A front row seat to democracy. Good morning everyone. We will come to order. And i want to thank the witnesses for attending today. I want to thank my colleague, senator johnson, for participating in the invitation to you, and the collaborative approach to this hearing and our inquiry. And to all of our staff for their hard work on the memorandum that we have distributed with documents which i will put into the record without objection. Todays hearing is about much more than the game of golf, it is about how brutal, reclusive regime can buy influence and even take over a cherished american institution. To cleanse its public image. It is a regime that has reportedly killed journalist, jailed and tortured dissidents, fostered the war in yemen and supported other terrorist activities, including the nine 9 11 attack on our nation. Today is about sports but also about hypocrisy, how fast sounds of money can induce individuals and institutions to betray their own values and supporters or per
To create the perfect helmet. When the issue began to percolate in the early 90s in the nfl the nfl formed a committee to address this problem, the medical committee when it became quite suspect raid one of the things the committee did was suggest to people in this world that they were going to create the perfect helmet. They said we have all the money in the world. We will throw money into the problem and fix up the neuroscientists are expert in the field knew that was not the answer. They home it is good against protecting against skull fractures but could do nothing at this point to protect the brain which rattles around in fluid and hits the skull anytime it shot stop shorter said. To believe it could pave its way out of the problem with the super helmet is naive and to this day i dont know anybody who believes theres a home it out there that has solved this issue. While certainly you have had rydell suggesting data, that could reduce concussions by 31 but the ftc raise questions a
Our opening question, politics in the United States based on new yorkt cbs news times the survey. We are asking you to complete this question. The state of american politics is, fill in the blanks. We have a line for third parties. Good sunday morning to you and a orinder to send us a tweet join us on facebook. This is the headline of the washington post. A look at states which is where the candidates will be today, tonight, tomorrow, and into early Tuesday Morning with a lot of focus on states like ohio and north carolina. A lastminute effort by democrats in michigan. Eight states yesterday alone. The New York Times has a story about politics in the u. S. Here is part of what the New York Times is writing based in part on a new survey conducted with cbs news. More than eight in 10 voters say the campaign has left them ed rather than excited. Trump beington and seen as dishonest and unfavorably by a majority of voters. [video clip] coverups and scandal have finally caught up with Hilla