hello, mrs rogers! hello! i must be in the wrong house!is a very naughty boy! now go away. who are you? i'm his mother, that's who! not only bad, but mad. trenchearous, vindictive, megalomaniac and vein. you shot them with rubber bullets and gas. they were marching over there, the leaders were going to speak to you and before we even got there, you opened fire. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. today, we can take a collective breath and begin to blow away, let's hope, the cobwebs of the past. # give peace a chance...# dave, which british artist's work was featured on the cover of the 1989 telephone directory for the city of bradford? as i always say to my mate in the pub, go with the favourite, david hockney. bradford's favourite son, one of them anyway. david hockney is the right answer, dave. well done. good evening. this time tomorrow, it'll all be over. will the grand national throw up yet another moment of drama to be written into the history of the greatest ste

mr. rogers died, who had the show for children. and they said it was free speech . that kind of rhetoric is not conducive to education. heere's a need to control t dialogue on a campus. and i would like to know what the speaker thinks about that. guest: thank you for the comment. course you aref right, in some cases speech can be, you know, so outside the bounds that it compromises the purpose of the classroom itself or, you know, there is the famous example, you cannot shout fire in a crowded building. when we look at the other issues, especially what i think you are getting at racial topics, sexual politics, things like that that are real hot that's where, um, the rubber meets the road in free speech. everybody is for free speech until it comes to speech that is offensive to you. are there are some bounds that are sort of outside? yeah, you could come up with a few. i do not think that you could dedicate a week of lectures to the westborough baptist church and invite them to come and force all of your students to go. we could come up with examples. but i think wha

hello again this is al-jazeera mr roger and i use this of the us house of representatives as back to 3 fold increase of direct pandemic relief checks to $2000.00 eventually to 2 thirds majority of the senate passed the house is also a trump speech out of the annual defense spending bill. south africa's president so i'm opposing has announced stricter measures to combat a surgeon to run a virus cases driven by a fast spreading variant so after it became the 1st african nation to pass 1000000 checks. the government of bangladesh has started to relocate a 2nd group of rohingya refugees who fled there from up to 1800 refugees being moved from their camps in cox's bizarre. island. the family of a prominent saudi women's rights activist said that they'll appeal her jail sentence to jane flaw was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison on monday drawing international condemnation she's been held since 2018 and relatives say that she's been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison laura burton mally reports lose a know how good had been a prominent activist the years demanding more

mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for two minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to thank ranking member thornberry and chairman smith for their leadership in this essential process, to ensure america's security. this bill takes important steps forward to confront china by establishing the indo pacific deterrence initiative. it is a vital that we support and strengthen our allies and partners in the region, in order to deter the growing threat from china. this ndaa also funds critical investments here at home that will enable us to confront this sophisticated threats we face from china and russia. the ndaa also includes provisions implementing a number of cybersolarium recommendations. this will continue to modernize our military and cybersecurity efforts. i think we've only begun our work in this area. in addition to these cutting-edge needs, this conference report also re-authorizes the pay to troops deployed in combat zones. most importantly this bill adheres to the agreement and fully funds the president's budget req

mr. rogers' land of make believe. >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: it's a fine line, a fine line.> jon: yes, indeed. >> stephen: ladies and gentlemen, you know, i spend a lot of time selecting the most topical eames chairs, and up-to-the-minute sound system, then cleaning the floor-to-ceiling windows in the "architectural digest"-worthy bachelor pad that is my monologue. but every once in a while, i take a trip down the railroad tracks, trek barefoot to a rusty metal hatch in the side of a culvert, crack open a jug of moonshine, and sit back and relax in the abandoned nickel mine of news that is my segment: "quarantine-while." quarantine-while, the world of international athletics is about to get-- i want to say, fly?-- with the news that "breakdancing has become an official olympic sport for the 2024 games in paris." finally! we're going to see world-class athletes bust out the olympic boogaloo, just like the ancient greeks did. except they'd be all naked and greased with olive oil. quarantine-while, "ikea will stop publishing its iconic catalog after 70 years of doing so." at it

mr. rogers said, "look for the helpers! you can always find people who are helping."t responders who put their lives in danger to help us when my brothers and sisters need them. we look out for the helpers, because they look out for us. thank you, first responders! thank you, first responders! love you! be safe, look after yourself and look after one another. ♪. elizabeth: let's welcome back to the show former u.s. attorney brett tolman, the hunter biden -- is back in the headlines yemen appeals court upheld the conviction of hunters chinese former business partner patrick hello was convicted of paying bribes to chad in uganda, he paid hunter $1 million to help defend them, your thoughts on the story? >> while this is happening the united states is ripping up its efforts under the foreign corrupt practices act, ten messages foreign and domestic that they will not tolerate corruption on the form of bribes and we have these allegations, not only that but money transferst from him to hunter fr alleged legal services, it is concerning and i has to expand the scope of this

