And securing the blefg of liberty blessings of liberty for all americans has taken a long and bumpy road and we still have a lot further to go. It starts with that one step. But at this moment the country and the world are demanding we pick up the stride. Lets follow iowas lead. Lets come together and take meaningful action. And to be clear, the passage of a single bill is not going to suddenly reverse centuries of injustice. Passing laws are a simple part. If we really want to change behavior, we need to commit ourselves to changing our hear hearts. The best way that we can personally commemorate the life of george floyd and the many others before him who lost their lives or suffered injustice is to open our own hearts. Chaplain black summed up the solution best when he quoted to me mark 12 31. Love your neighbor as yourself. Its both that simple and that challenging. So im asking all of us in this body to be more like iowa. Lets find a solution. Lets take that first step and begin ou
The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
The latest on what he will tell the committee and what we can expect at next weeks public hearings. Todays hearings are closed. With Brittney Griner back in her russian jail cell, i will talk to the brother of paul whelan, an american detained by russia since 2018, on what the u. S. Considers baseless charges. First, the shocking assassination of shinzo abe. Janice, such an important figure internationally, globally and in japan. Especially in strengthening their response to chinese aggression, military buildup. Reporter former Prime Minister shinzo abe was a political giant in japan. A prominent figure even after he stepped down no 2020 citing health reasons. He was in nara city giving a campaign speech, helping out a junior candidate, when shots rang out. It was captured on video. You can hear the shots and then from another angle see smoke billowing above the crowd. Abe went down bleeding. He lost consciousness. He was airlifted to hospital where they tried to resuscitate him. He ar
So does he . Senator tim scott joins us. Good evening, sir. Good evening, greta. Good to be back with you. Nice to have you back and congratulations is in order. First time i have seen you since you won your election, sir. So condition graduate legs. Thank you very much. Its good to be on this side of an election so we can give back to the peoples business as so very important to all of us that live in america around around the world frankly. All right. You have just heard Condoleezza Rice and she talks about the importance of leading. Is the u. S. Leading . So far we have been leading from behind, which is not leadership from my perspective. If were really leading, then what you see coming from the white house, from the administration is a longterm strategy that starts at the victory line and works our way back to where we are. Not last and continuing resolution 500 million and now we are looking for 5. 6 billion. Its like having a blank check with no strategy. The first thing we need
1970s first established the legal basis for president obama taking executive action on immigration. John lennons lawyer, one of the great courtroom crusaders of our time is here to explain. But first, the attack on a synagogue today in jerusalem. Among the dead, three americans. Were following reaction out of jerusalem. Todays synagogue attack in jerusalem. Five people dead, three of them rabbis. Two attackers stormed a synagogue in jerusalem this morning. Two palestinians entered with cleavers, knives and a gun. And attacked people that were praying. They were saying the two suspects were from east jerusalem. Both were killed in a shootout with Israeli Police. Benjamin netanyahu ordered the demolition of their homes in east jerusalem. The environment has been in free fall for much of this year. The attack falls several weeks of rising tensions. The violence has been building the last few weeks. Those have been fuelled by access. Trying to access the noble sanctuary. To one only jerusa