of states. it wouldn't work in any other city. it's kind of a model of a metropolis in the area and the concern is kind of self-serving we if you put the cap on new orleans and we know cities are full of bribery and other things and so it's the gumbo in turkey. it's a speech that somebody gives regarding having the capitol in new orleans and all these applications going on and had anybody been bribed with a plate of gumbo here? they were ways to tease out the things we have been talking about i ran across. also in making it a legitimate point that americans in every state and that debating. >> baton rouge is has decided upon the capital and baton rouge remains the capitol of louisiana. the next topic i want to bring up is the constitutional crisis and that is really rising in the early 19th century but then with the secession of the southern states and the establishment of the confederacy based on a brand-new forum, this debate over the future of in the united states and what we have on display

after state. the last republican legislation stood up for consumers. last year, the occ issued the true lender rule, overruling voters of both parties and giving a free pass to these abusive rent a bank schemes. the rule was rushed through by the active concontroller who cut -- comptroller who cut his teeth helping banks ruthlessly foreclose on homeowners and a deputy comptroller with deep ties to the payday lobby. republicans have selected the two of them to be witnesses at today's hearings. the occ and mr. brooks have argued the true lender rule is necessary so the agency has the necessary authority to oversee banks' relationships with lenders but the occ didn't lack any authority when it cracked down in the early 2000s. the occ also attempted to justify its efforts by claiming that it promotes innovation and provides certainty to the markets. the only certainty we need is the certainty that workers and their families will be protected from these exploitive interest rates. the last thing we shou

state of palestine. before the 67th general assembly in confronting the challenges that we are facing in the world and in the state of palestine. thank you. >> in the name of god the compassionate, your excellency, president of the united nations general assembly, your excellency, secretary-general of the united nations, excellencies , members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen. may the peace and mercy of god be upon you. this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the -- more than half of the palestinian people were uprooted from their land and disposed of their property. myself, my family and many others still possess the deeds to our land. these deeds are registered as part of the united nations records. here is that deed and many palestinians carry there's -- carry theirs as they still carry the keys to their houses to this day. nevertheless, we have not been able to recover our property due to israeli laws disregard international law and united nations resolutions which affirm the right of the palesti

that state. running elections and they're in charge of how votes are tallied. it's important also to remember that in a presidential election, it's basically the totals from each county and each state that are then tallied up and sent to the secretary of state certification. so if the secretary of state can maybe cast doubt on the vote total in an individual county or the entire state vote total, they have potentially an enormous amount of power to delay the certification of an election results or even potentially overturn that result. >> given those powers, it seems like it would be not just disqualifying, it would be a scandal in normal terms for somebody competing for one of those jobs to say that they do not believe in the integrity of their state's electoral process. they believe that previous elections were falsely decided, that they should be investigated or overthrown. the results should be thrown out. it seems like the sort of thing that would be either you'd want to keep quiet or you wo

after state. president bush stood up for consumers on this point. last year the occ issued the true lender rule, overruling rulers of both parties and giving a free pass to these abusive rent a bank schemes. the rule was rushed through through the acting controller who cut his teeth on helping banks ruthlessly foreclose on homeowners. the occ and mr. brooks argued the true lehner rule is necessary so that the agency has the necessary authority to oversee banks' relationships with pay day lenders. but that's just not true. the occ didn't lack any authority when it cracked down on rent a bank schemes in the early 2000s. the occ also attempted to justify its of the by claiming that it promotes innovation and provides certainty to the markets. the only certainty we need is the certainty that workers and their families will be protected from these exploitive interest rates. the last thing we should be doing is encouraging lenders to, in their words, innovate. we know that just means new ways to get awa

dying states. it's really hard to get someone to completely forfeit their culture, because it is part of their identity. so as long as they live, the culture lives. >> yes. i think this is really powerful. they are often vessels of their culture. they are leaving desperate situations where they would have otherwise died physically and perhaps also their community would have died, their culture would have died. so this idea of people leaving dying states, in circumstances of profound dislocation, in trauma, it's really powerful. i think that language of zombies is really powerful because it reminds us of the desperation, the violence, the fear that people leave, that pushes people to migrate. and i think that it's important for us to remember that this violence, that this suffering, that this persecution, that this upheaval, that forced them to migrate, doesn't just end there but continues to shape their lives in years to come. he calls attention to the two most important aspects of refugees and wha

every red state is being impacted and blue states don't care. say a revolution has begun, they are allowing this year probably 2 million, that is we apprehended maybe another million into this country. at least in 18 years even if they don't become citizens before then, in 18 years if every of them have 2 or 3 children you are talking millions and millions and millions of new voters, they will thank the democrats and president biden for bringing them here and vote for them. this is trying to take over our country without firing a shot and if you look at - >> is your concern a political concern, national security concern, economics concern, health concern, crime and safety concern, is it all of that? or are you going right to the political? some people said this is all political for dan patrick. what do you think? >> what the constitution says in article 4 section 4 guarantees every state a republican form of government. what is a republican form of government? it is designed or defined as a government that focuses on citizens running their gover

many have worked on behalf of the united states. we have a moral imperative to protect them, to support those who have supported this nation. we have the obligation to do so anyway to protect national security and preserves public safety. at fort lee, one of the military bases designated to receive vulnerable afghan nationals, i heard two stories that help communicate the meaning of our operation and the meaning of our country. when families arrived fort lee, the children are given an american flag. the afghan men place their hands over their hearts out of respect , ingratitude, and in reverence. i met with a federal government employee who was working at fort lee to help afghan nationals in the process. the employee served in afghanistan in 2009 and 2010. he was supported by an afghan national who worked as his interpreter. the employee has kept in touch with the interpreter for the past 10 years. last week, he assisted the interpreter in assisting with her immigration papers. as we move forward through this process, these individu

but not in the whole state. only in the states for largest counties.ies. three of which were run by president biden. this despite the fact that the republican appointed secretary of state who oversaw the 2020 election had previously said it was smooth and secure. now trump wants it reviewed anyway and so, sir, yes sir. exactly who ordered the election audits of these for texas counties does remain something of a mystery. the texas secretary of state's office had technically been vacant since me. the noose was announced in the two sentence press release from the secretary of state's office. does the office decide? what part of the office? the largest county in the state of texas is harris county, it's home to houston. that county elections administrator tool that houston chronicle she was surprised by the announcement. saying she had spoken with staff from the secretary of state's office just hours earlier and nobody mentioned anything about this. nevertheless, today, the chief executive of harris county just lina hidalgo had this response to the. news

the united states do not have their own state. and i think this is a particular issue that is sort of, you know, and to think that's what kim tallbear is talking about just kind of reduced color, color lines. that is in a very productive for actually bringing about change, even though i think african-americans try constantly to make the point, you know, but that's too much to handle for a lot of people, is to deal with that historical reality. the united states being as it is, the corporation, that people tend to incorporate themselves rather than even call it communities, but sometimes they are pretty artificial. i'm not sure that's a root problem but a manifestation of deeper issues we have to deal with. >> i think with time maybe for one more. logan comments, it seems that the myth of all end quote nation of immigrants is primarily about quote becoming white. as you also mentioned. how do people of color eventually become included, or not, in the myth? the arc particularly thinking about how some of that culture list approaches

the state can divert an especially smaller states. you are a big state but smaller in terms of population. you can't. so this is we are one america. we have a federal system because each part of the country is supposed to make up for the other parts of the country that they didn't have. and so, you know we need to do more. we've asked for $14 billion of disaster needs including as i said that 9 billion over a ten year period for hit by wildfires and drought. we can't continue to try to ignore reality. president obama used to kid me and say reality has a way of working its way in. the reality is we have a global warming problem. a serious global warming problem and its consequential. what's going to happen is things aren't going to go back for what they were. it's not like you can build back to what it was before. it's not going to get any better than this today. it's only going to get worse, not better. it's not like we are going to not have more problems. the failure to curb from smokestacks and automobiles and a whole range of other

