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Those of you who want to find it later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that ce ....
It eroded. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president s 2021 budget request. During the hearing she addressed infrastructure project, highway and rail safety, investment into the nations ports and discretionary Grant Programs that impacted the needs of rural and urban areas. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off the subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 20 21 budget request for our department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Frur serves as the foundation and quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects Education Opportunities and plays a significant role in our n ....
The next Supreme Court justice. The senators do not vote to in the filibuster, the socalled Nuclear Option could be on the table within minutes. Lets have a look at where european equities are trading right now. Just under 30 minutes to the close. We see a little bit of a 600 weaker the stoxx at the opening following u. S. Session and some of the losses that we saw yesterday after the fed minutes and also House Speaker paul ryans commons on tax reforms. Were seeing gains. France is up. A little bit of weakness on the ftse 100. A little more quiet, sterling of just 1 10 of a percent. Euro unchanged. We did see it weaken initially on Mario Draghis comments. Sing a little bit of a mixed picture in the fixed income space. Brent crude up. Some weakness coming in to some of ....
The siege warned that violent protesters could target congress itself. Investigators say they have opened 275 criminal cases, charging nearly 100 people so far for their alleged role in the coup attempt. That number only likely to rise as more information comes to light. We have reporters across the country covering all of the preparations. Lets first go to capitol hill. Cnns pete munteen joining us now. What preparations and adjustments are being made today . Reporter security getting more and more strict all the time here, fredricka. In fact, this is about as close as you can be to the capitol on foot. We are blocks away. I want to show you the eight foot tall fence here. Beyond it some 7,000 members of the National Guard and the head of the d. C. Guard which is leading the operation says 25,000 members of the guard could arrive here by inauguration day. He says all of them are being thoroughly vetted so there is no possibility ....