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Welcome to Washington Today On Cspan radio

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for Thursday, April Eleven, Twenty Twenty Four,

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The F B I Director Christopher Wray

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tells Congress I be hard pressed to

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think of a time when so many

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threat to our public safety a national

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security were so elevated all at once

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as he endorses a reauthorization of the

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Pfizer Section Seven Oh Two Spying Authority

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minus adding a warrant requirement is comes

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a week before Section Seven Oh Two

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expires and as negotiations continue among House

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Republicans on a bill that can pass.

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The house has democratic leader Akeem Jeffries

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suggest that Speaker Mike Johnson job at

0:38

may be safe if he brings a

0:40

bill with aid for Ukraine to a

0:43

vote. and a house republican falls through

0:45

on her threat to bring a motion

0:47

to remove the speaker because enough democrats

0:49

will vote against that motion. Japanese Prime

0:52

Minister from Yoshida speaks to a joint

0:54

meeting of Congress telling members that after

0:56

World War Two, you believe that freedom

0:58

is the oxygen of humanity, the world

1:01

needs the United States to continue playing

1:03

this pivotal role. In the Affairs

1:05

of Nations by Demonstration announces a

1:07

rule to require thousands more firearms

1:09

dealers to do background checks on

1:11

buyers. This is to address the

1:13

so called gun show loophole. The

1:15

Ft A Commissioner Doctor Robert Kale

1:17

of testify before Congress House Oversight

1:19

Committee approves a bill to add

1:21

a citizenship requirement to the next

1:23

census and twenty thirty and to

1:25

real portion seats in the Us

1:27

house among the state based only

1:29

on the population of Us citizens

1:31

and Pro Football Hall of Famer

1:33

Oj. Simpson has died at the age

1:36

of seventy six. He was also famous

1:38

for being acquitted of murder charges in

1:40

the nineteen nineties will hear from author

1:42

Jeffrey Toobin interviewed on Cspan but racial

1:44

tensions in the aftermath of that trial

1:46

that continue to this day. Story

1:49

from the hill.com House leadership is

1:51

eyeing a plan B to reauthorize

1:53

the country's spying authority after Band

1:55

of Nineteen job you lawmakers block

1:57

the legislation for advancing Wednesday. The

2:00

plane under discussion would shorten the reauthorization

2:02

of Section Seven Oh Two of the

2:04

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Pfizer from Five

2:06

down the two years and bring the

2:09

controversial package back before the rules committee

2:11

member in a source familiar with situation

2:13

told the Hill Leaders are looking to

2:15

bring the legislation through the rules panel

2:18

as a standalone bill the sources said

2:20

and tethering Pfizer from three other job

2:22

he bills opposed by Democrats, that detail

2:24

could open the door to getting democratic

2:26

support for rule votes to bring the

2:29

bill to the floor. Which would be

2:31

a rare instance of a minority party voting

2:33

in favor of a rule that was from

2:35

the hill Me While the F B I

2:38

director Christopher Wray told the House Appropriations Subcommittee

2:40

that six and seven A To is a

2:42

necessary tool to confront the array of threats

2:44

facing United States. We. Continue to

2:46

see the Cartels push Fentanyl and

2:49

other dangerous drugs into every corner

2:51

of the country, claiming countless. American.

2:54

Lives. We've.

2:56

Seen a spate of Ransom

2:58

Were and other cyber attacks

3:00

impacting parts of are critical

3:02

infrastructure and businesses both large

3:04

and small. Violent.

3:07

Crime. Violent. Crime which

3:09

reached alarming levels coming out of

3:11

the pandemic remains far too high.

3:14

And. Is impacting far too

3:16

many communities. China.

3:19

Continues. It's relentless effort

3:22

to steal our intellectual property

3:24

and most valuable information. And

3:28

that is just scratching the surface.

3:31

As. I look back over my career in

3:34

law enforcement. I would be hard pressed to

3:36

think of the time were so many threats

3:38

to our public safety. And

3:40

national security were so elevated. All.

3:43

At once. But. That is

3:45

the case as I sit here. Today.

3:48

And while we have always found ways of the

3:51

of the I to innovate and make the most

3:53

with what we have, this is by no means.

3:55

A. Time to let up. Or. Down

3:58

back. This. Is it? I'm

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when we need your support the most. We.

4:02

Need all the tools, all the people,

4:05

and all the resources required to tackle

4:07

these threads and to keep. Americans,

4:09

Safe. So. To take

4:12

you to those in turn, the

4:14

tools, the people and the resources.

4:17

First. And

4:19

absolutely indispensable tool. That.

4:21

Congress can give us in our

4:23

fight against foreign adversaries. Is

4:26

the reauthorization of section Seven Oh

4:28

Two of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

4:30

Act. It. Is critical in

4:32

securing our nation and we are in

4:34

crunch time. With. Our seven oh

4:36

two authority set to expire. Next.

4:39

Week. So. Let

4:41

me be clear: Failure to

4:43

reauthorize Seven Oh two. Or.

4:46

Gutting it with some new kind

4:49

of warrant requirement would be dangerous

4:51

and put Americans. Lives.