, the various states drew griffin said 18 states, 31 different laws passed around the country, theseossible for state legislators to overturn the correct results of a future election and that's where the real threat is. >> and we've talked about that, david. that is your big concern when you look at these laws across the country and these states. it's the fact that politicians can then step in, have the power to step in and potentially and in worst casscenario overturn a valid result and you have election workers receiving death threats. they are receiving -- i mean, you have this lady in milwaukee drew talked to that has been threatened more than 150 times just doing her job. the same situation in morocco pa county, arizona. they get threats every day. there was this study survey that found one of third of election officials feel unsafe because of their job. your nonprofit launched a fund to help election workers. tell us about this. >> you see things like the recent texas law that allows partisan hyper partisan poll watchers to roam anywhere in the polling place and interfere with

state is unequivocal. i continue to believe that a two-state solution is the best way to ensure israel's future as a jewish democratic state, living in peace alongside of viable sovereign and democratic palestinian state. we are a long way from that goal at this moment. but we must never allow ourselves to give up on the possibility of progress. we cannot give up on solving raging civil conflicts, including in ethiopia and yemen. we are fighting between warring parties is driving famine, horrific violence, human rights violations against civilians, including unconscionable use of rape as a weapon of war. we'll continue to work with international community to press for peace and bring an end to this suffering. as we pursue diplomacy across the board, the united states will champion the democratic values that go to the very heart of who we are as a nation and people. freedom, equality, opportunity, and a belief in the universal rights of all people. it's stamped into our d.n.a. as a nation, and critically it

just remember talking about states that used to pay from the state conference for people of color too to school somewhere else and then they reinforce that to pay a stipend to get that law degree that you want. >> i have to say we actually have the quotation of the martin luther king quotation about the greatest injustices being lack of access to healthcare so when people come in including staff, they will remind us that now why of our work in the connection and the broader fight. you have to leave at 10:30 a.m. i want to make sure that we are getting some questions from our audience. so first from politico says that she's asking if you are hearing of pressure to cut back on the top line number of the reconciliation bill comes down would you be open to a later start date or other changes to trim the cost? >> yes. i am open to anything. i believe we have to take into consideration the whole welfare retirement. a lot of things of the civil rights act in 1964 we get the civil rights act in the civil rights act did talk about discrimination in employment of the private sector not until 1

of america must state it support for the state of israel.srael has gone through a tumultuous history. the united states has stood with israel. we will stand with israel today on this important bill. we will fund the iron dome and we will always protect the israeli people from terrorism wherever it comes from. i reserve. >> he reserves. incidental lady from connecticut -- the gentlelady from connecticut? >> gentlelady from new york is recognized for one minute. >> i support the iron dome. it is a purely defensive system. one that has saved countless innocent lives. his whole purpose is to save lives and pursue please. i strongly support israel's right to defend herself. it is our closest ally in the middle east, it has been under attack by terrorist organizations like hamas and hezbollah that denies its right to exist. the iron dome is crucial to protecting the lives against these terrorist attacks who continue to fire thousands of rockets into israel. i am proud of the work that israel and the united states did together. to develop this succ

i don't know which state is unique. and what has happened to soviet union will not necessarily happen to the united states. even though, if it will happen to the united states, it will not necessarily happen the same way as it have happened before the union. that the united states america is a nuclear superpower. and do we cannot, before they add the consequences of the internal american changes and internal contradictions are not going to represent their immortal chinese to the rest of humanity. now i agree with you that day each historic path has any, but i still think that historic parallels could be valuable because it was the collapse of the soviet union in $99.00 to $1.00 which ultimately served the united states. this unprecedented opportunity of trying to be the exceptional nation on just an exceptional nation, but the exceptional nation, the shining, see the on the hill, can we blame them for not leaving up to the godly, divine image when we the russians gave up on our cell. so desperately at that time, well, i

because in state after state after state, as we colleagues indicated, legislators in states where there are republican governors and republican legislative houses have thrown up one burden after the next to disenfranchise people just as there was an effort to disenfranchise 80 million on january 6. let me be clear -- these state legislatures -- legislators, they may not be wearing camp auschwitz t-shirts, they may not be carrying confederate flags around, they may not be beating up police officers with flag poles or fence rails, but they're acting out of the same big lie that president trump repeated ad nauseam when he encouraged people to come and be wild at the u.s. capitol to overturn the peaceful transfer of power. and so the states are embracing these strategies, so well-described by my colleagues, to make it harder for people to vote, to enable partisan politicians to take the power to count votes away from elect editorial officials if they don't like what that count would show, to even criminalize people who are trying to help their neighbors vote. imagine this. making it a crime

