against the massive actions off communities on the city's waterfront protest as marched to the state house of assembly to deliver petitions to their elected representatives tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in recent weeks with most big event no head of housing the government say as they took the step because criminal gangs were tapping into oil pipelines at the site causing damage to the economy. but critics say the government wants to sell the land to developers. surveying the damage. these nigerian navy personnel are showing reporters why they recently evicted thousands of residents from this site in lagos. this the commander explains is one of more than 100 illegal oil wells. the military says there's evidence all over this village of thieves stealing oil from pipelines and that the government is determined to put a stop to it that want to see it in. the partridge the kind of. britain it is is a country. the government also wants to avoid more scenes like this at least 3 died in this explosion at a pipeline after botched efforts to siphon off oil and it's one of man

pursuant to house resolution 776, the chair appoints the following members to the committee to notify the president of the united states that a quorum of the house has assembled and that the house is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i send to the desk a priveleblinged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 777, resolved, that the clerk of the house inform the senate that a quorum of the house is present and that the house is ready to proceed with business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the resolution is agreed to and the motion to econsider is laid on the table. mr. hoyer: i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house resolution 778, resolved unless otherwise ordered the daily meeting shall e 2:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. if no legislative business was conducted on the preceding monday on wednesdays a t

of the house committee serving his 15th. he served on civil rights and liberty for 13 years. before congress, mr. nadler served in the new york state of assembly for 16 years. a senior member of the house judiciary, serving her 13 years in congress. this is her third impeachment as a committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the committee, the clinton impeachment and now as as manager in this impeachment for president trump. >> chairman jeffery, currently serving his fourth terms in congress. he's the member of the house judiciary committee. he served in the assembly of new york for six years, private practice, mr. jeffery, the southern district of new york. congresswoman deming of florida. she's a member of both the house select committee on intelligence and the house traditional committee. miss deming is serving her second terms in congress. >> congressman jason crowe of colorado on services committee. mr. crowe serves our country greatly as an army ranger in iraq and afghanistan before running for congress mr. crowe was a respected litigator in private practice and colorado. congresswoman sylvia garcia of texas, she's a mem

term and with those ancestors harvard educated , three years in the state house and in the state assembly and senate and the member of congress and in the arbitration claims but of course by comparison and is largely forgotten. and that did elude him. but the bullet points but to the earlier political culture , you don't seek greatness but charles francis was never comfortable with. he married very well he married abigail brown books the daughter of a shipping magnate. and had two sisters and adams had an important career and because of that competition and charles francis never warmed up very much. but complained that he had to buy a smaller house and he wanted. and his diary is amazing. and he had a mistress but he continued to court her and he cut off that relationship. but not until she agreed to marry him. but this is what made charles francis the man that he was. so in 18 oh nine the new president james madison the first ever minister to russia and grandmother abigail that they would not go with mom and dad. and then to be named after the late president george washington so she resented that george washington w

nadler served the new york state assembly for 16 years. , chair of theren house committee on house administration that has jurisdiction over federal elections. her third impeachment. as a staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair hakeem jeffries of new york. jeffries is the chair house democratic caucus and is serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress he served in the assembly of new york for six years. an accomplished litigator and private practice before running for office. mr. jeffreys clerked for the honorable howard bare, jr. for the southern district of new york. congresswoman val demings of florida. she's a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demings is serving her second term in congress. as the orlando police department for 27 years. part of that time as the first woman police chief in orlando. congressman jason crow of colorad

before congress he served at the new york state assembly for 16 years. the chair of the house committee on house administration which has restriction over federal elections is a senior member of the house judiciary committee, she is serving her 13th term in congress, this is her third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment. and chairman how king jeffries of new york, he is currently serving his fourth term in congress, he is a member of the house judiciary committee, before being in congress he served in the assembly of new york for six years, an accomplished litigator, in private practice before running for office. he clerked for the honorable .oward bayer jr. of new york congresswoman val demings of of the, she's a member house permanent select committee on intelligence, and the house judiciary committee. she is serving her second term in congress. before congress she served in the orlando police department for 27 years, part of that tim

state assembly for 16 years. chair zoe lofton, chair of the house committee on house administration which has jurisdiction over federal elections is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. miss lofgren is serving her 13th term in congress. this is her third impeachment. as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair hakeem jeffries of new york, he is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years. an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elective office. mr. jeffries clerked for the honorable howard baer jr. for the southern district of new york. congresswoman val demings of florida. congresswoman val demings is a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. miss demings is serving her second term in congress. befo