4:53

At risk. The. Affair Director Christopher

4:55

Wray. part of his opening statement

4:57

at today's House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing

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a Usa Today article says the

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sticking point lies and six or

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seven a to which allows Us

5:06

authorities. To. Surveil communication to

5:08

foreigners without a warrant. Because those

5:10

foreigners often can contact Americans, their

5:12

information is also swept up in

5:14

a collection. As a result, the

5:16

F B I can conduct searches

5:18

on American data collected through the

5:20

law without a warrant. Those from

5:23

Usa Today back to the hearing,

5:25

tongues me into Clyde Republican of

5:27

Georgia. Questioning. Appear Director

5:29

Christopher Wray about proposals to add

5:31

a war. As you know,

5:33

the government agencies typically need a warrant

5:36

issued by just before they can access

5:38

Mexican citizens phone calls, texts, internet searches,

5:40

and emails. Or the government.

5:42

My opinion has been able to query

5:44

Section Seven, Oh Two acquired communications as

5:46

an end run around the Fourth Amendment.

5:49

my colleague any bags were represented from

5:51

arizona has an amendment to the current

5:53

pfizer reauthorization that would require the government

5:56

to obtain a warrant or to obtain

5:58

a pfizer court order to

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conducting a U.S. citizen query of information

6:02

already collected through the 702 FISA program.

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You know, you previously stated in a

6:08

Senate hearing in December that it would be

6:11

unworkable to require the government to get a

6:13

warrant before collecting Americans' private communications. Yet

6:16

former NSA lawyer George Croner recently estimated

6:18

the warrant requirement would force the FBI

6:20

to get about three warrants a day.

6:23

Now, Director Ray, you've got more than 30,000 employees

6:25

that work for the FBI. Are

6:27

you seriously saying that three warrants a day is too

6:29

much of a burden for the FBI to protect our

6:32

Fourth Amendment rights? That's not what

6:34

I'm saying. What I am saying is, number one, no

6:37

court has found that the Fourth Amendment

6:39

requires us to use a warrant to

6:41

look at information, to query information that's

6:43

already in our 702 holdings

6:45

lawfully, and the only courts to look at it have

6:47

gone the other way. That's no one. Number

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two, the problem with the warrant requirement

6:52

goes beyond any kind of

6:54

burden or delay that comes with it.

6:56

The big part of the problem is

6:58

that it's often only by running the

7:00

query that we get to see the

7:03

information that tells us whether or not we would meet

7:05

a warrant requirement in the first place. All

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right, I've got one more question before my time runs out. The

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FBI Director Christopher Ray questioned by

7:14

Congressman Andrew Clyde, Republican from Georgia

7:16

at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

7:19

The House meets Friday at 8 a.m.

7:21

Eastern and is expected to try again

7:24

to bring up another version of

7:26

the Section 702 reauthorization. You

7:28

can follow live gavel-to-gavel coverage of

7:30

the House on C-SPAN television at

7:32

cspan.org and on the C-SPAN now

7:34

mobile app. The House

7:36

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New

7:38

York, urged House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican

7:40

from Louisiana, to put the

7:43

National Security Supplemental Spending Bill on the

7:45

House floor for a vote saying it's

7:47

the only path forward and

7:49

allow the House to work it to

7:51

will. The bill would provide aid to

7:53

Ukraine, Israel, Palestinians, and Taiwan. At

7:55

least one House Republican is threatened to bring a

7:57

motion to vacate the Speaker's chair if Speaker John

8:00

allows any vote on aid

8:02

to Ukraine. Today, Leader Jeffries

8:04

predicted, quote, a reasonable number

8:06

of Democrats would vote no

8:08

on that motion to vacate and keep Speaker

8:10

Johnson in his job. The

8:21

only way forward at

8:23

this late hour

8:26

is for House Republicans to

8:28

put the bipartisan, comprehensive

8:31

national security bill

8:35

on the House floor for an up-and-down vote

8:38

so we can provide support for

8:40

our Democratic allies in Ukraine, Israel,

8:44

the Indo-Pacific, including

8:46

Japan, as

8:48

well as make sure we can serve

8:50

humanitarian assistance to Palestinian

8:52

civilians who are in harm's

8:54

way in Gaza through no fault of their own

8:57

and other civilians in theaters of war

9:00

throughout the United States of America. That

9:02

is the only path forward.

9:05

Enough with the delays,

9:09

the obstruction, the

9:11

gamesmanship, the

9:13

obfuscation, enough. The

9:17

world is on fire.

9:19

American leadership is

9:22

required. The entire

9:25

post-World War II rules-based

9:29

society on the

9:31

global stage is at risk if

9:35

because of inaction. In the

9:38

do-nothing Republican House, we fail

9:40

to provide Ukraine with the

9:42

support that it needs to

9:45

push back against Russian aggression.

9:49

There's only one path forward. Now

9:52

I've made the observation, not a declaration,

9:55

the observation that if

9:57

the Speaker were to do the right thing, And

10:00

allow the house to work. it's will. With.

10:04

An up or down vote on a National

10:06

Security bill that I believe that there. Are.

10:08

Reasonable number of democrats. Who.

10:11

Not want to see the speaker fall.

10:13

As. A result. Of doing the

10:16

right thing. observations. Not. A

10:18

declaration because we have to have

10:20

a conversation. And. It necessarily

10:22

mean to Ryanair. What

10:26

a conversation amongst. ourselves.

10:29

As House Democrats. Are

10:32

before making such a solemn this

10:34

isn't. The House Minority

10:36

leader Hakeem Jeffries democrat from New York

10:38

at his weekly news conference smoke date

10:40

on the war between Israel and Hamas

10:43

from The Washington Post. Israel announced it's

10:45

beginning construction on a new crossing from

10:47

Israel to bring eight into northern Gaza.

