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Senate committee on finance, subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange, with an empty room, except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless, to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices, a foreign governments especially china and russia. The ...

Director of intelligence and and votes throughout the day. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate now here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord of our lives, make these moments of prayer more than mere words, but may this reverent pause fill our hearts with gratitude and love for you. May our lawmakers appreciate the fact that through prayer, they have the privilege of talking to you...

Now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, european indices all over the place this morning following the u. S. Central Bank Stimulus package. London shut down, some of the mass transit lines in an effort to contain virus. Ftse 100 is down 12 points right now. Dax index in germany right now up 21. In asia overnight it was red across the board. Take a look. Korea getting hard hit down better than 8 overnight in korea hitting levels not seen since 2009 even as coronavirus cases are d...

And once again, we are live here on cspan2 for the 16th Public Meeting of the defense Advisors Committee on prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. This meeting is open. Before we get started, apparently in order to speak, you need to hit request. The green, and when youre done that seems odd, in any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you, and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of the Defense A...

Entrenching 14 people have revealed the shape for treatment of disabled people you know maybe a state trying to have some of them funded by the year even if shes promised to vote susan but now 5 years on weve heard fresh allegations about neglect to mistreat of disabled people across Eastern Europe in the 1st of 2 special reports sarah spent years between 1st. God felt. That october 29th teen and hundreds of people with disabilities operate testing in brussels. Theyre angry over Human Rights Vio...

General. He was there for a long time. Both of these guys are there often. They win a lot. They lose occasionally. They are very good advocates. I am going to start by talking about news. Before thewo cases Supreme Court pending, waiting for the justices to say what if anything they want to do with them. One is from the d. C. Circuit. The d. C. Circuit ruled that when Congress Asks for information from President Trumps Accounting Firm related to whether or not they want to pass ethics legislatio...

Norman withan ralph the latest on the House Democrats impeachment inquiry. At 8 30 am, more on the inquiry with Virgin Islands delegate stacy plaskett. Host good morning on this friday, october 18, the end of the legislative week in washington. We will begin with your top stories from the top five days. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, your line, 2027488002. Text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003. You can also go to twitter at cspanwj or facebook...

About chairman cummings. He had a goodness about him. There was a goodness. People will tell you who have known him for longer than i have, you might not vote the way he does or agree with everything , but there was a goodness. Secondly, he really tried to be fair. When it got heated, he would say we are better than this. That is a saying i always take with me and that is true. He will be missed. He had a presence about him when he would walk in the room. He will be missed. Host yesterday, the a...

About chairman cummings. He had a goodness about him. There was a goodness. People will tell you who have known him for longer than i have, you might not vote the way he does or agree with everything , but there was a goodness. Secondly, he really tried to be fair. When it got heated, he would say we are better than this. That is a saying i always take with me and that is true. He will be missed. He had a presence about him when he would walk in the room. He will be missed. Host yesterday, the a...

You so much. Were going to give a very brief update on the case review. We have now completed the review of the investigative case files in the preliminary hearing reports that were available where 32 was held. We have the inputting process of the information that was released from the investigation. We had this process and will continue to work on the other services and how the data produced and hand over the questions i was here today of all probable cause and whether or not there was an acqui...