Questions on the backgrounds and priorities. Many members i asked about military training, readiness, Technology Implementation as well as the state of military bases and specific projects in their home states. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess we are one minute late. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force, and mr. Ryan mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thanks for being here today. We have the standard questions, whether you like about your to answer. Would you answer audibly so it can be heard . And appreciate it very much. Do you adhere to the applicable laws and resolutions governing topics of interest . Yes. Yes. Will y
Also weighing on investors, continued protests in hong kong. All remaining flights today out of hong kong have been canceled, as demonstrators are occupying the airport there. It follows a violent weekend of protests, including clashes between demonstrators and police, beijing officials condemn the violence and linked violent protesters to terrorism. A bad sign. Also, low Interest Rates affecting the market. Check the tenyear yield. Its 1. 69 now. The other big story of the day, the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Were learning that epstein was not checked on for several hours leading up to his apparent suicide in his prison cell. Attorney general william barr is furious and says there will be a federal investigation. Theres a lot of news to go at today. You dont want to miss a moment of it. Varney company starting right now. David a quick look at stock futures and they have improved a little bit from where they were. Lets go right to susan li at the stock exchange. Whats the buzz, susan . S
we re going to go live to tel- aviv. just incredible mesmerizing pictures out of iceland. a volcano erupting after weeks of earthquakes, lava and toxic gas shooting into the sky. we re following the major developing stories and many more. coming in right here to cnn news central. it s not just republican candidates hitting the trail today. president biden will soon be heading to a maryland campaign event as a central part of the reelection pitch takes shape, focusing on abortion rights. ever since the dobbs decisions polls show abortion clearly a winning issue for democrats. that is why biden s running meat, vice president kamala harris will be touring the country for what they dubed a reproductive tour. mj lee is live at the white house. mj, an aggressive strategy here. obviously they think when you look at what we ve seen it s going to work. what can you tell us about it? reporter: the biden white house and the campaign have both believed for some time that reproduc
Humans can fly. Thats a truth that is only been with us for over a century. Humans can walk on the moon, again, less than half a century of truth to us. Considering our time as human species on the planet, those are all really short times to know these things. Now, what i expect that in 16 years of now, a small crew of six women and men will be en route to mars. Think about it, only 16 years from now that can be true, too. But if we want that to happen, we today will have to ensure that we keep track with our human mars program. Looking at you, my audience, i know that im looking at the experts that can make this happen. As you truly are the best and the brightest in all fields we need to send humans to mars. Lets show our resolve. Lets keep building the infrastructure needed. Lets keep testing and proofing. Lets make humans on mars and obvious fact, too. Lets get underway now. I now have a great pleasure to introduce to people that have worked diligently in getting humans off plan and
Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth spoke on the state opening of the british parliament. She delivered a speech written by the government that outlines the priorities of the coming year. Sunday, well bring you bbc parliaments coverage posted by day no britain. By daniel britton. That is at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. This sunday night on q a, vanity fair fair columnist Michael Kinsley talks about his new book, old age, beginners beginners guide and living with parkinsons disease. Parkinsons is a disease and so that the nonsensical question. But, what i really meant obviously was thinking is it going to affect my thinking and how i earn a living. So that became pretty important. I asked the new raleigh juice whats gonna happen. And he says, while he was trying to tell me that there wasnt such a big deal and he said, you may lose your edge as if that was just nothing and i thought g, my edge is how i earn a living. Its why i have my friends. Maybe why have my wife. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Ea