trakstar, sha'carri richardson, tested positive for drug use. is this something the president -- ms. psaki: this was made by the u.s. doping -- anti-doping agency and not a decision made by the u.s. government. we will leave them space and room to make their decision about anti-doping policies that need to be implemented. i will also note that sha'carri is an inspiring young woman who has gone through a lot personally. she happens to be one of the fastest women in the world and that is an important part of this story as well. this is an independent decision by the anti-doping agency. it is important to know who she is and her history. >> follow-up on afghanistan, when it comes to the vulnerable afghan employees we could move to other countries, what assurances does the government have that they can be moved safely. they have a target on their backs. ms. psaki: one of the reasons i will not get into security details about what country they may go to and how many is for that reason. certainly our timeline is to relocate his individuals to a locati

can you tell us why these figures are concerning to us? share what keeps you up at night. >> thank you so much for that question. thank you to you and the health action alliance for hosting this important event today. i think we are so pleased to partner with everybody here and this effort. the thing that concerns me and i hope it concerns all of us the most is that seven/10 teens have not gotten a safe vaccine to protect them against the really potentially serious impacts and effects of covid. i think some people say to me, kids don't get covid or they don't get it that seriously. it is really important for us to recognize that while children don't get it as severely ill as adults do, they can still get quite sick. we have had 16,000 hospitalizations for children with covid and probably in undercount based on how the data is collected. when you think about it, children are generally pretty healthy. how does this compare to other causes of hospitalizations? this is the 10th reading because of that's for kids in the past year. this is a ver

but it is going to take all of us. one of the most troubling developments of the past few months has been the biden/harrison administration wholehearted embrace of the radical left's all-encompassing assault on american culture. under the biden administration, patriotic education has been replaced by indoctrination. they abolished our 1776 commission and authorized teaching critical race theory in our schools. instead of teaching all of our children to be proud of their country, critical race theory teaches children as young as kindergarten to be ashamed of their skin color. critical race theory is state sanctioned racism and it should be opposed by every american everyday. it's time to discard the left-wing recess. senator tim scott said it best on the national stage. after traveling at their vice president to virtually every state in the union, meeting americans from every walk of life, america is not a racist country. america is the most just, noble and inclusive nation ever to exist on the face of the year -- the e

each of us has a responsibility to make sure our leaders prevent this from happening. it will create greater risk of crime and undermine the very communities that have made our nation so special. indeed, it made our union more perfect each and every year. two final thoughts. we need to renew our commitment to our communities. we need to work at this. you should know in spite of all the challenges i've spoken to you, i am long on america. i'm confident that this nation will awaken and there will be a revival in this nation will continue to those prosperous -- continued to be the most prosperous in the history of humankind. [applause] but none of that happens without keeping your faith. none of that happens without the hard work that goes alongside that and, through the grace of god, i know you will engage in that. i had a norma's opportunities. i was a young cadet at west point to had frankly been taken to church when i was a young man by my parents but, i was going to be the next great nba power forward. i was focused on other things. but i had two young men who were j

i want to think a few of you who are with us in lincoln. thanks to chuck not just to what what you went through, but you could've driven your tractor to get here. it really is great what you accomplished. the democrats are not taking that lying down. if you look at what they are doing in washington, they are not just trying to tax to trillions of dollars, they are trying to rigged the rules of our democracy so they never lose power again. just last month, they try to pass a sweeping radical bill to federalize our elections to mandate mailing ballot and harvesting. to mandate all of the kinds of radical and dangerous practices that were adopted last year and so many states across the country. we stopped it dead in its tracks and we will stop it again at they try to do it because it will take your right to run your elections as you see fit. [applause] >> but, the simplest way to stop it for good is to win back the u.s. senate and that means defeating maggie in new hampshire next year. [applause] >> i am thrilled to be back in new hampshire to

us. while we have a lot to uncover, there are a few things we already know. we know the insurrection on january 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement. we know that as evidenced, it was a coordinated, planned attack. we know men and women who stormed the capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country. we know seven people lost their lives. more than 140 police officers suffered injuries. we know efforts to sever our democracy are ongoing. a major part of the select committee's work will be to find ways to eliminate that threat. we also know that the rioters came dangerously close to succeeding. if not for the heroism of the united states capitol police and the metropolitan police department, many more lives might have been lost. the rioters could have accomplished what they set out to do, upend american democracy. it's an honor to have four of these heros sitting before us today. we welcome them for appearing here and, more impor

