the city governor was killed by a car bomb in the regional capital pan joyce, the 5th district in can to help hobbins to fall to the armed group in recent weeks . as the taliban offensive gains momentum, they came to have seized more than 100 out of nearly 400 districts in the country with a strong presence in the north. 100. thanks to god and this is prison before the majority of the afghan people in the previous era, june taliban rule, for more than 10 years. we are now in control board and 70 percent of the territories. it is simply because that people know us very well and the afghan people have no problem dealing with us. many afghans are frightened, that concerned the security situation in the country will only worsen once the us forces eventually leave. while not only me, but all africans are very to the palate, bond will take over kind of fun as us troops leave the country. no one and honestly is completely satisfied with the palate bond one. from the day the issue of the withdrawal, a foreign troops arose. it has had a negative impact on the deliver of people. the fall of pun

colleagues to join me, not just because this is so important to the people living in maryland's 5th district but because it's critical to all americans living in each and every one of our districts. and i encourage the senate to join us in taking this step to protect americans' access to drinking water. and look carefully at the issues that have been raised by the ranking member. legitimate issues in the sense that, yes, we ought to make sure that we are doing the right thing and that the good is not outweighed by the bad. in this instance, i am -- i think it's very clear that the good of this bill, the objectives of this bill and the specifics of this bill will go down to the benefit of the american people and each and every one of our communities, and i urge my colleagues, therefore, to vote yes. and i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentleman yields back. gentlewoman from washington is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. just want to clarify that the previous administration as well as the current administration have been taking several actions in connection with pfas. this large

ensuring financial innovation is appropriately serving all the people the people of georgia's 5th district won't financial services that are responsible and help them improve their lives and it's our responsibility to make sure that any financial innovations including in digital assets meet that bar. i look forward to our discussion today, mr. chairman. i yield back the balance of my time. channel later yields and thank you miss williams. i'm it is now my honor to welcome each of our witnesses. and i'm pleased to introduce our panel. we have miss iverson. who is the financial economics analyst for congressional research service? alexis goldstein is the director of financial policy at the open markets institute. christine fred parker, who is a partner at reed smith llp sarah hammer who is the managing director of? stevens center for innovation in finance at the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania. peter van falkenburg the director of research at coin center welcome to each of you and thank you for being here today. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each. given o

5th of nearly 26000 new cases recorded in russia on friday or in the capital appeal. a surprise when an indian photo journalist has been killed in afghanistan, kandahar district, danesh dicky, worked for the reuters news agency, and he was traveling with the african special forces when he was caught in the crossfire between taliban and african troops. those the headlines, the news continues and all disease after mines in barbara and elias le bumble writing. with elias bye for now. me. ah, ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, mobile calling play the over going out is, you know, park is in bob way. ah, blah blah, i started my job is blinking between deparga and the community. in the african marriage, you need to find somebody we did to putting in my bible about my job. my job weighed about my family, my level or my wife lives in there and work with them. i love you need the my it's about my comments. i want too much bit damage and that is into meant in our college and this i'm not in the news that were moved outside, but it was not a big deal for the deal. if indeed, you know there's been more italian not what they call in the bag we formed was before the community department where w

districts and the provincial capitals reports now reveal the back in may. they advancing taliban beheaded in africa translator. he was one of thousands of local interpreters for now, 5th persecution by the militants. we spoke to one of the translators, his voice has been discussed for security reasons for over the country where people live in anti community. they have been interrupted with their formation was made by dave, relatives, little queer, you move, you cannot forget all your relatives. save us your information down the community for us is the information down because we're working for the the, the americans will seen as a betrayal. are off the country all the time, so you can certainly change your phone number, but that's not going to help. moving houses will not help you because people know each other. it's a country with, you know, every single person in that street where you live. so it's quite easy to trace somebody and find them or giving them 1st. it's quite easy. you would form the relative soon form the most square of the go to your, you throw a night later at their home. so are quite different ways with these chapters have been threatened. washington

5th of nearly 26000 new cases recorded in russia on friday. our new capital appeal as a prize winning indian photo journalist has been killed in afghanistan kind of hard district. that is to dicky, worked for the reuters news agency, and he was travelling with the african special forces. those are the headlines will be back in about half an hour or by ah, ah ah, the back to square one, lebanon's prime minister designate resigns again after failing to form a new government. who's to blame for this latest set back? and is their political will to pull lemma on out of this crisis? this is inside store. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm hammer, jim john. lebanon is thinking deeper into political and economic turmoil. prime minister designate science, how did he has stepped down again after the latest failure to form a new government? he and president michelle our own are blaming each other. many lebanese vented their anger on the streets of beta wood. the country hasn't had a government in 9 months. its currency has lost nearly all its value, pushing many into poverty, food medicine and fuel are in short supply. france has called another international aid c

5th. that hasn't come out yet but they are about to release it. it could come as soon as this week. it's the district that's making the call here. the district is saying in the case of atlanta, we'll look at what the aap is saying. we'll look at what the cdc is saying. we're not necessarily going to pay attention to what the governor is saying. that's why i said at the top, you got do listen to what your local district is saying. that's where your guideline is going to come from. >> this sweeping indoor mask mandate is back in effect in los angeles county. the l.a. county sheriff says he will not enforce the mandate and he told cnn why. >> well, i have raging problem with homelessness. we're the epicenter of the entire homeless crisis. i have crimes of violence. homicide is up almost 60%. i have an out of control illegal marijuana grows in high desert and illegal dispensaries in the basin. those three things represent existentia threats. at the same time i'm being defund bid the board of super supervisors. what few things i have available will be devoted those threats. we have to have some common sen

district in coon, province, according to local military sources. it's close to the border with pakistan. the african army has been trying to hold the taliban advance. meanwhile, africans have ended the 5th not of a curfew imposed by the government for what it calls security reasons. all but 3 of the countries $34.00 provinces will be subject to the new restrictions. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he believes the afghan government plans to consolidate security forces in major cities could help stop the taliban advance. and i think the 1st thing to do is to make sure that they can slow the momentum and then, and then be able to put themselves in a position where they can re take some of the games that the on some of the ground that they've lost so i think, i think from my engagements with the afghan leadership, they are committed to that and. and so we look forward to, to them making progress, they have, they have the capabilities, i have a capacity to, to make progress and to and to really began to blunt some of the taliban advances. diplomatic editor james base is in cobble where he reports, the taliban has been gaining momentum. it seems more bad news for the afghan government,

video from the doyle fire protection district doyle's a small town of about 600 people and 33 homes have been destroyed. there. firefighters are now entering their 5th day battling the river fire that's near yosemite national park. the flames hats started in oakhurst. and now have burned 9 to 500 acres with 36% containment mandatory evacuations remain in place for parts of mariposa and madera counties. cal fire says 5 buildings have been destroyed and 600 or threatened. let's talk about our forecast now take a live look outside here in san francisco. some fog rolling in right now. keeping temperatures cool along the coast. >> meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here. she says it's going to be a warm weekend. let's get the details right now. yeah. even far inland valleys. 2nd half of the weekend. justine warming up into the low 90's. abortion utley not tracking any triple digit heat waves heading our way. and it's thanks to this marine layer and cool westerly sea breeze keeping all that wildfire smoke around the bay area away from the coast and our inland valleys. so we're noticing great air quality out there. several marine layer starting to make its