when drafting this legislation, national congress of american indians urges congress to establish an assistant secretary for indian housing and housing in urban development that would streamline environmental rules, allow tribal housing programs, access sanitation funding. congress should permanently authorize tribal veterans assistance programs to ensure all native veterans receive the benefits they deserve. in conclusion, if congress does not act, is a sting tribal housing existing tribal housing will continue to deteriorate and tribes will be left vulnerable, as we have all sing during the covid-19 pandemic. thank you so much for allowing me to testify. >> thank you so much. we will now turn to mr. stevens. >> good morning. my name is adrian stevens. i am the acting chair of the board of directors of the national american ending housing council. i currently serve as the executive director of the nation housing authority. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before the senate to discuss tribal housing. i would like to thank chairwoman smith, ranking member arounds, and committee

nation's debt limit in july. wrong. democrats are now plotting to suspend the debt limit in order to pass what would be the most expensive bill ever passed by congressthis reckless borrowing and spending is driving up the prices of everyday goods as well as our national debt. and if democrats have their way, the taxes of hardworking americans, too. and with the federal fiscal year ending in mere days, another trillion dollar spending bill will probably be rushed through at the last minute to avoid a government shutdown because congress put off doing its work on time yet again. the democrats have their hands full before ■multiplefinancia crises, all of their own making. and their solution to each of these is the same. spend more money we don't have which only confounds the underlying problems. more spending results in higher taxes, increased prices, and even more debt. the scenario reminds me of that popular meme of a guy playing uno in which the whole aim of the game is to rid your hand of all of your cards. i love this game. i played it as a little girl at my grandma's house. played uno with all of my cousins. okay. so in the meme, he is seen holdi

represents an attack on democracy, constitutes criminal responsibility to be analyzed by the national congress. yes, north macedonia government is said to hold an emergency meeting on a 5 at top through a field hospital bills to treat corona, vice patients. at least 14 people have been killed in the blazing the city of oval . the prime minister says the fire followed an explosion. and more than a 1000000 people have been forced to flee floods in northern india with their pradesh state. want soon range submerged homes and residents are living in temporary shelters, on roads throughout victory, and say they're starving and a waiting government aid. those are the headlines on al jazeera, more news on our website, august era dot com. our next witness. ah, i lose . good morning, sarasota more ever. good morning. newtown it shipboard garage wake up. wake up september 11, 9. let me new day camera stir. something happened me. i'm pretty sure it's very something new. where were you on that day? i knew were our mother. we're sitting in the kitchen, she sticks and the breakfast sat and watched her to pla

and sadly to the african national congress, the a n c. my own party i was called in by a senior member of a n c's. national executive council, he said to me, look, andrew, this is a battle you cannot win. because this money bribes, we used to fund on 190909 election. and almost immediately, i'm off to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. so it's all i and i looked at him and i said, no, it's not i wouldn't be able to live with myself. if i stop this investigation. but at the same time, i'm also realizing that this is the end of my political career. the henderson government of the sales people in chief of their countries, large arms contractors. and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. i companies like be and not nice are effectively part of the government, but they're effectively above the law. corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade. it's actually in a lot of cases, what drives the international arms trade. many of these deals would not

he was elected secretary general within the african national congress. by the time he handed overpowered in 1949 like a day. and he was in such good standing that they could then kick off the defiance campaign of the 1950s. on our way to credit to go and update my mother. some activities that are beginning to show progress. i know you want me to be progress in so long, but it's just something that i can look out and get peace with can be until today. i know might have been 20 and then i would maybe see myself again in step leaving in my life in a month. then i have another meeting and then we'll get an update from from the hawks again to see how far they've gone with the investigation. then and then we'll see in the morning the family visit for the grave. the news of taylor's death affected them deeply. if we could have eric taylor ending day, telling the whole truth about what happened, that even that alone could have made me another person would have changed my life. would it take me out of the grief in the morning? that doesn't stop with me. when he c

