The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one
Way. Also on the day of 93 year old former nazi death camp god receives a 2 year suspended sentence for his role in the murder of thousands of people. How is this a measure of justice that is not published he goes home happy they go back to their nightmares and dramas. The President Trump has announced that he will send federal forces into more u. S. Cities he says its to combat a surge in crime in cities like chicago Kansas City Missouri and albuquerque cities that are all brought in by what the president has described as the radical left but the truck deployment of federal forces already operating in Portland Oregon has been targeting protesters demanding Racial Justice and city Officials Say the feds have done nothing but increase local ag. It stings its hard to bring the mayor of portland tear gassed by federal offices in the middle of his own city. Ted wheeler was in a group of protesters outside a federal courthouse he said he saw nothing which provoked this response but. The iro
Interview this morning. Plus House Democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries, republican senator tom scott and analysis from our powerhouse round table. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Good morning. Welcome to this week. The campaign trail, coronavirus and calls for racial equality all converged last night in tulsa. The president was hoping to reboot his campaign, but while the hype was huge, he claimed 1 Million People asked for tickets, the crowd was modest. Lots of empty seats, a rarity for a trump rally. While there were some tense moments in tulsa, protests remained largely peaceful. In a speech that lasted nearly n, defhis the president slme handling of coronavirus saying he requested to slow down the testing to avoid finding more cases. He spoke at length about his slow walk down a ramp at west point. What the president did not do is mention juneteenth, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 or george floyd amid a National O
Badly handling the pandemic and an arbitrary killing a u. N. Investigator says a u. S. Drone strike that killed the iranian general hossam some in money was unlawful. Brazils president has test has counsel to schedule for the coming days after testing positive for corona virus hateable so narrow is now in quarantine at home has repeatedly downplayed the threat from the virus defying social distancing measures and opposing lockdown even as brazilians deal with the regions worst outbreak latin america at its embassy in yemen reports. To World Leaders have defied a cold 19 like brazils jade bullshit novel. For months the president tempted fate and turned to doctors his school and callers to respect social distancing he seemed to relish defying even his own advisors always pressing the flesh and rarely using a face mask many members of his cabinet had become infected even his wifes grandmother some joked hed made a pact with the devil until what was probably the inevitable happened. Everyb
June 1. Lawenforcement officers advanced on protesters gathered in the park to protest the death of george floyd to clear the way for President Trump to walk from the white house to st. Johns Episcopal Church where this Natural Resources committee is two hours and 40 minutes. I am asking unanimous consent that all other members be made part of the hearing record. Whatever comes first. If there are no objections, so order. I declare a recess. Described in the documents, as described in the notice, stations, documents or notice to this email. Ed that ourlly, note members are responsible for their own microphones. Anyone present at the hearing today must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the house acting upon the recommendations of the attended physician require face coverings for all indoor gatherings over 15 minutes in length. In order to maintain the coram and protect the safety of members and staff, the chair will not recognize any member in room to speak was n