can you give us clarification? >> i don't think he has made that proposal in any recent time but he is looking forward to the prime minister. >> a question on guantanamo bay. last week, the goal was to close the facility there. i guess 39 detainees remain. one of the next steps the administration is taking to close guantanamo bay? jen: i would point you to the leadership in this effort. there are 39 detainees who remain in guantanamo bay. 10 are eligible for transfer. 17 are eligible for a review board. i would point you to the prime minister and outlined more specifically. i have to go because we have to see the president. thank you, everybody. we are here. >> the health committee investigating the -- the house committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capital holds its first hearing tuesday. officers will tell members what they experienced and saw that day. watch it tuesday, 9:30 a.m. on c-span three. or listen with the free c-span radio app. host: with us to talk about the new report on the high cost of hou

what i did get from it is that it is not normally used. yet it was used in the summer protests. why was it used there and not on january 6? with a different set of circumstances? maj. gen. walker: one of my deputy commanding generals put the helicopter up. but the request was made to get, i believe the request was to be able to observe and report the crowd size. it was at night that night. versus the daytime operation. that is why the helicopter was there. i want to correct the record regarding the rc-26 that was mentioned, the district of columbia never requested an r c-26 fly over the district of columbia. the difference between december and january 6 was a secretary of the army was right next to me for days at a time. when it came time to respond to the white house, the secretary of the army was with me. the secretary of the army was withm me he either came to my headquarters, he rode in the car with me or i rode in the car with him. i was present when he called the attorney general to request approval for a request the city made. the city wanted us to conduct additional traf

and when we can provide more details about which ones we'll use we certainly will. this is a priority for the administration. not only do we in the department of defense have a responsibility to these brave men and women and their families, so, too, do we have a responsibility to support the state department as it carries out the president's directive. and of course, even though our mission in afghanistan is not over, i would be remiss if i didn't take the opportunity to honor the american and allied troops that served bravely over the last two decades of war. and those who gave their lives there. we owe them and their families a debt that we can never repay. we know these are difficult times for them, and we will never forget all that they gave for their country. . where we are in afghanistan, let me pass it over to the chairman. governor o'malley: i appreciate your comments and your leadership. and good afternoon to everyone. i want to extend and thank you to all of you because freedom of speech is alive and well and freedom of press. last week, i traveled to norf

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for us to build specific programs, to address what earl puts forward. one of the things, the number of things we expressly did during my years at the fcc, was to look at areas of need. give more credit when it came to two option design. rural opportunities of credit, a credit that would look at communities that are economically disadvantaged. there are ways until we get enough data, frost to have race specific or gender specific initiatives. there are things we can do. we talked about the economic and educational gaps that we have. there are creative ways we can come up with that will move the needle in communities of color particularly in rural , communities. francella mentioned the long-standing opportunity divide. the longstanding issues of disproportionate rates of poverty and educational attainment, economic opportunities, and civic engagement. there are ways we can address those if you allow me to put that label on it, in crate of ways, through agencies, programs, through banks. when is the last time we talked about cre's? these are things that ca

we need you guys in that right with us. ok. -- that might with us. and save -- and so they do not say that i am antagonizing, the fight against our values and marxist ideals. we can watch a year of rioting, looting, arson, murder, and that is a peaceful protest, but that only goes one way. we understand that. all the more reason why we need you guys. they cannot cancel all of us. [applause] now if 1, 2, 3 people are the guys that have the guts to run out there and take the arrows, they can try to cancel them, but if we get together and we are all in this, that game is over, folks. right? and that is why it is so awesome to be in some thing like this, thank you for putting this together, it is awesome to have that. it is great to see it. texas is -- has always led the charge. [applause] well, tell about a couple of months ago and then austin took over. i do not know, texas was leading the charge, you are still top 25. we have to work on that because those people have lost their minds. right? the people's republic of california is wonderful, when i go

can you tell us how that works clinically for us? ? -- dr. fauci: this is a set of amino acids that is at the point where the enzyme can cleave it so the virus can bind to the receptor cell and enter the cell. it is seen on a number of viruses. it is on the sars-cov-2 and other coronavirus's. you asked us about the double cdg codon. that is a codon that is unusual but it is also seen on a number of beta coronavirus's. it is not a very common codon for the amino acid in question but it is seen in front of viruses. dr. david baltimore, i will quote him here. when i first saw this in the viral sequence, i said to my wife that it was a smoking gun for the origin of the virus. these features make a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for sars to -- sars-2. this is nobel laureate, dr. baltimore. would you agree or disagree? dr. fauci: he has backtracked on that statement and said i wish i had not used the word smoking gun when it was pointed out to him that this is seen in a number of coronavirus is including one of the common cold c

