After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
And gary, independent, meridian, connecticut. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to talk about the ballot issue first. Im shocked watching the supreme court. They seem to be third way third rate jurists. I think they found correctly that trump should not have been removed from the ballot, but for the wrong reason. The fact is, if you lead an insurrection he had a right to due process. I was never afforded him. Until that happens he has to remain on the ballot. It is not up to we leave this to take you live to a discussion about air force technological properties. Government leaders to discuss issues arising at the intersection of defense ministries and the industries that serve them. Todays Event Features the honorable andrew hunter, assistant secretary. He is here to deliver prepared remarks and have a conversation about how the air force is working to field next generation technologies. I would like to think andrew and our audience for joining us. Putting this in context
u.s. department of agriculture considers a ban on the childhood treat in school cafeterias. congresswoman elise stefanik tells us why it is not only government overreach but could hurt her constituents. john: stunning video of a ten-foot croc after it made its way into somebody s back yard pool. we ll talk to one of the men who secured it about his 40 years in the wrangling business. it s 3:00 a.m., you know what time it is, let s get ready to commute. sandra: that is a young south carolina woman landing an internship in new jersey. but instead of finding a place to live up north, she s travelling back and forth by plane. are housing costs so outrageous this is actually saving her money? what a story. i m sandra smith in new york. and on the crocodile, i bet they are glad they have lights on in the pool. john: 2:00 in the morning, imagine waking up to that. all those stories are coming up in a jam packed hour. we begin with a fox news alert on the unrelenting border c
as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in the city of hiroshima. but it s the two that aren t attending that will be talked about the most. as well as new sanctions on russia they ll be focusing on china and how to counter its increasing economic power. as the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima explains. the g7 kicked off and the two biggest issues on the agenda are a war in ukraine and the economic containment of china. on that first subject the us got off to a quick start before the summit had even begun. they announced a fresh batch of sanctions targeting russia and its ability to source battlefield materials. they are also trying to tighten the ability of russia to use third country loopholes to evade those sanctions. britain as well has announced a ban on the importation of russian diamonds, of copper, nickel, aluminium as well that comes from russia. these are the actions of individual countries. the real challenge will be when ther
welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.