i try not to put don scott, jr.my stuff -- sometimes they do it and i tell them not to -- because i am always thoughtful because i want don scott's name on this stuff and want everybody to know that i am part of that. that's how i got to delaware. let me get back to how i got to virginia. [laughs] because you messed me all up. i am tough, all right? now you got me crying. it's your fault. [laughs] i was working for this company doing workforce development. my first job was welding. i came out of prison and there is a guy named bob, in wilmington, delaware -- i hope he is watching there. he owned a steal fabrication company. i am thinking my uncle will give me a posh job since i have two degrees. he gave me a job doing welding at children's hospitals. and he gave me this job. and i am grateful. and i am doing well, i am doing sheet work, metalwork, all this stuff. 25 stories in the air. i was shaking like an old maytag on the spin cycle up there. it came time for them to say hey, i got another job opportunity. the fi

don scott, virginias newly elected speaker of the house of delegates, and the state's first black speakern 405 years talks about his life. including spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before. i was hoping to get more grace. the judge could have given me more time than he did. but i remember hearing my mother when he said 10 years. she couldn't believe it. that yelp of pain always stays with me. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is. and how perilous. if you make one wrong move sometimes, it can literally be the end of your life as you know it. >> virginia's democratic house speaker don scott sunday on "q&a." >> coming up, a conversation with treasury secretary janet yellen and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. they talk about the u.s. economy, workforce development and the manufacturing industry. this event hosted by the detroit economic club is about 30

don scott, to stop streets close to rough as q 8 hospital have be left in ruins, and after is mainly prime minister benjamin netanyahu told troops to pass the operations in the states. a few safe areas. lifting garza and now also the threats. and here's the look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. in india, at least 3 people have died in classes sparked by the demolition of and as long as the school and the joining parasite authorities in each of our con state say that they were built legally. and official says police have been authorized to shoot rioters. india has a hindu majorities. muslims say they are being unfairly targeted. fire has swept a residential building and rushes capital in moscow. officials say 400 people were evacuated when the police broke out overnight. it occurred in the capital's northwest. the flames have now been contained, is just a controversial us right when figure has interviewed russia's president vladimir putin in moscow in a video from tucker carlson network. so truitt and claims that he has no interest in expanding the warranty

i, don scott, do solemnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia. and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me. as speaker of the virginia house of delegates, according to the best of my ability, so help me god. >>, regulations, mr. speaker. [cheers and applause] speaker scott: good afternoon, virginia! [applause] thank you. thank you all for being here. my first immediate emotion is just gratitude. very grateful. i know this is god's favor. i know this is god's grace. which is undeserved favor, and i am grateful. i want to thank my family, especially my wife, melanda. wife, stand up. [applause] she thinks she is my campaign manager, stand up, peyton! [laughter] [applause] my little 15-year-old daughter. [laughs] so, y'all, will talk, without them i would not be here. we couldn't do this without our family, without them allowing us to be away, countless hours, congress might, people pulling in different directions, town meetings, council meetings, committe

don scott, to stop those remarks by joe biden. a, come as you, as officials warrant israel, the staging military push into the southern city of russell without proper planning . could spell quote, disaster now. israel's prime minister benjamin m. yeah, was said the military would soon enter the city calling at one of her most last remaining strong homes. smoke rises over the crowded city of rafa is really bombardments and preparation for our ground assault and to what it says is a strong hold for him. us, which is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, us, but for hundreds of thousands of thousands who have fled to the southern end of the strip after being told by the israeli army to leave their homes further north. rafa is the last refuge. it's also home to one of the biggest border crossings for aid and supplies. israel says rafa also houses, multiple tunnels that have mouse uses to supply itself with arms. the shelling has already taken its toll here. even before soldiers arrive. the 3 missiles hit this same

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. >> virm's democratic house speaker don scott, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." listen to "q&a" and all our podcasts on our free c-span now app. continues. host: we are joined by maya macguineas from committee for a responsible federal budget. let's start with what is the organization and what position you take on the federal budget? guest: we have one of the worst acronyms ever, the committee for a responsible budget. i am a political independent. i have been with the office for 20 years. we have a board of directors focused on budget committees, the budget office, office of budget management. the main effort is fiscal responsibility. it's not balancing the budget, small or big government. it's about borrowing money based on economics. during covid it makes sense to borrow. but when we are strong it does not make sense to borrow. we are neutral on the political alignment. we have diverse staff. host: how is your organization funded? guest: foundation and small donors. we get checks for 25, $50. we have small donors but mainly big found