don't tell us what the administration thinks we should hear. level with us. as we sit here today, we're just months away from flu season. how do we get ready for the colder months ahead of us and the flu and cold season that it will bring along with it. are the flu shots ready? will we have enough? these questions should have been thought about weeks ago as they are already on our doorstep. the same is true for our legislative efforts and the long-term changes we need to make now. while lessons learned from covid response are top of our mind. the asper must play a more prominent role, managing the threat landscape in peacetime, and commanding the public health and medical response during the emergencies with better coordination among federal agencies, better availability of data and public health surveillance, stronger partnerships with innovators in the private sector, building on the good work of barta, and visibility into our supply chain for critical drugs supplies which also need to be more sustainable. the cdc must be reformed to become a more focused,

use a wikipedia model. there's a version history and a contributor record so people can see how these different types of arguments and facets of information have developed over time. >> we have to leave this conversation there. thank you all for joining us here today. for our final interview, we interviewed nick clay of facebook on monday. that interview is coming up in just a moment. thank you so much for joining us today. we did serve together on the transatlantic commission on election integrity. he resigned upon taking his position at facebook. thank you for joining us here today. >> it's great to be with you. >> facebook is a behemoth. 70% of americans logon regularly to the platform. i want to talk today about facebook's obligation to provide accurate and factual information and what the implications are for american democracy. let me start here. who is responsible for the accuracy of the information on facebook? >> we have a shared responsibility. the people who post the content. social media is diff

let us say people are planning ahead. when you have been having this discussion about traffic and traffic management, and i am a firm believer in getting the information we can to develop a system, what can our universities do now? what is the appropriate role for some of these institutions that could help doing this? dr. holzinger: thank you, senator cantwell. universities have a couple of critical roles in this activity. especially r1 research universities, our activities center around researching fundamental basic research and developing technologies that enable ssa/stm, and approve those activities. so, basic and applied research to do those things. another aspect of our endeavor is to train the workforce. that means training masters students, phd students, to perform these activities. anecdotally, i might offer across the country, 300 phd students are graduated in aerospace each year. only a small fraction of those are actually in space. we have heard from one senator that it is difficult to find engineers sufficient

and when it comes to use of force, we are trying to build out a use of force didn't that involves use of force by police departments, law enforcement agents around the country. it's voluntary. we can't mandate all of these local police departments to provide the information. but we're doing a lot to encourage them to submit their data and my pitch to them has been, we're going to be talking about these issues no matter what and we should all want the conversations to be based on the actual facts and data as opposed to what some random person thinks the facts or data are. and so we're out now reached one of the thresholds where we can start doing some of the reporting related to this effort. we need to get to a certain threshold assistically, i think it's 80% or something of police departments before the data is considered statistically reliable. investigations, training and outreach, more complete statistical reporting on use of force. >> i know the committee is considering legislation to make that data more available to you from local agencies. will you provide to the committee and t

the process used to infinite the changes matter. in 2016 during a hearing on legislation, i'm a big proponent of regular order engaging in real deliberation and not just checking the boxes. i agree with that but i believe it applies equally to the trade commission. i was an appointee dominated by the white house to confirm by the senate, i'm obligated to exercise oversight commission business. traditionally, robust dialogue and analysis supported by briefings and staff memoranda these facilitate healthy flow of information among commissioners and staff and enable us to arrive conclusion when we adhere to these traditions recently, norms and procedures have been. enforcers across the political spectrum expressing concern about the agency abrupt departure from regular order. i share these concerns and impact my view of the discussed today. some bills establish additional procedure augmented oversight. given the shift away from regular orders and for nap than ever. other bills give the ftc additional authority given the ftc's conduct i

