Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre
Giving a little bit of a lift to your markets. I am looking at the u. S. 10year yields now coupled with this truce around these trade tensions is weaker than expected factory numbers. Watch out for that. , 1387. See gold down manufacturing pmi below estimates at 47. 6. Than what the preliminary reading was. We speak to Joseph Oughourlian. The best opportunities to find value. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Hi, francine. Deutsche bank may cut more than a fifth of its workforce. It would be the lenders shakeup in years. They may approve the loss as many as 20,000 jobs. They were working on tough cutbacks after failed merger talks. Trump coming the first sitting u. S. Leader to set foot inside north korea. He met with kim jongun at the militarized zone at the demilitarized zone. He said stepping across the border was a great honor. He also invited kim to visit the white house. Closer to becoming the next European Union commissioner. President donald two skids trying to shore up th
The u. A. E. Is withdrawing some forces from yemen. Calls the British Ambassador to washington a pompous fall off to the u. K. Envoy says Trumps White House is dysfunctional. The emir of qatar is meeting the u. S. President at the white house chef i mean been hammered and fanny and donald trump oversaw the signing of commercial and military agreements are also discussing Regional Security and economic ties the u. S. Had deployed extra troops and weapons to the gulf citing what it calls threats from iran the president and the emir also discussed several Business Ventures between the 2 countries. Great honor to be with the amir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world and weve known each other for a long time weve been friends for a long time and were doing a lot of work now and theyre investing very heavily in our country theyre creating a lot of jobs theyre buying tremendous amounts of military equipment including
Netanyahu. This weekend, the president took direct aim at netanyahus war strategy in gaza, and today netanyahu pushed back. The war in gaza grinding on with 2 million palestinians marking the start of the holy month of ramadan. No ceasefire between hamas and israel. And onequarter of the population facing starvation. Cbs skyler henry is at the white house tonight and leads us off. Skyler, what exactly did netanyahu have to say . Reporter yeah, jericka. Prime minister netanyahu said the president was wrong on both counts as it relates to him not having the support of the israeli people on the nations interests and its policies. As Israel Intends to move forward into southern gaza, a refuge for millions, as the president warns of a red line that should not be crossed. Hes hurting israel more than helping israel. Its contrary to what israel stands for. And i think its a big mistake. Reporter President Biden not mincing his words, criticizing israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and c
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