mr. rogers said, "look for the helpers!eople who are helping." ♪ thank you to all the first responders who put their lives in danger to help us when my brothers and sisters and mom and dad and grandpa and grandma need them. we look out for the helpers, because they look out for us. thank you, first responders! you know, there's a rewarding feeling you get when you...hey man, me and...we carried a lady out of a fire, you know? this is what i signed up for as a first responder and this is what i love to do. i'm going to continue going to work, day in and day out, and providing help to those that need it. ♪ ♪ thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you, first responders, we need you and we wanted to let you know how much we appreciate you. thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you! thank you, first responders! thank you! love you! ♪ be safe, look after yourself and look after one another. thanks. ♪. elizabeth: let's welcome media research center vice president dan gainor. always great to have you on. 2020, it was a disheartening y

mr. rogers said, "look for the helpers!always find people who are helping." ♪ thank you to all the first responders who put their lives in danger to help us when my brothers and sisters and mom and dad and grandpa and grandma need them. we look out for the helpers, because they look out for us. thank you, first responders! you know, there's a rewarding feeling you get when you...hey man, me and...we carried a lady out of a fire, you know? this is what i signed up for as a first responder and this is what i love to do. i'm going to continue going to work, day in and day out, and providing help to those that need it. ♪ ♪ thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you, first responders, we need you and we wanted to let you know how much we appreciate you. thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you! thank you, first responders! thank you! love you! ♪ be safe, look after yourself and look after one another. thanks. ♪ ♪ gregg: and welcome back. i'm gregg jarrett sitting in for the vacationing lou dobbs. the nba's band oring to communist

mr. rogers said, "look for the helpers!who are helping." ♪ thank you to all the first responders who put their lives in danger to help us when my brothers and sisters and mom and dad and grandpa and grandma need them. we look out for the helpers, because they look out for us. thank you, first responders! you know, there's a rewarding feeling you get when you...hey man, me and...we carried a lady out of a fire, you know? this is what i signed up for as a first responder and this is what i love to do. i'm going to continue going to work, day in and day out, and providing help to those that need it. ♪ ♪ thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you, first responders, we need you and we wanted to let you know how much we appreciate you. thank you, first responders! ♪ thank you! thank you, first responders! thank you! love you! ♪ be safe, look after yourself and look after one another. thanks. ♪ ♪ so much of the bee gees, that was less sides mouth monday song, how deep is your love. the waiter last night was dug congratulations to yo

mr. rogers used to say, you go to the helpers.f those helpers. >> well, i think if you can be a taker or giver, i think you get more joy from being a giver. ♪ chris: and so ma plays songs of comfort for us and for you. ♪ ♪ ♪ chris: what a gift. >> thank you so much, chris. chris: thank you. what a treat. you can hear more of yo yo ma's music this friday when he releases a new album, "songs of comfort and hope." now this program note, tune in tonight to fox news channel for special coverage of the georgia runoff debate between raphael warnock and kelly loeffler. that's starting at 7 p.m. eastern. and that's it for today. have a great week, and we'll see you next "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone. joining us. welcome to account sunday morning futures," i'm maria bartiromo. president trump digs in while defending the gop in georgia. >> they cheated and they rigged our presidential election are, but we will still win it. [cheers and applause] we will still win it. [cheers and applause] we'll still win it.

mr. rogers: we can get into a deeper issue about whether we should have our health care be at the whims ofhe employer's where we work every day or whether we should have other avenues where our health care coverage does not depend -- [applause] mr. reagan: right. from the panel at the risk of screwing everything up. to be honest with you, when i hear the word civility, i aistle a little bit as minority because often times calls for stability are mostly calls for minorities to shut the hell up. [applause] i am not sure why i would be civil to someone who was actively trying to take away my rights, who is actively dehumanizing me and people who look like me who is literally threatening the lives of my children, but i have to be civil, because that person represents an office that despite thepect, fact that he gives the office no respect whatsoever. [applause] not sure what is so bad about polarization to be honest with you. moments like this clarity,xtreme moral and when it comes to some issues there are only two sides. puteither think it is ok to brown children in cages, or you do not. ther