he used to stand up at the microphone and he used to lie. he would stand up, this is a sad day for our union. president trump works for russia. i would say, what the hell is he talking about? and i'm the one that exposed russia for the biggest thing they've ever done, the pipeline to europe, i shut it down and now biden opens it up, they are going to make a fortune. but guys like andy and james comey and james clapper. remember the two lovers? all of the other perpetrators who have faced no consequences whatsoever, even though they knew it was a scam. they created a scam, and i must be honest with you, i never said this because i didn't want to, but i will, i'm very disappointed that bill barr was unable to hold anybody accountable for the countless abuses of power by the democrats. he did not hold the corrupt officials who spied on our campaign -- remember i said, they are spying on our campaign, and that was like a lightning rod went off. not the authors of the phony dossier. they weren't held responsible. not the women who slandered and l

all those he said may be turned against us without having made us weaker for the struggle. instead, he said our reliance is in the love of liberty, which god has planted deep within us, that our reliance is in the spirit of freedom that prides itself with the heritage of all men and all women in all rands everywhere. he admonished, destroy this spirit and you will have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doorstep. ignore the chains of bondage and you prepare your own let me see to wear -- limbs to wear the bonds. accustom to trample on the rights of others and you will have lost the creative genius of your own independence and as such would then become the fit subject of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you. in 2016, such a cunning tyrant rose among us and his name is donald trump. his fit subjects have become some members of the new republican party who are still going out of their way, unfortunately, to rewrite the history of january the 6th. lincoln's words uttered over 173 years ago have gone unheeded and have been replaced with things like oh, they were

and washington needs to hear from us. the states need flexibility. and we'll be good partners to work together to accomplish our mutual goals. my chair's initiative, i'm happy to say, will be computer science education. this is something that we've worked on in arkansas. we've set a good leadership role in that effort. but we want to share our experience during this next year but more importantly, to showcase what the different governors are doing in their states and territories. the specifics of this initiative will be set out in an upcom. n.g.a. meeting. so, stay tuned. but i'm excited about it. i'm excited about working with you on that initiative and it certainly relates to our cybersecurity challenges as well as our technology future. and now, let me shift to talk about an important announcement. and that is is, we are announcing today that our 2022 annual summer meeting will be in portland, maine. the pine tree state, where governor bills will host our gathering. i know -- many of you will recall what was a year ago or more that she got us all

let us use it well, and let us use it to do well. thank you all very much. >> remarks now for arkansas governor hutchinson. here he is discussing the covid policy initiative. >> think you all very much. first order of business is to move the resolution to elect the 2021-2022 officers. our chair was not able to be with us today. offering the resolution on his half is gutter -- governor doozy of arizona. governor ducey? >> hello, everyone. it's great to see everyone even if it is virtually. on behalf of governor hogen which includes governors mckee, kearney, cox and scott, i'm pleased to present the sway of the n.g.a. executive committee, members and officers. for members to the executive committee, the committee nominates governor charlie baker of massachusetts, governor kay ivey of alabama, governor michelle lujan grisham of new mexico, governor jarrett pollis of colorado, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, governor andrew cuomo of new york, myself, governor doug doozy of arizona, and for n.g.a. vice chairman, phil murphy of new

i know we have a lot of people joining us online. i want to welcome you all to our annual round up of the recently completed term. the supreme court stayed out of the election disputes. justice stephen

charter is connecting us. ? charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ the house select committee on the climate crisis held a hearing on environmental justice with testimony about the burden placed on poor communities as temperatures and weather patterns change. the cost of promoting clean energy and related jobs. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for joining us at this remote hearing today. the west faced an unprecedented heat wave. it tragically took the lives of nearly 200 americans. the extreme heat capped the hottest tunes in our nations history. it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human caused climate change. this week, unfortunately, a new and dangerous heatwave is threatening, sparking wildfires, straining grades, putting more lives in danger. on the east coast, waist deep water to reach the new york city subway after heavy rain flood

there's a high rate of opioid use in drug overdoses. there are adverse health impacts in our communities compared to our surrounding regions. and much more. the impacts are not a result of climate change, as my colleagues would like you to believe. rather, they are caused by the policies of destroying energy communities. injustice is what we are here to talk to today. where is the justice for the communities that have been left behind by these policies? energy poverty and poverty caused by dangerous policies must be considered by this committee. we are never going to have those discussions if we continue to have -- [inaudible] this council stated that projects like carbon capture, nuclear power, or any improvement would not benefit communities. we should all be concerned with this. these are the principles that are supposed to guide the administration. if we continue down the same radical path, we will only put more people at risk. mr. hawley, energy poverty is a really -- a very real and communities experience it. how can the policies

