The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
Community in new york heed the call to help from bad workers in a crisis. We begin in the u. K. Where foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government thats after Prime Minister Abbas Johnson was moved to intensive care and on that of his covered 900. 00 symptoms called worse on monday night this comes as new numbers show another 758 people died from the virus in the u. K. Just the last 24 hours. This is where the most powerful man in britain is under close observation every branch of government was already under strain and now this downing street say the Prime Minister who is 55 was moved to the intensive care unit on the advice of his medical team hes been given oxygen but hasnt been put on a ventilator there is one nearby if needed a senior cabinet minister michael gove himself isolating said johnson is receiving excellent support as we speak bronzer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical Team Receiving the very very best care from the team and sa
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Well, its obvious that its too early to draw conclusions, but the fact that a lot has been done is absolutely certain. The largest, maybe even in europe, but much more important is the Solnechny Dar Greenhouse Complex in russia, where the head of state came as part of a working trip to the north caucasus federal district. The president inspected the production itself, which, according to him, was impressive, and talked with the companys employees. They asked many questions, for example, about attracting students to practice in greenhouses, or about Holding Industry holidays and festivals , we collected greenhouse vegetables last year , this is one of our records, achievements that we can, what is important, what is important, we have our own production, and this equipment is in lipets free Economic Zone of lipetsk, yeah , this conversation took place at a table, not round, more like a dining table, right in the canteen for the employees of the complex, on the table there was a vitamin
[indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] good evening from washington. You have been watching cspans live coverage of the white house Correspondents Dinner here in washington. It is an annual tradition, as you heard from Kelly Odonnell. It is with the exception of former President Donald Trump that every president has attended at least one of these annual dinners, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Some 2700 guests walked the red carpet to attend the dinner tonight, including andrew mccarthy, steve ducey of fox news, followed by the Senate Majority later, other journalists, hollywood stars, and politicians attending. [indiscernible conversations] and that is Comedian Colin Jost with Scarlett Johansson. Colin jost is the entertainment tonight. And the speaking portion of the program is expected to begin around 9 30 p. M. Eastern time, with president joe bidens remarks being delivered after 10 00 p. M. , followed by saturday night lives just. Colin jost. If you ha