madsen: senator sullivan if i might start. as you know senator, i lived in dutch harbor in alaska for 19 years. so i guess i'm a y little bit passionate about the international court of dutch harbor. as one of the main deepwater ports that's already in existence. and certainly known is very audible and important as the arctic becomes more open and security becomes more of an issue. so think those two have definitely been identified. we depend on the coast guard . thank goodness for the coasts guard . modeling to help us enforce fishing regulations but to provide safety and rescue unit and it's difficult not have them based in kodiak. and would have to respond when we were fishing this summer. so think that would also encourage and enable the fishing fleet as distribution of the changes to help us feel secure and have coast guard responsive including the polar ice breakers. >> thank you. i would like to offer their well.ences as please accept my condolences to you and your family for a loss. >> thank you. i would like to offer

and kevin madsen look ted reagan administration through the lens of the punk rock movement of the 1980s. tonight at 7:00 eastern and fine a complete television schedule at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> as part of our ongoing interview series with members of congress booktv recently asked republican representative jeff fortenberry of nebraska what are you reading? >> before i answer that question i want to actually commend c-span for doing these interviews. congress is a dulk place to work. we have a lot of complex problems, a lot of divisions and trying to figure out good public policy. sometime outside have to be a little human and take a step back and read things 'one book i'm in the middle of now is this one called "second world war" by victor david hansen. i made a meeting with him a year ago, brilliant man and analyst. deep, deep scholar, looking at the whole premise, the preconditions that led to second world war. i don't know ever since i was a child, this topic fascinated me perhaps we were still with the reside all effect of the postwar period. my own grandfather

why didn't anyone speak out and mediately what was asleep that is a seminal i say that because mark madsen you could also argue was also. inciting this change towards the end of the call he was asking for to set up and you know a lawyer sitting together so it could come to an amicable resolution do you think there are legal implications for the. the chief of staff mark metals and the other people as they have that when. we have what's called the law of conspiracy you know if he'd spoken in advance and he knew that his statements were collaborative with mr trump's to try to overturn illegally credo a false representation of what the electoral votes were he would be culpable for a conspiracy make this other. the russians who robert mueller indicted in his investigation were charged with the same kind of crime namely interfering with the government function of holding a fair and proper presidential election that was the crime charged under federal law and here we have the president of the united states doing precisely the same thing but that was also quite difficult because with that with the

after those from pfizer bomb tech and medina the european madsen's regulator says it is accelerating its approvals procedure and the decision could be possible by the end of the month. meanwhile the premier of the german state of bavaria has raised the possibility of mandatory vaccinations for staff in nursing homes this call comes as many medical professionals in germany are openly questioning whether they want to get in knoxville inoculated despite their collective proximity to danger some are still reluctant to get the job i d w tessa val to visited a hospital in berlin to find out why. putting on his protective gear before entering the room of a covert patient diverting for intensive care nurse sebastian schmidt he has been working with corona patients for months now and knows how important it is to protect himself when coming into contact but an even better protection would be the corporal and jab. we see. every day i see people dying from perona i see how patients are suffering how seriously ill they become because of this virus that's why i would definitely like to be vaccinat

i would say the holding of that case will go down in history alongside plessy versus ferguson or madsensus the united states. it was a horrible attack on american democracy, the supreme court of the united states in a wholly unjustified way striking down a congressional enactment which had proven very effective in undoing racial disenfranchised, things like that have given resident, by people who say the racial problem in the united states is bigger, more intractable than people like me have been writing about and i have to say they have a point. talking about criticism, fine but i also think we should acknowledge they are onto a point when they say the race problem in american life is deeper, uglier, more stubborn than many people have recognized. >> professor banks, as you understand it and define it, critical race theory compatible with freedom of speech, property rights and so forth? segregating employers, different diversity training, does that run up against - to create a department of hate speech. is this thinking consistent with liberal tradition? >> those are great points. the

and oursecond panel , will be experts major general randy t who will be remote as well as stephanie madsen, executive director sc processors. juneau alaska doctor jennifer francis, also coming via remote means as a senior scientist at the woodall climate research center in massachusetts. last year this subcommittee held a hearing focus on the arctic strategy released by the coast guard. in april 2019. that strategy prioritized three lines of efforts, one of them being the need to enhance our capabilities for operating in the arctic ha through persistent investment in infrastructure after that personnel needed to close gaps in presence, particularly given our rivals in the arctic. china and russia. medication domain awareness in this region of growing global focus. today's hearing will focus on those needed investments arctic capabilities, progress has been made in obtaining them and the work still needs to be done. arctic has shifted from cooperation to the next region of great power competition. with power in your competitors, china and russia . outpacing the united states in the elements

provide an exception free to service secretary of defense, protect way so soon after m secretary madsen, ed could harm civil military relations. as a valid concern. but as i witnessed has testified it is possible to mitigate the effects, if you demonstrate your commitment to empowering civilians, further we must also hear how you feel the role of secretary of defense and how that position is different from your days of honorable service as a military officer. this distinction is critical as the secretary of defense is inherently political requiring the skill set for managing a vast bureaucracy, while balancing personalities within the department, and across our federal agencies. relatedly, an effective secretary must be transparent with congress. tensions often exist between the executive and legislative branches regarding a regardless of what a go party. however the department must keep congress fully informed on critical national security development, is that we can conduct congressional oversight. general austin it would be and it was with these broad categories of mind i hope that y

whether it is climate change, sustainability, pandemics, whatever, and borisjohnson has to piece madsento work easily with joe forums he ought to be able to work easily withjoe biden. we will have to work harder, it will be difficult, we do count for less and there are those around joe biden who certainly look askance at the records of some of those in the present government, that i thinkjoe biden does not back rogers, i knew him slightly when i was ambassador, he reaches out and i think objectively we share many of the same policies and interests and i think we will be able to work together. jae think we will be able to work together-— think we will be able to work touether. , ., �* .,. , .,, together. joe biden faces the most immense set _ together. joe biden faces the most immense set of— together. joe biden faces the most immense set of hurdles. _ together. joe biden faces the most immense set of hurdles. he - together. joe biden faces the most immense set of hurdles. he is - together. joe biden faces the most immense set of hurdles. he is not| immense set of hurdles. he is not youn