all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment on assembly of the united states, sitting for the trial of impeachment exhibited bythe house of representativesagainst donald john trump , president of the united states . >> the majority leader is recognized. >> the senate will conduct up to eight hours of questions to the parties delivered in writing to the chief justice. after all manner the two sides will alternate and answers should be kept to five minutes or less. the majority side will lead off with a question from the senator from maine. >> mister chief justice. >> the senator is recognized. >> i send a question tothe desk . on behalf of myself, senator murkowski and senator romney. >> this is a question for the council for the president. if president trump had more than one motive for his alleged conduct such as the pursuit of personal political advantage, rooting out corruption and the promotion of national interest, how should the senate consider more than one motive in its assessment of article 1? >> mister chief justice, senators, in response that question there are really two layers to my answer. cause i like to

state assembly for 16 years. wow. chair lofton is a senior member of the house judiciary committee and is serving her 13th term in congress. this is her third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment. as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair hakeem jeffries of new york. he's the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years. and an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for office. he clerked for the honorable howard baer jr. for the southern district of new york. congresswoman val demings of florida. she's a member of the house permanent select committee intelligence and she's serving her second term in congress. before congress she served as the orlando police department for 27 years, part of that time as the first woman police chief in orlando. congressman jason crowe of colorado is a member of the house armed ser

of affordable housing throughout the inland empire. apart from her work in the housing coalition, she served in the california state assembly and chosen to serve as chair of the democratic caucus. she then went on to serve as director of the california department of housing and community development and later appointed c.e.o. for the campaign on affordable housing. her work has not gone unnoticed. we wish you a happy retirement, julie, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: i rise to honor the life of dr. king being his birthday. dr. king has become synonomous with the civil rights movement and making sure that each of us are treated equally. the strong christian beliefs inspired positive social change. and nation plagued by identity politics, it is as relevant now as it was during the 1960's. he demonstrated to the world it's not the color of skin but the nature of their char

two houses of congress assemble in the hall of the house of representatives on tuesday february 4, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of receiving such communication as the president of the united states shall be pleased to make to them. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house shall be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i rise today with the california delegation in solidarity to speak about the terrible loss our community has endured and to honor the lives of those who perished on sunday. we are all heart broken by the loss of life as this week our neighbors lost parents, children, friends, coaches and heroes in a horrific accident. lissa and john ol belly. kobe bryant and peyton and sarah chester, christina mauser. they were all connected by the love of the game and sports bein

state assembly for 16 years. chair lofgren, chair of the house committee on administration, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. mrs. lofgren is serving her 13th term in congress. this is chairwoman lofgren's third impeachment, as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair jeffries of new york, is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years, an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elected office. mr. refuse jees clerked for the honorable bear junior for the southern district of new york. congresswomen demmings of florida, congresswoman is both a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demming is serving her second term in congress. before that she served

nadler served in the new york state assembly for 16 years. wow. chair of the house committee on house administration, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. ms. loughlin is serving her 15th term in congress. this is chairwoman's third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer from the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of the president, trump. chairman hakeem jeffries is a member of the democratic caucus and serving his fourth term in congress. he is a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years. an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elected office. mr. jeffreys clerked for the honorable judge in new york. congresswoman demmings of florida is a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demmings is serving her second term in congress. before congress

state assembly for 16 years. wow. chair zo loftman chair of the house jury of administration, which has federal elections, serving her 13th term in congress. this is chairwoman lofkin's third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee, in the clinton impeachment and as a manager in this impeachment of the of president trump. and chair chairman hofries. he's a member of the house judiciary committee before being in congress he served in the assembly of widespread for six years and an accomplished litigator in private practice for running for elective office. mr. jeffrey clerk the honorable howard bear junior of new york district court for the southern district of new york. congresswoman val-deming of florida, congresswoman val demings is a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demings serving her second term in congress, before congress and demings served as the orlando police department for 27 years part of that time, as fir

assembly. we developed a friendship which has endured through our work together in the state house, the u.s. house of representatives, and during his service as our georgia senator. throughout his career he's not viewed issues from a partisan perspective. but from the good of all americans. johnny served as a republican in both chambers of georgia's state legislature but he was appointed by georgia's democratic governor, zell miller, to be chairman of the georgia state board of education. his integrity, his kindness, are invaluable qualities in a legislator and have no doubt been a defining measure of his success. am honored to call johnny my friend. we will miss him in the delegation. his loss will be felt deeply. but we can all agree that he is very much deserving of a happy retirement spent with his wife diane and their children and grandchildren and we wish you the best, johnny. the poet said, isn't it strange in clouds and kings of paper and saw dust rings, and ommon people like you and me must build and make each stone a stumble block or steppingstone. people in georgia and across the world are

