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hyperbole, his measure and thoughtful. his committee has a hearing with chinas threat to the united states, we should take notice from covid-19 to spy balloons to partnering with russia to threatening taiwan there is no shortage of work for a committee formed to investigate china. every week brings a new challenge from china engaging with saudi arabia and france in secret chinese police stations in the united states to china trying to broker some peace agreement between russia and ukra...

in "the faulkner focus." americans face real economic consequences as politicians are dug in. more and more lawmakers are saying that the president and the house speaker must find common ground but the house -- the white house sounds like it is not really interested in doing that. >> this is not an issue that we will negotiate on. he is not going to negotiate over avoiding default. this is congresss constitutional duty. he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. very clear. that isnt g...

and the white house is sending troops to the southern border with the deadline for new migrant oigrules fast approachi. im chris ttine romans. the man accused of killing five neighbors will go before the magistrate. francisco oropeza was captured without incident last night just miles from the house where authorities say he shot five people including a 9-year-old and his mother. >> tip for the suspects location came in through the fbi tip line. and we just want to thank the person who ...

the epicentre becomes clear. if you picture eight, nine, ten buildings, all collapsed in a row, the debris mixed together, it is astonishing. that is replicated across what is a big city here. and why microsoft believes artificial intelligence will revolutionise the way people use the internet. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in america. president biden hasjust delivered his state of the union address. it has just it hasjust gone 11 p.m...

row with the debris mixed together it is astonishing and thatis together it is astonishing and that is replicated across what is a big city here. denmark, germany and the netherlands agree to supply ukraine with at least 100 leopard 1 tanks. and showcasing the work of a 17th—century dutch master. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings goes on show, at the national museum of the netherlands. this use of light and colour and of sharpness and blurred things makes the painting ...

what more do we know about his condition? >> reporter: well, at this point, jose, it appears the senate minority leader is still in the hospital, recovering from this fall. his office has not given us an update outside of what they told us shortly after the news broke of this situation that he was dealing with last night. of course, mcconnell is 81 years old, he had health scares in the past, heart surgery, he fell in 2019 and broke his shoulder. so he has dealt with health issues and ...

real for biden. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." we begin with the nations current tab. more than $31 trillion. the treasury department already said it is prepared to take extraordinary measures before our ability to borrow runs out. but even treasury can only help for so long. it is a number that is so huge that we only have until probably june until we default unless congress takes action. in the past, congress has simply raised the debt ceiling to keep us borr...

Good morning. The committee will come to order. We were hoping to be able to move out two of our nominees that are currently pending before the committee. We obviously have to have the requisite number of members here. So, until such time as we have a quorum, we will move to our scheduled full Committee Hearing on infrastructure permitting. If we are able to get the quorum of 12, we will take up the business meeting at that point in time. I would anticipate that it would be relatively quick. So,...

Good afternoon, everyone. The House Senate Conference committee on hr 1, the tax cuts and job act kcome to order. Im deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee. The first tax reform Conference Committee in 31 years. To be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone in to discuss the format of todays meeting. Id also like to thank all the members of congress joining us today from both sides of ...

House and Senate Conference Committee Members met to discuss tax reform the pat s bills. The senator orrin hatch who chairs the finance Committee Told reporters he and his republican colleagues had reached the general agreement on how they plan to overhaul the nations tax code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first tax reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic ef...