[applause] >> that was texas state representative trey martinez fischer, this morning at the state capital in ox than texas and joining us now. democratic texas state representatives, trey martinez fischer and jessica gonzÁlez representative martinez fisher, the focus on joe manchin and senator cinema seems to be more vivid every day as you fight this battle in texas. what would you ask of them if you could speak to them tonight? >> thank you lawrence, we're in the fourth quarter this is a now or never moment for voting rights in america. we need every men and women to stand up for america with a senate deadlock at 50 50, the ballots of our democracy lies in the hands of senators manchin and senator cinema. this is time to take a step forward for our country, our democracy depends on you. we need you to be here for our democracy. let's end the filibuster, let's

democratic state lawmaker trey martinez fischer posting this photo of himself and others and his colleagues on a flight to the nation's capital it's one of two charter jets carrying 50 democrats.0 democra. martinez a source telling nbc news. martinez fischer also asked volunteers and voters to help fund their hotel rooms and flights with donations by leaving the state, they are breaking the quorum in the legislature and they could face arrest the republican governor there, greg abbott, slammed the move in that statement saying texas democrats' decision to break a quorum of the texas legislature and abandon the texas state capitol inflicts harm on the very texans who elected them to serve. at the end of may, democratic lawmakers through national attention when they staged a walkout on this very same bill priscilla, you spoke with one of these democrat lawmakers earlier. what did you hear? >> those lawmakers are expected in washington, d.c., within the

fischer. as i'm sure you are well aware, congress is debating and negotiating and infrastructure package that hinges on the question, how do you pay for it. that's how do you pay for it? -- how do you pay for it? what sort of policies should we be pursuing to make energy investments more attractive to private investors? ms. fischer: by member companies are terrific at raising capital. we are the most capital-intensive industry in the united states. over the last 10 years we have spent $1 trillion auto grid modernization and related efforts. what the usual industry says remains true here. clear direction usually helps us attract capital. representative gonzalez? does representative gonzalez: -- representative gonzalez: mr. skelly can you explain how this will impact energy use? we have to have reliable ways to store the energy. how would that project funnel storage? mr. skelly: with electricity consumption and production, storage is important. there are interesting advances. i am on the board o

representative from the state of texas, a fellow called trey martinez fischer spell that out for us. she moved eating solid in an airport. it's pretty much like the civil rights leaders of old. across the bridge in alabama taking transient blows to the head. heat wants. >> this is a risk that you take standing up to democracy. we are talking about voting rights here, people that were beaten by clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect themselves from the finger-pointing. >> edmund pettus bridge, aaa, same idea and different error. as you can expect kamala harris wants in on the action. since two years old she's been demanding freedom that she said so now she's going to meet with these freedom fighter sometime

fischer, you are recognized. ms. fisher: good morning chair castor, ranking member graves, and members of the select committee. my name is emily fisher, and i am here today on behalf of the edison electric institute -- eei. thank you for the opportunity to speak about modernizing and expanding the energy grid. i am honored to be here with linda apsey, president and chief executive office of eei member company, itc holdings, and with a representative of our labor partners, donnie colston from -- collectively, the power industry supports more than 700 million jobs across the country. -- 7 million jobs across the country. eei member companies are leading a clean energy transformation. we are 40% below 2005 levels as of year end at the same time, 40 2020. percent of the electricity that serves customers now comes from clean, carbon-free resources, including nuclear energy, hydropower, wind, and solar energy. our members are united to get the energy as clean and as fast as they can without co-op that should without compro

. >> texas state representative, trey martinez fischer, we appreciate it. >>> how some are looking to block vaccine mandates for schools. and the first excerpt for what's billed as an explosive new book on the final days of the trump presidency. including how the big lie started. and new cnn reporting on the assassination of haiti's president, how some of the suspects were previously u.s. informants. "new day" brought to you by clear choice. party health starts with better dental health. get started with dental implants.

according to trey martinez fischer -- cannot name be real? we are going with it. eating salad in an airport is very much like the civil rights leaders of old, crossing the bridge in alabama taking trench and blows to the head, you watch. >> this is the risk we take to stand up for democracy. we are talking about voting rights here. there are people who were beaten with clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect the sacred rights. this threat in this finger-pointing by the governor is not going to intimidate all of us. we are strongly united and we want to bring, you know, voting rights home to this country. >> tucker: same idea, different era as you would expect. kamala harris wants in on the action. she's been protesting for civil rights since growing up as a child in canada -- sorry, america. since two years old she's been demanding freedom, she said so she announced she's going to meet with these freedom fighters sometimes this week.