it constitutes criminal responsibility, - to be analysed by the national congress.a meteorite. the meteorite came down in the english town of winchcombe in february. the section of the driveway dented by the space rock has now been removed in a lengthy process so that it can be displayed at the natural history museum in london. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbctimwillcox. hello there. our short spell of hot weather is coming to an end now. this picture was taken earlier in the night in sussex. this picture was taken during the day on wednesday in the scottish borders — where temperatures reached 29 celsius, making it the hottest september day in scotland since 1906. we had temperatures widely 29 celsius in england, into parts of wales as well. top temperature was recorded at heathrow airport — 30 celsius. it's very warm overnight as well. these are the temperatures by morning — this band of heavy and thundery rain continues to move northwards, clearing away quickly from east anglia, moving across northern england. those downpours ease off for a while as they he

represents an attack on democracy, constitutes criminal responsibility to be analysed by the national congressrt of a driveway struck by a meteorite. it came down in an english town in february. the section of the driveway dented by the space rock has now been removed in a lengthy process, so that it can be displayed at the natural history museum in london. claire marshall has the story. and the depths of the winter lockdown, something bright came to earth, a blazing fire ball from back in a deeper time, landing on a driveway in the cotswolds. it was a space rock a.6 billion years old. this is material from rock a.6 billion years old. this is materialfrom the rock a.6 billion years old. this is material from the very beginnings of our solar system. the last trace of that extraordinary interstellar journey has been lying here on it that driveway and winchcombe. today, the painstaking operation to preserve the landing site. they have cut all the tarmac out around whether meteorite landed. you can see how thick it is. now comes the delicate operation to try and get it out in one piece. it operati

the are one to national congress that he'd been strangled and they have been several attempts to murder the former military chief faust in chaos . but now wasa of morning sled speak to tear jen rudolf sing. we're a former chief of staff to president pork a gummy, who's been living in exile since they found out he's also a co founder of the one to truth commission joins us from washington. d. c. by skype. tell me what is likely to happen to pull recess at the beginning and now how severe could the sentence be were thank you for having me one. i must say that this is the time chuck to run to tragic story. and for us it's right. you know, to phase 25. yeah. authentic. simply confirms what has happened to me either before and this is no defense for this is not likely to be the last one. and sadly, because of his condition and his age, it's literally like car grammy has, you know, put on the death sentence to say that, you know, what can you tell us about his, his health. i'm not sure if you've had any contact with his daughter or any members of the family, but what can you tell us about the

represents an attack on democracy, constitutes criminal responsibility to be analyzed by the national congress. a start, she's derided as a towering symbol, have story racism has been brought down in the u. s. robert e lee serves as a general and what was the confederacy breakaway southern states that force in the american civil war to maintain slavery? alan fisher has report from richmond on the weight of history lifted from this part of america for more than a 100 years general, robert lee has looked out over richmond in virginia. reminder, this was the heart of the confederacy. the capital, the center of the insurrection. he led to present slavery. it continued domination of the skyline. a painful reminder. they're the step in the right direction that there is going to be the find high $1.03 of the symbol of life to why nationally. now it's going to be important. i suppose that accurate that same energy to make decisions and legislation. it took little time to remove the staff to the crow data gathered. didn't hide their satisfaction. ok. other confederate statutes and listen, i've been you

represents an attack on democracy, constitutes criminal responsibility to be analyzed by the national congress. me yes, president joe biden is expected to outline a plan to contain the fast spreading delta variance of cobit 19 us infections, or the highest since last winter. so hospitalizations and deaths driven mainly by cases among people who aren't vaccinated. few details of biden's plan have been released so far and the world health organization is again urging wealthy countries not to offer corona virus. booster shots, it's direct. the general says he's a poor many poor nations con, get jobs. while rich countries are considering 3rd doses, many poor countries are struggling to access enough vaccines to administer even the 1st round of shots. high income countries have promised to donate more than a $1000000000.00. but less than 15 percent of those, those have been materialized. manufacturers have promised to prioritize callbacks and low income countries. we don't want any more promises. we just want the vaccines vaccine developer novak has begun testing a combined flu, uncovered 19 vaccin

