anders: it can. i just think that the eighth amendment creates a strong presumption that those issues would have to be extraordinarily weighty. >> but it just has outweigh. ms. anders: i think the eighth amendment composes a constraint here. where the evidence is relevant and reliable, countering concerns would have to be extraordinary. >> the answer to justice alito's question would be that it is unconstitutional when applied to mitigating evidence, at least to some degree, under the eighth amendment? the last sentence just says outweighs. unless it is only applicable to aggregating evidence. ms. anders: the discussion under the amendment is in some circumstances more limited than under the fdpa. >> did you make this argument that the federal death penalty act is unconstitutional? it strikes me as a new thing today. ms. anders: i think we have to establish that the fdpa is unconstitutional. the eighth amendment provides an other constraint on discretion. another way to think about this is in some wa

and anders really recognized that as such. some video of mike 1967, andn january 27, you kind of begin your book with this story. they were inside their spaceship pressurized, buttoned up inside their space suits when the fire hit. a closed circuit television camera was relaying pictures of he astronauts lying on their backs inside the spacecraft atop the two stage saturn one. there was a flash and that was it. grissom 40 years old. of two teenaged boys. mercury e original astronauts. this is ed white. nd this roger chafee, lieutenant in the united states navy, 31 years old, preparing for his first space flight. >> you say that a relationship of ed white had with one the astronauts and the astronauts' wives had a major impact on them. and tell us of that story. did.t frank wasn't close to all astronauts but he was the losest to ed white who he considered a brother to him. and ed white felt just the same borman.rank ed white starts most astronauts were concerned with one of the and certainly the most physically strong of all th

brian: valerie anders. tell us about her.ert: she is alive and one of the loveliest ladies i have met. she was actively engaged intellectually with the space program. she took astronomy programs just because she was interested. she believed in the mission, that it was very important to be the soviets in the space race and that americans be the first to reach the moon. she was behind bill's new mission. it was a brave met thing for her. -- thing for her. she had five little kids running around the house and very little from her husband -- bill calculated at one point, he told me he was able to spend 11 minutes a week per child with his family. that was it. it was up to valerie to fill in all of the rest. brian: what did you learn from her? robert: i talked to her for many days and learned mostly how engaged she was intellectually with this and how brave she was. she grew up as the daughter of a california highway patrolman. she was used to danger and the idea that there is always a chance someone close to her might not come ho

that's how anders described it to me. but also he said, when these globules split, you could see newton's laws apply. one would go one way perfectly, the other would go the other way. the mixture of horror, but also fascination at the beauty of celestial mechanics on display. brian: frank borman also had diarrhea. robert: yes. he had diarrhea. this was -- nobody understood what was happening. again, he said he had never been sick before ever. you have to remember, the hong kong flu had killed thousands and thousands of people that year. nobody knew he had the flu. if he got it at the white house dinner. if he had something contagious, there were going to be three sick astronauts. that would not work. the doctors and the top brass got together and try to figure out what to do. if you ask bormann, i told him, chris kraft said there was consideration about turning you around. he laughed and said, never. i would have never turned around. i'm the boss there. if i had a heart attack, i would've told those guys, my last words, w

anders recognized it as such.rian: here is video of mike 1967.e january 27, you begin your book with this story. [video clip] inside their spacious, buttoned up inside their spacesuits when the fire hit. a closed-circuit television camera was relaying pictures of astronauts lying on their backs inside the spacecraft atop the saturn one. there was a flash and that was it. the father of two teenage boys. one of the original mercury astronauts, mrs. ed white, and , 31 years chaffee old, preparing for his first spaceflight. you say a relationship that ed white hat with one of the astronauts and one of the astronauts wives had a major impact. frank borman was the closest to ed white, who he considered a brother. and white felt just the same bout frank borman. ed white, as most astronauts were concerned, was the most physically strong. the borman's and the whites were very close, including frank's wife's -- wife susan. when this fire happened and killed the crew, it was devastating to have white -- pat white. nobody rea

kedem: so all circuits believe in anders briefs, but an anders brief requires -- justice sotomayor: if an attorney files a notice of appeal and doesn't file an anders brief it means that he or she believes that they have some viable -- potentially viable argument, right? so the fact that the court requires briefing on that, why is that an additional burden? mr. kedem: it's an additional burden to require the government to address the merits when really the case should be thrown out at the threshold because all of the defendant's claims have been waved. chief justice roberts: thank you, counsel. two minutes, mr. ali. mr. ali: thank you, mr. chief justice. i just want to really make one point maybe with two parts, responding to the united states' suggestion that really we're dealing here with a formalistic or symbolic appeal. and i just want to do it on the context of this record and the real practical consequences this could have for mr. garza. as we note on page 32 of our opening brief, mr. garza here has a very colorable, i think meritorious claim, that his appeal waiver was involunta