amy: thank you for being with us, texas tech representative trey martinez fischer of san antonio, who together with democratic state representative jasmine crockett and a few others led the fling democrats who left from anywhere from houston in san antonio and dallas to dulles to washington, d.c. come to stop state representatives for approving another voter suppression bill. we will continue to follow the developments. after months of decline, covid cases are rising again in the united states. we will speak with a leading epidemiologist about why this is happening, about the vaccine gap in the world as well. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

but today, makenzie fischer has been really hot with her shots. so she would be a good choice. >> maggie steffens, the two-time mvp. one out of four shooting today. the player with the most goals wears number 2. here we go. the u.s. trailing by 1. by one. unfamiliar situation here in the olympics for adam back up top. now this is rachel fattal. tight defense being played by hungary. >> that is outside so she can pick it up to shoot it. >> makenzie fischer, gets it. saved by magyari. >> that is going to go back to the united states. they will have possession for the remainder of the game. they don't need to rush a shot. but they need to get it with 15 seconds remaining on the shot clock. >> madeleine musselman. inside of 10 now. >> and it is not outside six meters. >> rachel fattal, back up top to musselman. they get it inside. hungary knocks it away. and hungary f history as the u.s. women's coach, they. one second remaining on the clock. >> i don't anticipate the game changing at this point with the one second. but it will be interesting to see w

ramon andrea fischer known as "mona." mona was born to raymondy von fischer where she lived most of he adult life. mona graduated from balboa high school and was a teenager. when others were riding bikes, mona was driving and using her sister's i.d. to have a good time at nightclubs. in 1995, she married eddie travis from their union and they had two sons. lucky and raymond. and in 2001, she married edward burns who passed away in april, 2012. mona was a loving mother and daughter. she was a loyal sister, friend, and confidant to many. she was the god mother to so many had that family has lost count. she lost her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. mona worked as a ups driver and bridge toll collector for the san francisco bridge. she loved the daily interaction with people. unfortunately, due to hopkins lymphoma she was forced to stop working. she was a fighter both figurative and literally and wasn't going to let the disease beat her. she was reminded daily of what her friend once said "you can't win if you don'

representative martinez fischer.sorry for what is you're going through. >> it's okay, it's for democracy, so it's worth it. >> we let me ask you first, how are you feeling. i know you said publicly that you are fully vaccinated, so this is a breakthrough infection, obviously, everyone is hoping you are fine, technically, if you get a breakthrough infection, once you've been vaccinated, you are much less likely to have a serious bout of illness, but how are you feeling tonight? >> it's a little surprising. i tested positive on sunday morning. i woke up early, had my routine, i exercised, i drink coffee, i read my newspaper. and then right before a staff meeting i took a rapid test and had a positive result. and i couldn't believe it. i actually waited 15 minutes and tested again because i felt terrific and, in fact, in the days since i've been quarantining, i'm feeling a low grade fever, maybe a little sinus from time to time, but it really goes to show you that this vaccine is really gotten in front of this variant,

our democracy in this country. >> texas state representatives jessica gonzÁlez and trey martinez fischer you for having us. >> thank you. coming up. for once, business and labor agree about something, something big. something huge. the biden infrastructure bill. one of the people who brought business and labor to gather, secretary of labor, marty walsh will join us next. ll join us next. ove instead. (customer) tell me something i don't know. (burke) with your farmers policy perk, guaranteed replacement cost, your home can be rebuilt, regardless of your limits. (customer) that's really something. (burng with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ this... is what freedom sounds like. and this. this is what freedom smells like. ahhh, enjoy 30 days of open-road freshness. febreze car. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>, we are now less than two weeks away from the public stage of the most complex and delicate legislative drama that washington has seen since the passage of the affordable care act. the first legislative action on president biden'

