Spain and italy edging towards easing their shutdowns of france could be about to go the other way. The economic fallout is hitting aid budgets the World Food Programs cutting rations for more than a 1000000 refugees in uganda also on the news or. In other news fighting intensifies in libya between the warlords after the internationally recognized government and in support professional baseball has made its 1st appearance of 2020 taiwanese hosting games behind closed doors with mannequins replacing real spectators. The russian president Vladimir Putin says the Coronavirus Crisis is worsening in russia and the Defense Ministry may have to be involved in containing it and made those remarks. After the country had its biggest daily increase yet in infections 2500 new cases the total number of infections has now gone beyond 18000 the government says 148 russians have died as cross live now to our London Bureau and correspondent covering all the european aspects of this need barkha soni for
And International Studies this is about one hour. [inaudible conversations] welcome back. Cliff, happy birthday. You are welcome. It is all for you. I really am delighted to welcome general joseph votel for our keynote address today. He currently serves as ceo and president of Business Executives for National Security and he joined their in january 2020 following 89 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as commander of u. S. Central command and prior to serving as commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the joint special Operations Command and in addition to his current role at the visit executive Financial Security hes also a distinguished senior fellow National Security at the middle east institute and unwelcome credit [inaudible] he will talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think in 30 minutes we wil
Very good. Okay. Good morning, everyone. We will call this subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities to order, and the subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense review of the december 6th, 2019, insider attack on Naval Air Station pensacola in which three u. S. Servicemembers tragically lost their lives and eight more suffered injuries. It is critical that we learn from the attack, understand the threat, and take the necessary steps to ensure the protection of our servicemen and women going forward. I would like to welcome our witnesses. that is why i long supported critical Security Cooperation programs. That is the International Military training and education. These programs provider partners from around the world an opportunity to train and learn, from the best here in the United States. Ultimately our partners returned in the home country with a greater appreciation of the u. S. In part, Lessons Learned
Defeating the virus. Vice president mike pence meeting with the president s Coronavirus Task force telling them that this is an all hands on deck situation. The Vice President telling sean hannity tonight, President Trump is rising above partisanship to attack the coronavirus. The president directed me to reach out. I spoke to Speaker Pelosi and senator schumer. How did those conversations go . They were good conversations. The president said to me, i want you to reach out to the republican and democrat leadership. We want to push politics aside. We want to make sure we get resources we need to respond to this to make sure the cdc and all of our agencies have the support they need. Gregg lets turn to Kristen Fisher at the white house. Reporter Vice President mike pence meeting with members of the Coronavirus Task force and telling attendees at cpac that the threat is low but the white house is ready. Well continue to bring the full resources of the federal government to bear to protect
Defeating the virus. Vice president mike pence meeting with the president s Coronavirus Task force telling them that this is an all hands on deck situation. The Vice President telling sean hannity tonight, President Trump is rising above partisanship to attack the coronavirus. The president directed me to reach out. I spoke to Speaker Pelosi and senator schumer. How did those conversations go . They were good conversations. The president said to me, i want you to reach out to the republican and democrat leadership. We want to push politics aside. We want to make sure we get resources we need to respond to this to make sure the cdc and all of our agencies have the support they need. Gregg lets turn to Kristen Fisher at the white house. