mr. nunez-neto: correct. sen. hawley: help me understand, are you trying to stop illegal immigration anymore, or have you given up? mr. nunez-neto: we are committed to enforcing the laws congress has enacted on the border. as i noted in my testimony, we are expanding our use of expedited removal as we prepare for the end of title 42, particularly for recidivists border crossers. sen. hawley: that sounds like a yes, you are still trying to stop illegal immigration? it is hard to tell. you're telling me yes? mr. nunez-neto: correct. sen. hawley: tell me which of these has been effective in stopping illegal immigration. ending construction of the border wall, has that been effective? mr. nunez-neto: i would defer to my colleague from customs and border protection, but my understanding is that barriers on the border serve to slow irregular migration, not stop irregular migration. sen. hawley: you are saying the border wall is not effective? we should just tear the whole thing down? mr. nunez-neto: the border wall is effectiv

mr. chairman. >> acute senator hawley. senator manchin plays very. >> thank you, mr. chairman.sir, real quick back on taiwan again, do you think taiwan is prepared to defend itself? your evaluation of what taiwan has been doing the only thing i keep seeing as they want more f-16s we think they're going to be hit and go to air war with china and defend taiwan i don't think so. >> i think taiwan could do moreh sir. looks at you all strategically giving them different things they can use whether it be in the sea or on land? >> isn't there close consultation with our partners into a big common department of defense. >> how about ukraine? can ukraine when now is set or kingfe rightfully pointed out in senator hawley followed up on, we miss read that one. are we reading it now they have the ability to win if we continue to support without being pulled into a land war with them? on their own can they win? >> that is a difficult prediction to make. right now that where the is at is a prolonged stalemate should know factor change on either side. in other words the russians continue to d

hawley. >> thank you, mr. chairman. if i could start with you, want to ask about what you were just saying. you were a prosecutor for some time. you were the u.s. attorney in ohio. >> among other things, i was the u.s. attorney in ohio for seven years. >> remind me of the dates. >> 2009 to 2016. >> you are responsible as u.s. attorney for your district for prosecuting all manner of crimes including federal firearms crimes. >> i oversell an office responsible for federal prosecutions and law enforcement in the northern district of ohio. >> including firearms. what is -- you think they should be a high priority? >> yes, i think you are working with local law enforcement and state priority together but you are working in partnership. violent crime and gun crime should be a priority. terrorism is a priority also. it is a priority. >> you said -- you committed to senator feinstein you would be very strong in this role and i assume you think it is important to be very strong as a prosecutor when it comes to violent crime incl

alleged war crimes in ukrainian towns such as bucha, mr kelin said the evidence was all "fabrication". our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawleye involving nuclear weapons carried out by russia just before it invaded ukraine — an apparent warning to the west. russia has the world's biggest nuclear arsenal, so when vladimir putin made an announcement at the start of the war, it caused global alarm. as the war in ukraine escalated, there were fears that a cornered president putin might actually use them, but russia's ambassador to the uk has played down the threat for now. tactical nuclear weapons in accordance with russian military doctrine is not used in conflicts like that at all. so you do not believe that will happen? i don't. can you categorically say that it will not happen? we have a very strict provision over the use of tactical nuclear weapons, and it is mainly when the existence of the state is endangered. it has nothing to do with the current operation. but russia is still determined to show the world its military might, the potential reach of its destructive power. these are images released by the russian defence mi

mr. chairman. >> [inaudible] thank you, senator hawley. well, witnesses, you've been here a long time, and we appreciate your testimony, but we're going to start a second round for individuals who have a few more questions. the second round we're going to, we're going to attempt to limit to 5 minutes. that'll be, we'll try to be more effective than limiting additional roundfe at 7 minutes. but we will have a few more questions here. first, ms. contreras, my question is for you. cbp facilities are clearly not an acceptable location to house unaccompanied minors, and you mentioned that inac your testimony. how is hhs cooperating across departments to insure sufficient resources are in place to prevent vulnerable children from spending extended amounts of time in the cbp facilities? >> thank you for that question, senator. i think we would all agree that all of my colleagues on this opanel that hhs is a child welfare agency. it is our job to, when children are referred to us, be able to take them as quickly as we can into our care. we see now

mr. hunter biden's laptop is russian disinformation? >> i was not aware of that. >> missouri senator josh hawley then asked if mayorkas knew nina jankowiczched for the validity of the steele dossier since then widely discredited. >> she has consistently spread false and misleading claims about the steele dossier, which we now know was actually itself a piece of russia propaganda. she responded to lindsey graham. your party funded the delsea first. the people who funded the dossier where the clinton campaign. >> where you are aware when you chose her? >> i was not. >> mayorkas also said he did not see the tiktok with mary popham singing about disinformation before hiring her. and a response to house democrats to define what they call an ministry of truth, corley, joey. >> carley: all right, brooke brooke let's bring in kentucky ranking member oversight of the committee, one of those republicans trying to get this disinformation board resolved. tell us about that effort. do you have any democratic support? because this will not go anywhere unless you do. >> we can get democrats up or anything the american people would support. this is anot