10:50

Be. Growing international pressure to address the

10:52

humanitarian crisis. Their. Smith. A

10:55

power Administrator of the Us Agency for

10:57

International Development or lawmakers that conditions in

10:59

the Enclave are as dire as any

11:02

I have seen in my career and

11:04

her mom says it needs more time

11:06

and safety to get a full accounting

11:09

of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza

11:11

that was from the Washington Post. At

11:13

the White House briefing Press Secretary Green

11:16

Zone Pierre was asked about this administration's

11:18

response to the war. He

11:21

was a ideas minutes Traders

11:23

has the power ascendancy home

11:25

for having a part of

11:28

your Wednesday morning cause ah

11:30

the President and the White

11:32

House says i know we're

11:34

talking about the program is

11:36

so that more needs to

11:38

be down. To what more of an

11:40

exact other progress as good morning to be

11:42

done I talked about the commitment that Israel

11:44

had our the Prime minister Gates is up

11:46

to the president just last week and we

11:49

talked of I talked about the poor it

11:51

and I talked about the new border crossings

11:53

in northern Gaza. We need to see that

11:55

open up that move forward sweat we seen

11:57

some progress way the opening of thought. Around

12:00

and also more trucks as I just

12:02

laid out with the more than a

12:04

thousand trucks the last three days looked

12:06

specifically to Samantha Power than her com

12:08

as our and understanding is that the

12:11

latest reporting from the Internet rated of

12:13

a Food Security Sais classification indicates that

12:15

the famine is imminent in Gaza and

12:17

that's why we're trying to do everything

12:19

that we can to uptick obviously the

12:21

humanitarian aid. We know how dire the

12:23

situation is in Gaza, so we are

12:25

certainly. Deeply concerned about these reports,

12:28

and so we've been working around

12:30

the clock. Around the clock says yes,

12:32

more of that aid or into Gaza

12:34

and so we're gonna continue or to

12:36

do this. We're going to continue to

12:38

push Israel or to increase the flow

12:40

that is getting into Gaza. And like

12:42

I said we have laid out their

12:44

commitments there to other ways that we

12:46

want to see their commitment continue. Which

12:48

is that port that I just mentioned

12:50

are as the top and just moments

12:52

ago and death and so also those

12:54

of the routes the Ralph's and in

12:56

northern Gaza so there's more work to

12:58

be done but again a thousand trots.

13:00

Over the last three days is an improvement is

13:02

good. promise. We need to see more. The.

13:05

White House Press Secretary to Reno Jean

13:07

Pierre ticking reporters' questions in what has

13:09

briefing room. Sore. From Reuters

13:11

or Wayne has signal to Washington that

13:13

it will respond to Israel's attack on

13:15

it's Syrian embassy in a way that

13:17

aims to avoid major escalation and it

13:20

will not act. History. As. Terrain

13:22

Presses demands including a Gaza troops

13:24

remain. Sources said raise message to

13:26

Washington was conveyed by Green Foreign

13:28

minister during a visit on Sunday

13:30

to the Gulf Arabs in of

13:33

Oman which is often acted as

13:35

an intermediary between to run in

13:37

Washington. Those sources said reporting by

13:39

routers Us Ambassador to the United

13:41

Nations, Linda Tumors Greens who was

13:43

in Washington today at the State

13:46

Department news conference talking about the

13:48

anniversary of the Civil War in

13:50

Sudan Story from Deutsche Avella. Read.

13:53

That fighting in Sudan between the army

13:55

and paramilitaries has been ongoing for almost

13:57

one year. To generals are fighting for.

14:00

Roll over Africa's third largest country and

14:02

it's vast resources. The bloody conflict is

14:04

killed thousands and sparked a humanitarian disaster

14:06

courting to the United Nations around twenty

14:09

five billion people, more than half the

14:11

population need aid and you eighteen million

14:13

face acute food insecurity. that was from

14:16

an article from Deutsche Abella. Here is

14:18

the Us Ambassador to the When? When

14:20

the Thomas Greenfield at the State Department

14:23

briefing in Washington. April.

14:25

Eleventh should be a historic

14:27

occasion as we marked the

14:29

five year anniversary of the

14:31

revolution that toppled the Omar

14:33

Al Bashir is Regina. Thirty.

14:36

Is thirty year reign. Five

14:39

years ago, you could practically tastes

14:41

the spirit of freedom, peace, and

14:43

democracy in the air as women

14:45

and young people took to the

14:47

streets demanding things. And yet.

14:50

That they the bet in September

14:52

is not. growing up in a

14:54

free, peaceful, democratic Sudan. instead sees

14:57

one of millions whose lives have

14:59

been upended and forever altered. By

15:01

this war. Today, nearly

15:04

twenty five million Sydney's people

15:06

live in dire need of

15:08

humanitarian assistance and protection. Three

15:10

quarters of them face a

15:13

suit food insecurity nearly eight

15:15

million have had to flee

15:17

their homes and what has

15:20

become the world's largest internal

15:22

displacement prices. We've. Seen reports

15:24

of gang rape, mass murder

15:26

at the hands of the

15:28

Rapids Support Forces militia of

15:31

girls soul into sexual slavery

15:33

boys been mit being made

15:35

in such our soldiers of

15:37

urban areas destroyed by area

15:39

weapons and entire villages burned

15:41

to the ground. and yet

15:43

as communities barrel toward famine

15:46

as Colorado measles spread. As

15:48

violence continues to claim countless

15:51

lives, the world has largely

15:53

remained silent. And

15:55

that must change in and has

15:57

changed now. The International Community must.