state assembly for 16 years. chairs the loft then chairs a lot of french air they have committee on house administration which has jurisdiction over federal elections is a senior member of the house judiciary committee miss lofgren is serving her 13th term and congress this is chairwoman laughlin's 3rd impeachment. committee staffer and the nixon impeachment as a member of the judiciary committee. and the clinton and commitment and now as a manager and this impeachment of president. trump chair how came jeffries of new york chairman hakeem jeffries is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his 4th 4th term and congress is a member of the house judiciary committee before being in congress he served in the assembly of new york for 6 years and accomplished a litigator in private practice before running for elective office mr jeffords geoffrey's church for clerked for the honorable howard baird jr of new york district court for the southern district of new york congresswoman valve denny deming's of florida congresswoman deming is a member of both the house permanent select committee on inte

of slowing down. we flipped two seats in the house and two seats in the state senate. this is the first democratic controlled assembly in 25 years in virginia. and it's the first trifecta since 193. and we're already seeing incredible progress just yesterday. and this is something that actually brought me to tears to be very honest when i was driving home. i listened to the wmau story where i heard eileen's voice swlun who we worked so closely to flip the state luggetchure passing the vote to pass the equal rights amendment. something that in my mother's generation thought stalled forever and now passed the irginia legislate chure -- legislature. we're excited. there have been bills filed moving gun safety, lgbtq protection and just a wide array of democratic priorities. this is a state where we're going to see dra make it changes. the numbers are impressive. we'd like to show you what this actually likes like. these were the members serving in 2017. and now let's show you the members in the exact same districts that are serving after 2019. this is a remarkable change. let's see that one more time. before 2017. and n

of slowing down. we flipped six seats in the house and two seats in the state senate. this is the first democratic-controlled assembly in 25 years in virginia. and it's the first trifecta since 1993. and we're already seeing incredible progress just yesterday and this is something that actually brought me to tears to be very honest when i was driving home. i listened to the wmae story where they -- where i heard eileen fillercorn's voice someone we worked with so closely to work the state legislature count being the votes to pass the equal rights amendment. something that in my mother's generation we thought had stalled forever. and now passed the virginia legislature. it was impossible to pass with republican control. house and senate. and now they did it. so we're excited and i think we'll see further progress in virginia. there have been bills filed in virginia moving gun safety legislation, lgbtq protections and a wide array of democratic priorities. this is a state where we're going to see dramatic changes. the numbers are impressive. but we would like to show you what this actually looks like. the faces -- thes

of slowing down. we flipped six seats in the house and two seats in the state senate. this is the first democratically controlled assemblyn 20 years. we are seeing incredible progress. when i was driving home, i listened to the new story where i heard someone who we worked so closely to flip the state legislator counting the votes to pass the equal rights amendment. something in my mother's generation, we thought had stalled forever. and now they did it. we are excited and will see further progress in virginia and there are bills moving gun safety legislation, lgbtq protection and a wide array of democratic priorities. this is a state where we will see some dramatic changes. the numbers are impressive. and these are the members serving before 2017 and let's show you the members in the exact same district that are serving after 2019. this is a remarkable change. let's see that one more time. before 2017 and now after 2019. this is a sea change in terms of representative democracy in virginia. and this is the most diverse in virginia history. nationally, we are leading across the country in diversity and no comparison. sin

state's goals for stronger gun laws, raising the minimum wage, decriminalizing marijuana possession and increasing funding for public schools. his remarks are [ applause ]. >>> joint assembly please be seated. as speaker of the house of delegates and president of the joint assembly, it is my pleasure to present to you the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph s. northam. [ applause ] . >> thank you all. well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. happy new year and thank you for the warm welcome. to my wife pam, lieutenant governor fairfax, attorney general harrion, justices of the supreme court, newly elected members, old friends of my cabinet and staff, thank you all for your service to our commonwealth. and good evening to madame speaker and madame president. >>> the chamber looks pretty good from up here, doesn't it? you know, it's a proud moment to look out and see a general assembly that reflects more than ever the virginia that we see every day. this is -- [ applause ] this is truly an historic night. just one week ago, we closed a decade that sometimes challenged our fundamental beliefs and even made us question what it means to live in a changing america. so tonight let us recall som