hawley: that is a lot of confidence, mr. chairman should can become back to this tim phipps -- this disinformation? you said it earlier this week on cnn miss janco it's was absolutely neutral. those were your words politically. do you stand by that? sec. mayorkas: senator, she has an obligation to be nonpartisan and neutral in the execution of her responsibilities, in her current position at the department of homeland security. she has an obligation to be that and if she fails in that obligation, it will be consequences. sen. hawley: let's take a look at how she has been doing. here is miss janco it's talking about her political opponents i guess she views them as. she says trump talking about how he would put up a flyer in portland is the language of authoritarianism. it means the violent clearing of protesters and arrest without cause, abusive human rights. that is not law enforcement. that is lawlessness. that was said to between ninth, 2020. here is selection out of her book. also published in 2020. she said this. the pr

mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was put through a horrendous ordeal, right up until the moment she left the country, and it's urged iran to end its practice of unfairly detaining british and other foreign nationals. caroline hawleymmander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shyshimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia's invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62—year—old civilian, but said he'd been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn'tjust a trial — it was ukraine's day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21—year—old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick. more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62—year—old man, oleksandr shelipov, three to four times in the head. he was one of five russian soldiers who'd stolen a car and drove into a village in the northeastern sumy region

mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was put through an horrendous ordeal, right up till the moment she led the country, and it has urged iran to end its practice of unfairly detaining british and otherforeign nationals. caroline hawleyxtended version will be on bbc radio 4 an extended version will be on bbc radio a woman's hour tomorrow, at 10am. a 27—year—old health worker has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning a child who died at birmingham children's hospital. the child was being treated in the paediatric intensive care unit at the time of their death last week. 0ur correspondent navtej johal is in birmingham for us now. what more do we know about what happened? what more do we know about what ha ened? ~ what more do we know about what hauened? ~ . , what more do we know about what hauened? ~ ., , ., , happened? well, details about this incident have _ happened? well, details about this incident have remained _ happened? well, details about this incident have remained limited - incident have remained limited today, but what we know is that the child was being treated here at birmingham children's hospital in the paediatric intensive care unit and died on thursday. that same evening, a 27—year—old woman, a he

mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was put through a horrendous ordeal, right up until the moment she left the country, and it's urged iran to end its practice of unfairly detaining british and other foreign nationals. caroline hawleyd to try and bring nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe home and earlier he told evan davies on radio four that this was his reaction to the false confession.— that this was his reaction to the false confession. well, it is very shocking. _ false confession. well, it is very shocking. very _ false confession. well, it is very shocking, very inhumane - false confession. well, it is very shocking, very inhumane and i false confession. well, it is very shocking, very inhumane and it| false confession. well, it is very - shocking, very inhumane and it sums up shocking, very inhumane and it sums up the kind of government that we are sadly dealing with in iran, that they would make her do this at the very last moment. i think she, as we can see from the clips, she is very brave and spirited. i am sure she will want to know why the british official with her maid thatjudgment not to intervene, one can speculate that maybe it was a split—second judgment made that the thing that mattered right at that mome

hawley you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you very much, mister chairman. thank you to all of the witnesses for being here. mr. nunez-neto, i have i could start with you. you are the acting director for border policy at -- is that right? >> that is right, senator. >> it is your role to help formulate and drive policy and implement those policies at the department, is that right? >> correct. help me understand the administration policy. are you trying to stop illegal immigration anymore or have you given up on that? >> sir we are committed to enforcing the law that congress has enacted. the border, as i noted to my testimony, we are expanding the use of x for that removal as we prepare for the end of title 42, particularly for recidivist border crosshairs. >> okay, so that sounds like a yes. yes. you are still trying to stop illegal immigration? it's hard to tell, but you are telling me last. >> that is correct, sir. >> let's just talk about a few of your policies since you are in charge of a policy. tell me which one of these has been effective in stopping illegal immigration. and in construction of the border

mr. hawley: on all eight of them, senator? mr. kaine: yes. mr. hawley: to have a vote on the floor? mr. kaine: yes. mr. hawley: i would be happy to have a vote on the floor. mr. kaine: we are not fast-tracking these without a vote. that is motion to allow a vote en bloc on the floor. so vulan opportunity to vote against mr. -- so you will have an opportunity to vote against mr. cadre -- mr. khaudaay or others. that's all i am seeking. so my request basically would guarantee your vote on all of these nominations, if you drop your objection. mr. hawley: is this a recorded vote on the floor, senator? mr. kaine: it would be -- yes. it would be en bloc, but it is a reasonable doubt ared vote is my understanding. -- but it is a recorded vote is my understanding. again, madam president, just to clarify, my motion is only that the senate be allowed to vote on these nominees -- alex wagner for assistant secretary of the air force, ashish desrani, lester martinez lopez, ago necessary schaefer, lynn parker, musetta johnson, and ravi chaudry. i understand my colleague will vote no, but all i am mov