[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 if the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , september 20, 2021. I hereby appoint the honorable Debbie Dingell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. God, our creator, redeemer and sustainer, we pray your inspiration over the reconvening of this body, with much to be discussed, debated and decided, allow your holy spirit to brewed over the tumultuous waters and bring Order And Purpose into th
Demand fulsome answers and not the diplomatic psychobabble that we sometimes get in these hearings. Did biden ignore the counsel of his Military And Intelligence advisers . Was keeping the embassy in afghanistan open really more important than keeping Bagram Air Force base open . Is every american out . And if not, why not . Are the afghans who helped the u. S. And our allies out . How did the taliban Take Control so quickly . What leverage does the u. S. Have is left with the taliban . And why were u. S. Weapons left behind . And what damage has been done in the eyes of our allies . Those are just some of the Questions Secretary Blinken must answer. Joining me now is California Congressman and ranking member of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes. Welcome to you, congressman. Thank you for joining us. Great to be on with you tonight, trey. Thanks for having me. Trey all right, congressman, you are not on the committee that will be holding this hearing, but if you were, what
You are in the cnn newsroom. And let this sink in. Right now 97 of people in the hospital with covid19 are not vaccinated. So are 99. 5 of covid19 deaths. Hospital and deaths which typically lag behind those those Case Counts is rising again. More than 80 of live in a county considered to have, quote, substantial or high rates of Covid19 Transmission right now. Now, if youre vaccinated, the good news is youre not likely to get seriously ill, and your chances of dying are minuscule if youre infected. Now, vaccinated people can still get the virus, yes. But the real risk is spreading it to someone who hasnt had or cannot get the shot. So lets head out to california now. One of only 20 states that has managed to vaccinate at least half the people who live there, but people are still getting sick at an alarming rate. Cnns Paul Vercammen is in tarzanna. Paul, you spoke to an icu doctor today. What did he tell you . Reporter well, he told me he is seeing just what youre discussing, ryan. And
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