how do we make sure that every citizen has accessible or one state after state after state 18 laws andgned to prevent targeted groups from being able to vote. how do we do that? well maybe it's a carve out from the filibuster similar to these previous carve out. and maybe it's restoring the filibuster to one that creates a balance. and by balance, what i mean is something like the talking filibuster. which says that there were no majority, the minority will have time to pursue amendments, make sure the public will see the, bill that they'll see the bill. that they'll see compromises. but there also will be the tyranny of the minority that we have right now. with the minority exercises a veto. that is a profound corruption of the democratic process that has to end. >> so the sequence seems to be senate schumer is already saying he's scheduling this bill to come up for vote in the senate as early as next week. you could possibly be at the end of this week or possibly next. week but it seems that if that fails, if that fails to get the 60 votes, if joe manchin fails to get ten republicans

that is not allowed in state law. it is not against state law, but because it is not allowed, republicans said it was illegal and added that to the law. democrats, 127,000 people voted. more than half of them were people of color. pretty successful endeavor. the poll watchers, poll watchers are volunteers that go to the polling places. they represent candidates and political parties. republicans see them as the eyes and ears of campaigns and also the public. they are looking for irregularities. democrats look at the history in texas and see that poll watchers have been used to intimidate voters, especially voters of color in past elections so there is not a lot of trust there. those were the two points of friction. this is a sweeping bill. there is a lot in there. host: when the governor mentioned ballot harvesting, applause broke out. what happened? talk about why that is an issue for those who applaud the measure. guest: there have been instances of ballot harvesting in texas. the other point of friction in all of t

governor, and her state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. she spoke at an event hosted by the hoover institution, moderating the discussion was dr. scott atlas, a senior fellow in health policy at the hoover institution and the former adviser to the white house coronavirus task force during the trump administration. >> capital conversations is an ongoing series featuring discussions between hoover scholars, who generate ideas that enable a free society, and leaders who turn those into actionable policies. we invite you to listen and participate in discussions between our issue experts, and our policymakers as they consider solutions to some of our nation's most difficult problems. and we happen to have several right now. as i mentioned, we'll be talking to south dakota governor kristi noem, it is a great honor to welcome governor noem to hoover. and as part of this discussion, before i begin with the formal introduction, i just want to have our audience realize that we will be taking audience questions, we encourage you to submit yours on th

and the secretary of state through the state department says, sure, okay, we will now recommend you toeive a waiver, but the ultimate decision is made by the attorney general and attorney general john mitchell in the nixon administration says no and refuses to grant the waiver. so what i do is i tell a little bit of that story, the outrage by academics that called this censorship and say that this is an infringement of academic freedom and damages the reputation of the united states. all those arguments i talked about before are articulated and the concern that by 1969 we should not be returning to the days of mccarthyism where you have exclusions under the mccarran-walter act under these provisions. what are we still doing in 1969 excluding a scholar like ernest mendel. so what is intriguing, what makes this case so important, is the challenge, the legal challenge to his exclusion. now, what i explain in earlier chapters, so during the war on anarchy i mentioned before about the alien immigration act of 1903 which bars anarchists. that is actually the first ideological exclusion law i

you can travel to the states.his is really for all those people wanting to visit friends and family but also it has been a benefit of a transit lead. the fact that americans can travel to europe now and get back on a plane and get back to the united states and no quarantine, it felt a little bit unfair and fairly logical. anna, thank you so much for uni joining us. >>> idaho is coping for a rapidly covid crisis. the state is putting pressure on hospital and neighboring washington state and health officials say vaccine misinformation is largely to blame. cnn's dan simon broke to the brother of a nurse who died of covid after refusing to get vaccinated. >> he works as a truck driver. >> reporter: their mother died last week from covid-19. >> that is they were giving her the sedation, her heart just let go. >> reporter: natalie was only 46. tell me what she did for a living? >> registered nourse and she di home healthcare. she went around and helped people. >> reporter: which made her firm vaccination stance more p p

