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Straight night of unrest in the city. Arsonists starting several fires around the federal courthouse despite federal Law Enforcement officers presence. Rioters threw flares, fireworks, molotov cocktails at those Law Enforcement officers. The leftwing mob injured at least three federal officers, protecting the federal courthouse. One of them t burned by an unidentified chemical. Portlands radical dem mayor, ted wheeler, showed up at the riot. Apparently he thought he would receive something of a ...

Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are ...

Issue of mailin voting and whether you think it is a safe and trustworthy alternative to in person voting. Cane lines are open, you join in on the conversation. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. If you are an independent, 202 7488001. You can also send us a tweet, cspanwj, or join us on facebook, journal cspan. Org facebook. Reuters, negotiations continuing into the weekend with this from yesterday, secretary of state mnuchin taking up this role. [video clip] wetheres a subset of...

Congressional democrats in the white house still at an impasse over the relief bill and joining us on the phone this morning is jeff mason, who covers the white house for reuters. Is there a sign that this could be resolved by the end of the week . Guest thats a good question, steve. I dont have the answer to that. Seems that both sides are eager to get to a solution, but if you just as you just played in the clip, he said that they are not close. So, its just hard to say. The longer it takes, t...

The first case that we will argue stay is down from versus the usa. Mr. Chief justice, the subpoenas at issue here are unprecedented in every sense. No court hadcases, ever upheld the use of Congress Passed subpoena power. Had toittee of congress the records of a sitting president with a broad swath of the president s personal papers to the let alone purpose of the a potential legislation. There is a reason this is the first time a set has attempted such a gambit. Because, grist has subpoena pow...

Vice president mike pence and South Carolina governor held a conference on reopening schools this fall. This is 50 minutes. Welcome everyone. All right. Im ready to welcome everyone here to the university of South Carolina this is where we have had many of our meetings concerning the pandemic and we have gotten a lot of great ideas in this place and we have some more today. We appreciate very much the effort of the Vice President , the secretary, the administrator for coming in and being with us...

Tonight we will encourage you to ask questions which many of you already have. The portion of the event will be dedicated to questions where people have already asked questions and you can vote on those you are most interested in hearing the authors answer. And last you can see us but we cannot see you so feel free to relax and get comfortable. Without further ado, it is my honor to welcome the professor of economics at the State University and contributing columnist to discuss her book. We are ...

On cspan, online at cspan. Org and listen live on the free cspan radio app. The commissioner of the irs testified before the Senate Finance committee on the impact of the coronavirus on the 2020 taxis and including efforts season including efforts to help taxpayers and Small Business. This is just over two hours. [gavel] sen. Grassley commissioner rettig, thank you for agreeing to testify on 2020 tax Filing Season and the irs handling of challenges that are posed because of the pandemic. The 202...

Taking a hit. Honey . Theyre actually two miles down the road. Major League Baseball sidelines the Miami Marlins for the rest of the week to contain the teams coronavirus outbreak. And in the nfl, more players you always say hi mom thats what you do when youre opting out of the upcoming on tv. And extra love to your dad. Season. Hes fighting cancer and we are sending love his way too the latest straight ahead. On alert. We love you. Thank you hanging with us th morning. And the group, one more t...

Just hours before the hearings and one day before they tell the world how much money theyve got, all their stock prices are on the upside. All right. Now to politics. Joe biden says he will announce his Vice President ial pick by the end of next week. Its probably the most important veep selection in history. Hes 77. Hes forgetful. Occasionally unfocused, and he does not campaign vigorously. If he wins in november, who will really run the country . We will find out. Getting back to classroom lea...