represents an attack on democracy, constitutes criminal responsibility to be analyzed by the national congress. yes, the trial of fail, bartuck found the elizabeth holmes has begun in california, and she is accused of swindling investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars through her deformed company serrato's. it made unfounded promises a rapid diagnosis of conditions including diabetes and cancer from a single drop of blood. in us president joe biden was planning to outline a plan to contain the fast spreading. delta variant of koby 19 us infections or at their highest since last winter. so hospitalizations and deaths driven many by cases among people who are not vaccinated. few details of biden's plan have been released so far. the world health organization is again urging wealthy countries not to offer corona virus. booster shots, director general says he's a poor, many poor nations can't get jobs while rich nations are considering 3rd doses. many poor countries are struggling to access enough vaccines to administer even a 1st round of shots. high income countries have promised to dona

the rwanda national congress said he had been strangled, but also been several attempts to murder the former military chief faust didn't come on by non wasa. well, i'll just err is malcolm web has more on the story now from kigali. the judge has been reading out the judgements in this court house and they said that recessive adeena is guilty of the various terror related charges that he was facing the incentive to 25 years in jail, along with 20 co accused around him who have been found guilty of various charges and given jail sentences that left jail sentences recess to begin himself isn't in the court that he refused to turn off and he's done. so for the last 6 months of hearing, because he said this trial wasn't sad or something that's been echoed by international observers as well. so he hasn't attended any of the hearing and it's supportive, including his daughter. he referred to a short while ago, completely rejected this child. they say it's not legitimate to this. burdick means nothing for us. our father was kidnapped, he was dragged across international border in violation of

represents an attack on democracy constitutes criminal responsibility to be analyzed by the national congress. yeah. 3 journalists have been arrested in moscow after protesting against what they phase of government crackdown on independent media rushes. justice ministry recently designated several outlet fast for an agents and impose more restrictions on them. media workers have been demanding that this be reverse. the kremlin denies its feifring press freedom. north macedonia government is said to hold an emergency meeting after a fire tor through our field hospital bill to treat crone of ice patients. at least 14 people have been killed in the blaze in the city of oval. the prime minister says the fire followed an explosion if unclear what caused the blast, but he could have been linked to oxygen supply. more than a 1000000 people have been forced to flee flood se northern india, who to pradesh, state monsoon reigned submerged homes and residents living in temporary shelters on road for victims, se, solving and awaiting government age. now women in india will now be allowed to apply for a p

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represents an attack on democracy, it constitutes criminal responsibility to be analysed by the national congressenage grand slam final could be on the cards as emma raducanu and leylah fernandez go through to the us open semis. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough. applause. translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: france's biggest—ever terrorism trial is underway. the only surviving assailant from the deadly 2015 paris terror attacks claims he is a soldier of the islamic state group. former us president donald trump has praised confederate commander robe

and i think it's all meant to be part of a key campaign leading up to the 20th chinese congress party national party congress. the next year in 2022. that will probably result in she g paying being given an unprecedented 3rd term as the leader of the chinese communist party at the general secretary as well as the president of the people's republic and the chairman of the central military session. here the thing though, i mean you mentioned specifically the online gaming the, the chinese authorities will say, well, these records regulations are really meant to protect children and adolescents. so could this just be seen as the beijing reaction to what it describes as social or cultural issues that are being caused by certain industries? it's so yes, i agree, that's what the chinese congress party will say and has that. and frankly, there is probably some truth to that, but if you take it as one part of an overarching campaign again, you know, in light of the crack down now on the entertainment industry as well. the, the, the crack down on tech companies, the cracked down on crypto currency. the

it's good for deterrence but the nation, congress, everybody wanted the agencies to get to the left side of the terrorist attack try to prevent it and have been extremely successful in doing that. most of it has been the global war on terrorism under the bush administration which continued until fairly recently and that was about going upstream and finding terrorist in places outside our borders where conspiracies are being plotted and training in etc.. we really diminished the capacity of al qaeda, isis, international terrorist organizations to project themselves into the united states except by the lone wolf, the inspired and perhaps mentally disturbed individuals who grab onto that ideology and grab some readily accessible rental car or truck and an ak-47 and conduct a terrorist attack and they are inspired overseas but that's been the limit to international terrorist activity in the united states. >> is dhs too much into domestic terrorism? >> the primary role of the department is to share information they are getting, open-source information and intelligence, classified intelligence