16:00

It more. It must do more and

16:02

it has to care more. The

16:04

Us Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda

16:07

Thomas Greenfield At today's State Department briefing

16:09

in Washington. She was joined by the

16:11

Us Special Envoy To Sudan, Tom Perriello,

16:14

who said the Us: when we pushing

16:16

for one hundred million dollars more in

16:18

aid to Sudan. From

16:20

Associated Press the Japanese Prime Minister for

16:23

Mukasey to address Us lawmakers at the

16:25

Capitol on Thursday urging them to consider

16:27

the importance of global commitments at a

16:30

time of tension in the Asia Pacific

16:32

and deep skepticism in Congress. but Us

16:34

involvement abroad on Capitol Hill is all.

16:37

These included many Republicans who have pushed

16:39

for the Us to take a less

16:41

active role in global affairs as they

16:44

fall the America first at those of

16:46

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee

16:48

out was from Associated. Press Here is

16:50

the Japanese Prime Minister at the Joint Meeting

16:53

of Congress. Or us

16:55

saved the the Natural

16:57

Order. In. The post

17:00

war world to economic

17:02

and diplomatic. And.

17:04

Military and technological

17:07

power. It's

17:09

champion freedom and

17:11

democracy. It

17:14

and gave a caress

17:16

It as stability and

17:19

prosperity of nations including

17:21

Japan. And.

17:24

When necessary. It.

17:26

Made novo sacrifices to

17:28

fulfill his commitment to

17:31

a better world. United

17:40

Sates policy was based

17:43

on the premise deaths

17:46

humanity does that want

17:48

to live a press

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By then authored retiree

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and says oh where

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you are tracks and

17:58

surveilled and. The Night

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from expresses what is your

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heart and for your mind.

18:12

He. He he says

18:14

freedom is it oxygen

18:17

of humanity. World

18:23

sees the United States

18:25

to continue playing this

18:27

a pivotal role in

18:29

the affairs of They

18:32

Says. Yes

18:37

as the meet here today.

18:40

I. See tax on on

18:43

the occurrence of self

18:45

doubt among some Americans

18:47

about what's your role

18:50

in the wolves to

18:52

be. This.

18:55

Self doubt is a

18:57

rising at the time

18:59

when our were whoa

19:01

world is is at

19:03

histories turning point. The.

19:07

Post Cold War era

19:09

is already behind us

19:11

and we are now

19:13

as inflection point that

19:16

will define the next

19:18

stage of human history.

19:22

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auto dad us work

19:26

for agenda laces to

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build is facing you

19:31

Challenges. Challenges.

19:33

From those with values

19:36

and principles very different

19:38

from ours. The.

19:40

Japanese Prime minister full meal The. And

19:43

speech to a joint meeting of Congress.

19:45

He has peppered his comments the past

19:48

couple of days during his official visit

19:50

to Washington Whitson pop culture references. In

19:52

his speech to Congress today, he reminisced

19:54

about his early childhood years living in

19:57

New York City, going to Mets and

19:59

Yankees baseball. Than watching the Flintstones

20:01

cartoon on T V a Wednesday

20:03

night state dinner at the White

20:06

House, he invoked another nineteen sixties

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Tv show It Is Toast with

20:10

President Biden. Let.

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Be confused with the

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line from Star Trek.

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boldly go where no one

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roots in see Those Who.

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Myth of residents. Doctor. Biden.

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Said. Is seamless guess and

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ladies and sentiments. I

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would like to propose

21:10

a toast to our

21:12

boys to the frontier

21:14

of Japan You yes

21:16

relationship with this world.

21:19

Bald. Eagle. Japanese

21:22

Prime Minister of whom you consider offering

21:24

the toast at the White House a

21:26

state dinner in his honor Wednesday night

21:28

he is from. Hiroshima. Japan.

21:32

Story from Voice of America: Us

21:34

President Joe Biden is hosting Japanese

21:36

Prime Minister From Your To See

21:38

That and the Philippine President Ferdinand

21:40

Marcos Junior at the White House

21:42

Thursday, aiming to send China a

21:44

clear message to halt it's aggressive

21:47

behavior against it's neighbors in the

21:49

South China Sea, the Trilateral. Some

21:51

it comes amid increased tension between

21:53

Manila in Beijing and recent weeks

21:55

Chinese coastguard ships have taken provocative

21:57

actions to block resupply missions for

21:59

Philippine soldiers station on the second

22:02

Palmer's Shawl. Who. Guard Manila

22:04

sovereignty claims over the Spratly Islands.

22:06

The so called Green Zone tactics

22:08

of intimidation fall dangerously close to

22:10

triggering a mutual defense treaty between

22:12

Washington and Manila and will be

22:14

a focus on Thursday. Some it's

22:17

That was a preview from Voice

22:19

of America. Three leaders did make

22:21

some opening remarks at the Trilateral

22:23

Summit. Here is President Biden. The

22:27

Sopranos third. Today.