you see this being repeated in state after state with the package of these bills in state after statee refrain from republicans that you heard is that these new voting laws make it quote easy to vote but hard to cheat. what impact do you think these laws that are now in place in places like georgia will have on voters, particularly voters of color? >> they will have a disproportionately negative impact on people of color. people need to understand they want to make it more difficult for people that are not like minded voters. so if you live in the suburbs, if you are a young person, you're targeted, as well. they're coming from your vote, as well. you know, the measures that they have put in place are nakedly partisan. you know, they talk about not allowing people in texas for instance to vote on the 24-hour basis when it was done in the past election without any indication of fraud. they want to make it more difficult to use mail to cast vote and drop off your vote at the ballot boxes. all of these are decybesigned t keep people away from the polls and make it more difficult for peop

to another state like new york. this new york clinic, for example, reports that 48% of its patients are from out of the state. >> from the beginning, pro-abortionist forces have seen this issue as a question of freedom of an individual's choice. the freedom to have an abortion is now legal in every state. the basic legal fight is in effect over. >> basic fight is, in effect, over. well, it was over. it was over. from then, 1973, until yesterday. it's amazing to see though. that is nbc reporter betty rollin, almost having her front page top of the broadcast story kicked entirely out of "nightly news" because the day that roe vs. wade was decided was also a day that included the shocking death of former president lyndon johnson at age 64 and also maybe the end of the vietnam war with the paris peace talks and also day three of a new presidency and also everything else. i mean, the news gods sometimes do this. i can empathize because now 48 years down the road we get the other book end on that shelf. right? now we get

state. "the daily beast" is reporting that prosecutor has interviewed at least four officials in georgia's secretary of state's office. investigators have shown a particular interest not just in the phone call from trump but also in a similar earlier call from republican u.s. senator lindsey graham. georgia's republican secretary of state has said senator graham called and told him he should use his power as secretary of state to throw out a number of absentee ballots in georgia in order to hand the electoral votes to trump. they are correlating with the investigation committee that is investigating the january 6 insurrection in the capitol, adding that any documents that turn up in that investigation could be useful to their state prosecution back home in georgia. that potential criminal prosecution against donald trump and his allies moving forward in georgia, there are developments now in the new york state of investigation into the former president's business. it was two months ago when

it works in most states. the way it works in every state. it's the system of private enforcement, private attorneys general it's called and what this difficulty it's created is that it's unclear who the abortion provider should sue. usually you just sue the state government and the court issues an injunction on state government don't enforce the law. with no single enforcer of the law, there is this procedural problem that abortion providers have that it is unclear who they're supposed to sue. that's what's creating this legal tangle separate from the issue about the abortion law but the effect is that this law is now in effect and roe v. wade essentially does not exist in the state of texas and probably more in states to come. >> there is so much about this that's fascinating but this last sentence from you, jeff, people need to understand. as of now roe versus wade overturned isn't the right word but up ended i think is. >> exactly right. january 23rd, 1973, the day of roe v. wade was the last time a state

sanctioned, the order from the governor was get out of the state or you will be exterminated. joseph smith traveled to dc and they realized we had all this land taken from us as members of the religious community that were killed, raped, abused. something needed to be done. they prepared a petition to congress and he goes to meet with martin van buren hoping to get van buren to take the side to sway with congress and van buren doesn't demonstrate any prejudice for their beliefs. it's pure political calculation. he says your cause is just if i can do nothing for you if i can help you i'm going to lose because i will lose the state of missouri. so it's martin van buren recognizes the injustices and says we are powerless to help you and the united states senate has a hearing in the judiciary committee considering should they get reparations were not they are saying does the federal government have any role to play and this is one of the reasons i wrote the book is because it is like a forgotten part of the constitutional history, the historical amnesia. the states prior to the 14

secretary of state anthony james lincoln was sworn in as the united states secretary of state. lincoln testifies before the committee and we are grateful for his appearance before us today. i will now recognize the witness for his testimony which i understand will be longer than s going to be here for all of our questions, i think it's important for his statements to be heard in its entirety. secretary blinken, i now recognize you. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, ranking member mccall, thank you for today. i welcome this opportunity to discuss our in afghanistan including where we are and where we are going in the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years, congress has conducted oversight and provided funding for the mission in afghanistan. i know from my own time as a staff member for then senator biden how invaluable it is. as i said when i was nominated, i believe strongly that congress is a traditional role and partner in policymaking. i'm committed to working with you on the path forward in afghanistan and the behalf of the interests of the american people.