thank you for joining us at this remote hearing. today we are looking at how we can advance environmental justice through climate action. i recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. the west faced an unprecedented heat wave. it tragically took the lives of nearly 200 americans. the extreme heat capped the hottest tunes in our nations history. it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human caused climate change. this week, unfortunately, a new and dangerous heatwave is threatening, sparking wildfires, straining grades, putting more lives in danger. on the east coast, waist deep water to reach the new york city subway after heavy rain flooded underground stations across the city. their student -- there's no denying it. we are in a climate crisis. we must act boldly to keep temperatures in check. we hope to help our neighborhoods to adapt to threats that are already here. from scorching heat waves to stronger storms, the climate crisis affects each community differently. its worst effects are f

they work for us, not vice versa. i really don't have any questions for the rehearsed responses from the witnesses. i guess thank you for coming, but you know, this is a complete waste of time. but thank you, anyway, and i guess we will carry on with the hearing. i yield the balance -- [inaudible] >> the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, is recognized. missus norton. >> thank you very much, madam chair. this is an important hearing for a number of reasons. i particularly appreciate that you are having this early hearing now because this bill has been in effect for nine months. so it is the time to see if it has made any difference. and it makes a difference that the federal government was first. we ought to lead the way for the private sector. it looks like they are leading the way in many ways. for the federal government to lead the way to show that it works or doesn't work is exactly what we needed and this hearing enables us to see well, does it work or not. that's why my first question is for

how many of us across america have actually felt that as they fill their cars up? katrina from idaho. gas is $3.78 a gallon. milk is almost $3 a gallon. we have cut spending at the grocery store a bunch since prices have gone up. no extra outings or eating out. home improvements are on hold until prices come down. mike, a lead pastor at the church. my wife and i can't do as much as we used to do for others. so we're not liking that. we're on a fixed income and working on building a church congregation from scratch. we're seeing many who are going without food, medication, etc. so we're taking food to them to hopefully make their lives easier. . inflation is destroying our financial security. as i watched a clip from the president's town hall last night, i couldn't see a person more out of touch. a small business owner struggling to survive through the pandemic, he has government competing with him with high unemployment and $15 and can't bring people back to work. i wish the president understood what it's like to own a small business. for all the small business own

fortunately, use of experience in the state and federal level have given us useful tools to make sure that highly qualified potential -- potential judicial nominees are not overlooked. i am pleased that we will be hearing from our witnesses so we can design a selection process to evaluate nominees fairly. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses on this important topic and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. we have now been joined from my colleague from california, who has been having some persistent technological difficulties and he finally is on. thank you, sir. the floor is yours for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for the poor video. i went to all the trouble of having everything set up perfectly, and the computer does not work, but the iphone does. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing. as our committee considers the expansion of this court, more than ever the question of getting it right with an additional perhaps 50 or more nominees in addition to the 100 current vacancies based upon retirements or senior status, i cann

there were seven of us. he was highly political. we had initially to 31 applicants and i said that's too few. we ended up with 45 and we were looking for recommendations into the ninth circuit and there ensued a review of 44 big, huge piles of documents that reflected these peoples absolutely wonderful background s. we reduced it down to 14 and interviewed them, seven one day and seven the next. incredible people, everyone of them. my question is this -- before we went to those interviews -- i didn't just feel inclined to google anybody or anything else, i don't recall any indication in the application form about race or gender or anything -- my review was without that input. my question to you would be is that the right way to do it or should there have been a form calling out the minority statement -- minority status of these applicants? >> i think that's highly unusual. i served for a magistrate and my husband served for the judicial nominating commission for our state and i've had some informal into it -- some informal experienc

i think many of us were grieving. many were watching what was happening on television and weeping or filled with fear. we look to them to contextualize things and make them feel like we are not alone. and that is completely separate from the funny stuff they do. right? some of the stuff we've been seeing from satirists for years -- when there is a mass shooting, we expect the late-night hosts to talk about that. to help us collectively acknowledge it. it is a whole different world than it was in terms of television culture then it was even 20 years ago. >> that was what i was going to ask. i would even say that before trump it was a different world. and stephen colbert -- there's kind of a dovetailing, with him coming in and moving from doing the bill o'reilly shtick he did on comedy central. he came up lamp, pretending to be a conservative talk show host. that was his thing. moving into this position at a broadcast network, then we run into the trump years. you're talking about this medium that was not very political