i state representative trey martinez fischer of san antonio. in one of those two chartered flights and the bus that left goalless -- dulles. can respond to governor abbott singh when you return he will arrest you, have you all arrested in cabin, keep you in the capital until you vote? they can't go after you in washington, d.c. but the republican representatives don't seem to understand that. they voted though you have broken arm so does not really hold water -- broken the corinth so it does not hold water, they can hold you wherever you are. can you respond? >> i don't appreciate the language. i don't like beintold i'm going to be corralled like i'm a piece of property, especially for minority lmakers that is especially sensitive i would ask the governor to maybe get out a the source and use another word. we're not going to be bullied or intimidated by anyone, including the governor or our colleagues. we have a job to do. i represent 180,000 hard-working men, women, mostly blue-collar workers from san antonio texas, latinos and i am their voic

se volvieron virales por redes sociales y que en su presupuesto hay dinero para meter el número de fischerla criminalidad se había pisado con vídeos como este que hay problemas pero que con estos planes y los programas de los embajadores ayudará a que quienes visiten y viven acá tengan una mejor experiencia le discrimina la situación actual al fiscal quien se enfrenta a un posible referente laboratorio al respecto le preguntamos al jefe policial quien nos dijo que trabajan juntos que es un oficial electo y a sempere se conjunto la fiscalía nos dijo que trabajan todos los días para que aquellos que cometen crímenes asuman su responsabilidad el fiscal ha procesado más de 7000 nuevos casos criminales desde que asumió el cargo el año pasado noticiero telemundo 48 >>> un juez dictaminó que un ex entrenador de la secundaria deberá ir a juicio durante una audiencia preliminar el juez dijo que había suficiente pruebas un hombre que vendía por un sujeto que no solo le quitó la camioneta sino también los animales la policía inició la búsqueda deseando sospechoso conduciendo hacia el norte y foresta

. >> representative trey martinez fischer, i don't know if you have a handheld phone or a laptop that you're talking on. is there any way you can lift it up so i can see your colleagues on the bus? i want to get a sense of who -- hello texas democrats. it's rachel maddow here. hi. i'll tell you, the whole country is watching. the whole country is watching right now and what you are doing is something that could not be done with your commitment to do this in the way that you have done it, putting yourselves on the line. thank you for helping us understand and good luck in these next few days. good luck. >> thank you rachel. >> thank you. democratic state representative trey martinez fischer, we'll get you on the union roster for that little bit of camerawork there. i appreciated my friend. >> i'll give you my senate card, that's for sure. >> exactly, that's right. all right fascinating. texas democrats, we get more than 50 of them have left the state of texas tonight and it is a tactic that -- listen, texas democrats did this in 2003 ahead of a radical partisan redistricting of the sta

appears, the core facebook app plus messenger and what's app and instagram remarkable to see that fischer deidre, if tiktok is making gains that's a good argument for facebook to draw upon defending themselves here. >> yeah, it's a point, although we know byte dance is facing scrutiny. >> hard to keem them strait. so many cross wednesday. meantime jpm says marvel on the broadcom with the top spikes in the semiconductor they also like intel, nvidia and micron more "techcheck" after the break. me after time. gold. your strategic advantage. it's time to switch to t-mobile. right now, pay zero costs when you do! keep your number and keep your phone - - we'll even pay it off! only at t-mobile. the leader in 5g. after the the break. another update on apple. medical and health tech ambitions. what the ceo of med tron iks has to say plus miss an episode of "techcheck," it's a podcast. download and subscribe anywhere you listen to podcast. one more quick break and plus the fed chair set to begin testimony in a few moments. stay with us - [narrator] dearest noodle houses and hot pot hotshots, thank

texas democratic state representative trey martinez fischer.at you are going through. >> you know what? it is okay. it is for democracy so it is worth it. >> let me ask you first how you are feeling. i know that you said publicly that you were fully vaccinated so this is a breakthrough infection. obviously everybody is hoping that you are fine. technically if you get a breakthrough infection once you are vaccinated you are must less likely to have a serious bout of the illness, but how are you tonight? >> you know, rachel, it is a little surprising. i tested positive on sunday morning. i woke up early, had my routine. i exercised. i drank coffee, i read my newspaper, and then right before a staff meeting i took a rapid test and had a positive result. i couldn't believe it. like i actually waited 15 minutes and tested again because i felt terrific and, in fact, you know, in the days since i've been quarantining i'm dealing with a low-grade fever, maybe, you know, a little sinus from time to time, but it really goes to show you that this vaccine

