. >> host: here to help all of us explore the issues that your subcommittee is facing is chris roderigo with the hill and covers technology. >> thank you for having me. >> guest: hello, chris. >> just before getting into the policy specifics i was curious to know how the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the priorities of you and your subcommittee. >> guest: yeah, well, it's obviously made it much more difficult to schedule hearings and to do our normal course of business. we had a hearing last week on disinformation and i'm sure that something we will talk about later in the program. we don't, at this time as i am speaking, know when our next hearing will be scheduled. there are six committees in the energy and commerce and there is also a limited amount of floor time as we move into the august recess and leadership wanting to get certain pieces of legislation to the floor so those will take precedent in depending on who's committee or subcommittee they are in. its normal operations and maybe more difficult but we are learning this technology using zoom and web acts and other medias to

chris mills roderigo of "the hill."nk you both for being on "the communicators." >> thank you. ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app and be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily "washington journal" programs or through social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. ♪ american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland at howardng his time university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee and serving the secretary-general of the 1970 4/6 pan african congress. theunday on real america, 1963 news report the american news r

peter: here to help us explore the issues is chris roderigo.e is with "the hill," and covers technology. chris: ask for having me. i'm curious to know how the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the priorities of you and your subcommittee. representative doyle: it has obviously made it much more difficult to schedule hearings and do our normal course of business. we had a hearing last week on this information. i'm sure we will talk about that later. we don't at this time know when our next hearing is going to be. there are six committees on energy and commerce, all competing for spots. there is also a limited amount of time left as we move into the recess, leadership 20 to get certain legislation to the floor, so those will take precedence, depending on the committee or subcommittee, so it has made the normal operations of the committee more difficult. but we are all learning this technology, zoom, webex and other media to conduct our hearings, and have been able to do it without many glitches. chris: do you see the potential for digital hearings

the philippines president roderigo deter has defended his government's response to the coronavirus pandemic saying it prevented between one and 3000000 extra infections in his annual state of the nation address mr to 30 also highlighted the success of the law but admitted they were slow to roll out testing the speech comes as around 2000 people gathered outside a university in manila to protest against his policies deterred has been accused of mishandling the response to the pandemic and criticized over a new antiterrorism law. has the latest now from manila. over the last few years the state of the nation speeches of president through the good that there are to have been overshadowed by protests and they were usually much bigger and much more widespread in the we compared to this year from the very beginning also because of the coronavirus pandemic polices threatened protesters that if anybody appeared in the street with a placard or poster that they will arrest them without a warrant immediately so majority of these protesters over a 1000 of them troop to the university of the philippines

counter-terrorism bill that critics say in dangerous civil liberties and may result in an abuse of power roderigo to terence a push to fast track the legislation which he says is needed to fight terrorism here today for the latest headlines on al jazeera up next the a.j. selects and it's a series of sort of documentaries on people's complex relationships with drugs that's coming up next thanks for watching but by. my baggie was my drug. if i add my drugs. i do everything if i don't have my drug i cannot do anything. i've been using drugs since 34 year that the game is we're selling drugs or the ground girls are the biggest. i don't 1516 i say using majorana after they came on. and because one of my friends were using brown introduced me to brown i mean. i can see an amazing way luckier than a good job. and educated. little you know on the record in these areas buying smack. no i would do a chemist. if you could get people to go for their medicines or table people is go and it's really see it and go with the money and get your drug to. somebody because . if you go to the chemist and he knows you t

philippines president roderigo to say defends his response to the coronavirus pandemic but critics insist he's failing. china takes control of what was the.

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philippines president roderigo to turkey defends his response to the coronavirus pandemic but critics insist he's failing. china takes control of what was the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu after it shut down in a worsening diplomatic dispute also ahead. of the biggest thing has be untold suffering. in tanzania an opposition leader almost killed 3 years ago returns from exile hoping to run in the forthcoming elections and i'm stunned how much with all the sport events crowned the italian again christian or another helps his team came to syria title for a 9th straight season. before we get into our top stories a developing story coming to us breaking news out of israel where the army says there's been a quote security incident along the northern border with lebanon yet to go into any detail of exactly what's happened but israelis living along the border have been told to stay indoors let's take you live to western islam and al jazeera is correspondent there harry forsett harry what do we know. well as you say the official information coming from the israeli military is pretty li

about 200 people have protested in manila a day after the philippines president roderigo to turn 18 signed a widely opposed anti terror law. critics fear the legislation will be used to silence dissent and give the government a new weapon to target opponents the law which congress sends the president to signing last month allows the detention of suspects for up to 24 days without being charged. we feel that. we have where one of us be wrong against critics of the administration and against anyone who stands in the way of their mean to speak our mind yet. the philippines has imposed 48 in areas of manila to deal with new coronavirus infections that the most severe restrictions put in place since measures began to be easy for weeks ago. reports from manila. this is what a total lockdown looks like in one of manila's busy areas more than $7000.00 people in this community have been ordered to stay at home for 48 hours more than 30 villages across manila were told days ago that they wouldn't be allowed to leave their homes starting on saturday unless it's an emergency. in smaller alleys like th

