Is interesting. Most experiences you run through a fairly narrow spectrum of scenarios. They can involve weapons of mass destruction. Those are pretty well known. Occasionally, you do come across some others. Usually the results of these exercises are classified that would be less technologically challenging, but really would cause just tremendous psychological reactions on the part of the people. It is not so much that they are weapons of mass destruction, but they could set off forces in this country, set off fear and alarm. Are you talking about things like we saw last year with the Boston Marathon bombings . Something as big as 9 11 . It does not have to be as big as a 9 11. One of the worst incidents that hit russia was a terrorist takeover of a school. We have had incidents like that in this country with shooters. You can get deeply emotional events. Beyond the immediate tragedy, it is going to set off a series of reactions. I think the United States is a pretty tough country. I
Each week, American History tvs artifacts takes you t each week, American History tvs american artifacts takes you to. Museums. Opened in 1909, the Russell Senate Office Building was constructed to ease chronic conditions. We will learn about the noted Senate Investigations held in the caucus room. From the 1912 titanic inquiry to the 1930s hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex th, becausee this is where major hearings had been televised coming back newsreels covered it in the 1920s and 1930s, but television came along in 1940. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, the Army Mccarthy hearings, the watergate hearings. So this was the most televised room until the Senate Chamber was open to television. I bring people in here from time t
1909, the Russell Senate Office Building was constructed to ease chronic conditions. We will learn about the noted Senate Investigations held in the caucus room. 12 titanic inquiry to the 1930s hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex t, becauseh thise is where major hearings had been televised coming back thewsreels covered it in 1920s and 1930s, but television came along in 1940. This is where viewers would have crime investigation, the Army Mccarthy hearings, the watergate hearings. So this was the most televised room until the Senate Chamber was open to television. I bring people in here from time to time. You can hear the echoes. Point of order, mr. Chairman. You can hear the gavel. My point of order. [gavel bangs] counsel advised the chair that the senato
The elderly, the Health Care Workers, the first line workers. Those Health Care Workers and People Living in longterm care facilities will be at the front of the line. Thats according to the cdc. But before that, the first nation to actually roll out its vaccines will be the u. K. Where pfizers vaccine was just greenlit. They will begin vaccinating hundreds of thousands of people starting next week. But here in the u. S. , cdc director Robert Redfield is warning that the next three months will be, and i quote, the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Redfield is most concerned about the stress on this countrys health care systems, and the u. S. Broke yet another record for the number of people homtd ju hospitaled just yesterday, almost 99,000. That is almost double the amount reported on november 1st and almost triple the amount of hospitalizations reported on october 1st. The u. S. Is tracking deaths already reported today, already 1300 and it is only 3 00
That is going to happen next week on the 20th when joe biden is sworn in as president. You know, this is only going to make matters worse in a country thats deeply divided right now. Sandra impeachment heads to the senate where Mitch Mcconnell is telling republican colleagues he has not made a final decision on how he plans to vote but his office is telling fox news he wont reconvene the senate early for a trial. John roberts is live from the north lawn this morning. Have we heard directly from the president on how he plans to handle impeachment . We did. Good morning sandra and trace. Speaking with a Top White House official this morning who told me that if the paperwork goes over to the senate today, the white house expects that the trial would probably begin on the 21st. Well see how that unfolds. One thing we do know is the legal team that handled the president s last impeachment trial in the senate from the White House Counsels Office as well as jay sekulow and other outside couns