relatively slimmed down war cabinet assembled at the white house with him to go over what was happening. that included defense secretary esper, the secretary of state mike pompeo, who is having outsized influence in the iran strategy in recent days. vice president pence was there and others. they were twrrying to assess th damage. there was an effort according to my reporting with my colleagues, ashley parker and josh dawsey, to convince the president, to explain to the president that things were not spiraling out of control that they might have seen if you were watching television news, but that there were not mass casualties. in fact, the president was very interested in discovering whether there were any casualties at all. and there was an effort to get him to sort of take his time, to be judicious, to be measured in how he responded to this. there were reports early on in the evening because white house officials were letting out word that they were preparing for a possible presidential address to the nation that would have occurred sometime tonight. bu tn stephanie grisham, the white house press secretary, announced that there would in fact no

detailing how he assembled his legal team, a team peorm well on television.d tell us more about the -- >> what it could be like in the united states senate over the next couple of weeks with the houseanagers releasing and filing with the clerk of the senate the document that is essentially the trial brief that is a road map for how they plan to proceed over the next couple weeks. and a lot of this is information we've heard before. some of it is about the facts. some of it is about the procedures relating to impeachment. and some of it is about the guidance from the framers of the united states constitution, the house democrats summing it all up, essentially saying that this is a situation that is a nightmare or would have been a nightmare for the united states framers of the constitution. there is a lot of information we've heard before throughout the impeachment of the president, but there's also some reference to new information. as a matter of fact, one of the things the house democrats talk about in their brief file today is about that report just last week from the gao indicating that in gao's view, the trump administration broke the law by withholding that almost 400 million

around your state when you guys going to issue the rules of the road for auditing 2020 in case there are any issues? secretary raffensperger: the way house bill 316 was written in the general assembly, this year, the audit process is a pilot audit. we have already began risk limiting audits for the mean support elections in the fall. that is the process we have started with. we had several officials that went up to virginia and observed their process. we have implemented many of those measures. we have already had a task force around audits and what that process will be. we will have that defined. will be codifying that in the state election board meetings next year. this year, our big lift will be having statewide mentation of the new system and doing audits -- statewide implementation of the new system. we want to implement that as soon as possible. colorado began their process in 2010. they kept on adding additional counties. we would do it faster than colorado because we can learn from states that are ahead of us on this. we endorse a culture of auditing, which we talk about in our second panel. i want to make sure we have time for other questions as well. secretary, chairman o

state assembly for 16 years. which has jurisdiction over federal elections, a senior member of the house judiciary committee.serving her 13th term in congress. this is her third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee, and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair hakeem jeffries of new york. chairman hakeem jeffries is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his fourth term in congress. he's a a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress he served in the assembly of new york for six years, and accomplished litigator and private practice before running for elected office. mr. jeffries clerked for howard berry jr. for the southern district of new york. congressman val demings of florida. congresswoman val demings is a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. as deming's is serving her second term in congress. before congress, she served as an orlando police department for 27 years. part of that time as first wo

commanded to keep silent on penalty of imprisonment and the impeachment assembled by the house of representatives against donald j. trump, president of the united statesority leader is recognized. >> our colleagues -- no motions were filed this morning, so we will proceed to the house managers presentation. we will go for approximately two hours and take a short recess when there is an appropriate break time between presenters. >> pursuant to the provisions of senate resolution 483, the managers for the house of representatives have 24 hours to make the presentation of their case. the senate will now hear you. >> mr. chief justice, senators, counsel for the president and my fellow house managers, i want to begin for thanking you, chief justice, for a very long day, for the way you presided over these proceedings, and i want to thank the senators also. we went well into the morning, as you know, until i believe, around 2:00 in the morning, and you paid attention to every word and argument you heard from both sides in this impeachment trial. i know we are both deeply grateful for that. it was an exhausting day for us certainly but we have adrenaline goi

state assembly for 16 years. chair zoloft and, chair of the committee on administration is a senior member of the house administration in this impeachment of the president. chair hakeem jeffries is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is now serving his fourth term in congress. he is a member of the housejudiciary term in congress. he is a member of the house judiciary committee, term in congress. he is a member of the housejudiciary committee, for being in congress he served in the assembly of newark for six years. an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elected office, he clocked for the honourable howard berrickjunior of new york district court for the southern district of new york. congresswoman val del mings of florida, a member of both the house the permanent select committee and the permanent select committee and the housejudiciary the permanent select committee and the house judiciary committee. the permanent select committee and the housejudiciary committee. miss deming is serving her third term in congress, before which she served in 0rlando as the first woman police chief.