Feet. Where the storm is now and where its headed next. Also ahead, veep stakes and the final countdown, Vice President Kamala Harris set to announce her Running Mate by tomorrow. What we know about her meetings over the weekend and plans for the week ahead. And later, the new group of republicans campaigning for harris. Ill talk to a former trump White House official whos backing the democratic Con Tender over Donald Trump. Its a busy monday. Were following Breaking News on Wall Street as a historic global Market Plunge now hits the u. S. The markets just opened here after investors watched japans benchmark Index Tally its worst day since 1987s black monday, and you can see whats happening right now. Driving this selloff here is concerns that the fed will spark a u. S. Slowdown by waiting too long to cut Interest Rates. Lets get right over to nbc News Business and Data Correspondent brian cheung. Brian, weve seen the markets dip as much as A Thousand points already this morning. Where
Angeles, atlanta and Madison Wisconsin testifying on how their cities are mitigating climate change risks. The hearing is an hour and 40 minutes. The committee will come to order, without objection the authorization of a recess is able at any time. Member should remain visible at all times throughout the hearing, and as well as at inperson meetings, members are responsible for controlling their own microphones. Statements, documents and motions must be submitted to the electronic repository and finally, members or witnesses experiencing technical difficulties should inform the Committee Staff immediately. Lets get started. Good afternoon, welcome, thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impacts. I recognize myself for five minutes. As members of congress continue to work on muchneeded infrastructure and jobs legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving t
Witnesses experiencing technical difficulties should inform the Committee Staff immediately. Lets get started. Good afternoon. Welcome. Thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impacts. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statements. Members, as congress continues to work on muchneeded Infrastructure And Job legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving that we need generational investments that will create a stronger and more resilient america. The west is facing a recordsetting mega drought, increased risks of heat waves and wildfires, and shrinking Water Supply for millions of americans. Severe storms, persistent drought, massive flooding, and other climate related disasters cost our nation nearly 100 billion in 2020 alone. Earlier this year, americans experienced deadly and destructive Winter Storm in texas and historic floods in the southe
Mitigating climate change risk. The hearing will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. Members are responsible for controlling their own microphones. Members can be muted by staff to avoid inadvertent background noise. Welcome. Thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impacts. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statements. Members, as congress continues to work on muchneeded Infrastructure And Job legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving that we need generational investments that will create a stronger and more resilient america. The west is facing a recordsetting mega drought, increased risks of heat waves and wildfires, and shrinking Water Supply for millions of americans. Severe storms, persistent drought, massive flooding, and other climate related disasters cost our nation nearly 100 bi
Book, mister hoover, in your biography it says you live in a 33 Room House, 32 rooms of which contain books. 57,000 books i told. Explain. Im afraid a few more came last week so i got to be closer to 60,000. Its an addiction and theres no Twelvestep Program for Book Collectors. 33 Room House though. I found a good bargain on an abandoned Community Health Clinic in a small town in texas so its got all these little exam rooms. Theyre just perfect or filling up so each room is a different subject and its a very unusual living in arrangement to put it mildly. How many of those 60,000 books have you read . I actually dont read books. Or with limits. So i have a method. Its in the book were talking about. I call it digesting a book and what i am is an information junkie. I started collecting world atlases and backs when i was seven years old and trying to figure out how the world works and my goal is to have a personal Reference Library where i could look up anything in the book and a lot of