congressman clay higgins. thank _ in america. congressman clay higgins, thank you _ in america.s, thank you for being l higgins, thank you for being with us. ., ~ , ., thank you. the us space programme has set a new record—holder. frank rubio took a congratulatory call from nasa's adminstrator, after logging the longest single spaceflight by an us astronaut. by the time he returns the earth on september 27, he'll have spent 371 days in space. the record was previously set by astronaut mark vande hei in 2022 who spent 355 days in space. to be fair, the overall record is held by russian valeri polyakov, who spent 437 continuous days aboard the mir space station in the mid—90s. that's a year and two months. hello. thursday promises to bring a real mix of weather across the uk. for much of wales, parts of the midlands and northern england, we will have a band of cloud bringing some outbreaks of rain at times. to the south of that, it will be dry and warm. to the north of that, a mix of sunshine and showers. and in the far north, in northern scotland, some strong winds. it's all beca

congressman clay higgins, thank you for being with us. thank you. stay with us here on bbc news.luding libya where, of course, we have seen devastating flooding. the recent satellite _ devastating flooding. the recent satellite pictures show is largely clear skies overhead and it should stay largely that way over the next few days. through thursday and then to friday we will see further showers and storms across central and western portions of africa. could be enough rain in places forflash africa. could be enough rain in places for flash flooding. always some drier gaps in between. frontalsystem between. frontal system bringing cloud between. frontalsystem bringing cloud and rain into the western side of south africa and temperatures in cape town up to with it further ahead we will see the increasing chance of showers in casablanca. cairo stays dry and sunny with highs of 33. patchy cloud and sunny spells form of think should dry up a little bit in cape town. to the south of that, some spells of sunshine and some warmth, highs of 23, 2a, maybe 25 degrees. now, through thursday n

congressman clay higgins, thank you for being with us. thank you.r at least $120 million. the femme a la montre portrait was painted by picasso in 1932 of his 17—year—old lover marie—therese walter. in 2015, picasso's women of algier�*s version sold at christie's in new york for a record $179 million. that's all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. bye for now. hello. thursday promises to bring a real mix of weather across the uk. for much of wales, parts of the midlands and northern england, we will have a band of cloud bringing some outbreaks of rain at times. to the south of that, it will be dry and warm. to the north of that, a mix of sunshine and showers. and in the far north, in northern scotland, some strong winds. it's all because of an area of low pressure and this dangling frontal system here. this weather front, will be very, very slow—moving through the day on thursday, so we will see that band of cloud and rain across wales, parts of the midlands, some parts

i ask unanimous consent for representative clay higgins from louisiana to be waived onto the subcommittee for today's hearing for the purpose of asking questions. so without objection, so ordered. i would now like to recognize the witness to please begin your opening statement. thank you so much, to you ranking member connolly and members of the subcommittee. i've really appreciated the work that you all are doing on artificial intelligence and it's great to be here with my colleagues and spend this time to focus on these important issues. i have three messages today and the first one is that ai is a top priority for president biden. he's very clear that this is one of the most powerful technologies of our times. when we look around the world, we can see that every nation is racing to use ai to build a future that is imbued with their own values and i think we can all agree that we do not want to live in a future that is defined by technology shaped by authoritarian regimes. that's why the president is very clear that american leadership in the world today requires american leadership in

clay higgins. mr. clay higgins, express your thoughts. mr. higgins: i thank my colleague, congressman good. and i appreciate the words of wisdom of my colleague, ralph norman. mr. speaker, i'll begin with an uplifting statement. god is still on the throne. and we his humble children, we have a responsibility to be worthy. of his love and his grace. and the anointing of what it is to be an american citizen. every generation of americans has risen to face the challenge of threat. that our nation has endured now, 240 years. and in our generation one of the most insidious threats that we face is the degree of debt that we have allowed in my generation our nation to assume. we -- we now face a $33 trillion debt. that's 33 thousand billion dollars. mr. speaker, if this body were to balance the budget, which sour goal, by the way, it's why we are here tonight, addressing this chamber and the nation that we love, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with each other. so that our words are forever inscribed on the historical record of our country. that some s

republican louisiana congressman clay higgins sent the message i work for the american citizenry, notaine. the united states is being invaded by god only knows who or what our southern border. i oppose any funding of the military-industrial complex war in ukraine. republican brian fitzpatrick -- the caucus laid out a common sense solution to keep the government funded and prevent it shut down. from democrat mike thompson, we are five days away from an extreme shut down that would have devastating consequences for the american ppl

joining me now is clay higgins. congressman, thanks for being on the program.t to talk about ukraine in just a moment. i would love to get your reaction to something put out by the house republicans in 2010, bob menendez wanted to meet with then vice president joe biden to host an event. white house, menendez chief of staff went to eric schwerin. who is eric schwerin? that is hunter biden's business partner. so when bob menendez wanted to do a dirty deal or when bob menendez who does dirty deals wanted to do a deal with the vice president's office, they didn't go to the office. they went be to hunter's business partner. >> oh what tangled webs we weave, correct? first of all let me say i don't trust anything coming out of the doj. i would not put it beyond them to go after menendez as like a sacrifice to whereby they could preel tend that they effectively investigate things like this, give them a little cover for obviously not participating in helping the oversight committee upon which i set in the house to investigate the biden crime family. so, i don't know i

