Washington, and with that, welcome to americas news headquarters, im leland are visit earth. Kristin and im kristin fisher. The president also signaled that he has no intention of conceding even as the president ial transition moves ahead. David spunt joins us live at the white house where the just returned from camp david. Reporter hey, kristin. The president said pointblank about the election that his mind will not change in six months, so for his supporters, for those close to the president hoping that maybe he might concede, that he he might accept joe biden as the next president of the United States when he gets sworn in on january 20th, there is your answer when he says that his mind will not be made up in six months. Now, he doubled, tripled, even quadrupled down on his claims that the election was fraudulent, though no indication that is the case. Joe biden is the President Elect. He took 306 electoral votes. The president 232, the same spread, actually, that trump and secretar
And how many were enslaved including those born free in the north. Enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, a hearing on the Health Concerns of veterans exposed to dangerous chemicals in uzbekistan known as k2. A veteran told members of the House Oversight committee that more Scientific Data is needed before providing health care and disability benefits to veterans who served at the base between 2001 and 2005. Hearin this is about 90 minutes. Ecur ity all right. Good morning, everyone. O welcome to todays hybrid will hearing of the national Oversight Committee on the committee of oversight and me government reform. Pursuant to house rules, some persons will appear remotely anl some in person via webex. Ce mas. Let me remind everyone from thea latest guidance from the house. Physician all individuals attending this hearing in persos will have to wear a face mask. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaki
Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
A discussion with the brookings institution. Topics included operations in afghanistan, military readiness and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is one hour. John ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured and honored guests today. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u. S National Defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in American Defense planning. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He simultaneously kep
You can actually see the effects much more quickly. But i do want to warn these are theory, preliminary results. Theres 30000 people and you need to follow them for months and years. So these are just a early signals, but its promising now how long the immunity last that we have to see and how many people will take it. Thats the other concern, because you could have a 100 percent effective vaccine. If only half the people take it on half as Effective Group population. So if you have to follow the if its necessary to follow the results for months and years, what does that say when manufacturers are hoping to get this out of the market and into peoples arms or whatever in the next a month or so . Yes, so i thought in terms of racing to get it out we, we know that in terms of the early thing, some of the months and years were trying to answer is, does it have, for example, immunity that lasts for months and years. Thats the long term immunity question is a reduction. 2 years down the road