22:30

Are we Martha Stuart woman? The

22:33

first ever leaders some of the train United

22:35

States. Japan. In

22:37

the Philippines. And. Is

22:39

truly an honor to have your boat here

22:41

as it began this new era. Partners. As

22:45

you heard me say before, A

22:47

great deal of history in our world

22:49

will be written in Indo Pacific over

22:51

the coming years. And

22:54

the three are you on

22:56

as a three allies through

22:58

steadfast partners and three proud

23:00

democracies representing the half a

23:02

billion people. Today

23:04

we commit to writing a

23:06

story. In the future

23:08

together. To build my

23:10

Nana Pacific that is Free! Open.

23:13

Prosperous and secure for

23:16

all. This

23:18

afternoon we'll discuss a few

23:20

key areas for our nations

23:22

are deepening ties. First.

23:25

Technology. And clean energy.

23:29

For. Securing our semiconductor supply

23:31

chain from secure and a

23:33

semiconductor supply chain to expanding

23:36

trusted telecommunications in the Philippines

23:38

The bullet Clear The workforce.

23:41

To. Expanding our cooperation across

23:43

the entire board. Second,

23:47

Were. Dp in our marriage time and

23:49

security guys. This. Is something

23:51

I know you've discussed with vice

23:53

president hours. During. Her traveled of

23:56

Indo Pacific. I want

23:58

to be clear: The United. States,

24:01

the United States' defense commitments to Japan

24:04

and to the Philippines are

24:06

ironclad. They're ironclad.

24:09

As I said before, any

24:11

attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or

24:14

armed forces in the South China

24:16

Sea would invoke our

24:18

mutual defense treaty. Finally,

24:22

I'm proud to announce we're launching

24:24

an economic corridor in

24:26

the Philippines as part of

24:28

the G7's Partnership for Global Infrastructure

24:30

and Investment. This

24:33

is the first corridor in the Indo-Pacific.

24:36

It means more jobs for people

24:38

across the entire region. It

24:41

means more investment in sectors critical

24:43

to our future, clean energy,

24:45

ports, railroads, agriculture,

24:48

and much more. I'm

24:51

looking forward to discussing all this with all of you.

24:55

I'm Joe Biden at the White House meeting

24:57

with the Prime Minister of Japan and the

24:59

President of the Philippines. A

25:01

Chinese embassy spokesperson in the United

25:03

States said in a statement to

25:05

Voice of America about this trilateral

25:07

summit, patching up small

25:09

blocks, stirring up confrontation under the

25:11

excuse of cooperation, upholding peace and

25:13

order in name but flexing military

25:15

muscle, and stoking chaos in

25:18

nature do not meet the trend

25:20

of for peace and development and

25:22

run counter to the regional country's

25:24

shared aspiration for stability and

25:26

development. Washington today

25:29

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which is free. The

26:45

Biden administration writes CBS News announced

26:47

Thursday final plans to expand requirements

26:49

to perform background checks for those

26:51

who buy firearms at gun shows

26:53

or online. Aiming

26:56

to effectively close what gun control advocates

26:58

have long referred to as the gun

27:00

show loophole. The new federal rules

27:02

will not create new law, but will

27:04

expand the definition of licensed firearms dealers.

27:07

This move will also sharpen existing

27:09

enforcement measures to ensure that

27:11

the background screenings, which have not

27:14

traditionally been necessary at certain gun

27:16

sale locations, are carried out in

27:19

more circumstances. That was

27:21

from CBS News. Both President Joe Biden

27:23

and Vice President Kamala Harris posted 30

27:26

second videos. Folks, I

27:29

spent hours with families who've lost loved

27:31

ones to gun violence. They'll

27:33

have the same message, do

27:36

something. Well, today my administration

27:38

is taking action to

27:40

make sure fewer guns are sold without background

27:42

checks. This is gonna keep

27:45

guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

27:47

and felons. And my administration is gonna continue

27:49

to do everything we possibly can to save

27:51

lives. Congress needs to finish

27:53

the job and

27:55

pass universal background checklists in session

27:58

Now. The

28:04

fellows. Program I'm very excited So you

28:06

that as of today we are Cloakroom,

28:08

The Gun Show. Loophole. Basically we're

28:10

home and any money. You

28:14

have to do nothing. And

28:17

the women. Who.

28:19

People close to

28:21

do anything. Meaningful.

28:31

Videos. From Prison Joe Biden and

28:33

Vice President Com Or Harris posted

28:35

today more from the Cbs News

28:37

article, the Justice Department estimates there

28:40

are around twenty three thousand unlicensed

28:42

firearm dealers who will now be

28:44

required to complete background checks when

28:46

selling guns. Although senior Administration official

28:48

said that predictions about the unlicensed

28:51

gun market are in the expanded

28:53

background requirements emerge from Congress has

28:55

passage of the By Person Safer

28:57

Communities Act and Twenty Twenty Two

28:59

and will go. Into effect thirty

29:02

days if the rules published in

29:04

the That A registry this week

29:06

that was supporting very Cbs News

29:08

husband James Com, a republican from

29:10

Kentucky posting on X to day

29:13

Every democrat in the Oversight committee

29:15

yesterday voted against the bill seeking

29:17

to add a citizenship question to

29:19

the Us Census. The census asking

29:21

whether you are an American citizen

29:24

or not shouldn't be controversial. Congressman.

