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See this restriction lifted. I think i can remind you hopes not a strategy and were hopeful that you all hopeful that you all will take the concern that is being expressed today about al import back to your smaller groups as you discuss opportunities going forward. Weve long been concerned about the extension of credit for ag transactions and trade. Hopefully i think tomorrow were going to try and take a move in the right direction. I think you guys have highlighted the number one thing that we ...

Screeria nigeria. A look at two Agency Budget requests, first fee mas budget then a hearing on the department of transportations 2016 budget. And later Border Patrol officials discuss threats and security along the u. S. canadian border. Next fema administrator craig fugate renting his agencys 2016 Budget Proposal to a Senate Appropriations budget committee. It is for disaster radio preparedness and resiliency. From capitol hill. This is about an hour and a half. I call this hearing to order for...

Humanitarian basis, but could you talk about the effect it could have if we were to actually lift the embargo . It will have i believe a tremendous impact on our ability to sell products and greatly increase the amount of products that were currently selling to cuba. Again right now you are looking at about 300 million worth. Again, the study by texas a m and American Farm bureau believe that formalized relations and lifting of the trade restrictions, that number could be in excess of 1 million....

Competition. We talked about brazil, canada argentina, mexico spain and vietnam. And ive seen some of those products in the market, rice for example, 25 cracked and broken, got to be sifted before it can be served in hotels and restaurants. It is cheap by the time it gets but by the time they fool with it the quality deteriorates. No doubt the strong dollar over the last several years has put some downward pressure on our exports, its made our products more price higher priced products. Cubans h...

To understand what their side of the equation is. And to be honest with you, some of the things they have done arent really clear today. So you know we always get in a debate about whether we should continue mill to mill if were unhappy with the things theyre doing. Im a proponent of continuing to take some risks there because there is benefit in us continuing to have dialogue, to try to establish those types of frameworks that allow us to communicate with each other in crisis. Weve had some goo...

Here. Let me begin with a topic that the chairwoman is familiar with, Cyber Security, particularly the faa. I had the privilege really of watching the chairman work and superb job of pending the intelligence bill and no one knows more and more thought 68 about the issue than senator collins, but i understand that within the faa there is a huge need to protect the system from Cyber Incidents and intrusions. But that there is organization in the air Traffic Organization that basically has to borro...

Masks. The rally was in open defiance of a state ban on gatherings of more than 50 people. Dr. Jonathan reiner, who we will hear from in a moment, calls the rally, quote, negligent homicide. President trumps last indoor rally was in june, in tulsa. Youll remember that trump supporter herman cain went to that without a mask and died weeks later from coronavirus. The trump rally was in stark contrast to scenes at sporting events across the country sunday as the nfl began its season with teams play...

In new york, and massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island and New Hampshire and across the region, 650,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning. New york mayor Michael Bloomberg urged people to stay off of the roads, but the long island expredzway is littered with cars that became stuck overnight. New england is getting the brunt of the snow with two feet of snow in boston. And Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has banned every vehicle on every road in the state. And the ...

This job done. Difficult times such as these, we see the true character of the American People and together we will endure and we will overcome. Brian we got a fox news alert now. There are two explosions. Two explosions rocking a Chemical Plant. Its just north of houston and it just happened. You are looking at a glow from those explosions. Its in crosby, texas, where evacuations have already been completed due to rising waters and unstable facilities. This explosion not unexpected though. Ains...

This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world, this is new day, friday, september 1st, 5 00 here in houston. One week ago today Hurricane Harvey made landfall here in Southeast Texas. Today theres no rain. Instead the skies are filled with helicopters searching for survivors. We have seen dramatic images of these rescues around the clock. More than 72,000 people have been rescued. The storms death toll kwonconts to ...