in key states. it's sort of happening under the radar but it really matters, right? because they call the balls and the strikes. they call the elections. they certify them. reuters spoke to many of the candidates. only two of them actually would say that joe biden is the fairly-elected president of the united states. i am going to speak to the reporter behind that eye-opening headline. >>> plus, a doctor who caught trump's attention now touring the country and spreading lies about covid. how does she still have a medical license? >>> and the search for gabby petito's fiance intensifying. underwater dive teams tonight now joining the hunt. where is brian laundrie? you booked a cozy vrbo mountain cabin. [laughs] with a kitchen where everyone can chef. [laughs] a family room where you can let your hair down. and a backyard that is a tree-lined living room. but the thing they'll remember forever? watching the game together once again. ♪ the time for getting back together is now. ♪ find it on vrbo. visib

into the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago the secretary of state even expunged the nazi records of people like werner von brown and some of his fellow nazi scientists so that they could work in us intelligence. and verna von braun and his fellow his team of scientists played a key role in the development of the us space program. but refugees also informed our political life. think of henry kissinger madeleine albright the german political theorist hannah arendt they have played a key role but there are others they've played a cube role in shaping our political life. they've shaped our cultural life think of the actress, marlena dietrich. the hungarian composer bella bartok the austrian composer arnold stormberg and the russian french painter mark sagal but there are many many other refugees that we could highlight refugees have always played an important role in the political economic and cultural life of our nation. but public opinion polls tell us that americans were very concerned

this is the best parish in the state. we have visited the vast majority but not all of the parishes that have been so devastated by hurricane ida. i will tell you, it does not get any easier, seeing the devastation the storm has brought. today, we found out that they were, at least before i left baton rouge early this morning, nine deaths in the northeast caused by ida. the current death toll in louisiana from hurricane ida is also nine. i will get into that in just a moment. today, we are going to meet with local officials. i want to thank president miller and their entire team for their hard work, all of the first responders, all the nonprofit organizations, the faith-based community, you name it. this is a team effort. i want to thank our team members at the state level as well. i think we are the best in the business, and that's because we get too much business in disaster response. i also want to thank louisiana ends for being good neighbors to one another, especially elderly folks who may live across the street or t

washington state college or former us assistant secretary of state. he explains the circumstances under which the taliban and the u. s. could work together. well, there is a narrow, common interest fighting the islamic state and the horse on a lot depends on what the taliban have learned. in 20 years. outside of power of the united states had almost nothing in common with them as late as 2001. they have successfully worked together on this evacuation. but now the united states will look, for example of to taliban pledges. for people who want to leave, will they be able to leave? what will happen to women and girls in the country? you know, so i think as the taller bon secures the country, if they secure the country, you know, what kind of government will they form, how inclusive will that be? i think it's going to take some time, probably a month for the united states to assess what kind of relationship it thinks it can have with it's all about in the future. i do think the taller bond is going is discovering already that it is easier to run an insurg

would have to have the state's approval.the next 36 years, the state's reviewers in new york city examined almost 50,000 films. most were promptly approved. in some cases, the board asked for cuts. a few films were banned outright. for such cases the law provided an appeal procedure to the state board of regents. if a film was not obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman, sacrilgious or attempting to corrupt morals or cause crime, it was given acceptance. in 1950 the board reviewed a film entitled "the miracle." submitted as part of a trilogy called "ways of love." so a license was issued signed by the director of the motion picture division of the state education department. dr. hugh flick. twelve days later, "ways of love" opened at the paris theater. reaction was good. q magazine said a memorable event in motion pictures. the trilogy offered three stories of love. "the miracle" won special praise from the "new york times" which called it brilliant, overpowering. this story told about a simple peasant girl. expecting a child, s