29:26

Com or chairs that committee. The

29:28

bill is titled the Equal Representation

29:30

Act and would require only you

29:33

assistance be included in the population

29:35

totals for the apportionment of members

29:37

of Congress to each state. After

29:39

each census, the next census is

29:41

twenty thirty you. Some of the

29:43

debate in the committee on Wednesday

29:45

before the vote: Clay Higgins, republican

29:47

from Louisiana in support. The.

29:49

Says is as the gao every person.

29:53

The The. Problem is.

29:56

The. The level

29:59

of alien gold persons.

30:02

That now live within

30:04

the the continental borders

30:06

are the United States.

30:10

Has. Reached such a point. That.

30:12

It supports. The.

30:14

Intended Service. Of.

30:18

Our representative republic. In.

30:21

The House Of Representatives in the

30:23

People's house. For. Prior

30:26

to the barn administration. It.

30:29

Was was was

30:31

well. Considered

30:33

and well estimated that there

30:36

were about thirty million illegals

30:38

living within the United States.

30:42

To two. Hundred forty years to get

30:44

there. By. The time President

30:46

Obama leaves office. And. Additional

30:48

Save: Fifteen million. Will.

30:51

Have entered our country talking about

30:54

forty five million people? America pay

30:56

attention to this. Forty. Five

30:58

million illegals Dead. sixty

31:00

congressional seats. And

31:03

where do you think those

31:05

illegals are being drawn to

31:07

live in Sanctuary States and

31:10

Sanctuary Cities dead city's population

31:12

which of advertise and welcomed

31:14

and brought and brought these

31:16

illegal citizens. Their Why Why

31:18

do you think this is

31:21

Ben One of the to

31:23

the core tenets of agenda

31:25

of the Democrat party. Is

31:28

to thwart the very essence

31:30

of our representative republic. By

31:33

stacked in the death's. Door. In

31:35

the the census. whereby.

31:38

Apportionment for congressional representation

31:40

will be prominently shifted.

31:44

To. Sanctuary States and

31:46

Cities. For. A

31:49

forty five million illegals

31:51

at Sixty Seats America.

31:53

Congressmen Clay Higgins Republican from

31:56

Louisiana At Wednesday's Oversight and

31:58

Accountability Committee Markup: Of.

32:00

This bill requiring the citizenship question

32:02

on the census and then. Having

32:05

only Us citizen population

32:07

to decide how many.

32:10

Members. Of Congress that each state

32:12

will get are some rubber garcia

32:15

democrats and California spoke against. We.

32:17

Know that a complete and accurate count

32:19

of a census is incredibly important for

32:21

our function of governments, and to support

32:23

every single person in this country we're

32:25

hearing. I'm all sorts of, in my

32:27

opinion. Is backwards Arguments

32:30

I'm arguments are that are. Nearing

32:33

talking about the Great Replacement theory and

32:35

really I think undermining the value that

32:37

immigrants in every person make in this

32:40

country. I just one. I

32:42

just I'm. Making. Important Note: I

32:44

served as Mayor of my community for

32:46

eight years before coming to Congress and

32:48

having an accurate count of every single

32:50

person at As in your Community. Is

32:53

critical to the services you provide

32:55

all of those individuals And we

32:57

know that changing the census in

32:59

this way would lead to massive

33:01

undercounts in states like California, but

33:03

in every state. Across

33:05

the country. since discounts impact the

33:07

health care and how and how

33:09

we are you able to provide

33:11

it. It is tax funding for

33:14

public schools and just recently impacted

33:16

how much support we got during

33:18

the pandemic. A census count basically

33:20

impacts federal dollars and how many

33:22

dollars we get to take on

33:24

federal emergencies. How we are respond

33:26

to people that need health care

33:28

during the pandemics and so so

33:30

much of our public services are

33:32

dependent on is accurate Count. From

33:35

how kids learn from how seniors access

33:37

health care, from how many emergency trucks

33:39

and come in and respond to a

33:41

crisis, to how many shots and vaccines

33:44

a community will get during a pandemic

33:46

is all dependent on an actor. It's

33:48

out from the senses and so this

33:50

effort is nothing but a way. to

33:54

separate our people that need services and

33:56

really will lead to have to not

33:58

counting every single person in this country,

34:00

which we know is also unconstitutional. And so

34:02

I think it's really shameful that

34:04

we have this effort. I think this

34:07

moves our country backwards. It

34:09

certainly, in my opinion, is a direct attack,

34:11

especially on undocumented people in this country. And

34:14

I think this is all because, unfortunately,

34:16

of the rhetoric that Donald Trump has

34:18

really grown

34:21

and infected across this

34:23

country. Congressman Robert Garcia,

34:25

Democrat from California, at Wednesday's

34:28

Oversight and Accountability Committee markup

34:30

of this bill. He and other

34:32

Democrats on the committee arguing that

34:35

the bill is unconstitutional, referring to

34:37

the language in the Constitution's Article

34:39

1, Section 2, Clause 3, that

34:41

speaks of counting persons, not citizens,

34:44

during the census. The FDA

34:46

commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf, testified today

34:48

before the House Oversight and Accountability

34:50

Committee, getting questions on

34:53

a variety of topics, vaccines,

34:55

drug shortages, food safety, marijuana

34:57

rescheduling. The chair of

34:59

the committee, James Comer, Republican from Kentucky,

35:02

asked him about tobacco regulation. I

35:04

think it's safe to say the current regulatory

35:06

process at the CTP is not at all

35:08

what Congress envisioned when it passed the Tobacco

35:11

Control Act 15 years ago. From

35:13

the Reagan-Udall Foundation Report, U Commission, and recent court

35:15

rulings, I have to conclude that those seeking to

35:17

play by the rules don't even know what the

35:20

rules are, because

35:22

the FDA won't tell them, or FDA won't put

35:24

information out, or they will put the

35:27

information out and then change it. So now, after

35:29

15 years, FDA has granted only 45 authorizations

35:31

out of some 26 million

35:34

applications and only five

35:36

authorizations for modified risk tobacco product.