and said that think it's all meant to be part of a campaign. leading up to the 20th chinese congress party national party congress. and next year in 2022. that will probably result in c, g ping being given an unprecedented 3rd term as the leader of the chinese communist party at the general secretary as well as the president of the people's republic and the chairman of the central military mission. priests has lost one of its leading classical music figures composed mckissick thrilled. bacchus died on thursday in a career studying decades. he came to symbolize political resistance as well as the molten face of greek music, where he challenged looks back at his life. come on my boy, me its pluck strings again and its dance me instantly recognizable and instantly say greece. scott. mika said the ruckus didn't just soundtracks over the greek, the movie soundtracks his country to the world and with it countless greek holidays and to vern meals. ah, but this musical achievement was just one chapter, theatre offices near century and long life, life entirely, intertwined with greece, his turbulence, post

risk of terrorism and up a lot and basically the president decided not to brief congress about that to minimize them nationalurity risk. congress did not have the ability to do oversight, he could have prevented the debacle we are seeing. what you say? >> i think the way the president handles the evacuation, it wasn't about the american people for the sacrifice men and women in uniform made, it wasn't higher purpose or nobility, it was all about i want to make sure i don't get stuck with the black hawk down incident or i don't want to have hostages like they did iran were in evacuations like they did in saigon. it was all about joe i biden and blame somebody else and what i really wanted to hear from him, i wanted him to speak for a higher purpose and say to those men and women who fought and bled, their love front side, i wanted him to say your sacrifice was not in vain. we didn't create a brilliant modern democracy but your sacrifice was not in vain. instead it was petty, it was all about him and his decisions and blaming somebody else so iwh thk what he said today was emblematic of the 20 years of the eff

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the hardship felt by so many families in florida and across the great nation, president biden and the democratic chair and congress had zero interest in reducing the national debt and cutting the spending. democrats have shown a hard heartless disregard that they are dealing with right now. it's time we bring accountability to the federal spending. unlike the democratic colleagues, republicans have a solution focused approach to fixingpp america's debt crisis. we know that the federal government can and must pursue practical measures that make it easy and relatively painless to cut spending. we can start that right now. earlier this year i introduced the federal debt emergency control act which prevents washington from mindlessly spending by requiring the two thirds ofmi the vote to increase the debt before approving any bill with deficit spending terminating any funding for the stimulus bills back to the fund for the general reduction and tracking any bill reducing the debt by 5% over ten years. and today i'm joining my friend to reintroduce the full faith and credit act. this ensures that the u.s. government doe

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many of my colleagues in congress and the united nations have shared this as well. >> that is a great rundown of the key issues. we really appreciate that. they are all very important ones. i want to dig a little bit more into some of that in a minute. before we move on to north korea and the alliance, i feel like i should ask you, since everything these days is about korea and another country in central asia, with what has happened in afghanistan, i've gotten questions from reporters about what this means for u.s. security commitments to other countries including treaty allies like south korea. when they look at all the money and time and political investment in afghanistan. and to see it end this way. perhaps i can get both of your views on this question. i know a lot of people who are watching this from korea would have the same question about how you think this reflects -- or does it reflect on the credibility of the united states and treaty allies like south korea? >> to the audience in korea, i would tell them not to read into deeply on what ayden did in -- on what president bid

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fundamentally we stand for strong borders, smart immigration system that serves the national interest and will of law. laws that congress, duly signed by a president should be law of the land and should be enforced and prosecutorial discretion which gave us daca the prosecutorial discretion is not exercised to the detriment of our national interests. what is prosecutorial discretion, someone who exercises prosecutorial discretion prioritize but can't ignore entire class and that is what illegal border crossing is. the second time and third time are felonies. with this administration doesn't seem to care, this administration only cares about admitting as many people to this country as possible. the moderator has questions and maybe tom does too. that is where we are, where we were and where we are going and i wish jean was here, i am doing the rocks in the jar, the sand that fills in those gaps. >> elizabeth will be here with the microphone. lineup for questions. matt is happy to ask questions on immigration and we had a contemptuous time at the doj. i want to diminish an entity that is working clean immigration system i

