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Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today on the 1st of july germany will be assuming the presidency of the council of the European Union now this means that until the end of this year germany will chair the meetings of the council and will be tabling e. U. Legislation this morning on a macro will set out to the German Parliament her vision for europe and where it should be heading were seeing some live images right now for from that session thats just getting underway at the bundestag at this hour. The president of the german bund a cycle of gong show you blow will be addressing par...

Commissioner rettig, thank you for agreeing to testify on 2020 tax Filing Season and the irs handling of challenges that are posed because of the pandemic. 2020 Filing Season got off to its typical start at the end of january. However since then, this Filing Season has been anything but typical. This includes the individual and Corporate Income tax filings and payment deadlines which were pushed back from the normal april 15 to july 15. There is some rumors it might be extended again. I dont know. I have heard that at least once. Despite these extended dialogue deadlines, the tax Filing Season...

And greatly appreciate all of the work done by law enforcement, my heart goes out to georges family and friends, justice will be served. I can tell you as im briefing you at this moment, the president is receiving a briefing from the attorney general, bill barr, on this, and the Deputy Director of the f. B. I. That is ongoing as i begin this briefing. Secondly i want to transition into some news from s. B. A. And treasury that was announced that today the u. S. Small Business Administration in consultation with the u. S. Treasury department announced it is setting aside 10 billion of round two...

Good afternoon are three people who need no introduction. The woman to my right, the commissioner of the department of health, and to her right, the state epidemiologist, and the man on my left, the state police superintendent. Also joining us per usual is the director of the office of Homeland Security preparedness, Deputy Council of the guard. One quick reminder that is off given the date we the find ourselves meeting, is before i go through our discussion, a quick reminder that although today is april 15, your state tax returns are not due today. Pursuant to the legislation that i signed ac...

Donald trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly the announcement wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years here so we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Hes been covering russia from much of the past decade. His new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and rev...