Chairman johnson good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to first welcome and thank our witnesses, the honorable christopher wray, the director of the federal bureau of investigation, bell honorable christopher miller, director of the National Counterterrorism center, and honorable kenneth cuccinelli, senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary. This is an annual threat hearing. When i look at all the threats that this committee has considered and all the threats facing this nation, i think it is pretty interesting how many hearings we have held on so many of these things. Before i proceed, i guess i would ask for consent to have my written Opening Statement to be entered into the record. When you consider these threats, for example, i will just go down the list cyberattacks, ransomware, intellectual property theft, something we are concerned right now as we try to develop vaccines. But the hundreds of billions of dollars of Economic Loss due to intellectual
Their q1 a couple of political stories out there on the market and this is what we are looking at for european stocks. At the banks or some of the industries sustaining the surging afterwards shareholder raises its stake. The other thing im looking at sentiment bolstered by enemy. It expects business to improve as far as restaurants as bars and restaurants reopen after lockdown. According to the new york just, President Trump paid 750 in income tax in the 2016 and 2017. That is due to reporting losses of millions of dollars from his golf courses. According to his returns, he paid no income tax intent of the past 15 years. The paper says he has hundreds of millions of debt in the next few years. The president says the report is fake news. President trump has nominated judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. She will be his third appointment to the bench, cementing its shift to the right for a generation. She is known to be a devout catholic and has defined abortion is always immor
Person political event since ending his 2020 president campaign. Held in washington, d. C. , this is half an hour. Sen. Sanders let me thank all of you for being here this afternoon. This country faces an unprecedented set of crises. We are struggling with a pandemic that has already cost us over 200,000 lives. We have an economy in which we have a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality, where the middle class today is being decimated, where millions of workers have lost their jobs, and half of our people continue to work paychecktopaycheck. We are living in a moment when Climate Change is ravaging this planet, leading to massive wildfires in the west coast, drought, and unprecedented levels of extreme weather disturbances across the globe. We are the only major country on earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a human right. Over 90 million americans are uninsured or underinsured, and we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. All of t
Possible and on testing the American People really deserve to know that when we began, as you said, mr. President it, was literally a standing start. We didnt have information on the coding of the coronavirus until midfebruary but americas cdc labs and Public Health labs did their level best. By the end of february we had done less than 10,000 coronavirus tests but as you Just Announced a few moments ago, last week we cleared 100 million tests all across the country. It is extraordinary. We have the capacity to do three million tests a day. It is a testament to American Innovation and the leadership youve provided. Also, mr. President , weve delivered to nearly 14,000 Nursing Homes in america point of care tests already and are making it possible for us to really keep focus on the most vulnerable. As you know only 8 of those who have contracted the coronavirus are in Nursing Homes but 40 of those that have lost their life have been in Nursing Homes. So weve surged those resources and s
First, democratic representative al green of texas, then scott perry of pennsylvania. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 1, 2020. The senate convenes at noon, and the house is in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, which means we will be with you for two hours. We begin taking stock of tuesdays first president ial debate. With criticism pouring in from both sides of the aisle, the commission on president ial debates announced yesterday it would make changes to the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. As we wait to see with those changes will be, we are asking you what you would suggest. How would you alter the debate format, if all . Phone lines are split up as usual. If you support the trump pence ticket, 202 7488000 202 7488001. If you support the aydin harris ticket, 202 7488000 biden harris ticket 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. O text us, 202 7488003 twitter,lso find us on cspanwj. You can start calling and now as