we can talk about this at some length, anders. do not believe democracy is fragile, does require careful stewardship and constant vigilance. i've been encouraged in private conversations with european allies who are taking their responsibility seriously and we had a discussion earlier this week, we debated what democracies ought to be engaged in, and that's overdue. that is precisely the great we should have. it was a good meeting and we will continue with the europeans on china. meanwhile, positive steps about, a new alliance on china , substantial comprise of european leaders and adding new denmark tested up to the ccp attempt to censor danish newspapers. the united kingdom moving toward securing its networks from huawei. the sweed have closed all of confucius institutes that reside on their soil. anders, successors in brussels recently gave visionary remarks about the alliance to stand up for a world known of freedom and democracy to counter china's maligned influence. i will end here so anders could speak. we all know, democra

anders was a beautiful combination of the two.believed in defeating the soviet union and space, but he was also dreaming of being on the moon one day. so the crew came together at just the right time and just the right place. host: how do we get from john f. kennedy's pledge in 1961 to the apollo 8 mission in december of 1968 and neil armstrong in july of 1969? guest: that is a very good question, because when president kennedy made that promise, it did not seem like an ambitious promise, it seemed like an insane promise, especially to the higher-ups at nasa. one describes to me falling out of their chairs when the president made that thomas, -- make that promise because no , one at nasa had any idea how to do such a thing on my and even if it did know how to do it, they did not have the infrastructure, technology, or the manpower to do it. president kennedy only gave them 8.5 years to get this done, and nobody knew how to pull it off. the kennedy made that promise not for just publicity reasons, but he did it for existential reas

form eformer nato ecretary general anders rasmussen. and as we talk about the u.s. relations, we have a line of 202-748-8003. if you're outside the united we encourage you to join the conversation as well. want to ask about a tweet you sent yesterday. you said the world hasn't become a more peaceful place after u.s. hesitation to act over eight years. we need a policeman and only play that role. what did you mean by that, and what was the reaction? guest: there was a lot of that tweet, i can you. because it is important to state that the united states shouldn't policeman. s but you can see that the world is on fire. wherever you look, there are problems, middle east, iraq, erbia, africa, even europe is sinking from the burden from refugees. n eastern europe, you have russian aggression. you have china flexing its muscles in the south china sea. ung, korea, kim jun threatening his neighbors and also the united states. you need someone to restore national order. but united do that states? power states is the only with the global reach. so that's why. said before, if t

. >> anders will offer the rebuttal. each team will have three minutes. >> this is a debate we need to have. first of all, what kind of a power is russia today? you seem to suggest that we don't know what russia wants. isis very clear that russia a revisionist power. president putin has said and that the end of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in the last century. article saying 1939,itler was good until when he gathered the lands of austria, the sudetenland peacefully. this is the most official newspaper we see in russia today. what has happened is that putin speech onde a grand the importance of a russian speaking people in that it must be brought together. , how can we stop putin? there are two answers. one is that we stop them with war, which inevitably is happening now. so little has been done to stop them. or we really throw in everything, in terms of sanctions, in order to stop them. can we stop them with sanctions? i am not sure. i would certainly try to do something, rather than talking

anders who the hell jinx commission knows very, very well. who is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and a professor at georgetown university. anders is a leading specialist on economic policy in russia. ukraine, and eastern europe. and worked as an economic advisor to the president of ukraine from 1994 to 1997. following anders, we have marias . who joins us from vilnius, even further away than prague. he's a senior analyst, but with a policy for -- institute for policy analysis and a former fellow at the hudson institute. a highly regarded journal frist lithuania, he's been reporting on russian domestic and foreign policy for over two decades. finally, we'll hear from ambassador. the ambassador is one of u.s. government's foremost experts on russia and the former soviet sphere. his career with the foreign service has spanned over four decades. and seven presidencies. wow. ending earlier this year, when he retired from his post as the state department's coordinator on sanctions policy. the very relevant father -- very relevant for this