35:39

And while FDA rejects applications based on science

35:42

and data from manufacturers who have fit untold

35:44

millions to comply with what they think the

35:46

rules are, American store shelves

35:49

are overflowing with products from China.

35:52

And your agency does not seem to be doing anything about

35:54

it. So, Commissioner, given what I just described, I have to

35:56

wonder, do you even want

35:58

a functional regulatory process? for these

36:01

products or is it the objective

36:03

to target the US tobacco industry even

36:06

if it means allowing a flood of

36:08

Chinese products containing God knows

36:10

what into this country? Mr.

36:14

Chairman, you know you're from

36:16

Kentucky I'm from grew up in South

36:18

Carolina lived in North Carolina and I

36:20

was a cardiologist at a major medical

36:22

center I saw many many people die

36:24

from the ravages of tobacco so

36:27

the basics here first of all the

36:30

major cause of remediable death in

36:32

the United States still today is tobacco related

36:35

illness 460,000

36:37

people will die from tobacco related illness this year

36:39

so we're very much intent

36:41

on doing the very best job we can

36:44

starting with combustible tobacco and the good news

36:46

is so said my opening statement we have

36:48

a decline in that what

36:50

was not even present when the initial law

36:53

was passed that you referred to was

36:55

the presence of vaping or e-cigarettes

36:58

no one anticipated there would be 26 million

37:01

plus applications of vaping

37:04

products that is

37:06

a bit overwhelming but good news here

37:08

we're 99% done including almost

37:10

completely done now with the

37:12

major manufacturers but you're

37:14

and so the

37:17

onus that Congress did give us is

37:19

what's called a public health standard when

37:21

it comes to vaping products is the

37:23

benefit of helping adults reduce use

37:26

of combustible tobacco the major killer outweigh

37:29

the risk of teenagers and

37:31

children getting addicted to nicotine

37:33

which is a brutal fierce addiction

37:35

that's almost impossible to shake once

37:38

you have it and so far

37:40

only 31 products last I counted

37:42

have produced

37:45

the evidence to meet that public health standard

37:47

all the others you're referred to simply didn't

37:49

produce the evidence now if I

37:51

could say a word about enforcement I know that was the

37:54

other issue it bothers me as much as does

37:56

you to see what's on

37:58

our shelves and But I

38:00

do want you to know that we've really

38:02

picked up our enforcement. Over 600 warning

38:05

letters to manufacturers, hundreds

38:08

of civil money penalties now,

38:11

and we've also now begun to do injunctions

38:15

to stop. But every one

38:18

of these cases in an environment where

38:20

every step we make ends up in

38:22

court in complicated lawsuits that have

38:24

to cause us to go back and

38:26

take that into account. So it's a battle every

38:29

day. We're engaged in it, and yes, we do

38:31

want to regulate it. The closer

38:33

we can get to zero combustible tobacco,

38:35

the better. The role of vaping

38:37

is still something we're working on. And we'll

38:39

get back to that by time expired. We'll,

38:42

I'll have another round of questioning with that specific.

38:44

Because these products on

38:46

the shelves that are getting the bad headlines

38:48

are Chinese products that aren't even regulated

38:51

by the FDA. FDA is regulating the American companies,

38:54

but the Chinese companies are the ones that are the

38:56

bad actors. So we'll get back to by time

38:58

expired. Congressman James Comer,

39:01

Republican from Kentucky, chair of the

39:03

Oversight and Accountability Committee, questioning the

39:05

FDA commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf, at

39:07

today's hearing. You can find the

39:09

video of the hearing in its

39:11

entirety at our video library,

39:13

c-span.org. Bloomberg Law reports

39:15

the Senate approved a measure to

39:17

block the National Labor Relations Board's

39:20

joint employer rule, siding with business groups

39:22

that argue it would be too costly.