. >> virginia's democratic house speaker don scott sunday on "q&a." >> coming up, a conversation with treasury secretary janet yellen and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. they talk about the u.s. economy, workforce development and the manufacturing industry. this event hosted by the detroit economic club is about 30 minutes. it helped unleash the american economy. unemployment is at record lows and consumer confidence is up. factories are being built at record pace and america's leading the world. in other words -- is that bad as 3g eats sleeps and dreams -- and after earning her ph.d. in economics from yale only a handful of women in her class she entered academia before answering the call to public service. this is a woman with a resume that is long. i'll highlight a few things but she was chair the of the council of economic advisers for president clinton, president they federal reserve bank of san francisco, vice chair and chair of the federal reserve board of governors and as of january 26, 2021 the treasury secretary of the united states. she has an incredible amount of respo

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, don scott, virginia's newly elected speaker of the house of delegates, the state's first black speak for the 405 year, talks about his life, including spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before. i had served my country. i was hoping i would get a little bit more grace, maybe gee latitude he probably could have gave me more time than he did. but i remember hearing my mother, when he said 10 year, you know, she couldn't believe it. that yelp of pain. it always stays with me. and it's always motivating. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. if you make one wrong move sometimes it can be literally the end of your life as you know it. >> virm's democratic house speaker don scott, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." listen to "q&a" and all our podcasts on o f

trailblazing moment in the history of the common wealth in welcoming the new speaker of the house speaker don scott. not withstanding the esteemed body being described as a citizen legislature, we all know it's a full-time job and to serve is both privilege and responsibility, i want to personally thank you and i want to thank your families for the sacrifices that you all make and i particularly want to thank you our first ladies, susan youngkin. her love for virginia and more so for the people across this great the common wealth inspires me each and every day. thank you for your service and thank you for your grace. two years ago we began a journey together. we gap a journey to ignite hope to inspire faith in our few uture and to make virginia the best place to live and the work and to raise a family. our meeting today in the great chamber is boast acknowledgment of our progress made and charge to press ahead to greater strides and also to acknowledge that our journey together is only at half time. the state of our common wealth is strong, stronger than she has been in a very long time and we all

don scott, to stop streets close to rough as q 8 hospital have be left in ruins and often he's randy prime minister benjamin netanyahu told troops to pass the operations in the states, a few sites areas lifting garza and i also on the threats well, i corresponded ben for susan in jerusalem, outlined the background to israel's evacuation plans for the last civilian refuge and gaza. as the pressure has just been building and building and building for the past 4 months of this wall. coming from all sides, all parts of the world uh, from the united states. uh there were, there was warning off the morning of the warning from both bite and from blinking. but most of those warnings falling on deaf ears when it comes to be used at yahoo is knowing this time seems to be a little different. the pressure from the united nations as well. the united nations secretary general saying that until regional consequences could unfold with any onslaught in rough or the palestinian president must go to a bus. also saying that a push into rafa could push the region into endless was we have the feeling that

moment in the history of the commonwealth and a welcoming the new speaker of the house, speaker don scottpplause] not withstanding this esteemed body being described as the citizen legislature, we all know it is a full-time job. and to serve as both a privilege and a responsibility. i want to personally thank you and i want to thank your families for the sacrifices that you all make it. and i particularly want to thank our first lady suzanne young converted her love for virginia and more so for the people across this great commonwealth inspires me each and every day thank you for your service and thank you for your grace. [applause] two years ago we began a journey together to ignite help, inspire faith in our future and to make virginia the best place to live our meeting today in this great chamber and a charge to press ahead for even greater strides and also tost acknowledge our journey together is only at halftime. the state of our commonwealth is strong. stronger than she has been in a very long time and we, all of us should feel a great sense of accomplishment. the spirit of opportun