ander. ander. 37. 37. mcguire. mcguire. 39. 39. 39. randall. randall. [laughter] randall. here we go, 16. elfrith. elfirth. elfrith. 21. 21. frank. frank. frank. frank is going for number 27. 27. not too bad. min. min. min. 31. 31. 31. subramanium. subramanium. 36. 36. 36. bell. bell. bell. [applause] [laughter] bell. bell is 15. ann harris of north carolina. harris of north carolina. there is one left, right, and that's number 6. [applause] ok. all right, how much fun was that? we have now concluded the lottery for members select. the sweet selection times will be displayed in a few minutes on the house transition website. please continue to monitor the list of available suites as they will change throughout the day. the first selection of the day will begin at 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. so it should pop up here in just a second. there it is. there it is. it doesn't have the times yet. so conaway. conaway will go at 10:00 a.m. no, that's all right. hold on, hold on. wait for the times to pop up. it'll be gillan. [indiscernible chatter] >> hey guys, hold on. [indiscernible chat

then we have state representative drew springer, who represents almost the largest district in texas, ander than 74 countries more than twice the size of massachusetts. very large district. he also is chair of the agriculture committee in the legislature, which i understand has been getting quite a bit of buzz. we're going to talk about that. yes. welcome! [applause] here.let me set the stage i think we probably mostly have here.griculture audience probably tuning in as well. there are only about two million country that are directly farming. so a lot of people, even though eating and wearing fibers and using fuel that's grown in we're not states, directly engaged in this industry as much as we used to be. disconnect.a big i imagine most of you are not thinking about agriculture every day, but there is a lot going on. and i was hoping that each of you would kind of set the stage you think we are right now in the agriculture sector. i mean, certainly there's been a

let's show the world the united a cost on thepose chinese communist party's anders for their crimes now in the future. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. sires. mr. sires: mr. speaker, i yield minutes to the chairman of the subcommittee on asia, the nonproliferation, the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. i thank the gentleman for yielding. favor of s. ak in 178, the uighur act. best of both the worlds. it has a senate bill number and

o follow anders fogh rasmussen twitter at anders fogh on twitter.ppreciate your time on "washington journal." >> thank you. great pleasure. do it for the program today, we'll see you back here tomorrow morning, 7 a.m. eastern, 4 a.m. pacific for another "washington journal." until then, have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] here's a look at some of our live programming on the c-span networks. in half an hour or so we will bring you a discussion

speak.let anders democracy is not easy. the whole world can see how we have tough debates like my country is having right now. at struggle reflects commitment to fundamental values and our constant striving towards a more perfect union. share those values with our european friends. i hope i will hear more public statements from europe because all of our people deserve to know about it and america is ready to stand with you. let's speak clearly and more importantly, let's act decisively. let's not leave any confusion about the choice between tyranny and freedom. ourrs, look forward to conversation. god bless you all. fmr sec. rasmussen: thank you very much, mike. thank you, mr. secretary. i also appreciate your willingness to answer some questions. my first question is regarding china. thew days ago, you met with chinese state counselor who is considered one of the architects of china's foreign policy. china's news agency put a positive spin on the meeting. they wrote both sides fully elaborated on their stances, agreeing th

booklen anders and her "boomers," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. use your mobile devices and go to c-span.org for the latest, live and on-demand to follow the transition of power. trump, president-elect biden, news conferences, and event coverage at c-span.org. >> were leaders have been reacting to the security breach -- world leaders have been reacting to the security breach at the u.s. capitol on wednesday. here is some of what prime minister boris johnson, israeli prime minister netanyahu, and several others had to say. and several others had to say. on the united states and the p.m. johnson: on the united states and the election, i want to say that all my life, america has stood for some very important things. the idea of freedom and democracy and as you say and suggest in so far as we people e capital and in so far as the president consistently has cast doubt on the outcome of the free and fair election, i believe that was completely wrong. i thk

anders. go through the target cicilline program and talk about its legality regarding -- targeted killing program and talk about its legality regarding the constitution. guest: there is lots we do not know about this program. this program has been wrapped in all kinds of secrecy. we are getting little bits and pieces that are leaking out. what leaked out this week is what is called a white paper, a summary of a much longer legal opinion. it has been kept so secret that even members of congress were not able to read it. what was in that opinion is disturbing. it focused on you united states citizens. it said there is a legal standard that they are setting up, interpretations that seems to be at eyes to the way -- odds to the weighty country is set -- to the way the country is set up. everybody has rights against the attack. it is taking imminence as meaning it is about to happen. it is a much broader use. the united states could still use force. that decision is being placed -- we assumed it w