. >> what mental state.dn't know about the former president had? what evidence did he have that there was a mental capability problem at the time that he would feel the need to do what the former president called treasonous action? >> for one thing the fact that so many people close to themselves the need to go against trump's orders because it is so erratic is one sign. another thing is he would say something in the morning of the exact opposite it might, plenty of times, and untrustworthy president. and we see that with so many people that were directly under him being fearful of his state of mind and having to go around him for our country up safety. >> go ahead very quickly. >> i got to say i'm more fearful of the ccp, more fearful of their attacks, their technological attacks, their hacking of private information, governmental information, lying about covid and covering it up when the entire world watched countless lives we could have saved had they been honest and truthful about it. it is unbelievable

so what's the state? doing to help. here's some of what's in the new budget for housing and rental help $5.2 billion for rental assistance for those affected by covid 19. the rollout has been slow 1.75 billion for backlogged, affordable housing projects. 300 million to preserve existing affordable housing 130 million to build and maintain farmworker housing. the u. s supreme court has ruled that evictions can resume across the united states. the decision blocks the biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban. i was put in place to protect renters during pandemic. the supreme court ruled the cdc did not have the legal authority to reimpose the moratorium earlier this month, california's eviction moratorium will stay in effect until the end of september. the california rental housing association has sued to stop the bannon evictions, accusing the state of illegally interfering with its business. californians are struggling to pay rent often because they don't have a job. the state is still dealing with high chroni

in nine states. we have a good force. and they have been working hard to support covid response, and we are prepared to support all of the needs that will come out of the disaster. and the damages that hurricane ida has left. >> with your experience, with hurricane sandy, in the northeast, which we just heard president biden referenced they're talking about you today, i just have to ask, you baste and looking at what happened last, night and as you say the speed at which i had a came upon the northeast right, now surprising many people, particularly in the tri-state area. how do you think this sort of walloping by hurricane ida compares to what we saw with sandy? >> no two storms are alike, and there's a lot of differences between sandy and, ida sandy had a lot of warning. more warning of watching the storm approach from the atlantic, we knew that this storm was going to bring severe rain and thunderstorms and tornadoes, we just didn't know where that was going to happen. until it moved over the northeast. so we're seeing

against the state of texas, including against the state's officers, employees, and agents, and private parties it has effectively deputized who would bring suit under sp-8. the department of justice has a duty to defend the constitution of the united states and to uphold the rule of. today, we fulfill that duty by filing the lawsuit i have just described. before i take some questions, i want to say a few words to the american people on the people of the 20th anniversary of the attacks of september 11, 2001. that day is seared into all of our memories. nothing we can do or say can replace the loss so many endured that day. nothing can change the profound way the events of september 11 altered us, individually and collectively as a nation. and let there be no doubt, the threat from foreign terrorists, like those involved in the september 11 attack, is one we must constantly guard against. but what we can do and what we have done is learn from the past to better anticipate and prepare for the next threat and to seek to disrupt it. as we mark this anniversary, we rededicate ourselves at th

after state. but we are seeing in texas and other states across the country threatens the future of roe v. wade everywhere. let me be clear, it threatens the future of roe v. wade everywhere. and without roe, there will be no federal protections in place, paving the way for antichoice lawmakers to pass legislation to restrict reproductive rights anywhere in the country and that's why it is so important for the senate to pass the women's health care protection act. this bill would outlaw bans in other medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion across the country. it would mean that states could not impose medically unnecessary ultra sounds, excessive waiting periods and extreme burdens on health care providers intended to limit abortion access. in nevada and across the country, the vast majority of voters believe that women should get to make their own decisions about their reproductive health, including when and whether to have a child. now, we cannot let a dedicated minority take that right a

secretary of state anthony jay blinken was sworn in as the united states secretary of state on january26, 2021. and as i mentioned in my opening statement, this will be the third time secretary blinken testified before this committee, and we are grateful for his appearance before us today. no, i will now recognize the witness for his testimony, which i understand will be a little longer than five minutes, but being that he's going to be here for all of our questions, i think it's important for his statement to be heard in its entirety. secretary blinken, i now recognize you. >> mister chairman, thanks very much. and mister chairman, ranking member mccaul, thank you for today. i welcome this opportunity to discuss her policy on afghanistan, including where we are and where we're going in the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years, congress has conducted oversight and provided fighting for the mission in afghanistan. i know from my own time as a staff member for than senator biden how invaluable a partner in congress is. as i said when i was nominated, i believe strongly in congress's trad