Undersecretary of state for Economic Growth, energy and the environment, keith cross. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and space administration, jim bridenstine. Chairman. Joint chiefs of staff, general jose joseph dunser. Acting secretary, matthew donovan. Acting deputy of homeland security, david bokosski. Acting intelligence director, joseph mcguire. Acting director of office of management and budget, russ volk. Secretary of commerce wilbur ross. The director of the national air and space museum dr. Ellen stofan. Stofan. Its an honor to welcome the National Space council back to the museum to continue the work of mapping the future of American Space exploration, surrounded here by icons of our nations highest, proudest achievements in space. The council is ensuring our future achievements are fully empowered by the past achievements, the things you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum and dont forget about us, we need hardware. Last month at our
Impact the broader crypto market. From trump, to owe walmart, to zuckerberg. No one is safe from doctored videos that are so good that you cant tell they are fake. One company says it can. First to our stop story. Big Tech Companies were back in washington monday, but not to discuss crypto currency or antitrust, trumps top advisor and treasury secretary called a meeting to talk about the impact of the trade war with china. One stood out. The administrations fight against that and whether the ban should stan. Representatives from microsoft, intel, qualcomm and more. To discuss in d. C. , we have jenny. What is the latest we know about this meeting . Who was there and what was discussed . What we know is that the meeting was called basically to hear a view from the business perspective of this whole debate. Do hear a lot about the fight from the hawks in the administration and on the hill who are in favor of a total decoupling of supply chains. This is the companies opportunity to make t
The clerk mr. Schumer, no. The clerk mr. Rubio, aye. Mr. Warner, no. The clerk mr. Braun, aye. Mr. Rounds, aye. The clerk mr. Vance, aye. The clerk ms. Klobuchar, no. Mr. Scott of florida, aye. Mrs. Britt, aye. Mr. Budd, aye. The clerk mr. Tillis, aye. The clerk mr. Manchin, aye. Mr. Hawley, aye. Mr. Young, aye. Ms. Ernst, aye. The clerk ■mr. Romney, aye. The clerk mr. Johnson, aye. Mr. Lujan, no. The clerk mr. Manchin, no. The clerk mr. Blumenthal, no. The clerk mr. Sanders, no. Vote the clerk mr. Mcconnell, aye. The clerk mr. Hickenlooper, no. The presiding officer have all senators voted . Does any senator wish to change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 47. The nays are 51. The amendment is not agreed to. Mr. Kennedy madam president. The presiding officer the junior senator from louisiana. Mr. Kennedy madam president , i ask unanimous consent that there be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the scheduled roll call vote. The presiding officer without objecti
Good evening. The go ahead has been given to develop the uks largest untapped Oil And Gas Field in the north sea at rosebank. Its expected to produce the equivalent of 300 Million Barrels of oil during its lifetime. The companies behind it, and the government, say it will create Hundreds Ofjobs and raise billions of pounds. But environmental campaigners are furious, calling the decision reckless and inconsistent with the uks 2050 net zero target. The oilfield is here, 80 miles west of the shetland isands. Our business editor, simonjack, reports for simon jack, reports over 50 for simonjack, reports over 50 years, the waters arol the for over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and Carbon Emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas but the owners of the punitive element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Is element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. Good day for the uk. Is an investment goo
And on newsnight at 10 30, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. There are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. Who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at Home Learning online . But now its clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the childrens commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. At least one in five pupils in england is now Persistently Absent meaning theyre missing 10 or more of their lessons thats double the rate, before the pandemic. A committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a National Roll out of Attendance Mentors to work with families. New guidance on the standardisation of fines for parents acr