Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
Jackie deangelis are both in new york. Speaking in new york laura engle is on Staten Island where a local Business Owner continues to defy shutdown orders. Well get to that. Start with you, blake, new developments on covid relief. What is the latest . Reporter i believe Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is on the senate floor or headed there. If we have the video and take it connell that would be fantastic. If not literally it is happening as we speak. We of course wait to see what eventually come of this. Live look on senate floor, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Just got there. So were still trying to see exactly what he says Going Forward on a pathway potential covid relief bill. We do know, connell that tomorrow the Bipartisan Group of lawmakers put forth this 908 billiondollar plan will actually release their legislative text. That should have an impact on how washington views that proposal. The president s top Economic Advisor larry kudlow was asked about it earlier
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Welcome, everybody. I think we have some republicans that have a leadership election, but theyll be coming in. Can you see me . Can you hear me . Is it working . Well, the election is over. Theyre still counting the votes and making legal challenges and once all of the legal challenges are made and the votes are counted, well have that done. We still have two outstanding races in georgia to determine the control of the senate. And the committee will keep moving forward doing its work. We have next week social media oversight. I cant wait to have the social media ceos come to the committee and explain themselves about their platforms. I think theres a lot of bipartisan support to take a hard look at social media platforms. The earned act is still a business pending before the committee and after the hearing well have markup. But today, we have mr. Mccabe, the number two at the fbi during crossfire hurricane. I think hes going to appear remotely. I appreciate him coming. And what ill do