Close and right now several counties are under mandatory evacuations. Other parts of the south are under Storm Warnings as residents brace for days of heavy rain, dangerous winds and Life Threatening Storm Surge. Joining us now nbcs Marissa Parra from pinellas county, Florida And Nbc Meteorologist Bill karins. How are people there preparing for this . Reporter well, you can see some of the preparations happening behind me, and im going to go ahead and give you a little bit of a walk and talk, a show and tell if you will. These are Sandbag Preparations w we always see this when there is a hurricane or tropical storm approaching. It was within the hour, jose, that our phones were lighting up and going off, warning us of mandatory evacuations happening in this county. So were in the Tampa Bay region, pinellas county. This is one of the areas that is under mandatory evacuation for Mobile Home residents and ill tell you, talking to people on the ground here there are several people who are
Gentlemen, do not need an introduction but for good measure i will run through the very, very top lines of their bios. General james jones as executive chairman emeritus at the council and served under president barack obama as the 22nd National Security advisor beginning in january 2009 previously he served as the allied commander in europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Great to have you, general jones bid honorable bob bud mcfarland is a Nuclear Technology Company Founder and served as the 13th National Security advisor under president Ronald Reagan and retired marine corps officer. Great to have you here too. Of course, ambassador john bolton shares the foundation for American Security and freedom serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under president donald trump. He previously served as the u. S. A matter to the United Nations under president george w. Bush and other government posts as well. Great to have the three of you here today. A few b
Alongside james jones, john bolton, and Robert Mcfarlane will be on the panel together. All of them have served as assistant to the president for National Security affairs. More commonly referred to as National Security advisors. We will hear their insights about harnessing National Power and building interagency consensus to combat the most complicated security challenges of our time. The panel will be moderated by vivienne solana, national buty correspondent before we begin the Panel Discussion i would like to turn it over to my fellow Board Director michael anderson. Michael is the head of strategic at sob usa and has been an invaluable partner in advancing timely debates on crucial Strategic Issues here at the scowcroft center. We thank you for your 11 year partnership. We look been great and forward to many more events like these in the years to come. Before i turn it over, i want to remind everyone. And on theis Public Record and being aired on cspan. To ask questions and our mod
Domestic threats, they share their thoughts on the evolution of the position. Coronavirus and the next administrations priorities. Such an honor to be here and of course with this very, very impressive panel, im really honored to lead this conversation today. These gentlemen do not need an introduction but for good measure ill just run through the very, very top lines of their bios. General james jones is executive chairman emeritus, who served under barack obama as the nations 22nd National Security adviser in january 2009, previously he served as supreme allied Commander Europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Nuclear technology company, he served as the 13th National Security adviser under president Ronald Reagan and is a retired marine corps officer. Its great to have you here too. And of course ambassador john bolton chairs the foundation for American Security and freedom, serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under President Donald Trump and a
And served under president barack obama as the 22nd National Security advisor beginning in january 2009 previously he served as the allied commander in europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Great to have you, general jones bid honorable bob bud mcfarland is a Nuclear Technology Company Founder and served as the 13th National Security advisor under president Ronald Reagan and retired marine corps officer. Great to have you here too. Of course, ambassador john bolton shares the foundation for American Security and freedom serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under president donald trump. He previously served as the u. S. A matter to the United Nations under president george w. Bush and other government posts as well. Great to have the three of you here today. A few bits of housekeeping notes. It is not ideal that we are doing this on zoom and we wish we could be together but in the meantime we do want to keep this as interactive as possible but you