The Brookings Institution hosted a conversation with the bureau chief of the National Guard, topics included the guards role during the birx pandemic and protests following the death of george floyd. The chief of the National Guard bureau which means a member of the joint chiefs of staff and officer for overseeing the army and air force National Guard combined the total strength of half 1 million airmen and soldiers under his supervision and command and he is the distinguished airmen and fighter pilot, texan, formerly of activeduty air force in the 1990s and did a number of students in various positions, sometimes in more of a guard capacity, sometimes full time and for the last eight years have been at the leadership of the National Park bureau in washington, now as its top officer, we are privileged to have him today as he prepares for imminent in the rotc entry, the graduation from the rotc program was 1981. He has been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful app
Rotc program from the university of texas was 1981. Hes been serving his country long and very well, despite his youthful appearance, hes been at it for quite a while. We look forward to a rich conversation today at the end of which well be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to email us. I will transmit some of those questions to the general. But, first, were going to hear from him with some opening thoughts on the state of the guard and on its health and admiral and much appreciated help in responding to the covid crisis in the United States. That will not be our only topic. This will be an opportunity to think more broadly about the guard and its role in the nations force at this very difficult moment in our history with the return of Great Power Competition and other challenges around the globe. General, thank you again for joining us. Without further adieu, over to you, my friend. Michael, thank you. Thank you to brookings for having me on today to talk about the Nat
As we welcome a new weekend. We survived the first week of Daylight Saving time. Hope youre waking up with a smile on your face. Thank you so much for starting your weekend with us. Im kira klapper. Cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast and hopefully that wind we saw in the last couple of days is gone. Yeah. No. Good news, goodbye to the wind. Hello to the weekend as we look outside and see the sunrise starting to peek through dublin this morning. Notice winds definitely calmed down. Not only there out towards walnut creek very gusty over the last two days and San Francisco, clear skies. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge and marin hedlund. Good morning over in mount tam and down in san jose. Lurching the lawn chairs setting up downtown giving way to a beautiful weekend thats going to continue to feel like spring. We are saying goodbye to the final days of winter here. Our temperatures upper 60s and low 70s throughout the bay. Keeping those wind speeds calm, se
Was in the basement of the residents. Records show that hernandez lived in the home with his two sons and his girlfriend. People who knew the couple say the boys are both under seven years old. Police say tonight they are still trying to determine how many total weapons and gun parts were made using the 3d printers. In san jose, nbc bay area news. A string of copper wire theft creating problems that light rail stations across Santa Clara County. The Sheriffs Office says there has been an uptick in fats at stations and cost of eta 500,000 worth of damages this past year. Yesterday officers arrested two people who were a allegedly caught stealing at a light rail station. Copper wiring is crucial to keeping labral Service Running smoothly. Used the power the trains. With a copper wire being stolen we are no longer able to track train movement, throw switches which allow the train to go from one track to another. Trains are not able to get signals causing major disruptions to services. The
and outside the island. mr mosley presented programmes on health, and his books on intermittent fasting for weight loss have sold millions of copies worldwide. his family had said the last few days have been unbearable. dr michael mosley s former co presenter on trust me i m a doctor dr saleyha ahsan joined us earlier. i just want to begin with sending my deepest, sincerest condolences to michael s family, the last few days and today have been horrendous for them. i think, for those of us that worked with michael and know him as the resourceful, inventive man he is, we just hoped that there would be good news at the end of this, just kept thinking he would find a way to make it out and we would have a hell of a story from him, so even though things were stacked against him as the days rolled on, just kept hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal identification of this body, which we learned had been found today, but the sheer number of people who have expre