Serves as director of the fbi. Christopher wray currently serves as the eighth director of the fbi. He has served in a number of roles on the federal government, including as principal associate heorney general where oversaw investigations conducted by the in 2003, president bush for the criminal division, where he oversaw Major Investigation into domestic and International Criminal activities. He also oversaw the dojs Law Enforcement agencies. He was instrumental in the dojs efforts to combat terrorism, cybercrime and international espionage. Today he joins us to discuss chinas ongoing efforts to interfere in the United States Domestic Affairs through espionage, disinformation campaigns, intellectual property theft, and monetary theft. It is my pleasure to welcome director wray to the Hudson Institute. [applause] mr. Wray thank you. Good morning, everybody. I realize it is challenging under the current circumstances to put on an event like this. I am grateful to the Hudson Institute f
Kron fours dan thorn talk to a local doctor about what that could mean for the next 3 months. Its a grim milestone in the covid19 pandemic 90,000 us deaths over the course of a few months since the outbreak began. Many people are anxious to get back to a normal life, but the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And rich. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was just just right very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew before models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more
Oakland at 10 oclock in the morning. And as the bay area get straight to loosen some of the stay at home orders next week city and county officials are expecting to see more and more people go outside bay area, public healtofficials announce new stay at home orders to last through may for everyone living or working in 6 bay area counties as well as the city of berkeley. But now Law Enforcement and medical experts warn we cannot fall back after making so much progress. We are asking for people to abide by the safety order youre still need a legal reason to contact that individual a asked for additional cation and detain a person conduct an investigation we could be let our guards down have another you know raging wildfire, you just have to not let our guards down and cant keep up the same. Spirit that the community has exhibited over the last 6 weeks. Certain outdoor business is considered low risk like nurseries can operate however restaurants cafes or bars, theyre not included. Health
The cdc has designated the washington corridor is a hotspot as the cases continue to rise in the region. As of may 60 or then confirmed cases of covid19 in 1290 confirmed death in the state of maryland. These are trying unprecedented times for all communities in america and maryland is i no different in this regard. It was once said in times of crisis we should look for the helpers. Mr. President i would like to take this timeim to recognize te heroes who are helping in maryland. Im very proud of our state hospitals manufactures a biomedical and pharmaceutical companies that have come together to perform their own tl protective equipment and Hand Sanitizers and are at the forefront of developing a vaccine. Maryland is home to some of the worlds premier academic medicac systems including the university of maryland medical systems and Johns Hopkins university which has been critical in preparing your state with the pandemic. Im particular proud of Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracking syste
The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,