one of the two newly confirmed cases is state rep trey martinez fischer.ment that says the provide daily rapid tests for all staff in d.c. for the week. the first positive case was on monday. two more were confirmed yesterday. the democratic delegation left texas on july 12th to block republicans in the state house from enacting new voting restrictions there. at least 51 representatives have fled the state. today the general lÉvesque murphy warns that misinformation is key to fighting covid. he's biden is calling for facebook to do better. he says that the misinformation on the social media platform is killing people in response to a question from peter alexander. yesterday, the company shot back that it's not facebook's fault that he missed his july 4th goal to get 70% of adults vaccinated. facebook defended itself using data collected -- withheld from carnegie melanin aversive and the university of maryland. the data shows that 85% of facebook users in the u.s. said that they have been or want to be vaccinated against covid-19. the company added that it'

fischer is a legitimate breeding ground for this stuff.e spread of disinformation resulting in the deaths of many. facebook defended itself say going removed millions of pieces of information. but experts say the tech giant has still failed to address the root cause. joining me now, brand za grossny pb, the senior reporter specializing in internet platforms. and the adviser to stop hate for profit, the author of zuked. you published an article this morning where you say biden has to play hard ball with internet platforms. and you say if biden forces internet platforms to recognize and stop amplifying disinformation he will go towards his top priority of ending the covid pandemic >> ali, the problem we face here is that too many people in government and in journalism are talking about how facebook struggles to get rid of disinformation, hate speech and conspiracy theories. and the problem is that that framing is wrong. what facebook is doing is it's struggling to avoid accountability for business model that profits from harmful content. and

representative fischer, you are working with nancy pelosi, the congressional black caucus, hoping for a sit-down with kristen synama. what do you hope to gain? >> we've got to know the positions of the parties. we've heard recently of some discussions regarding with clyburn and his attempt to work on a resolution to carve out the filibuster for voting rights. i agree with him 100%. there should not be a rule or tradition that trumps our u.s. constitution, and our right to vote should come before senate tradition, and this is a now or never moment for our country. this is a now or never moment for our democracy. we need to have one standard when it comes to voting in the united states, and that's the american standard. it is very clear to me there's an attack on democracy. voices are being silenced across this country. the eyes of the nation are on texas. we are here in washington, we are asking everyone to join us in this fight and let's do this together. we are the last folks on this hill, and democracy is too important for us to sit this one out. >> representative gonzalez, if you g

. >> representative martinez fischer i don't know if you have a hand held phone or lap top is there any way i can see your colleagues on the bus? i can see a few of them. hello, texas democrats. >> hello! >> rachel maddow here. hi. i'll tell you, the whole country is watching. the whole country is watching right now and what you are doing is something that could not be done without your commitment to do this in the way that you have done it putting yourselves on the line. thank you for helping us understand and good luck in the next few days. good luck. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you. democratic texas state representative trey martinez fischer i will get you on the union roster for that little bit of camera work there. thank you. i appreciate it my friend. fascinating. texas democrats, again, more than 50 of them, have left the state of texas tonight. it is a tactic that, listen, texas democrats did this in 2003 ahead of a radical partisan redistricting of the state of texas. they left the state and as i said, governor at the time sent state troopers after them and it was a huge sta

>> thank you, senator fischer. i think it could be more that could be done in terms of i'll say both the chairman of the communication as well as the substance of information as it relates to the network outage reporting as well as potentially the disaster information reporting system. there could be improvement. i think they are bad? know but i'm confident they could be improved to provide better visibility states as well as consumers. >> thank you. for farmers and ranchers having a fast broadband connection to the homes is important but that may fall short when they can't get access to those connections when they are on a tractor of working cattle a mile or more from their home. it is essential that the american when it comes to precision agriculture is required the entire field be covered not just the farmhouse. if you limit funding only to find the lakers to one location you don't cover the entire field and not only do you lose the agricultural production vantage but the reduction in use of water. we are seeing

