[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Before we began i now, i know speak for anyone here when i wish our Ranking Member a belated happy birthday yesterday. And lets have some cake later so lets celebrate. But late happy birthday. We appreciate serving with you. Thank you, commissioner werfel, for appearing before the ways and Means Committee a little earlier than usual this year. We have a lot to go over with use appreciate you answering the request of our members to come before the Committee Early this year. First, as it pertains to the current 2023 tax Filing Season i want to thank you and your team for the Technical Work to ensure the quick and without delay implementation of provisions of the tax relief for American Families and workers act. We particularly appreciate the steps the agency is taken right now to be ready to immediately implement the legislation once the Senate Passes the bill and it is signed into law, especially with
Friends dont have to be rare. This is joe. When youre connected youre not alone. Cox, supports cspan as a Public Service. Along with these other television provirs. Getting you a front row seat to democracy. Next a look at the covid19 Small Business administration fraud report. The Inspector Generals report found that about 200 billion of pandemic loans were potentially fraudulent. In contrast with the s. B. A. Administrators estimate of 36 billion. The Inspector General testified before a House Committee on the report. The administrator of the s. B. A. Did not attend reportedly due to previously scheduled commitments. Before we begin were going to take a moment to have an opening prayer and the pledge. I recognize congressman dean. We know theres businesses that put food on the table and provide jobs for americans. We know its scary out there, we know its a challenge to run a Small Business. Today we ask a bless, thank you and protection for these businesses. May they thrive. Theyre t
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden signing a disaster declaration from california as storm after storm rips through the state causing flash flooding and mud slides. and it s not over yet, we re tracking another round of heavy rain that s moving in. also, the death toll continues to climb in dnipro after a ukrainian official says a missile struck an apartment building. live to ukraine this morning. we re following a developing story out of nepal where a passenger jet has crashed shortly after takeoff. we ll break down what we know about the accident and the ongoing response. and days from hitting the debt ceiling, president biden and the new republican-led house could soon be sparring as the country inches closer to defaulting on its debt. how kevin mccarthy s concessions to become speaker could complicate talks. we are so grateful to have you this sunday, january 15th. it is a new week. great
are learning of. obviously we know that she has a very wide ranging investigation. she s looking into a bunch of different facets of the effort to overturn the election. shaffer was important because he was one of the people who served as a pro trump fake elector in georgia. he organized the slate of alternate electors there, and he had been cooperated with prosecutors as part of this probe. he was initially told, we were told by sources that he was initially viewed as a witness in this investigation. obviously now this is changing. look, we know she is in the investigative phase of this pr probe. she has a special grand jury seated. this is an indication that she is serious about potentially bringing in indictments in this case, whether it will stem, you know, whether david shaffer could actually face an indictment. we don t know whether it will go further than him. it s clear she s chugging ahead down in georgia. sathank you for that breakin news. there are new developm
no response there from the crown prince. he sat back in his chair. some people say he smirked at the question. the question was eliminated from the broadcast in saudi arabia. that is an opinion column in the wall street journal put it this way. the saudis know that they host a humbled joe biden who spoke one way as a candidate but now is desperate for the king to open the oil spigot that the president has worked towards shutting down. jacqui heinrich traveling with the president? saudi arabia. hi, jacqui. the president of the united states on camera fist bumping with the man that u.s. intelligence believes ordered the death of a u.s. journalist, a grisly murder. u.s. journalists were allowed into the meeting and evidently upset the saudis by asking whether they would apologize for ordering that man s death according to u.s. intelligence. peter alexander that shouted that question said the saudi aide grabbed his arm tightly after he asked. the crown prince appeared to sm