[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted, every Single Person living in the United States of america, not just citizens, not just people of a particular Political Party or race but absolutely everyone. I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and apartment of c
Stages. They say that the cancel strike may be a tactic to restart negotiations after the u. S. Withdrew from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement last year. With the iranians wanted to see happen with an immediate reaction. The president rejected that and said you will come on my terms. Reporter at the request of the United States, the United Nations Security Council will meet in a closed door session on monday. They will discuss both the latest incident and the attacks on oil tankers last week. Back to you. Ray bogan live in washington, thank you. About 30 minutes ago we spoke to the professor of politics in the Eastern Studies at the university of San Francisco. He said a u. S. Airstrike couldve easily escalated into something more serious. Iran can distract disrupt shipping in the strait of hormuz. And that could then trigger almost certainly some kind of load large global recession. The iranians have allies and forms of various extremist groups around the middle east including in iraq where
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Tussle reports. Of african delegation and the Catholic Church mediate between the army and president Robert Mugabe the main Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai it is only one way out of the political crisis in the interest of the people of zimbabwe mr Robert Mugabe must. Step down immediately and with the National Sentiment and expectation. God. Legacy. The army seize control on wednesday and confine the ninety three year old has private residence in harare some sources them still insists he is the countrys only legitimate leader soldiers than Armored Vehicles are guarding government offices but harare is calm and quiet Civil Servants have gone back to work shops and businesses have opened official word of what exactly is happening doesnt come often people have to lie and social media and speculation with sometimes cause panic was a way to hear the news of the meeting between the army president Robert Mugabe and the South African delegation getting on with their lives but as calls for
Saudi arabia over the last two weeks. Feels like these days if you want a look at the implications in the oil market you need to be a geopolitical analyst at the same time and know about the ins and outs of the mideastern policy do you think its really just a geopolitical risk premium added to the oil markets is that actually something, the saudi arabia situation, that could impact the balances overall . Well, what were seeing leaving aside the geopolitical tensions for a moment is that there has been lower Production Output in Northern Iraq because of the situation there and we saw, as we said in the report, lower than expected production in one or two other places, algeria, nigeria, venezuela, mexico, lower growth than expected in the u. S added to the fact that stocks are falling as we also see in the report and demand in reasonably strong. There are some underlyingfu fundamental factors that help drive prices, but the situation in the middle east has added further momentum in the u