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[applause] >> the world changed in an instant, but mediacom was ready and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went to virtual and we powered a new reality because we are built to keep you ahead. now it is my pleasure to introduce doctor monique the smithsonian undersecretary for education. an institutional educational priority she oversees the smithsonian collective initiative, communication strategies and funding for programs that benefit learners of all ages. there's many years of public education and experience to the smithsonian before joining us in june she served as the vice

-- mediacom. susan: phil klay, author of "uncertain ground." tell us phil: about the book. -- tell us about the book. phil: i got out of the marine corps and then started writing about the war, fiction and nonfiction. at first i thought my job was to make sense of the past. there was major testimony before congress and ambassador ryan crocker and a real, aggressive debate about military strategy and if it was working and what we were doing there and if it was sustainable. so i thought it was an important time in looking back on it would be a significant portion of what i was doing as a writer. but the were cap going on in the way we waged war changed. -- but the war kept going on and the way we waged war changed. it is deeply important complex in many ways. then society, you are reintegrating. how do you make sense of what happened overseas and how to make sense of the society at home, because it looks different than when you left for war. that process, people i know kept going overseas. sometimes they were shot, blown up, killed. and so grappl

>> the world changed in an instant, but mediacom was ready and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went to virtual and we powered a new reality because we are built to keep you ahead. now it is my pleasure to introduce doctor monique the smithsonian undersecretary for education. an institutional educational priority she oversees the smithsonian collective initiative, communication strategies and funding for programs that benefit learners of all ages. there's many years of public education and experience to the smithsonian before joining us in june she served as the vice president for education policy and strategic initiative at the american institute for research. please join me in welcoming monique. [applause] good evening and thank you for that wonderful introduction. a land acknowledgment, so first i would like to acknowledge the native people whose ancestry all homelands we gather as well as the diverse communities who make their homel in washington, d.c., and for all of those streaming to acknowledge the land that you are coming to us from. i am so excit

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schools and businesses with virtual and we powered a new reality because at mediacom were built to keepyour head . >> the senate later today will vote on the confirmation of kenneth wayne steen to serve as undersecretary for intelligence and analysis in the homeland security department. he previously served as homeland security advisor to president george w. bush. the senate intelligence committee held his conference hearing and january . >>. >> if everyone could take their seats. i call this hearing to order and welcome mister weinstein. it's great to see you. welcome as well to elizabeth and three of her daughters, maddie, mackey, wesley and natalie and natalie have the good sense to be an intern for the committee and we were grateful for her service. i understand your daughter ellie is at berkeley law school watching remotely and i would ask that you give us some evidentiary proof that she did tune in to this couple of hours and hopefully if she's watching now she's appropriately embarrassed. i want to commend before we begin formally i want to commend you on your excellent judgment as e

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to you as a public service and these television companies and comcast, charter communications and mediacom. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attacks the sly committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee's approval to release the deposition material presented during today's hearing. good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government from local election workers up to his own vice president, hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we'll tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted federal agencies charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we already covered part of mr. trump's effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr tell the story and the committee

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mediacom supports c-span as a public service. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> on his way to california, president biden spoke briefly to reporters. he says voters are sending a message, calling on leaders to act on crime and gun violence. pres. biden: i think the voters sent a clear message last night. both parties have to step up and do something about crime, as well as gun violence. i said billions of dollars and i encourage them to use it to hire police officers. very few have done it. i sent the congress a request for $300 million in this year's budget to deal with hiring police so that we can train them as well as make sure they are adequately dispersed around the community. it is time they moved. it is time the states and localities spend the money they have to deal with crime, as well as train police officers, as well as provide policing. it is time to get done with doing that and that is what i think the message last night from the american public was. thank you. >> after months of close door investigations,

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