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[inaudible conversations] good morning the subcommittee will now come to order. Welcome to everyone that is here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. According to dhs National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. Thirtythree states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and in the district of columbia have legalized for adult use. State laws and federal policy are 1000 miles apart. The federal governments s...

Critics say some cosmetics have Dangerous Levels of mercury. China prepares for its biggest ipo since 2015. It may not be plain sailing as investors lose their taste for mainland stock. Paul lets check how we are treating right now. Australias asx has just come online. We are looking flat at the moment. We have the staggered open. We will see how things unfold. New zealand has been treating for a couple of hours. Currently higher by four tens of 1 . No change for the nikkei futures. S p futures ...

Plus, why the fbi and the military are now issuing a warning about the new joker movie. A passenger plane is diverted all because someone got stuck in the bathroom. Abd the dog who spent more than 400 days in this Animal Shelter desperate for a new home. We have an update this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with new details concerning President Trumps phone call to ukraine that did fueling the push for impeachment. The whistleblower complaint about t...

The gunman santino leggen saying we would never condone the hateful thoughts and idea ols that led to this event and it is impossible to reconcile this with the son we thought we knew. Police say leggen was wearing a bullet resistant vest as he carried out the attack with an assault tile rifle. The suspect fired approximately 39 rounds during the course of this event. The gunman was shot multiple times by three responding Police Officers but died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound to the head. I...

Able to provide security it should do so in its own region you also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and says that the u. S. Goal in the region which is those discord and newt money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region theres no need for foreign troops now the context for this is that the United S...

Love people to be injured and thats why we know that the only way out is Hong Kong Government must respond to peoples demand instead of hiding behind those riot Police Thousands of us gather at airports and they are planning to have 1000000 people join the protests on sunday too demanding for you Crystal Clear requests the 1st is terminate and withdraw the extradition b. O. The 2nd one is to stop protests brutality and finally the only way out is to have free election hong kong people need to el...

Years and the outsider has become an insider. You said when trump left the white house, the dc swamp was alive and growing just like our countrys federal debt, which grew by a stunning 8 trillion under trump do you stand by all that donald trump will admit that the swamp, a lot of people that worked for him, that were supposedly had allegiance to donald trump turned on him. Thats the swamp. He didnt he will be far smarter when he gets elected about who he who he yes, to work with him. And as far...

Democracy at work with citizens who are truly informed. A republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. In the Nations Capital to wherever you are, it is the opinion that matters the most that is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. Welcome to another at the university of utah, college of law presentation, we are pleased to have you with us this afternoon. I am robert keiter, director of the center for Land ...

Welcome back to the weekend, folks. Were here, and House Speaker mike johnson is proving he is actually really good at one thing. Kicking that can down the road. Congress now has another week to avoid a partial government shutdown. But none of this is normal, and we cannot say that enough. If congress was actually functioning like it should, this would have been a done deal back in september. So, joining us have to discuss this and all other things happening with the governments Transportation S...

Holidays. The senate convenes january 8. The house on january 9. Both chambers face two upcoming deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The first january 19 and the other february 2. The committees are ready to do the work but we are waiting awaiting for the other chamber to come forward with a number we can agree upon. Leader mcconnell and i will figure out the best way to get this vote in quickly. Neither of us want to shut down. Announcer coverage on the cspan network cspan, now, or cspan....