don scott, to stop streets close to rough as q 8 hospital have be left in ruins, and often he's mainly prime minister benjamin netanyahu told troops to pass the operations in the states. a few safe areas. lifting garza and also under threat spring. you know, some more stories making headlines around the world. the polish farmers have lost border crossings with ukraine to protest against you. policies. the demonstrators are kicking off a month long nationwide strike. they're angry at cheap imports from neighboring ukraine, and government in action to protect their livelihoods. you commission president are so the funder line has announced over 200000000 euros in aid to help more attaining a curb, a legal migration to europe, and a meeting with more attaining as president mohammed old cars. why me? she said that the african nation will also receive funds for humanitarian aid and job creation. that's due to a seal. the u. s. supreme court has signaled that it would reject and attempt to remove donald trump. from the 2024 presidential ballot justices appeared skeptical during a hearing over

don scott, to stop and let's get some context now with frank ludovic. she is a senior lecturer and strategic studies at portsmouth university at a former british military intelligence officer. he joins us from oxford. frank, welcome to back to the program. we've heard criticism coming from the us regarding reports that israel plans to expand it's offensive to rough up. and operation has not started. do we have a sense of what might be being considered here? is it likely to be a wide scale assault or something different? spoken, monique server, i think it's important to realize that these way the army that went into the gaza full months ago is not the, it's way to all of your defense courses that we see today. they've loved a very great deal. so no longer do we see the frankly a discriminatory party. it discriminates as strikes on a large scale. instead, what we see is a focus on ground operations on the biggest good evidence now a subterranean operations. so that's the 1st thing. the 2nd thing is look whether the americans liked it or not in the house,

don scott, to stop the streets close to rough as q 8 hospital have be left in ruins, and off the east randy prime minister benjamin netanyahu told troops to pass the operations in the states a few safe areas. lifting garza and that also on the threats and german chancellor all off schultz is in washington. meantime, for talks of lawmakers and president joe biden, the leaders are set to discuss the israel mos war and russia's invasion of ukraine . ahead of this trip, schultz gave a brief statement in which he urged to b, u. s. and the you to quote 2 more to help you crane and it's fight against russia. the us senate remains divided on releasing more funds. last week the you approved a 50000000008 package for ukraine. after months of rivaling chief political editor of the head of the governor as standing by. so 8 for ukraine is going to be the focus of this meeting. what can we expect in regard to that of all the german towns that is arriving in a very volatile week here in domestic politics that is increasingly spilling out into the world, having a direct effect potentially on ukraine.

. >> sunday on c-span q and a, don scott, virginia's newly elected democratic speaker of the house of delegates and the state's first black speaker in 405 years talks about his life including spending almost 8 years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before, i served my country, i was hoping i would get a little more grace, the judge had the attitude he could have given me more time than he did but i remember hearing my mother when he said ten years she couldn't believe it and that yelp of pain always stays with me. always lets me know how fragile our freedom is, how perilous it is. if you make one wrong move, it could be the end of your life as you know it. >> reporter: virginia democratic hse speaker don scott, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q and a. you can listen to q and a and all our podcasts on our free c-span now apps. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it's more than that. >> comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, don scott, the newly elected democratic house speaker of delegates and the first black speaker in 405 years talked about his life, including spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before. i'd served my country. and i was hoping i would get a little more grace and maybe getting the judge to have some attitude to go with the law. he probably could have gave me more time than he did. but i remember hearing my mother when he said 10 years, she couldn't believe it and that yelp of pain stays with me and is always motivated and always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous is it is and if you make one wrong move sometimes it can be literally the end of your life as you announcer: virginia's democratic house speaker sunday night at 8:00 q & a p.m. eastern on q & a q & a. listen to q & a and all of our podcasts on every cspan now app. ♪

. ♪ >> sunday, on c-span's q&a, don scott, virginias newly-elected speaker of the house of delegatesirst -- the state's first black speaker in 150 years, talks about spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before, i serve my country, and i was hoping i would get more grace. he probably could have gave me even more time than he did. but i remember he and my mother, when he said 10 years, you know, she couldn't believe it. and that yelp of pain, it always stays with me. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. and if you make one wrong move sometimes, it can be literally the end of your life as you know it. >> virginias democratic house speaker, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. where americans can see democracy at work. and citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. get informed, straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. fr