mr. rogers for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: thank you for yielding the time. i rise in support of this bill, but i want to first congratulate our committee's chair and ranking member for their great work on putting together this enormous and enormously important bill. how rare ant to say this day really is in another way. it's the first time that we had a ranking member who is a female, ms. granger, and the first female chairman of the committee, nita lowey. we will miss her enormously on the committee and the chamber. this bill is enormous. it's not perfect. but it reflects a fair compromise that includes funding for many important priorities at home and abroad and vital assistance for all those negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. as ranking member of the state, foreign operations subcommittee, i want to tell you this bill provides critical funding for our national security. this includes $3.3 billion in military fina

mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for two minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to thank ranking member thornberry and chairman smith for their leadership in this essential process, to ensure america's security. this bill takes important steps forward to confront china by establishing the indo pacific deterrence initiative. it is a vital that we support and strengthen our allies and partners in the region, in order to deter the growing threat from china. this ndaa also funds critical investments here at home that will enable us to confront this sophisticated threats we face from china and russia. the ndaa also includes provisions implementing a number of cybersolarium recommendations. this will continue to modernize our military and cybersecurity efforts. i think we've only begun our work in this area. in addition to these cutting-edge needs, this conference report also re-authorizes the pay to troops deployed in combat zones. most importantly this bill adheres to the agreement and fully funds the president's budget req

mr. rogers died, who had the show for children. and they said it was free speech .t kind of rhetoric is not conducive to education. heere's a need to control t dialogue on a campus. and i would like to know what the speaker thinks about that. guest: thank you for the comment. course you aref right, in some cases speech can be, you know, so outside the bounds that it compromises the purpose of the classroom itself or, you know, there is the famous example, you cannot shout fire in a crowded building. when we look at the other issues, especially what i think you are getting at racial topics, sexual politics, things like that that are real hot that's where, um, the rubber meets the road in free speech. everybody is for free speech until it comes to speech that is offensive to you. are there are some bounds that are sort of outside? yeah, you could come up with a few. i do not think that you could dedicate a week of lectures to the westborough baptist church and invite them to come and force all of your students to go. we could come up with examples. but i think what we

hello, mrs rogers! hello! i must be in the wrong house! they can't get the fire brigade.y bad, but mad. trenchearous, vindictive, megalomaniac and vain. you shot them with rubber bullets and gas. they were marching over there, the leaders were going to speak to you and before we even got there, you opened fire. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. today, we can take a collective breath and begin to blow away, let's hope, the cobwebs of the past. # give peace a chance...# dave, which british artist's work was featured on the cover of the 1989 telephone directory for the city of bradford? as i always say to my mate in the pub, go with the favourite, david hockney. bradford's favourite son, one of them anyway. david hockney is the right answer, dave. well done. good evening. this time tomorrow, it'll all be over. will the grand national throw up yet another moment of drama to be written into the history of the greatest steeplechase of all? 6:30, monday, january 17, 1983. you're watching the first edition

mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stone, are among he mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. paul manafort is a seasoned republican party campaign consultant and donald trump's former campaign manager. indicted by the special counsel robert mueller, he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after being convicted of multiple crimes. also convicted as a result of the mueller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election was roger stone, a long—time political ally of mr trump. having refused to cooperate with the mueller inquiry, both men now find themselves rewarded for their loyalty and basking in the glow of a presidential pardon. pardoned with them was charles kushner, the father of mr trump's senior adviser, jared kushner. a real estate developer, charles kushner was convicted of multiple crimes in 2004, including setting his brother—in—law up with a prostitute and then trying to

mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stone, are amongboth were jailed as a result of the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. our north america correspondent david willis reports. paul manafort is a seasoned republican party campaign consultant and donald trump's former campaign manager. indicted by the special counsel, robert mueller, he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after being convicted of multiple crimes. also convicted as a result of the mueller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election was roger stone, a long time political ally of mr trump. having refused to cooperate with the mueller inquiry both men now find themselves rewarded for their loyalty and basking in the glow of a presidential pardon. pardoned with them was charles kushner, the father of mr. trump's senior adviser, jared kushner. a real estate developer, charles kushner was convicted of multiple crimes in 2004, including setting his brother in law up with a prostitute and then trying to blackmail him. ne

