government she was chair of the federal reserve in the obama administration and the white house council of economic affairs under bill clinton. on the senate foreign relations committee has confirmed to me blinken secretary of state paving the way for a full senate vote during his confirmation hearing blinken said he'll order a review off the decision to designate yemen's who the rebels as a terror group dozens of people in the netherlands have been arrested as protests against lockdown measures on a curfew continued for the night there. was riley's national day has also been marked by protesters demonstrators rallied in sydney they call national day invasion day because it remembers the moment british ships arrived to colonize the island the indigenous aboriginal people were murdered robbed in the process. as he had lines coming up next the stream. american people have finally poking around here as i slid one of their cars of our world becomes more dangerous the world is looking at us with a mixture of sadness and. with the election behind us while the republican party dumptruck your weekly take on u.s. p

white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough nominated for secretary of veterans affairs testified -- testifies before this veteran -- senate veterans affairs committee. listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, the director of the white house economic council previous president biden's economic orders aimed at helping american families struggling to read the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke with reporters for about 25 minutes. jen: good afternoon, everyone. happy friday. today we are joined by the national economic director, brian deese, who will highlight some key aspects of the executive orders the president jen: good afternoon, everyone. happy friday. today we are joined by the national economic director, brian deese, who will highlight some key aspects of the executive orders the president is issuing today related to the economy and underline their impact on american families and workers. brian is kind enough to take a few questions. he does have to go to a briefing but with the president so i will be the bad cop and come up when he has to cut it off. i want to take a couple minutes to talk about the executive actions that the president will take today. we will start with a little bit of context. our economy is at a very precarious moment.

white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough nominated for secretary of veterans affairs testified -- testifies before this veteran -- senate veterans affairs committee. listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, the director of the white house economic council previous president biden's economic orders aimed at helping american families struggling to read the covid-19 pandemic. he spoke with reporters for about 25 minutes.

white house chief of staff nominated for secretary of veterans affairs. thursday 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, one hearing for two nominees marsha for sec. of involvement in this area nominated for two, council of economicwatch the confirmation hearing on c-span c-span three. on-demand c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. listen to c-span podcasts, weekly. this week, former chief of staff in the h.w. bush administration and former deputy chief george w. bush administration's biden chief of staff. >> pay attention to the decisions being made by the president you don't want the president making government decisions. president should be making presidential decisions, not every settlement decision. to be blamed for every government decision but the president should be making presidential decisions and getting ready to make tough financial decisions of making government is, to make sure people government decision making him the right way. >> c-span the weekly, where you get your podcast. >> you are watching c-span2, until the c-span do created by american cable television company and today brought to you by television companies to provide c-span2 debeers as a public service. ♪♪ >> next, senator angu

white house office of intergovernmental affairs. you have been fantastic with us. the team worked with the transition. thank you again for helping us so much. thank you. brian deese, director of the national economic council. welcome to you both and thank you for making this time. it has been a little bit busy for you this week. we are happy to be aligned with president biden and understand the urgency facing states and local governments. he expressed that clearly after we met with him after the election. he understands we need flexibility and direct fiscal assistance to fight the pandemic, close the budget shortfalls, keep our front line workers on the job and spur community-based recovery. president biden understands how important cities are to the economic health and prosperity of our nation, our u.s. metro economies represent 90% of gross domestic product, 88% of jobs and 90% of wages. in short, cities are the engines of the american economy and key to america's future prosperity. last year, the conference went all out to rally support for direct fiscal aid but the funding did not make it into the covid relief package because it december was tied to other issues where agreement to could not be reached

white house obama chief of staff dennis mcdonagh, nominated for secretary of dennis -- veterans affairs. when hearing for two nominees. ohio congresswoman marcel futch for secretary of housing and urban development, and cecilia rouse, nominated for council of economic advisers. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span and c-span3, on at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, i look at public school funding during the coronavus

white house chief of staff denis mcdonough nominated secretary of veterans affairs. on thursday, one hearing for two nominees, marsha l fudge for housing urban and development and cecelia rouse for council of economicadvisors. watch confirmation hearings live on c-span and c-span 3, on demand at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> you're watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide to c-span2 as a public service. >> the second impeachment of former president trump moved to the senate as that body received house impeachment matters headed by congressman jamie raskin. it began mr. raskin reading the resolutions of high crimes and misdemeanor stemming from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. here is mr. raskin leading eight others to the capitol and onto the senate floor. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

white house obama chief of staff dennis mcdonagh, nominated for secretary of dennis -- veterans affairs. when hearing for two nominees. ohio congresswoman marcel futch for secretary of housing and urban development, and cecilia rouse, nominated for council of economic advisers. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span and c-span3, on at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, i look at public school funding during the coronavirus pandemic. education policy experts and san antonio's independent school district superintendent joined the american enterprise institute for this hour-long event. >> i am the director of education policy at the american institute. delighted to have all of you with us today for this conversation. how should schools expand federal covid-19 eight? what federal aid? we will talk about that, how much we are talking about, and the difference it will make. we are talking about how these dollars will be put to work, given school closures and economic dislocations have made this and ask for an early difficult time for education. but also, a huge part, an opportunity to rethink how schools spend dollars and serve kids. we will talk both about how schools get the resources they need, but also, how do we spend th