san jose state's colton brown and the women's water polo team with maggie stefen and makenzie fischer. so many of those names are familiar to all of us. the thing that struck me about watching simone biles make that, when you see them up close what a difference five years makes. i remember seeing her in rio. she was like a teenager and had a teenager-like vibe to her. and you see her, and she's like a woman now. 24, considered older. >> even the way she presents herself, a little bit more, it's really fascinating. >> sounds like she can't bounce back as quickly either. feeling the aches and pains every day. >> i thought it was interesting now she analyzes things in a different way. that could go wrong, this could go wrong. >> you've been analyzing the tropical storm. it's moving north of tokyo now? >> the worse of the rain and wind is over in tokyo. that's good news. we had events delayed. they are on the good side of things as we bring you into the microclimate forecast. let's show you back here at home what's ruling our weather, and you might have noticed it today i know a lot of us

get to football in a, in a bit and my, and my is the shooting for those that don't know who mark fischer is. tell us why is considered by some to be one of the greatest english language thinkers off the 21st century. actually, any house you know where to begin, really because he is such a sort of boss. did he just kind of boss terrain? in this monumental volume k puck, he does everything from cinema to renew laborers and he makes these kind of connections, you know, between popular culture and politics that i mean, lot of people do that. they did it in such a kind of, he was least go imagine that way. when it comes up more months with image is inspirational. despite the dissent supply talks about melancholia and morning sped, i think that you know, you kind of mrs. through the 21st century the same time he's desperate to kind of been sort of a positivity his sense of futures in the sense of what is actually possible in a century in which a lot of that kind of been forgotten. so yeah, absolutely. it's just the sheer range sheet energy, the sheer erudition, but i think that entitle him to

if these talks do not succeed. alan fischer at the white house. thank you for that. let's pretend to have dennis down were violence and the territorial advances made by the taliban. forcing people to leave their homes, a senior un officials told al jazeera that if there is no thief, fire situation could become the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. diplomatic it is at james bay's travel to balmy end. with 47000 people have been displaced in weeks travelling with the un took by me and it should take just over 4 hours to drive to this mountainous province. but the route is far too dangerous. now. once seen as the safest place in afghanistan, recent violence is seen the un recording over 47000 internally displaced people in recent weeks. dameion without doubt, has one of the best hospitals in the country funded by the aga con. ah, but the hospital has been overwhelmed by people suffering. after walking for days through the mountains. wonder i left because the taliban had captured more districts. when we came here, all the people were on the run. they were fleeing.

modesty obviously but another representative from the state of texas, a fellow called trey martinez fischerr us. she moved eating solid in an airport. it's pretty much like the civil rights leaders of old. across the bridge in alabama taking transient blows to the head. heat wants. >> this is a risk that you take standing up to democracy. we are talking about voting rights here, people that were beaten by clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect themselves from the finger-pointing. >> edmund pettus bridge, aaa, same idea and different error. as you can expect kamala harris wants in on the action. since two years old she's been demanding freedom that she said so now she's going to meet with these freedom fighter sometime this week. the governor of texas, greg abbott, will be there.ac so are they coming back to texas? no. so effectively these freedom fighters, these crossers have shut down texas democratically affected government. brit hume covers democracy. you are a master of the big picture, when you shut down democracy how are you saving it? >> the first thing i have

senator fischer, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, senator lujÁn.appreciate the witnesses here today as we discuss network resiliency. mr. law, as you might know, the fcc updated its rules for reporting matron at work outages among the fcc, states, and federal agencies, in march. information sharing is critical for managing threats to infrastructure and restoring services. do you feel that there is enough communication between the fcc and states to quickly respondould be more that could be done in terms of i'll say both the chairman of the communication as well as the substance of information as it relates to the network outage reporting as well as potentially the disaster information reporting system. there could be improvement. i think they are bad? know but i'm confident they could be improved to provide better visibility states as well as consumers. >> thank you. for farmers and ranchers having a fast broadband connection to the homes is important but that may fall short when they can't get access to those connections when they are on a tractor

let me bring in sara fischer back into the conversation.it was last year. you said in your article, boring news cycle deals blow to partisan media. >> the media that represents the other idealogy explodes because they have so much they want to say to sort of take down the new administration. that's not happening this time. this time around the opposition media, which is sort of the far right media, is seeing some dec declines in engagement. year after year, some outlets are still doing okay meaning they're bigger now than they were last year. but they're far, far smaller than they were since president biden took office, which means they don't have a lot to grasp onto at this point. you're also seeing declines on the left. the far left media is also not getting as much engagement. it could suggest that partisan media does not have a big audience right now. >> interesting. in the meantime, in some cases, oliver, news max is getting a big ratings bump. it's not five to ten people, but there is kind of a base audience for trump's events and fox

