Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome the secretary, good to see you. And we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. Theres so many of them and i wont the scalias are a productive family, apparently, so we wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself to be nominated for education secretary and was grilled pretty heavily, i thought, with my family sitting right behind me. I was accustomed to it, but they werent. But they got over it before very long. We welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from senator murray asking me to delays todays hearings. I think the Committee Members know, i do my best to do what sen
Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. To serve as United States secretary of labor. Let me say before i begin my pening statement that we welcome secretary chao. Good to see you and we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. Theres so many of them and i wont the scalias are a productive family, apparently, so well well it wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement nd i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more than 30 years ago to be nominated for education secretary and was grilled pretty heavily, i thought with my family sitting right behind me. I was accustomed to it, but they werent. But they got over it before very long. So we welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from senator murray asking me to delays t
Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome the secretary, good to see you. And we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. Theres so many of them and i wont the scalias are a productive family, apparently, so we wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself to be nominated for education secretary and was grilled pretty heavily, i thought, with my family sitting right behind me. I was accustomed to it, but they werent. But they got over it before very long. We welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from senator murray asking me to delays todays hearings. I think the Committee Members know, i do my best to do what sen
At ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. But first, our world. Lapland is europes great last wilderness. It stretches across norway, sweden, finland and russia, north of the arctic circle. The far north of finland is the home of the sami, europes only indigenous people, who still live off the land. But the life of the sami people is changing. Climate change is affecting the arctic more than any other part of the earth. You cant rely on that you know how nature acts or how animals act because everything seems to be changing. The melting ice is opening up opportunities for shipping routes and there is talk of a new railway. Its the Worst Nightmare we are facing at the moment. Which could threaten the sami peoples way of life. How can you put a price target for a culture . We have come to lapland to talk to sami women about the challenges they face. Nature gives if we give back. We cant just take. Anna comes from a family of sami reindeer herders who
Police are expected to continue questioning a number of people arrested in connection with the killing of pc Andrew Harper, who died after being apparently dragged under a vehicle and hit by another in berkshire. Newlywed pc harper has been described as a highly popular member of his team. Flags were flown at half mast at police stations across the Thames Valley force area. Daniel sandford reports. On a rural stretch of the a4 outside reading, Police Officers doing what they dread investigating the death of one of their own. Pc Andrew Harper, 28 years old, married to his wife lissie just four weeks ago, described by his chief constable as highly regarded, popular and a significant loss to the force. The officer was well known across the force. You know, so, its felt very personal, despite the size of the force, its felt very personally by the whole of the police family. Pc harper was responding with his crewmate to reports of a burglary late last night, a routine call that has ended in