significant that is this is the congress of the south african trade unions it covers a number of trade unions in this country it's also an alliance. but the african national congress so john says oh if the government listens to anyone or at least pay some attention it would be to consult you because they play a significant role within the work force in this country. amid a mellow there in the thick of nationwide antigovernment protests reporting from pretoria senior white house adviser stephen miller has become the latest member of the trump administration to test positive for covert 19 joins a long list of those who now have the virus and the outbreak appears to have spread to the pentagon mike hanna reports. steven miller is president trump's top speechwriter and policy adviser and a company use of president tom the majority of his campaign and fundraising trips while the president took off his mask when he returned to the white house from 3 days in hospital there's been an increasing number of infections in the building in recent days another close adviser to the president hopes picks tested positive last week she'd been in close contact with most in t

pool certainly would be concerning this in the room oppose us dollars the governing african national congress in that the causes of for the african trade unions for some are 2 which is an umbrella very of the number of trade unions of africa is also part of the governing alliance in south africa this is traditionally a cultural trait and he looks to for support this protest is meant to deal with a number of issues recapturing in their head it also is looking at the growing unemployment rate in south africa the latest figures show 30 point one percent unemployment rate the fischel figure itself to be higher than that there's also issues around every talk about the growing unemployment because you know that even april and june that at least 2200000 new jobs were lost because already in a recession people he called it 19 percent to make and then the lockdown the mission that the government here took to try and deal with the spread of the virus at least fight the spread of that virus it's just the people here say the problem with corruption they're concerned about crop losses and enabling economy

and sadly to the african national congress the a.n.c. my own party. i was called in by a senior member of the a.n.c. is national executive council he said to me look angry this is a battle you cannot win because this money the bribes we used to fund our 999 election. and almost immediately i'm asked to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. it's all over. and i looked at him last said no it's not. i won't be able to live with myself if i stop this investigation but at the same time i'm also realizing that this is the end of my political career. the heads of government of the sales people in chief of their countries large arms contractors. and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be another me sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not pr

efren elements within the ruling african national congress to force a position overexposed creating land without compensation that is a legitimate mr de issue and there was a constitutional amendment to that effect that is currently be considered by parliament given all of that sensitivity there are you concerned that however this case is ruled on it's going to spark instability one way or another the song will be unhappy. well you know it's become a controversial case already because of the political system. and the rule of law is at work that the murder was committed you know just 2 weeks ago when 2 suspects that were already been arrested and really appeared in court today for the 2nd time and i think as president saw reports that made clear in his he used these weekly newsletter. earlier this week to call for calm and to allow the law enforcement authorities the police and the prosecution service to do their jobs without hindrance so i think ultimately you know there maybe i'm happiness depending on the outcome of the trial or who out alternately happen but i think most of the africa

a major supporter of the governing african national congress has this from pretoria. the protest meant to deal with a member of his who kept her up and they're getting old is looking at the growing unemployment rate and from africa the latest figures show let's see point one percent unemployment rate that. it's got to be higher than that there's also issues around everybody talk about the growing unemployment because you know that would mean well and he won that at least $2200000.00 more jobs were lost political was already in a recession before he told that 19. that the government's here to try and deal with the spread of the virus at least by this virus it's just the people here say they're fed up with corruption they're concerned about crop losses and only economy they're also. opposition protests are continuing despite the resignation of the prime minister and the promise of a new election but there is growing confusion over who is actually running the country demonstrators have taken control of government buildings and the prime minister has been replaced by an o

congress in our nation's history. yet too often our witnesses do not reflect the nation's diversity. unfortunately for many years, many communities have often been underrepresented including latinos, african-americans, a a asian, women, and lgbtq folks. at this moment and as a global pandemic disproportionately harms communities of color, now is a time for change and for our rules to reflect our values. as congress continues to draft legislation to support our country's fight against covid-19, it's critical that members of congress hear from diverse witnesses in that process. the institutionization of this initiative will make clear to the american people make clear its diversity in congress. we should aim to improve on the ways we serve our american people. i believe this proposal is an important step toward a more just, a fair, and a more inclusive congress. and with that, i yield back my time. >> thank you very much. mr. krist? >> can you hear me all right? >> yes. >> great. thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to thank you and ranking member cole along with all of the members of the rules committee. you all work hard in the entire house and we are grateful to you. earlier this summer