enterprise and proud by region, by category as well as in our three power brands, barbie, hot wheels and fischer price as well as american girl. >> let's talk about dolls for a second how do you get -- some of these dolls have been around for a while. i want people to understand 395 million dolls, 362 consensus, up 57% is kind of astonishing for products that have been around for a while. is it reinvention? >> you know what, this really goes to the heart of the mattel playbook, which is about brand purpose, cultural relevance, design led and executional excellence this is very much embodied in barbie but it's the same approach and the same people that apply the mattel playbook across the entire portfolio. this is success which is not about one brand or one category but very broad based it's about how we approach things and develop product and engage with consumers and create demand. >> let's drill down. july 13th you announced a new barbie musical barbie big city big dreams i don't know, come on now. your background is such that you can recognize ahead coming a mile away. how is that going to be

. >> texas state representative, trey martinez fischer, we appreciate it. >>> how some are looking tofor schools. and the first excerpt for what's billed as an explosive new book on the final days of the trump presidency. including how the big lie started. and new cnn reporting on the assassination of haiti's president, how some of the suspects were previously u.s. informants. "new day" brought to you by clear choice. party health starts with better dental health. get started with dental implants. this isn't just a walk up the stairs. when you have an irregular heartbeat, it's more. it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪ when subway® opened they changed the fast food game. but sometimes you gotta refresh ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it can't fit in one ad. i say... ...we're talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, that's the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i knew that. that's the one with the new... ...seasoning. and that was t

trey martinez fischer, thank you and good luck. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. so if republicans were serious about election integrity, they would follow what arizona's secretary of state is calling for, a criminal investigation in the face of mounting evidence that trump allies pressured maricopa county election officials for months to announce voting irregularities in the 2020 election. wouldn't that be by definition fraud? recall what clint hickman, the guy at the center of this, said on this show. >> i told people that were close to the trump campaign, with all this litigation that was going on, i said just hey, just do me a favor, i can't talk to anyone while this is being litigated. and that stayed true all the way up till that new year's weekend. i got a phone call from the white house switchboard. >> arizona's secretary katie hobbs joins us right now. secretary of state, thank you very much. any indication that the republicans in your state want to move away from the fraud farce and deal with any actual fraud that involved anything to do with trump? >> w

ramon andrea fischer known as "mona." mona was born to raymondy von fischer where she lived most of he adult life. mona graduated from balboa high school and was a teenager. when others were riding bikes, mona was driving and using her sister's i.d. to have a good time at nightclubs. in 1995, she married eddie travis from their union and they had two sons. lucky and raymond. and in 2001, she married edward burns who passed away in april, 2012. mona was a loving mother and daughter. she was a loyal sister, friend, and confidant to many. she was the god mother to so many had that family has lost count. she lost her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. mona worked as a ups driver and bridge toll collector for the san francisco bridge. she loved the daily interaction with people. unfortunately, due to hopkins lymphoma she was forced to stop working. she was a fighter both figurative and literally and wasn't going to let the disease beat her. she was reminded daily of what her friend once said "you can't win if you don'

and then it will be senator thune, and senator fischer. senator smith. >> thank you so much madam chair. thank you for this hearing and all of our witnesses for being with us today. so, cattle producers in minnesota tell me that they feel squeezed by this marketplace. the lack of transparency and competition means the cattle producers are making pennies on the dollar in some cases. meanwhile, consumers are paying more and more for beef, while the big processors, which control senator booker said, over 80% of the market, are seeing soaring profits. this imbalance and the market is exactly why senator rounds and i lead a bipartisan, and by -- asking the attorney general for lynn to investigate these practices in the marketplace. i also just want to thank senator klobuchar who has shown important leadership on this issue as well. i think that we do have a market concentration problem. and certainly the experiences of minnesota, cal producers, cow calf operations, really bear that out. i do want to note, i appreciate it doctor hundreds and wha