joining me now, louisiana congressman clay higgins. congressmafo n, thanks to beget on the program, i want to talk to you about ukraine in just a moment. >> but first, i would loveyorea to get your reaction to something put out by the house republicanpuuss. and here's what it saysbo in 2010,b me bob menendez wanted to meet with then vice president joe biden to host event. but instead of going directly wh his office at the whitehouse, house, menendez chief of staff part to eric schwerin, who is eric? well, that is hunter biden's business partner. so whe bonendezn bob menendez wantedl to do a dirty deal or when bob menendez, who does dirty deals, wanted to do deal with the vice president's office, they didn't go to the office. they weno hut to hunter's busins partner. >> your reaction par? oh, a tangled web is we've correct. i first of all, let me saydotr i don't trust anything coming out of theust g out of doj, andt put it beyond them to go after a menendez as s a as like a sacrifice to whereby could pretend that they would would willin

republican louisiana congressman clay higgins sent the message i work for the american citizenry, not ukraine. the united states is being invaded by god only knows who or what our southern border. i oppose any funding of the military-industrial complex war in ukraine. republican brian fitzpatrick -- the caucus laid out a common sense solution to keep the government funded and prevent it shut down. from democrat mike thompson, we are five days away from an extreme shut down that would have devastating consequences for the american people. house republicans leadership needs to stand up to the extreme it republicans who are harming the american people and its economy. supreme court justice elena kagan said she believes the high court should act with the code of conduct used by lower courts. it follows news reports on the travels of justice clarence thomas and the sales of justice sotomayor. university students attended this event. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction and the warm welcome i have received already from your law school. i really enjoyed the day so far and i'm sure i

the headline is, clay higgins says, covid almost killed me, remains opposed to mandates. representative higgins told the audience of several dozens at the event organized by the african-american chamber of commerce that the disease, quote, almost killed me, end quote. there was a day there, when i wasn't sure y'all were going to have to tolerate me much longer, he said. my wife, my son and i got covid about a month ago and i've never been knocked down that hard in my life. i'm fully recovered now. end quote. mr. higgins: that's an accurate assessment. i faced death's door from the delta variant of covid. and i remain very heavily inoculated having gained natural immunity and live through the that experience because i'm a healthy american and i remain unvaccinated by the experimental vaccine which i'm sure you got. good luck with that. but yeah. i battled covid a couple of times. one time brought me to death's door but here i am. >> well i'm glad you're healthy, mr. higgins. i was just asking the question, i think most people with that headline would come away with feeling

the headline is, clay higgins says, covid almost killed me, remains opposed to mandates. representative higgins told the audience of several dozens at the event organized by the african-american chamber of commerce that the disease, quote, almost killed me, end quote. there was a day there, when i wasn't sure y'all were going to have to tolerate me much longer, he said. my wife, my son and i got covid about a month ago and i've never been knocked down that hard in my life. i'm fully recovered now. end quote. mr. higgins: that's an accurate assessment. i faced death's door from the delta variant of covid. and i remain very heavily inoculated having gained natural immunity and live through the that experience because i'm a healthy american and i remain unvaccinated by the experimental vaccine which i'm sure you got. good luck with that. but yeah. i battled covid a couple of times. one time brought me to death's door but here i am. >> well i'm glad you're healthy, mr. higgins. i was just asking the question, i think most people with that headline would come away with feeling

i ask unanimous consent for representative clay higgins from louisiana to be waived onto the subcommittee for today's hearing for the purpose of asking questions. so without objection, so ordered. i would now like to recognize the dr. to please begin your opening statement. >> thank you so much, chair women race and things to you ranking member connolly and members of the subcommittee. i've really appreciated the work that you all are doing on artificial intelligence and it's great to be here with my colleagues and spend this time to focus on these important issues. i have three messages today and the first one is that ai is a top priority for president biden. he's very clear that this is one of the most powerful technologies of our times. when we look around the world, we can see that every nation is racing to use ai to build a future that is imbued with their own values and i think we can all agree that we do not want to live in a future that is defined by technology shaped by authoritarian regimes. that's why the president is very clear that american leadership in the world today requi

sometimes clay higgins just says it the best way. i now recognize mr. carter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record. figures have long pushed replacement. explaining how the replacement conspiracy theory has inspired documents that the buffalo mass shooting shooters cited by ms. vaughn's researches justifying the domestic terror attack. rt his hearing is unfortunately a sham. it is a dangerous national platform that risks tt extremists attacks. this committee -- all of us should frown on that. >> without objection. so ordered. >> most migrants coming to our border have no other legal pathway to the u.s. for ci citizenship and are seeking o asylum here because they have no other legal pathway, which is their legal right. however, our system was not seta up for this kind of volume that we are experiencing. and it is absolutely unsustainable. i think we all agree. dr. brown, as director of initiatives for nonstate armed actors at the institute, what our recommended practices that can be used at our ports of entry to put human rights at the