mr. roger's neighborhood. it is time to act and preserve the republic. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy f january 3, 2019, the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, 30 minutes. mr. rigell: i rise today after two years of service to address this congress for perhaps the last time. i rise today humbled to the opportunities granted to me. i could go from living on food stamps decades ago to serving in this body is an american dream. i would be remiss if i did not begin this address by thanking my beautiful wife christine and three daughters for their support throughout this journey. i married christine christine at the age of 19. and have my two granddaughters here in washington, d.c. with me is an overwhelming lesson. i never wanted to subject my family to the challenges, but they have taken on every challenge and continue to inspire me every day. i have spent most of my life in service to this country as enlisted and commissioned airman in the

mr trump had already commuted the sentence of roger stone, who was convicted of lying to congress undera short time ago our under oath. just a short time ago our correspondence under oath. just a short time ago our correspondence told me the move is a sign mr trump intends to raise every trace of wrongdoing. this all underlines the president's determination to eradicate the prosecutions that resulted from the special council's rober mueller‘s investigation into russian interference on the 2016 presidential election. mr trump has railed against that inquiry, of course, consistently, calling it a hoax and now, he has announced pardons of further people that were prosecuted as a result of that investigation. you mentioned there paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, one of three campaign chairmen that donald trump had, and paul manafort a short while ago tweeted this, saying mr president, my family and i humbly thank you for the presidential pardon you have bestowed upon me, words cannot fully convey how grateful we are. you mentioned roger stone, his sentence had already been commut

mr trump had earlier commuted the criminal sentence of roger stone, who was convicted of lying to congress think it underlines the president's determination to basically eradicate the prosecutions that resulted from the special counsel robert moeller‘s investigation into allegations of russian into —— interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr trump has railed against that enquiry consistently, calling it a hoax and now he has announced pardons of more people prosecuted as a result of the muller investigation. you mention paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, one of three that donald trump had and mr manafort a short time ago tweeted this saying that he and his family thank the president for the pardon bestowed upon him, words cannot convey how grateful they are. you mentioned roger stone. his sentence had already been commuted. he is a long—term ally of president trump and charles kushner, the father of donald trump's son—in—lanared kushner. he was sentenced to two years in prison for preparing false tax returns, witness retaliation and making false statements to the federa

mr. ronald rogers. dedicated his life to public service and to create opportunities for young people. of alpha proud member phi alpha fraternity and a graduate of florida a&m university. he was a proud graduate of jones he loved the nd students with all of his heart and soul. as founder and president of the of 100 black men of america, he worked hard to entor students and provide scholarships and other resources to help them during their college years. served in numerous leadership roles, including as city administrator for the of eachinville where he helped pave the way for town's success today. ron never stopped, pause, or failed. unwavering sense of urgency about serving his community, about making his better.y ron rogers truly made the difference in the lives of others, and we are so grateful a life well lived. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields.man for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> to request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker

mr. trump also extended pardons to his former advisers roger stone and paul manafort, both convicted on chargesmming from the special counsel investigation into russian meddling. of the more than 80 clemency actions the president has issued while in office, 58 were for people he knows personally, were done as a favor to an associate or were granted for political benefit. but the president's choices were met with criticism. even from republicans like ben sass, who called the moves rotten to the core. >>> once the stimulus bill is physically here in florida, the president is able to sign it quickly if he wants to. but even with millions of americans in limbo, the white house still refuses to say what the president will do. paula reid, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. >> a powerful christmas storm has moved to the east coast. people in new york city and surrounding areas could see 70 mile per hour windnds, and att leleast 2 inchches of raiain by enend o of the mornrning. the samame storm system roared throughh minnenesota this week, dumping more than 9 inches of snow on parts of the state. and

on wednesday, mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stoneresult of the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr trump also pardoned charles kushner, the father of his son—in—law, jared. mr kushner served a two—year jail sentence for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions. max kutner is a us political commentator who's been watching the developments over the last day or so. he gave us his thoughts. president trump comes from the world of real estate and construction where doing favours for allies is kind of currency, so we shouldn't be surprised that he's doing these sorts of things, and of course presidents have done these things in the past especially towards the end of their terms. but there is some outcry as this is yet another attempt by president trump, and in this case kind of a successful attempt, to blunt the impact of that russia investigation. and what's interesting is, we are seeing in the past couple of days president trump pardoned not only people who refused to p