saying it prevented between one and 3000000 extra infections in his state of the nation address roderigo to 30 also highlighted the success of the lockdown but admitted the authorities were slow to roll out testing the speech came around 2003 government protesters gathered outside a university in manila. up next it's talk to al-jazeera also you from 10 g. tomorrow until then. as protests rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation and campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the u.s. elections on a. c. i . i. also known as is one of brazil's most popular politicians he was sworn in as president in 2003 and remain in office for 8 years. the former labor union leader is known to have lifted millions of people out of poverty a champion of the poor in one of the most unequal countries in the world. was imprisoned in 2018 accused of corruption and money laundering in the carwash investigation that saw dozens of politicians and busi

counter-terrorism bill that critics say in dangerous civil liberties and may result in an abuse of power roderigo the territory pushed to fast track the legislation which he says is needed to fight terrorism the law bypasses normal legal processes and gives a special counsel the right to decide what is terrorism and order arrests without warrants suspects can be held without charge for up to 24 days jimmie the other dog and has more from manila. from the time it was passed by congress when it was certified as urgent a few weeks ago there has been major public outrage here because they basically the fear by many not even the critics of the administration but ordinary citizens is that it may be used against members of the opposition those who criticize the government and the sea basically the per your duty but the bill at the law was for your ties as urgent by congress was also misplaced the priority and ill timed this was able to pass a head of the much needed economic reforms that congress need to pass at a time of a global pandemic one of the major issues as mentioned really is to us is is is th

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the philippines president roderigo to has signed into law contentious counterterrorism measures the critics say could endangered civil liberties and result in an abuse of power mr says the legislation is needed to fight modern day terrorism police to bypass the court system and to arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days to experience it against his own opponents and the gun has more now from the capital manila. from the time it was passed by congress when it was certified as urgent a few weeks ago there has been major public outrage here because they basically the fear by many not even the critics of the administration but ordinary citizens is that it may be used against members of the opposition those who criticize the government and they say basically the priority but the bill at the law was for your ties as urgent by congress was also misplaced the priority and your time this was able to pass a head of the much needed economic reforms that congress needs to pass at a time of a global pandemic one of the major issues as mentioned really is 2

counterterrorism bill that critics say and dangerous civil liberties that may result in an abuse of power roderigo to terence a push to fast track the legislation which he says is needed to fight terrorism here today for the latest headlines on al-jazeera up next a.j. selects and it's a series of short documentaries on people's complex relationships with drugs that's coming up next thanks for watching but i. would like drugs. if i have my drugs. i do everything i don't have my growth i cannot do anything to.

protesters are gathering in the philippines ahead of president roderigo deter days annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at the university of the philippines protests outside congress are banned that's where to turn today we'll speak in the coming hours he's been criticized for his handling of the debt and the new door which gives police sweeping pose to wrestle suspects without warrant or a charge. south korea is marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war nearly 70 years ago more than 3000000 people were killed in that conflict which never saw participants sign a formal peace treaty u.n. is it to hold its own ceremony at the demilitarized zone and a few hours time commemorations are also expected in north korea robin wright has more from seoul on the continued residence the conflict still has on the peninsula . of course $22.00 nations came to the defense of south korea led by the united states under the united nations. it was hoped to the number of those veterans would have made the journey here to south korea that's not possible of cour

in the philippines where hundreds of protesters are gathering in the capital ahead of president roderigo to tertius annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at the university of the philippines protests outside congress a band that's where to turn table speak in the coming hours he's expected to lay out his plans for the coming year the president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and for a new law which gives police sweeping palls to wrestle specs without warrant or a charge. or more let's cross live now to jim miller of bogun who is covering those protests in manila you may know what situation there where you are. well 8 kim i am inside the university of the philippines the biggest the university in the country where protests are being held this is about a few kilometers away from the philippine congress where the president is expected to speak in the coming hours now there are about hundreds of protests here from protesters here from different organisations and they are going to stay there for another hour or so until they converge in another area

are concerned it endangers civil liberties and may be abused to target opponents of the president roderigo to his government legislation allows police to bypass the court system so they can arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held for 3 weeks $24.00 days without charge which it is a manila based political scientist and author he says the definition of terrorism here in this law is very broad to begin with there are safeguards within this law with regards to abuses of human rights but the problem is the political and institutional environment in the philippines i mean you have reports of thousands of extra judicial killings in the country despite the fact that you have very strict laws that are supposed to ensure jew process and human rights and the problem with this new law is that even though there are certain legal safeguards its definition of terrorism is extremely broad and if you look at section 4 of the proposed law for instance in these initial draft it says that if security forces deem certain exercises of civil and political rights as posing risk to public safety then th

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