ramon andrea fischer known as "mona." mona was born to raymondy von fischer where she lived most of he adult life. mona graduated from balboa high school and was a teenager. when others were riding bikes, mona was driving and using her sister's i.d. to have a good time at nightclubs. in 1995, she married eddie travis from their union and they had two sons. lucky and raymond. and in 2001, she married edward burns who passed away in april, 2012. mona was a loving mother and daughter. she was a loyal sister, friend, and confidant to many. she was the god mother to so many had that family has lost count. she lost her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. mona worked as a ups driver and bridge toll collector for the san francisco bridge. she loved the daily interaction with people. unfortunately, due to hopkins lymphoma she was forced to stop working. she was a fighter both figurative and literally and wasn't going to let the disease beat her. she was reminded daily of what her friend once said "you can't win if you don'

warren buffett said if you want to beat bobby fischer, you play him at any game but chest. -- but chessand buy energy stocks today. we own mall reits, and then the homebuilding space is less than 1%, and we own double digits of that, so we are going to places where we can find great economics, be good long-term odors, and it does not help the s&p 500, which is what most people would look and say, if i'm going to hire an active manager, what am i going to do? anna: thank you for joining us. more in just a moment with the president and portfolio manager at mead capital management. coming up, learning from history. christine lagarde says the european central bank will not repeat the errors of the past crisis. we discussed the ecb next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european market open. eight minutes into the trading session, european markets are moving to the upside. this u.k.-listed company is minded to recommend the new cash offer. it has jumped by 33 .6% on the back of that. a little bit of execution risk perhaps being priced in by some, but we will see it again. let's

fischer? >> i am here senators. >> the floor is yours. >> thank you to our panel the complementary government role is essential the sound policy to strengthen the nation supply-chain resiliency it's important to policymakers with an issue that is too heavy-handed or slow to respond. noted in your testimony the commerce department should prioritize working with industry and other partners and with those scarce resources. what major way can lawmakers ensure the government and is agile in this approach? >> thank you senator fisher. there are ways lawmakers can do that and to lay out several ways and the manufacturing usa extension partnership programs are one example and the formation of supply change disruption task force is another the commerce department had been participating in the risk change management task force as well. commerce department has a long history of successful partnerships with the private sector and thinking of those programs and as stated in my testimony the commerce depart

something like three weeks after pearl harbor ford motor company and fischer auto body parts and goodyearrubber stopped making cars and by the way they issued proclamationsoc on how many you could use. they stopped making cars on the orders of united states government started making b-20 five bombers out of fabricated auto parts. you couldn't use -- the government sent out a memo to radio operators and radio station holders you cannot use video owners and operators. you can't use them for promotional purposes. you can do that. he couldn't ride cast. they took a loose lips sink ships quite literally and gave instructions to these radio stations on what they could and couldn't o say and everybody followed the orders because they believed their mission was at risk and the nation was being threatened. it's fascinating how much, how homogenous our nation was in 1941 versus today. the only thing i compare to obviously is september 11 when the planes ran into the world trade center and the pentagon and their national units only lasted for a couple of months and they soon bickered among themselve

fischer, that they are not in this on their own, that we're in this together. >> i had extensive discussions with the v.a. before the rollout in spokane and i insisted that the v.a. had plans for medicaid mitigating the loss of productivity so veterans didn't lose access to care, increasing staffing in clinical space to compensate come making sure the physical i.t. infrastructure was ready and i was told repeatedly that everything was under control. yet the v.a. could not get additional clinical space. was enough staff or providers even before covid hit and it's just one example if the facility had to put a tarp over one of the new servers to keep water from leaking on it and destroying it. as we transition to other facilities we have got to make sure that space and staffing and infrastructure and anything else you have a need before they go live. my time is out but i just want to say one thing really quickly. i was very disturbed from the leaders from the v.a. change management withheld from training evaluation data that was requested by the oig and all the other data prior to sending to th

senator fischer: thank you very much. -- mrs. fischbach: thank you very much. the hearing has been very informative. i have read in some of the written testimony about the application process for the usda being rather burdensome and very heavy on paperwork, things like that. i wonder if maybe each of the producers could talk a little bit about each of the -- each of the witnesses could talk a little bit about how we could improve that process for them and do a more outreach. i believe the shannons talked about the outreach. if it's something we can do to improve that process. so i don't know who you want to start with, if maybe the shannons would like to start. mr. shannon: sure. thank you for that question. again, our relationship only started last year with our local usda office. that process was easy. but in the past week or two, looking through some of the grants and programs, it comes down to a time issue. that's been mentioned before. simplicity of forms, simplicity of getting paperwork back and forth electronically this day and age is essential. we're bu