. >> ander. microphones are coming. if you could just -- i know who you are, but if you could identify yourself. >> thank you very much. very interesting, and i in particular would like to ask you, victoria, that is right now, it's a discussion about the $50 billion is needed for ukraine. and there should be in addition to the ims funding already committed and more money than this will be needed for the next two years. the truthful amount is something like $50 billion. of course, you can't say anything about how much the u.s. will give, but how do you see the process going forward? of course, there will be an ims program, we presume, and then there will be a donor conference, and how do you see this donor process going forward? thank you very much. >> thanks, anders. just to shout out anders, who has been a mentor and a champion for two, three decades for those across the euro atlantic space who have wanted more open, more democratic economies and thank you for the work that you've done all these years. with regard to u

ondiscretionary ander pharmacy costs will take $108 million of the $957. races in health insurance costs are 107 million. and obligations to our retirees will eat up $125 million. funding the complete college formula and higher education will require 1880 million and maintainance of our buildings be funded and it is a responsible approach and puttings money in the budget. when we happen to have funds available. [applause] governor haslam: as you can see, many of the items i listed are nondiscretionary. there are some discretionary funds in that list. we don't have to give ra raises to our employees and don't have to fund. however i'm convinced all of these things are strategic investments in the future of our state. [applause] governor haslam: just those seven items make up $900 million for the $957 million for the nonrecuring revenue. in addition, we are recommending that there are merits. daily reimbursement rate. and adding funding for public defend i.r.s. and more state troopers and more district attorneys. [applause] governor haslam: it is smart and j

andere in japan for the g20 i said i want to go over and see chairman kim. we got to meet and stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made. i just want to thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] pres. trump: we are going to talk about different things. a lot of positive things are happening. i'm glad to be here to see it. tremendous positivity. great things are happening. in a lot of places. we met and we liked each other from day one. that was very important. [speaking foreign language] pres. trump: thank you, everybody. >> back, back, back, back, back. >> move, move. >> let's go. >> mark, mark, mark. pres. trump: this is a great day for a lot of people and it is a great day for the world when you think about it. it is a great day for the world and it is an honor for me to be here. [indiscernible] pres. trump: there is great conflict in this area. great, great conflict. -- there was great conflict in this area. great, great conflict. now, we have just the opposite. [indiscernible] >> sto

o follow anders fogh rasmussen twitter at anders fogh on twitter. appreciate your time on "washington journal." >> thank you. great pleasure. do it for the program today, we'll see you back here tomorrow morning, 7 a.m. eastern, 4 a.m. pacific for another "washington journal." until then, have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] here's a look at some of our live programming on the c-span networks. in half an hour or so we will onng you a discussion hiv-aids research and funding. then it is white house spokesman josh earnest speaking to reporters. we expect him to speak about the death of fidel castro among recent topics. coming up later, a look at u.s. alliances and leadership on the global stage. that will be live at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span. an event on domestic security in the age of isis. -- can watch that live looking at the lobby of trump tower. many potential cabinet

deanet here looking at ander and the town hall reno. a tweet from eric bradner. >> other people in your situation say they don't care. [indiscernible] [laughter] [applause] >> that was my question, please answer it. >> yes or no. yes or no. yes or no. >> i will support it. i will support it. >> everyone he deserves it.

from working to want to have a ander future other kids -- a critical test of repealing about here is what happened/if we drive health insurance premiums so both there is more affordable, simple, so consumers themore verses, options, ability to its affordable care for their families and that's a win. if we passed a bill that would and will continue to skyrocket over and over and over again, that would be a terrible loss. we need to honor that promise and new rates in a way that indicates the men and women that were so hard on the selection. they priority. regulatory reform. regulations all that are struggling small businesses, homes and ranchers -- in job ratings across this country. her minor failures ago -- west texas. a spokesperson, what the difference between regulators protests in -- and locusts? [laughter] you can't use pesticide on the regulators. [laughter] [applause] west texas farmer said, one of that -- we want to bet? [laughter] virtually every single cabinet member of this administration i spoken to, agricultural reform is one of the first words out of her mouth. it's cr

they were joined by a third crew bill anders.orman was not interested in picking up rocks on the moon. he joined for one reason, to defeat the soviet union on the most important title field everywhere, space. jim lovell was the opposite. he loves rockets since high school. he was very romantic about the notion, even as a kid, of pushing into the cosmos and places people never been. anders was a beautiful combination of the two. he believed in defeating the spoke be at union in space, but he was also -- defeating the soviet union and space, but he was also dreaming of being on the moon one day. so the crew came together at just the right time and just the right place. host: how do we get from john f. kennedy's pledge in 1961 to the apollo 8 mission in december of 1968 and neil armstrong in july of 1969? guest: that is a very good question, because when president kennedy made that promise, it did not seem like an ambitious promise, it seems like i'm insane promised him especially to the higher-ups at nasa. one describes to me falli