on wednesday, mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stoneled as a result of the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr trump also pardoned charles kushner, the father of his son—in—law, jared. mr kushner served a two—year jail sentence for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions. let's speak to max kutner, a us political commentator in new york, who's been watching the developments over the last day or so. thank you for your time. as we have just heard, as we havejust heard, among those to receive the presidential pardon our close personal contacts to president trump. what has the reaction been? president trump comes from the world of real estate and construction where doing favours for allies is currency so we favours for allies is currency so we shouldn't be surprised that his doing these sorts of things and of course presidents have done these in the past especially the end of their terms but there is some outcry as is yet another attempt by president trump, and in this ca

on wednesday, mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stone inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. mr trump also pardoned charles kushner, the father of his son—in—law, jared. mr kushner served a two—year jail sentence for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions. we can now speak to seth weathers who's a republican strategist and former campaigner for donald trump in the 2016 presidential election. thank presidential election. you, as always, your time. thank you, as always, your time. you have thrown your full support by mr trump and his pardons, but he has been accused of abusing his power, rewarding those who are loyal to him and close friends, what is your take on this? i'm glad he's not rewarding people who have been disloyal to him, but the first thing that comes to mind for the people who have an issue with the pardons, it reminds me of when president clinton pardoned roger clinton, his brother, for cocaine among other issues. so for the people that are feigning outrage right now,

mr. trump also extended pardons to his former advisers roger stone and paul manafort, both convicted on charges stemming from the special counsel investigation into russian meddling. of the more than 80 clemency actions the president has issued while in office, 58 were for people he knows personally or done as a favor for an associate or were granted for political benefit. but the president's choices were met with criticism, even from republicans like ben sasse who called the moves "rotten to the core." once the stimulus bill is physically here in florida, the president can sign it quickly if he wants to, but even with millions of americans in limbo, the white house still refuses to say what the president will do. major. >> garrett: paula reid with the key phrase "if he wants to." tonight, california remains the epicenter of america's covid idrge. the state now has more cases than italy. hospitals in southern california are struggling to keep up with all the patients. all the patients. more now from cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: an alarming milestone: california surpassing two million covid

mr. >> yeah. i mean, what sir roger penrose shows is that the singularity, from the outside, let's say go for in the aspect those in a block later out on the space station and you are thinking the suit is a singular to pick the scent sphere, singularity exists as a point in space. your and a friend who just took a very unhappy trip, a black coal, crossed derisively. with the fight is singularity isn't appointed space but it's not like they can park themselves and avoid it. it's actually in their future. what he shows is a single 30 is a point in time in the future, and that you can no more avoid the singularity that you can avoid the next instance in time, that inevitably comes. so i did explore what that experience is like, which is well documented in science-fiction. but then there's also room to talk about well maybe that's not the whole correct story on the interior of the black hole. >> brian, what is your take on wormholes? >> wormholes? >> wormholes are they some other time and space? >> i'm all for wormholes. i have nothing against wormholes. they actually are a beautiful mathematical soluti

of the mueller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election was roger stone, a long time political ally of mr trump. having refused to cooperate with the mueller inquiry both men now find themselves rewarded for their loyalty and basking in the glow of a presidential pardon. pardoned with them was charles kushner, the father of mr. trump's senior adviser, jared kushner. a real estate developer, charles kushner was convicted of multiple crimes in 2004, including setting his brother in law up with a prostitute and then trying to blackmail him. news of the pardons came after the president had left the white house to spend the holidays at his florida retreat, mar a lago, and after he'd thrown the future of three important pieces of legislation into doubt. chief among them, a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, which, in a video address on twitter, the president branded a disgrace. congress started negotiations on a new package to get urgently needed help to the american people. it's taken forever. however, the bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated

of the miller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election was roger stone, a long—time political ally of mr to co—operate with the miller enquiry, both men now find themselves rewarded for their loyalty a nd themselves rewarded for their loyalty and basking in the glow ofa loyalty and basking in the glow of a presidential pardon. pardoned with them was charles kushner, the father of mr trump's senior advisorjared kushner, a real estate developer. kushner was convicted of multiple crimes in 2004, including setting his brother—in—law up with a prostitute and then trying to blackmail him. news of the pardons came after the president had left the white house to spend the holidays at his florida retreat mara largo. and after he had thrown the future of three important pieces of legislation into doubt. chief among them was a $900 billion coronavirus relief deal which in a video address on twitter, the president branded a disgrace. congress started negotiations on a new package to get urgently needed help to the american people. it has taken for ever. however, the bill they are now planning to sen

mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, and his long—time adviser, roger stone, are amonga result of the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. cbs correspondent debra alfarone joins me from washington. how unusual is it for an outgoing president to grant pardons to so many people? it's an interesting question because actually up until this point the president had given lot less power than other presidents at this point in their term. however, as you said before, he is definitely ramping up at this point. it's not unusual for present stu d e nts to it's not unusual for present students to give so many pardons at this point in the presidential career, with just 20 this point in the presidential career, withjust 20 plus this point in the presidential career, with just 20 plus days left. however, what is a little bit different, is that so many people that he is granting the pardons to, 90% is one estimate, people that he has a direct tie to. loyalty may be one of the things that is driving him to give these types of pardons to people. you mentioned ro

mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort and his long—time adviser roger stone are among theit. both were jailed as a result of the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. i spoke to cbs correspondent debra alfarone earlier. i asked her how president trump's pardons compare with those of past presidents. the president had given lot less power than other presidents at this point in their term. however, as you said before, he is definitely ramping up at this point. it's not unusual for presidents to give so many pardons at this point in their presidential career, with just 20 plus days left. however, what is a little bit different is that so many people that he is granting the pardons to, 90% is one estimate, are people that he has a direct tie to. loyalty may be one of the things that is driving him to give these types of pardons to people. you mentioned roger stone and paul manafort. they had some connection with the president, and they have the biggest audience with this president. why are they so significant? we're talking about paul manafort and rog

mr. conaway: i would like to recognize soon to be former colleague from kansas, dr. roger marshall for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. marshall: grain is the saferest and most reliable quality in the world. this reputation is unchallenged o the u.s. d.a. inspection service. the kansas economy is dependent upon continued strong agriculture exports and the certainty that comes with strict grain quality and inspection standards. kansas exported $3 billion in farm goods to 96 different countries this past year and kansas is the seventh largest exporter. this ensures a strong kansas economy. through rigorous standards, grain and feed products grown by kansas family farmers is acceptable. because of its transparency and certainty of our nation's grain system that the world continues to look to the u.s. for ag and food products. these high standards is another reason that it has been so successful and renegotiating successfully over 50% of our export ag markets. i applaud the passage of the u.s. grains standards act and levelin

mr. gable and what he's done for america. i'm glad that is happening. >> harris: just to hit this point because you heard what roger said. i want your reaction to that real quickly before we go back to the oval office at the white house. >> well, look, it's very difficult for the president to achieve what he wants to achieve at this point. i sort of think it's the american way to challenge. if you think something is wrong, then challenge it. >> harris: all right. back to the white house. dan gable getting the highest in the nation medal of freedom. >> to one of the greatest wrestlers in american history, iowa legend dan gable. he's been an inspiration to so many people. we're joined by dan's wonderful wife, kathy and their incredible and large family including 13 grandchildren. thanks very much. thank you, kathy. a great honor for us, too. thank you for being here. we're also joined by iowa senators chuck grassley. where is chuck? chuck, congratulations on everything. chuck and joni ernst who just had a big victory. thank you. what a job. what a job. they had you down a couple points and you won by a lot. one of those th

bill also prevents the roger stem scholarship from counting toward the 48-month limit a veteran -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional one minute. mr. barr: this prevents the roger stem scholarship from counting toward the 48-month limit a veteran can receive g.i. benefits. i have seen veterans in my district in central and eastern kentucky, especially at eastern kentucky university, take advantage of this important scholarship. i'm proud of my vote for this package that delivers for our nation's veterans. i want to thank, again, my colleagues for working in a bipartisan way to shepherd this very important package of veteran advocacy legislation to fruition. once again i want to thank my good friend for his service in this body, his distinguished service in this body, dr. phil roe. thank you, sir, it's been an honor serving with you on this committee especially. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, reserves. the gentleman from california, mr. takano, is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield one minute to my good friend, who

roger stone. trump is also a major military spending bill which had been passed by a large majority of republicans and democrats in congress mr trump had previously criticized the $740000000000.00 national defense authorization act saying it would benefit china congress could now move to overturn the veto officials in bosnia have blamed migrants for setting fire to a former camp just after it was closed because of a lack of winter facilities no injuries have been reported the u.n. has criticised bosnia for failing to find suitable winter accommodation for thousands of migrants. gunmen have killed more than $100.00 people in an attack in ethiopia's western benson go ms region that's according to state run human rights commission the identity of the attackers is unknown it's the latest episode of unrest in ethiopia following a deadly conflict in. christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa have been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries are seen covert 1000 infection rates rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gathering d.w. has this report from laos nigeria where the economic fallout of the pand