Undersecretary for strategy, policy and plans. And now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Gracious god, our rock of ages and lifes shifting sands, give our lawmakers this day the abiding assurance of your presence. May they strive to be your instruments, accompliing your will and being concluded by your glory. Enable them to experience your contentment and peace, facing lifes chaos with quiet hearts and vibrant faith. Lord, refresh their spirit, quicken their thinking, reinforce their judgment, and empower them to fulfill your purposes on earth. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding
Thursday at 7 00 eastern. Live thursday on the cspan networks, the Senate Energy committee looks at Energy Development on federal lands at 10 00 a. M. On cspan. At 1 00 Vice President mike pence speaks at the politics and eggs event in manchester, new hampshire. On cspan2, the Senate Considers consideration of a judge for the Eastern District of arkansas. And on cspan3 at 10 00 a. M. , carla kadant, library of librarian of congress, testifies on efforts to modernize the library. Intelligence Committee Chair adam schiff announced that public impeachment inquiry hearings will begin next wednesday. Chairman schiff good morning. The middle of the deposition involving ambassador career official at the state department. Im going to have to keep this brief. First of all, i want to thank ill for being here, for following the lawful subpoena we issued. We wish others would show the same courage and dedication to the law that ambassador hale is demonstrating here today. I want to let you know we
Our meeting will come to order consistent with policies to start on time. Well be doing that. Good morning today were considering the nomination of mark esper to be secretary of defense. We thank all for being here today. We anticipate doing your opening remarks, dr. Esper, introduce any members of your family here and other support groups. It is standard we have the eight required questions to respond to audibly to get that in record. Adhere to laws governing conflict of interest. Yes, sir. Assumed duties taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercise legislative oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate kmtsz if congress received testimony, reports, recordings and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, if confirmed, to and and testify before this committee when requested. Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, document, E
Democrat, nancy pelosi. Thank you for joining us. Im andre senior. Im alyana gomez. The move gives democrats two weeks to try to secure the border. Jesse joins us with how lawmakers are reacting. The specter of separating families, mass deportations, off the table for now. Today, mr. Trump seemed to move toward washington diplomacy but where policy mixes with peoples emotions, there is skepticism and hope, promised rates will never happen. In oaklands fruitvale district, the collective adult abilities to run pales in comparison to the reactions generated by President Trumps abrupt reversal on mass deportation this weekend. Everybody out here, even though they called it off, that dont mean they cant come back. Reporter saturday, mr. Trump used twitter, to reverse course, saying, quoteat the request of democrats, i have delayed the illegal immigration removal process deportation for two weeks to see if the democrats and republicans can get together and work out a solution to the asylum a
Us. I am maria bartiromo, thursday march 21. Your top stories, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast markets extending the gains after the Federal Reserve left ray unchanged. Markets higher across the board after jay powell said to expect three rate cuts this year and three more over the next two years all three major nbc closed in record territory since the First Time Since november 2021, what a performance with the dow industrial 401 and the nasdaq 202 at the close yesterday. Everything investors are watching. Initial jobless claims in the Philadelphia Fed and ducks at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. European markets are mixed, the eurozone factually higher. The bank of england making this decision we will have that news. In asia overnight markets finished higher with the exception of the shanghai composite, the cosby in korea to win 3 . The biden family influence peddling catching up as a former business associate of hunter biden testifies on capitol hill giving a list of crimes that he said they are gu