship on many of you and it was on me too. mr. austin, we welcome you. welcome to charlene, your wife. my wife and i were 61 years. think you will make it? [laughter] we are mr. austin you will be introduced by senator sullivan. a member of our committee. sen. sullivan: the last time we were together our capital was under siege. america s authoritarian rivals were gloating about her disunity. democracy brings chaos, they tell their people. better to have a strong hand that keeps order. we live in an in person democracy imperfect democracy. the american i am proud and honored to introduce understand certain perfections more than many. upon closer inspection, the world s dictators a li
a.m. on the east coast. cnn newsroom starts right now. now we go to havana, cuba. patrick oppmann is live from hava havana. he is the only u.s. tv correspondent live in cuba. he is there talking about the death of fidel castro. this picture you re seeing right there, the last public picture that we have of fidel castro that was taken just ten days ago. patrick, here is what i want our viewers to understand is so extraordinary about your presence there. this happened overnight. many people there weren t watching television. some people don t have internet. so when you asked them their reaction for about the death of fidel castro, you were essentially telling them at that moment he died they did not know. that is an stroort position to be in. help us understand what their reactions were. reporter: yes. and i have to say having lived here for five years you run through how this is all going to play out the scenario you expect of this major news event that you expect one da
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