is anderal government insurance company with an army. ofyou deal with the reality social security, medicare, interest on the debt. ,ver the next multiple decades the biggest items in multiple spending. everything people think of government hass basically flat land. entitlements have exploded. it is math. is i haveeartbreak been here six years and a number of my brothers and sisters seem to avoid the reality of the map. host: let's hear what viewers have to say about it. joe is a democrat in michigan. guest: yes, thank you for having me on. if we continue to raise the debt ceiling, how do we continue to pay these things off? , iry time i listen to c-span listen to fellow democrats and ,very time we try to do it every time there is trying to be a tax cut introduced, there is always a reason why we need more instead of less. guest: >> today's "washington journal" online at c-span.org. live now to the capitol to hear from house speaker, paul ryan. speaker ryan: heavy rain has led to extensive flooding throughout our community. i spoke with g

congress and the federal a whole must take steps immediately to provide relief to those american anders, families businesses. last friday the house of representatives passed legislation to provide for free coronavirus testing, extensions of paid sick leave, food assistance for school kids and elderly and assistance to states over-burdened by medicaid expanded unemployment insurance. thisenate should take up bill and pass it immediately by consent today. we cannot wait. it was my preference to keep the thete in session over weekend so that we could have passed this bill already but mcconnell regrettably and almost unexplicably decided to everyone home and then called them back today. many members on my side of the aisle were extremely upset by leader mcconnell's decision. no further delay in passage of this legislation because surely we must move on to other necessary measures to itsess the coronavirus and widening impact on the medical, fabric ofand social this country. testing capacity and public health infrastructure, like hospital beds, masks, ventilators and more, remain a priority.

andrew, tom, david, and anders. thank you so much. >> one more round of applause for our fabulous moderator. [applause] >> the most recent in our series of debates, find it on mccain institute.org, our youtube channel, our itunes page. find out how you can support the institute. thank you for coming. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] nato says its military presence along the lines is eastern border will be increasingly evident in response to russia's aggression in ukraine. the alliances secretary says nato aircraft will fly more missions over the baltic region and says ships will deploy to the baltic sea, eastern mediterranean, and elsewhere if needed. while congress is on break this week, we are presenting some of the supreme court's notable oral arguments this term. this evening, a case dealing with free speech and discrimination. justices look at whether secret service agents can be sued for removing protesters, an organ hot

beene of all faiths have unable to gather as they would wish for their festivals, such eid, ander, easter. but we need life to go on. last month, fireworks lit up the sky around windsor as hindus, ikhs, and jaynes gathered to celebrate the wally. remarkably, a year that has kept people apart has, in many ways, brought us closer. across the commonwealth, my family and i have been inspired by stories of people volunteering in their communities, helping those in need. in the united kingdom and around the world, people have risen magnificently to the challenges of the year, and i'm so proud and moved by this quiet indomitable spirit. to our young people in particular i say thank you to the part you have played. this year we celebrated international nurses day on the 200th anniversary of the birth of florence nightingale. as with other nursing pioneers like mary ceco, florence nightingale shown a lamp of hope across the world. today, our frontline services still shine that lamp for us, supported by the amazing achievements of modern science. and we owe them a debt of gratitude. we continue to

[cheers and applause] pass anders: we will medicare for all single-payer program.cheers and applause] sen. sanders: under our administration, we will make public colleges and universities tuition free. [cheers and applause] cancelnders: and we will all student debt in this country . [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: people should not be punished simply because they sought a higher education. and yes, unlike donald trump, we believe that climate change is real and is an existential threat to the future of our country in the world. and i am proud to have introduced the most comprehensive climate change plan ever introduced by any candidate in the history of this country. [cheers and applause] today we say to the fossil fuel industry, your short-term profits are not more important than the future of this planet. [cheers and applause] and today, we say that we will bring major reform to a broken and racist criminal justice system. [cheers and applause] under ourrs: administration, the united states will not continue to have more people in jail than any other country

