Deputy defense secretary Kathleen Hicks and joint chiefs of staff vice chair admiral Christopher Grady talked about President Bidens 22 any five et requests and talked about how it would support priorities such as readiness, innovation of support for military personnel and their families. s really a pleasure to be with you here today to discuss President Bidens fiscal year ment of defense. Congress has not yet passed the fy wednesday for Defense Budget. I nt to hightow devastating the failure to pass last years budget request is to ensuring our National Defense and global security. Last year the Department Released a now strategy aligned budget in dod history. It allocated Critical Resources consistent with our defense priorities, as2022 national defy and the president S National Security strategy. We buckled down and did our homework. Our primary goal was to fortify emerging and enduring threats to our nation and the International Order as we know it. First and foremost, the f. Y. 24
killing five iranian backed proxies in iraq. it s our response to houthi rebels attacking vessels in the red sea. is it tough enough? we re going to ask john cornyn that worried that iranian backed proxies are hitting us ten times more than we re hitting them back. all that and more and chris christie ready to debate if he gets a chance to debate. he says that s going to happen. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. busy next 60 minutes for you. let s go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon with these constant iranian proxy attacks and now concern that our response is not nearly as much as the attacks themselves. jennifer? neil, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs admiral chris grady just spoke out and called these attacks by the houthis a first. he expects additional add lied presence in the region in response. the u.s.s. carney shot down three drones launched by the houthis. the pentagon does not assess the u.s.s. carney was the target but they were authorized to act. t
On humans. In halfan in half an hour we will have more from the papers. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The new years honours list has been published and among the many honoured is the former deputy Prime Minister and ex leader of the lib dems nick clegg, whos been knighted for his services to politics. Hes joined by bee gees star barry gibb and strictly come dancing judge darcey bussell, who has been made a dame for her services to dance. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout. More than 50 yea rs twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drama has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if ising a knighthood. What would you do if i sing out of tune. A knighthood. What would you do if i sing out of tune. Recognising ringo starrs up the century long contribution to music. Tragedy. Former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be paid sir barry. War horse author and one time childoms lau
In michigan, to win in washington, maybe some other states as well. We begin with breaking news. The new word on the coronavirus outbreak from the director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases. Take a listen, everyone. Were having, obviously, an acceleration of cases now. If you look at it, every day we get more and more. We have around 350, probably close to 400 if it isnt there. We have at least 18 deaths. They keep coming on every day that goes by. What were seeing is what is called Community Spread in certain regions of the country, particularly in the area of washington state, seattle. Its already there. The last count is 466. We will confirm that in this hour. All of this as the coronavirus cruise ship off the coast of california will now be docking tomorrow after being held at sea for days. A live report from that scene in a moment. We start in iran. Thats where 49 people have died from coronavirus in less than 24 hours. That is according to the Irans Min
And teachers. Four victims remain hospitalized. Since this horrible day, weve seen this Community Come together and we have seen an amazing and eloquent group of students with various opinions talk about what they feel needs to change. Were here tonight to facilitate your desire to speak directly to your leaders. Students and family members and faculty will get to ask questions to floridas two u. S. Senators, Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Bill nelson as well as their congressman democrat ted deutsche. Later tonight these students and their families will get to ask questions of the Broward County sheriff, scott israel, and a National Spokesperson for the nra. We should note President Trump declined an invitation to be here tonight either in person or from the white house, as did Florida Governor rick scott who declined to be here in person or from tallahassee. Before we begin, we want to take some time to remember the 17 beloved members of the community who were murdered one week