here you go to congress can see inaccurate to the national security law. in 2020 dozen of democracy activists have been arrested and nearly all of hong kong, prominent opposition, politicians have been jails. hong kong leaders carry lam insists the law was necessary following months of sometimes violent anti government protests. the implementation of the national security law has effectively restore stability in the hong kong society government imposed in the in the lead up to 2 major anniversaries. one on one, although the home congress who refused to be silent while the old old young you got my about, how are you? oh i every year for more than 3 decades, hong kong victoria park would transform into a sea of lights on the anniversary of the gentleman crackdown. after the handover in 1997, the city became the only place in china where it could be openly commemorated. pay my point of becoming stock or from the juvenile that you had told me from a very young age. but that's my 1st experience of participating in a muslim label in the whole you layman with wha

congress designated national day of remembrance in 2007. oakland is grappling with its own violence crisis. the city recorded 102 homicides in less than nine months. that was the total for all of last year. the city reached the grim milestone after a double homicide early sunday. two brothers were shot and killed in front of their home at the intersection of high street and pompous avenue. >> we have to separate each other. we can't separate like oh that's not my problem because it's in the flat land. it is our problem. as oakland citizens, it is our problem and we have to help each other through it. >> on the other side of town, community members held a vigil to remember lives lost and call for unity. >>> in fire watch today, crews getting a better handle on the fawn fire burning now in shasta. thousands remain displaced. other than 140 structures have been destroyed but there is some improvement. containment has gone up to 50%. the fire has torched more than 8500 acres. >>> the devastating wildfire season is adding fuel to property insura

national interests and then later on in article one, congress is supposed to provide for these tools, you know, an army, a navy and now space force and cyber command and those sorts of things, right? so when we have a situation like afghanistan and we have the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs and so forth, saying that we can do things or we can't do other things, it should call people to question whether the president of any party or any time really knows the capabilities of this tool and whether we can physically go in and do things that the public would expect their tax dollars would have made possible, if that makes sense. >> we do an odd thing in our constitution, and that is we divide responsibility. we say that congress has the authority to declare war and to raise and fund an army and navy, but then we say that the president is the one who is the commander-in-chief and he has to take charge of that in time of war. is that division of power between the legislative branch and the executive branch, is that still practical today in an environment of instant de

many of my colleagues in congress and the united nations have shared this as well. >> that is a great rundown of the key issues. we really appreciate that. they are all very interesting. i want to dig a little bit more into some of that in a minute. before we move on to north korea and the alliance, i feel like i should ask you, since everything is about korea and another country in central asia, with what is happened in afghanistan, i've gotten questions from reporters about what this means for u.s. security agreements including treaty allies like south korea. they got all the money and time and political investment in afghanistan. perhaps i can get both of your views on this question. i know a lot of people who are watching this would have the same question about how you think this reflects -- or does it reflect on the credibility of the united states and treaty allies like south korea? rep. bera: to the audience in korea, i would tell them not to read into deeply on what ayden did in afghanistan. we are a democracy, and we have resources. i think we must let a fly on its own. korea

the defiant home congress with the term and to go ahead. the national security law was be away from being unit 2, then this is our right. and we would do it the size of and go into record the like i said, the town during the act of civil disobedience. 7 thousands of people, including some of hong kong, best known democracy activities, to pass on official visual, attended peacefully. but then can be arrest the police charge $26.00 back to this with participating in an unlawful assembly. child hung tone was one of them. i. she refused to plead guilty, but for activists do so. and in may this year i'll give them sentences of up to 10 months, imprison outside the law, courts, chow and says they've done nothing wrong to fall. it's coming again. we have been lighting candles and we've told me a powerful 31 years. i mean, we'll continue this for a 2 year, but it's not to be police. spend a memorial citing yet again. kofi 19 restrictions. 3 days before june, the 4th hong kong chief executive, kerry lam, issues this warning seen by many as a veiled threat aimed