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Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due fro...

Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audienc...

Tom good morning everybody. Bloomberg surveillance. An extraordinary friday getting ready for october as well. Fox, mr. Ross drops a bombshell. He will take tiktok away from my children. I dont believe it, including updates. Aboutan shall i be clear what is going to happen . As of monday you wont be able to download the app. If you download the app, you wont get the updates as of monday. As of november 12, if we dont have a deal, that is when the shutdown comes into force. In plain english, that seems to be the story. Jonathan you have to tom you have to believe the chinese will respond to thi...

Mudded for defending the environment the rights Group Global Witness says a Record Number of activists well killed last year so while an environmentalist being protected this is a. Hello and welcome to the program i mean wrong around the World Environmental activists of being arrested jailed even killed for trying to protect our planet the u. K. Based Group Global Witness has recorded the highest number of murders since it began its annual survey a decade ago 212 People Killed in 2019 for campaigning against issues such as illegal logging mining and deforestation Global Witness believes the ri...

A revisits the men once celebrated as National Heroes and asked how this ordeal changed their lives chilean miners after the rescue on a jersey. Murdered for defending the environment the rights Group Global Witness says a Record Number of activists what killed last year so why arent environmentalists being protected this is a pledge to. Hello and welcome to the program i mean wrong kong around the World Environmental activists are being arrested jailed even killed for trying to protect our planet the u. K. Based Group Global Witness has recorded the highest number of murders since it began it...