Committee on alleged russian bounties for u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Announcer defense secretary mark esper and general mark toley were on capitol hill testify on defense department. They were also asked about alleged russian bounties over u. S. Troops and military bases named after confederate soldiers. Chairman smith i call the meeting to order. I welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. We appreciate you being here today. I do have to read an Opening Statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his hearing, in accordance with house rules. So i will do that and then a couple other programming notes and we will get started. I would like to welcome members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded that they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of Identity Verification for maintaining a coram participati
And the starstudded celebrity sendoff to the class of 2020, words of inspiration from beyonce, lady gaga and condoleezza rice. Those of some of our top stories on this monday, june 8th. And we begin this halfhour with todays reopening of new york city which has been the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Comes as the u. S. Hits more than 110,000 americans that died in the pandemic, more than the next three nations combined and more than 1. 9 million infections were reported. Abcs trevor at has more from new york. Reporter 100 days since new yorks first confirmed case of coronavirus, new york city prepares to take their first steps towards reopening. Many of us made significant sacrifices, but now it is time to try and see what we can recapture of our city. Reporter as many as 400,000 people will be back on the job ilers li limrb and mafag rnnd e or oso media and instagram and people are able to pick them up at the shop. We will do a contact list, pick up as we can. Reporter the mta
President trump feeling the backlash over his tweet about handling the protests, its history. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where can came from, where it originated. Why twitter and facebook handled his comments so differently. Road to recovery. More states and cities relaxing their coronavirus restrictions, but the new concern this morning. A person who partied at the lake of the ozarks testing positive. Did that person attend this crowded pool party . Ready for liftoff . Its attempt number two for the first manned space flight to take off from the u. S. In nearly a decade. The tricky forecast for Mission Managers this morning. Hey, good morning, everyone. It was sadly a night of rage across much of america. The epicenter of the protests, of course, minneapolis, the city where george floyd died after nearly nine minutes with his neck under the knee of a Police Officer. And both minneapolis and neighboring st. Paul declared curfews but demonstrators defied those or
Do is allowed into parliament after a standoff with security who tried to block. Womens activists slammed the cypriot Justice System after a british teenager is given a suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. And incest for african gets ready to celebrate its best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents footballer of the year award star in the English Premier League. Its been another day of dramatic developments in iran where the burial of the top iranian commander assassinated in the u. S. Airstrike on friday has been postponed for at least 50 people were killed in a stamp a stampede during his funeral procession huge crowds that packed custom salaam on his hometown of command and the congestion in the streets led to a crush of people its not clear when the burial will happen now in the capital tehran the parliament passed. A bill designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations its also boosted the budget for the elite could force that
Was about to burst, residents return. The british Food Industry calls for Competition Laws to be relaxed to prevent Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. The bottle of vodka produced from grain grown inside the chernobyl exclusion zone. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, anand menon and sam lister. Stay with us for that. Good evening. President trump is visiting el paso, in texas, where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at the weekend. It is now being investigated by police as an act of domestic terrorism. Earlier the president visited a hospital in dayton, ohio, where nine people were also shot dead at the weekend. Mr trump said he was concerned about any group of hate, whether its White Supremacy or any other kind of supremacy, but he himself has been accused of inflaming tensions with his rhetoric. Our north america editorjon sopel has the latest from el paso. President trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in