39:25

Another blow to the rule after the

39:27

federal court recently struck it down. The

39:29

Congressional Review Act resolution, which passed in a

39:31

50-48 vote Wednesday, now

39:34

heads to President Joe Biden's desk

39:36

for an expected veto. Senator Joe

39:38

Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, and

39:40

independent senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona

39:42

and Angus King of Maine joined

39:45

Republicans in rejecting the NLRB rule,

39:47

which lowers the bar for finding

39:49

that two companies must share obligations

39:51

to negotiate with unions, as

39:53

well as joint liability for

39:55

labor violations. That was from

39:57

Bloomberg Law. Also, Senator Josh

39:59

Hawley. Republican from Missouri voted

40:01

no. Senator Joe Manchin

40:04

spoke on Senate floor on Wednesday before the

40:06

vote. Franchising is

40:08

a pathway to entrepreneurship for Americans

40:10

across the country and it helps

40:13

build generational growth. By

40:15

providing access to capital, training,

40:17

managerial assistance and a system

40:19

of support which is so

40:21

needed in small rural areas, the

40:23

franchise model helps many

40:26

Americans overcome the numerous barriers

40:28

to owning their own business for the

40:30

first time, the dream of coming true

40:32

of having your own business and controlling

40:34

your destiny. One

40:36

out of every three franchise owners say

40:38

they wouldn't own a small business

40:40

without the franchise business model that

40:42

they buy into. The unique model

40:45

is used by over 5,000 independent

40:47

businesses in my state of West

40:49

Virginia providing over 45,000 jobs. This

40:53

new rule has further confused the issue and

40:55

put the franchise model at risk. Under

40:58

this rule, businesses are liable for

41:00

entities they do not control. I

41:02

repeat, under this rule, businesses will

41:04

be liable for entities that they

41:06

do not control. And it makes

41:08

no sense. Let me give you an example.

41:11

If under this brand there are uniform

41:13

standards for their products or

41:15

they would require hair nests to be worn,

41:17

they would then be found as a joint

41:19

employer. As simple as

41:21

that, if that's part of the model you buy

41:24

into, part of the franchise you bought, has certain

41:26

requirements to deliver products safely and healthy. This

41:29

is despite the fact that they have no

41:31

responsibility, no responsibility or role

41:33

in hiring, firing or wage decisions

41:35

for their employees of any way,

41:37

shape or form. Does

41:39

that make any sense? It just doesn't.

41:43

Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia

41:45

on the Senate floor on Wednesday before

41:47

the Senate vote to pass this resolution

41:49

to block the National Labor Relations Board

41:51

joint employer rule. The

41:54

House has also passed the resolution, so it goes

41:56

to the White House. President Biden is expected to

41:58

veto it And overriding a veto. To

42:00

take the two thirds vote of the house

42:02

and senate and the initial votes to pass,

42:04

it did not reach that level. Hello

42:08

Sir Today the doubt down to the Nasdaq

42:11

up two hundred and seventy one As and

42:13

P of thirty eight. O.

42:16

J. Simpson my Cbc News the

42:18

former football great who was accused

42:20

of and ultimately acquitted of the

42:22

brutal Nineteen Ninety Four slayings of

42:24

his ex wife and her friend

42:26

has died. According to his family,

42:28

he was Seventy Six Simpsons Nineteen

42:30

Ninety Five televised trial that the

42:32

trial the century was an international

42:34

sensation with private lives with the

42:36

participants who could have witnesses attorneys

42:38

in the presiding judge. As much

42:40

news, the trial itself which sparked

42:42

controversy and racial tensions from the

42:44

time the jury was internal. In

42:46

November Nineteen Eighty Four to the October

42:49

Nineteen Ninety Five for reading of the

42:51

verdict and some A B C News

42:53

in Two Thousand Sixteen she's been interviewed

42:55

legal analysts Jeffrey Toobin that his book

42:57

The Run of His Life The People

42:59

V O J. Simpson Jeffrey Toobin talks

43:01

about being in the court room for

43:03

the verdict. Even that I knew

43:06

that it was an amazing thing to

43:08

be in the courtroom. At that moment,

43:10

I knew this was like. Being.

43:12

In this uproot yourself, this was a

43:15

piece of history that was unfolding and.

43:18

I didn't even know at that

43:20

red hot moment when the verdict

43:22

was being announced, about the racially

43:24

polarized reactions that we would soon

43:26

see, which sort of vaulted the

43:28

story even more into the public

43:30

consciousness. Which is my next quote

43:33

from the book You say racism

43:35

in law Enforcement has persisted through

43:37

many decades in American life and

43:39

Black citizens. And thus Black Yours

43:41

had stored too many insults for

43:43

too long. The police in general

43:45

and the Lapd in particular reap.

43:47

What? They so. That's

43:50

right, and and you know I.

43:52

I wrote this book in the

43:54

immediate aftermath of the A J.

43:56

Simpson case, and twenty years later,

43:58

Ah, Brad Simpson

44:00

a needed producers came to me and said

44:02

we want to make ah a mini series

44:05

based on it for The Effects Network and

44:07

that of and with Ryan Murphy. They made

44:09

this magnificent series that was broadcast earlier this

44:11

year. And. You

44:14

know it's just shows. How

44:16

a great story is

44:18

timely forever because. The

44:21

The The. Mini. Series

44:23

came out in the immediate

44:25

aftermath of Ferguson and Eric

44:28

Garner death in New York

44:30

and all these incidents that

44:32

gave rise to the Black

44:34

Lives Matter movement and this

44:36

story, especially the way I

44:38

wrote it in the way

44:40

it was portrayed in The

44:43

Effect Series was about race

44:45

in America and about how

44:47

jurors especially saw. African

44:49

American jurors saw the relationship between

44:51

the African I'm A between the

44:53

Los Angeles Police Department and African

44:55

American and it turned out in

44:57

my view, that Oj Simpson deserves

45:00

to became the utterly undeserving beneficiary

45:02

of that poisonous history. Jeffrey Toobin,

45:04

author of The Run of His

45:06

Life The People the O. Simpson

45:08

interviewed on Cspan choose Book Tv

45:10

in Two Thousand Sixteen The Family

45:12

though J. Simpson says he is

45:14

died at the age of seventy

45:17

six. Thanks for listening to Washington.

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