ms hassan had served as his deputy.ed — remarks that could be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions created by her predessor. the bbc�*s zuhura yunus reports from dar es saalam. samia suluhu hassan, taking the oath to become tanzania's new president. she was sworn in in a brief ceremony at state house in the country's commercial capital dar es salaam. in front of dignitaries and lawmakers. translation: |, samia suluhu| hassan, do solemnly swear that i will do all my presidential duties for the united republic of tanzania faithfully. i will invest all my effort into fulfilling the duties of this office with all my heart. i will be fair to everyone according to the laws and traditions of the united republic of tanzania without fear, favor or discrimination. so help me god. the 61—year—old, who is the first female president of the east african country, takes over following the death ofjohn pombe magufuli, who died on wednesday. officials say he died of heart complications, but there has been widespread speculation that

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ms hassan will serve the remainder of the five year term in the top job.ist lyubov sobol, an ally of the kremlin�*s most renowned critic, alexei navalny. her trial is still pending, after being delayed last week due to a technical issue. ms sobol is accused of breaking covid—19 restrictions at a protest. the bbc has said it's extremely concerned about the bbc news burmese reporter, aung thura, who was taken away by unidentified men in the burmese capital, naypyidaw earlier on friday. the bbc says it's doing everything it can to find aung thura, and that it takes the safety of all its staff in myanmar very seriously. it has called on the authorities to help locate him and confirm that he is safe. aung thura is an accredited bbc journalist with many years of reporting experience covering events in naypyidaw. the director of bbc news, international services, mary hockaday, has called on the authorities to confirm his safety: he was taking in their capital by unidentified men in plain clothes and we don't know where he has been taking too and we don't currentl

ms. hassan are you still with us?i am, i hope you can hear. >> can you talk about the impact of the so-called equality act which i think would probably be better titled the preferential treatment act then the equality act. >> yes, it is written that the religious freedom act will not be available as a credible source or a claim. when we think about the state and sort of the laboratories of how these kinds of protections for sexual orientation and gender identity work out, we see numerous situations play out and with this equality act by stripping those protections it puts the thumb on the scale against people of faith. the other thing that the equality act does, it expects to limit, that this statute by definition serves a compelling governmental interest. it tips the scale and a way that says to people of faith, you are not welcome, you are not welcome to serve, you are not welcome to bring your faith into the public square. it is unnecessary. we can protect the most vulnerable without telling people of faith that th

ms. hassan, some have argued that it may result in years of unnecessary protracted litigation for housesith and other entities and it would -- are they correct? >> thank you, senator. yes. those are correct concerns. if i could go back to a point earlier where he said in response to the chairman's question, the distinction he drew was it's not your church and your beliefs, and your ability to live your faith out in the public square. they talk about religious liberty, but freedom of action. and we have a robust civil society for people of all faiths , whether it is jewish or christian or catholic that contributes to caring for the most vulnerable because their faith inspires them to do so and religious freedom puts a number on it and they say the religious contributions to the economy amount to $1.2 trillion. so when we get to looking at things like substance abuse and recovery, things like that, we can see the dynamic difference that houses of worship make, the difference this makes in people's lives. so it inspires the government. more importantly it saves about 20,000 lives. and so, t

hassan. chair recognizes senator paul for your questions. senator paul: ms. young, we face a $27 trillion deficit. we are borrowing a little over $2 million every minute. that means we'll borrow $50 million in the next 25 minutes. it's extraordinary where we are. you have been vocal in your support for earmarks. we haven't done earmarks around here for a while when republicans were in charge. i think maybe it's important that we review where some of these earmarks have been going in the past. most people remember the bridge to nowhere. this was a $400 million on a bridge and road to nowhere. it served about 50 people in alaska. it was lampooned for years. there was also $350 million we spent on an a-3 rocket test stand in a senator's home state. it was completed in 2014, four years after the program it was designed to be used for was shuttered. earmarks don't have a great history in our country. we spent a million dollars on a former rest dance of thomas stone, a marginal historical figure who argued for reconciliation with the british. before signing the dec

ms. criswell. i look forward to welcoming you to georgia. senator hassan: thank you. we have a couple many members who are trying to make it back from other votes who would like to touch bases with you. while we see if those logistics work, why don't i ask you this, you have been to the last year of this pandemic, this critical frontline role in new york city. you have been talking with senators as you prepare for this nomination hearing and taking on the work if you are confirmed. are the things we haven't touched on yet you would like to bring up to the committee, or just update us on? ms. criswell: i appreciate that opportunity. new york city was really at the epicenter of the covid-19 response in the beginning. it is important to understand that, as we were going through that response in march and april before it started to improve in may is that, we were responding to the situation when we didn't know how bad bad was going to get. and making decisions at times each day, do i have enough staff, enough people, enough resources to get through the next 72 hours? as w

ms. criswell, we have a series of votes during this hearing. i'm going to have to leave to vote now. senator we have some -- senator hassan will not preside over the hearing. >> thank you, mr. chair. i want to and senator portman for convening this hearing. i also want to thank ms. criswell for coming before the committee today, for the service you have already provided for this country and to your community and for your continued interest in doing this kind of work. as our country grapples with the covid-19 pandemic, it is critical that this committee and the senate worked quickly to confirm a fema administrator so that the agency has the leadership it needs to make our country more resilient to all hazards and threats, including pandemics, natural disasters and terrorist incidents. before i proceed, i want to say that i echo senator portman's sentiments about ensuring that schools may receive fema funds for ppe dating back to the beginning of the pandemic. this is a bipartisan issue and i look forward to working with fema on it. now turning to my questions, to put an end to this pandemic, the federal government must, in

ms. hassan: mr. president, i believe that every single member of this body agrees that remote learning is taking an enormous toll on our students, teachers, and our students' families and that we need to safely get students back into the classroom. this amendment would ensure that educational agencies receiving relief funds will within 30 days develop and make publicly available a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction. i urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting in commonsense amendment to support an objective we all share -- getting our students safely back in their classrooms. mr. blunt: mr. president, last year congress provided nearly $68 billion in emergency funding for schools, about ten percent of that has been used. this bill provides another $126 billion, with no requirement that we get kids back to school. we know they need to be back in school. i think this amendment actually, if applied, almost ensures we won't get back to school this year. 30 days to come up with a p