. ♪ >> sunday, on c-span's q&a, don scott, virginias newly-elected speaker of the house of delegatesst -- the state's first black speaker in 150 years, talks about spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before, i serve my country, and i was hoping i would get more grace. he probably could have gave me even more time than he did. but i remember he and my mother, when he said 10 years, you know, she couldn't believe it. and that yelp of pain, it always stays with me. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. and if you make one wrong move sometimes, it can be literally the end of your life as you know it. >> virginias democratic house speaker, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. where americans can see democracy at work. and citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. get informed, straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from

next in the documentary front line diary of an american officer, former us army officer scott bennett's troubles to don bass to see 1st hand the realities on the ground and to share the truth with americans. bye for now. on the, the line, scott bennett, i'm a former united states army psychological warfare officer, really served in the state department counterterrorism office under investor del bailey. so i wanted to come here to russia in the dawn bass area and gather the facts to take back to the american people for the course or the hold on bass of the front line. so this is where the bombs and the bullets are raging. this is where people are dying, this is where the buildings are exploding. so i wanted to see 1st hand the scars and for the ones in the street. the level of the building was being collapse. i wanted to see the soldiers that were fighting and hear from them why they were fighting, fighting started in their opinion. and ultimately, where it was heading. the probably the 1st american army officer who's been here since then, snowden. so i want to see with my own eyes, what american tax fa

taylor swift's father, scott, allegedly assaulted him as he was trying to take photos with the superstar following her final concert in australia. this morning, may hemmens captures don's final hours in australia. the superstar walking on the dock with her father scott, and paparazzi swarmed the pair. abc license to the from the photographer who says he was allegedly assaulted by scott swift. you can see taylor with an umbrella over her head. her dad holding her hand guiding her towards a waiting vehicle although not seen in the video, scott is accused of striking this photographer ben mcdonald was on the scene with another photographer. telling me harold "security pushed us to run with the umbrellas, scott swift decided to add to the mix and throw a punch in." though his situation was "under control." this spokesperson security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water. ♪ ♪ data, scott, a fixture on taylor's tour, free only spotted celebrities and vans who praise him at the sydney shows for handing out free sandwiches. new south wales police are currently investigating whether swift was involved in the alleged attack or whether a crime

so i go with tim scott because he seems to be more of an institutionalist and someone who just goes along with a party line, wherever it takes him. >> what about you, donounsel hur for questioning the president fitness that report. it was supposed to be over handling of classified documents. you are a lawyer, was this overstep? >> no, i didn't think he overstepped whatsoever. as a matter of fact, i thought that his comments were objectively reasonable and in saying that, yes, biden is responsible for some negligence, or perhaps even recklessness. but it does not rise to the level of criminality. and i think that the hur report was significant in as much as it lays out that we're not even comparing apples to oranges here in the case of the former president versus joe biden. we are comparing apples to whale sharks. i mean, there was no obstruction here. there was no interference here. there was no witness intimidation here. you had all of those things with the same actions with trump. you also don't have willful criminality. and biden returned the documents to the department of justice in a reasonable and timely fashion. remember, he had to go to mar-a-

scott, by rule. but hopefully emerging from it with something good to show for themselves personally and the communities that helping rebuild public broad. i'll just say era khaki, if you pray. so don's army has broken a siege by the time of the true prophet support forces on one of its basis near the capital 10 months now into that conflict, the army is slowly regaining control of areas around the capital. cost to the sage had cut off supplies to people living near the base and undermine removing levels or visit base houses. the sudanese armies, engineering court in the city of the man for nearly 7 months. it was under siege by the parent military rapids support forces or r s f. but in recent, these, the army was able to break through and deliver supplies to its true hazards if i took the reading and this is a gift from god under the feats of the rebels of criminals and terrorized and carried out to trust these like never seen before this is the 1st phase because of the will will not stand until i'm pretty much and all of the done is cleared of the malicious. the streets near the base are as cards by the battle spots over its buildings destroyed by artillery fire. from the recess wh