[ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening, im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well, and now if you dont mind, were going to get to the news republicans yesterday elected mike johnson the 56th speaker of the house, which is crazy cause a month ago we were only at 12 [ laughter ] politico published a new profile today about House Speaker mike johnson titled 55 things you need to know about mike johnson. 55 [ laughter ] i dont know 55 things about my wife [ laughter ] i dont think there are 55 things about mike johnson. Whats number 55 on the list hes not allergic to cilantro . [ laughter ] workers at the capitol yesterday hung a sign above the Speakers Office for House Speaker mike johnson, instead of what johnson wanted to hang in the capitol building, mike pence [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] judge Arthur Engoron fined former President Trump 10,000 yesterday for violating his gag order. Said trump, heres 20. I just posted your address on instagram
First Lady Melania Trump spoke today at the state department. Well, technically, all she said was, sanctuary [ laughter ] britain began the process of leaving the eu today, and the leader of the European Council responded to the move by saying, i will not pretend i am happy. Which makes sense, as thats more of a british thing. [ laughter ] i see you are betrothed to another. I will not pretend i am happy. [ light laughter ] in an interview yesterday, jeb bush said that President Trump should stop saying things that arent true. The interview even made the front page of the school paper. [ laughter ] still getting interviews. [ applause ] according according to a new poll, president Vladimir Putins Approval Rating among russians is above 80 . Of course, thats largely because he conducted the poll in person. [ laughter ] [ russian accent ] and for charisma, you give me also a 10 . [ laughter ] according to a new poll, three out of four russians recognize the corruption in their government
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Hearing. I appreciate all the witnesses who have come here today. Mr. Secretary, the floor is yours. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member corker, members of the committee, thanks very much for welcoming me here to talk about the disabilities treaty, which i am very anxious to do. Mindful of the comments of the Ranking Member just now, i would just start off by saying we are 100 prepared as we have been to work through what are known as ruds reservations, understandings, and declarations in order to pass this treaty. That is our goal. As we begin with a place that makes it clear that we do not believe this has impact among but we are happy to restate and reassert the law in ways that makes senators feel comfortable, obviously. We want to pass this. It is not lost on any of us that only 11 months ago the senate fell just five votes short of approving this treaty. So more than 60 senators have already resolved in their minds many of the questions that are reraised again and again. We c
Are our greatest resources and best hope for future and hopefully that will be the spirit of this budget that we think in terms of our children, their families and their future. Thank you all. The world of cable from that of author with the big picture. Secretary of state john kerry told the Senate Foreign committee that the United States should ratify the disability act. Good morning, this hearing on the sena aate floor of the righ of people with disability comes to other. Let me thank secretary kerry for being here. First, i think he has the thanks of all us on the committee for the incredible work you have been doing across the globe. And your presence sends a strong message about the importance of the issue. We appreciate you coming back to chair. We received the support of thousands of people and organization all of whom are looking for us to take the treaty over the finish line. We have received compelling letters of support from multiple companies with over 2,000 member companie