Washington post, this is one half hour. Good morning. I am jonathan capehart. Welcome to first look. The onestop shop for news and analysis all about the Democratic Convention. Join me each morning for uptodate information from Washington Post reporters, followed by commentary from prominent Washington Post columnists and contributors. We are starting this morning after the Democratic Convention with the man we started with. Glenn kessler, good morning and welcome. Dan, i will start with you. Give me your initial reaction to the speech last night by former Vice President and now democratic president ial nominee, joe biden. Dan i thought it was a very strong speech, probably one of the best speeches of a former Vice President and now democratic nominee has given his long career. This has been a pretty successful convention up to last night. But all conventions eventually depend on the performance of the nominee. There are questions about whether biden was going to rise to that moment. I
Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
Pandemic. But lets be clear, it is a pandemic, and i labeled it so a week ago. I dont know what the World Health Organization is waiting on, and i really dont care. Were americans, and that means were not a nation of buttercups and daffodils who need to have every official word on the coronavirus pandemic sugarcoated and sweetened for public consumption. Were americans. We and every generation before us has faced threats and challenges without flinching. We will do so as well. Today there was, i believe, a new, different and stronger tone emanating from washington as the president himself met with the heads of pharmaceutical companies and challenged them to begin rapidly preparing the manufacturing of needed drugs and pharmaceutical up ingredients necessary ingredients necessary to deal with this Public Health emergency, and the stock markets roared their approval. After last weeks performance, the worst since the 2008 recession, the Dow Jones Industrials today soared almost 1300 point
And 50 minute event. Subcommittee on Emergency Response and public will come to order. The department of Homeland Security and our Intelligence Community regarding current and emerging threats to our homeland. Today the Emergency Preparedness response and recovery subcommittee will examine progress made in Emergency Communications since september 11, 2001 and discussed the challenges that may still persist today. As you know from Emergency Managers and First Responders served september 11 and the 911 Commission Report Police Officers, firefighters and Emergency Medical Services experienced significant problems communicating their own agencies and with others responding back to. On the morning of september 11, i was assigned to the Orlando International airport as the commander of the Orlando Police Department Airport police division. Reports of the attack on the World Trade Center emerged in federal Aviation Administration ordered all aircraft grounded. Airport and Law Enforcement lead