To make matters worse they didnt provide clarity in terms of what the authority is or is not and thats what unfortunately now we will have to rely a lot on Public Health officials in order to be able to stand up and combat a Global Pandemic on a local level. We are going to be moving forward with rulemaking. Dhs submitted a statement to so today but the court did a great disservice to the state by not providing clarity and somewhat that rule can accomplish. Thank you, emily. Now to jeremy from milwaukee. With confusion around the various regulations, will dhs be doing other than with regard to tracking . Will they be any guidance and what should be included in that . Obviously we start engaging conversations with our local Public Health partners last evening, as folks have looked to us for guidance and help in thinking through those, what they might want to do at the local level and will continue have those conversations as additional local jurisdictions make plans and decisions about
Nomination of scott rash for the district of arizona. Live on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master the father of us all we thank you that through your spirit you have provided our legislative body with the talents and capabilities to fulfill your purposes. May our senators remember that this body has many parts, each making its distinctive contribution to the success of the whole. As our lawmakers acknowledge and honor the value added by each member of this body, unite them with faith, civility, courage, and gratitude. And lord, we pray for the First Responders and Health Care Workers who stand on the front lines during this Global Health crisis. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic
Drastic measures to combat the coronavirus are forcing dramatic changes across the country. Well bring you the very latest this morning. Our guest the fema administrator now spear heading the nations response. And new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, two former members of trumps Homeland Security team, tom bossert and Kevin Mcaleenan and dr. Jennifer ashton what you need about the pandemic. And Chris Christie and rahm emanuel are handling a nation in crisis. From abc news, its this week, here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and thanks for joining us this sunday. As we come on the air this morning, alarming and sobering numbers from across the globe. There are now more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 13,000 deaths from coronavirus. And in the u. S. , there are now over 26,000 cases and at least 340 have died. New york, the city that never sleeps has gone quiet. Now the epicenter of this crisis with more than 12,000 confirmed cases, one of least five stat
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The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi