but definitely, definitely purchase "pelosi" by molly ball tonight.we have a lot of other great events coming up and down the pipeline and i encourage you to click on our logo above to check those out. but until then i hope we see again. stay well, stay well read, and take care, everybody. >> this point the senate armed services committee holds a hearing on civilian control of the military and whether to issue a for president elect biden's nominee for defense secretary. retired gen

but definitely, definitely purchase "pelosi" by molly ball tonight. we have a lot of other great events coming up and down the pipeline and i encourage you to click on our logo above to check those out. but until then i hope we see again. stay well, stay well read, and take care, everybody. >> this point the senate armed services committee holds a hearing on civilian control of the military and whether to issue a for president elect biden's nominee for defense secretary. retired general lloyd austin would need a waiver to serve in the position due to the requirement of the job being filled by a civilian. watch live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> in this weeks virtue that we bring you florida congressman matt gaetz. he's totally serving his second term in the u.s. house of representatives. is a member of the house armed services committee and the house judiciary committee. his work in congress focus on national security, veterans affairs and adherence to constitutional principles. d

. >> molly ball, grateful for your time and reporting insights. read the article. s very well written and very smartly articulated. molly challenges for republicans that cloud, that cloud they're not sure how to get out from under. we're waiting now for a very important briefing at the biden white house. jen psaki will outline the boost president biden is trying to give to the economy. in part because he wants to act quickly, in part because he understands there is a very uncertain climate in the congress right now for his initiatives. the fact the impeachment trial could begin next week only adds to that. our chief correspondent dana bash is with us, and also a congressional correspondent from "politico." dana, let me start with you. when chuck schumer came to the floor today and said nancy pelosi is sending it over on monday. if it goes into complete trial mode or mostly trial mode next week, is that certain, or is it part of this schumer negotiation of organizing the senate and it's a play from democrats saying, we better work this out, or yes, we're going to hav

the molly ball. was. in the love life. i really did bad things. with i be able to forgive somebody like me a convicted war criminal who seeks out the survivors of a prison camp to apologize for the crimes of his past i just can't get even with ash showing. the unforgiven weakness documentary on al-jazeera my old team lost count back. to let me sleep. well every week. we got more snow in the forecast for japan is to go through the next couple days of the here and that was not bad is improving we've got cloud on the right some of that wetter weather that winter weather pulling out of the way for wetness day brought us guys coming back in behind and warming up 15 sells his solo without warmth that could lead to more of a thaw that could lead to a lot of snow melts it could lead to some localized flooding but at least look at to see too much coming out of the skies as we go on through wetness diet by thursday we're looking at more snow sliding across the preamp and pushing through the sea of japan eventually making its way into one shoe into hokkaido

joining me now, time magazine's molly ball, the author of the book about employeely call -- pelosi calledosi. in a few hours, the vote for house speaker taking place. pelosi has not had to fend off potential democratic challengers in what's likely to be her final bid to be speaker this. but she has little room for error as she needs to keep the majority to keep the gavel. at least two democrats say they won't vote for her while 15 democrats didn't vote for her in 2019. and meanwhile some members will not be present due to the coronavirus and family emergencies and proxy voting isn't allowed for this vote. they have to appear in person. molly, pelosi an her team are confident they have the votes. few on the hill doubt her. getting a majority vote for the speaker's gavel in the nearly divided house is going to be close. >> it is, and there could be some surprises. it's the last factor, attendance, that's the biggest wild card here. because we just don't know, and she needs a majority of however many people are there and voted. there are family emergencies and people on both sides expected t

then time magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses the career of house speakerancy closely and later republican representative matt gates on how to move the populist movement forward in america. that starts at 8:30 p.m. eastern rid enjoyable tv this week and every weekend on c-span2.

then time magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses the career of house speaker nancy closely and later republican representative matt gates on how to move the populist movement forward in america. that starts at 8:30 p.m. eastern rid enjoyable tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2 your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable television company and today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. >> good afternoon everyone i'm president of the american enterprise institute and it is my great pleasure to welcome you to this afternoon's conversation with john mackey. john is the cofounder and ceo of whole foods market and the cofounder of the nonprofit conscious capitalism and he is here today to talk about his new book "conscious leadership" elevating humanity through business. i can't think of a better guess to have on thanks giving week then you and it's a pleasure to have you. welcome to our discussion this afternoon. >> thank you, robert. tha

parse and consent and the democrats won't play ball in this, you won't get a commission, but it does give cruz some powerful talking points going forward. mollyi was going to say what's the point of the effort, what do you think the republicans are trying to do? >> well, what's interesting here is that, you know, cruz is making this objection but senator josh hawley, his rival for -- >> molly: separate effort? alex: the question is why isn't hawley on effort cruz announced today. it's plain to see that -- you have two rivals for the republican nomination in 2024 trying to win over the republican -- the trump base and hawley was first out of the gate, first republican senator that would sign onto an objection from the house to state's electoral votes and now cruz is coming out with his own response but what's notable here is that hawley has not signed nor tom cotton, rand paul, potentially could support an objection but not part of cruz effort. cruz is boxing out his other white house rivals to kind of take the spot that here and doing that successfully and what's brilliant about cruz, look, i'm just asking questions, what's wrong with an audi

mollies a rest to further sanctions on russia. i don't think putin has wandered about i think putin has wanted the ball with western sanctions. somehow connected by western governments to this person i myself i don't see any connection between boys in ing and the phaedo the pipeline in the baltic sea russian gas to drive. there i mean you couldn't. even more american politicians who make that connection and that would be very unfortunate for russia because not only for russia it would also be very unfortunate for europe because it's a very profitable and a very sensible economic project so the western governments made me so not only they are dying which was a crazy day for the russian position because we still have all these very authoritarian doesn't listen to other people in that position he never made anybody because nations in that sense he was even more honest you know think before you go man because he neutralized. you know potential protest channels all of that energy on himself. just recently used to not only just started 2 games at the same time he decided to be a political refugee camp using president mode trying to

ball drop, putting an end to 2020 public health officials encouraging everybody else to watch the celebrations on tv >> from the u.s. to australia, celebrations were largely muted due to the pandemic. nbc's mollyear's eve celebrations looked very similar to what i'm sure you enjoyed in d.c. and what i had in london. that is to say, pretty quiet, but not everywhere take a look. if you live in new zealand, last night was unbelievably normal. the country stamped out covid and gathered by the thousands. in wuhan, china, they partied on the streets were packed. the city hasn't reported a local covid case since may but in sydney, australia, the fireworks over the famed harbor still lighting up the sky, but no crowds. in tokyo, celebrations canceled but a bell rang in the new year. and across the world, leader after leader rallied their citizens vladimir putin says together we will overcome it angela merkel says we'll get through this together. >> this was also the year when we rediscovered the spirit of togetherness >> celebrations across europe were muted in germany, buying fireworks outlawed in france, 100,000 police out to enforce the strict curfew, and here in the uk, as the new covi majority of