In the house today work on two veterans bills and recommendations for modernizing congress. You are watching live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend erin keys, capitol hill presbyterian, washington dis. The chaplain let us pray, god, we ask you blessing upon all those gathered here today and upon our nation as we along with countries all over the world face the anxiety and fear currently surrounding the coronavirus. Though much about how the situation will continue to unfold is unknown to us. We trust that it is known to you. From the beginning of time, your spirit has hovered over the chaos of our world bringing order and life so we pray that your spirit continues to do so now. We pray for the safety of all people and we pray for the wisdom of our leaders as they guide us through this time. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and anno
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Great to have you all here. Welcome to the museum news eums theater. We are partners with the fbi for wes special program as celebrate one hundred years of African American special agents. We will honor their history, their service, and looked toward the future. Seum has enjoyed working with the fbi. Exhibit today examines how the bureau is riding terror and cybercrime fighting terror and cybercrime. I want to give a warm welcome to many current and former fbi agents in the room and as always, i very warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you for your support. Introduceleasure to the fbi associate director paul bate. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. Thank you, john, and to the newseum, for hosting this event. And thank you for the fbi up us vias office of inclusion to organize thishelp event today. Its a privilege to be one small part of the 100th Year Anniversary of the hiring and entry on duty of the first af
Obviously anything you have in writing, you can enter for the record. We welcome you, we congratulate you and miss granger for bringing all of this together and all of the appropriators, and we will begin with you. I thank you for your congratulations but you have a great team. I will accept the congratulations on behalf of all of my colleagues and all their staff who brought us to this day. I know you are all eager to support this great product. Mr. Chairman those raise funding for Critical National priorities. I am particularly proud we have fully funded a fair and accurate to0 census, provided money states to secure their elections, and appropriated 25 million for gun violence prevention research. These are just a few of the highlights of these bills and our cardinals will provide details on many more examples of investments that will strengthen our nation. Of critical importance, the bill limits the administrations deviateto redirect or from congressionally directed spending levels
We celebrate 100 years of africanamerican special agents. Today, the program will honor their history, honor their service, and look towards the future. M hasewsy him newseu enjoyed working with the fbi during our time here. Our exhibits inside todays fbi, which explores headlinemaking fbi cases and explores how the bureau is fighting terrorism and cyber crime, is a visitor favorite. We have enjoyed hosting many programs with the fbi. I want to give a warm welcome to many former and current fbi in the room, and a warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you as always for your support. Introduceleasure to fbi associate Deputy Director paul. [applause] paul good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. So privileged to be here. Thank you john, and to the newseum, for hosting this phenomenal and historic event, and to the fbis office of Foreign Affairs and office of diversity and inclusion for helping to organize such an Amazing Program today. It is an incredible privilege to
As observer. Might as well your positions against Russian Diplomats calling the case with the athletes and called for our criminal liability. By. The french government pushes forward with its new pension reform which has already led to days of mass demonstrations civil unrest on strike which. Is. A very good morning to you youre watching r. T. International with me. Now we begin with breaking news this hour a suicide bomber has detonated his car outside one of americas main military outposts in afghanistan. Airfield the attack comes hard on the heels of trumps surprise thanksgiving day visit. At the very same base local media report a powerful blast hit a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the air bases main gate the number of those injured in the attack is estimated to be between 30 and 50 initial reports suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a u. S. Military convoy though american officials have denied that. The american president flew to afghanistan and visite