we are committed to our common to and in the president wanted estonia andere to georgia and montenegro to make sure our allies know that we'll stand with them as the united states has six days throughout their history. the prime minister just shared with new helming what is the will of estonia that all during the time of soviet repression the united states of america never recognized the soviet union's claim and we stand with them today as free and independent nations since 1991 and the president wanted me to make it clear to these baltic states and to the wider world looking on america's hands with our allies. originally in nato headquarters not her believe article five. what changed between when he went through the standing there worksnding you a broad? we have made it clear the policy of our administration is to stand firmly with our nato allies and to then firmly behind our article five commitment that an attack on one is an attack on all. it was very moving from the visit with the prime minister of estonia today and have him on the estonian troops that are in iraq and afghanistan

delaware, ander, have now visited 12 state capitals. our next stop is tell, florida. on september 6e with live interviews during "washington journal." >> next, a cover station on freedom, democracy, and security. will hear from madeleine albright and condoleezza rice. ambassador nikki y

may your justice anders iny which you wield over all the earth disspell the injury inflicted on us or which we exact on others. may the integrity of your word pierce the hearts of the callus and unfeeling even our own. then may the depth of your love humble us that we would come to know that your gracious plan is more precious than anything we value or devise without your blessing. in the hope of your name we pray. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-a of house resolution 88, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the pledge of allegiance will be offered by the gentleman from maryland, mr. harris. mr. harris: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to section 104-c of title 1 division t of the consolidated appropriations act of 2021 and the order of the house of january 4, 2021 of the following individual on the part of the house to the smit

initially, it was accomplished practice, ander late 1890's, bollards were passed to expand the system and enforce the power. for example, the simple pleasure that i am enjoying right now, ofting at the southern tip this part would have been unavailable to meet during the , becauseera african-americans were excluded from the parts of the city. they were not allowed to recreate in them, in particular this location, which was a premier recreational area in the city. the only way african-americans could be in such a place like this is if they were in the employ of white people, and the classic and most common example of this would have been black women who were nurse mates or ,aretakers for white children who could bring the children to the battery, take them for a walk, so on and so forth. proximity to and having charge of that white child would toe them a legitimate reason be here. people don't fully appreciate what this system is. yes, a system that enforced racial separation, and it was, but the real problem was that the system had a purpose, and the purpose was to impress whites with

. >> thanks, anders. just to shout out anders, who has been a mentor and a champion for two, three decades for those across the euro atlantic space who have wanted more open, more democratic economies and thank you for the work that you've done all these years. with regard to ukraine's ims program, you will have seen that senior ims leadership was in ukraine this week. issuing a public validation of the reform program going forward. but also confirming that the program agreed last year it's going to need a significant adjustment, that there is a fiscal hole now to the tune of $10 to $15 billion. we have been working with the ims, we have been working with the ukrainians. we have been working with senior e. e.u. member states and on the commision of the responsibility we'll all have if the ukraineians stay on track to fill this hole. we anticipate that the ims will come forward with formal conclusions relatively shortly. we suspect that they'll have to increase their support for ukraine, but that the unite

option andered the resulted in a hybrid model reporters -- where voters had a choice of how to participate. a record number cast the ballot this year. 1,407,154.tally was 27.6% voted. four counties had turnout over 85%. as usual, douglas county had the highest turnout. as did esmeralda and eureka. the county with the lowest turnout was mineral county, still at an impressive 74.3% turnout. voter registration efforts offered new challenges due to the pandemic, get nevada gained 357,045 registered voters for the 2020 general when compared to the 2016 election. bringing the number of registered voters across the 864, an increase of 24.3% in active voters. the resulting breakdown of ballots cast was 49.2% by mail % in early voting, and 9.7% on early election day. i would like to thank all of nevada's election officials for their dedication and commitment to providing a transparent, legal, and fair election. i would like to like to thank your staff for assisting me and my staff putting this together today. i would like to thank my staff as well for everything they have done. you have before you

anders. senator sanders: thank you for holding this hearing, and let me thank the panelists for without exception there cogent testimony. the constitution states very clearly congress shall have the power to declare war. founding fathers give the power to authorize military conflicts to congress for one very simple reason -- congress is the branch of the government that is most accountable to the people. there is no question but that over the years congress has allowed its authority over this very important issue of -- toing to add -- two ebb. to reassertirst that authority and start asking a very tough questions about the s -- and i use the word "wars r-s -- that we're in. let me assure every person here that the abdication of congress to its responsibilities over war have had incredibly dire and horrific consequences for the people of our country and, in fact, the world. i want to bring this down to earth and away from an abstract although enormously important constitutional discussion. i w

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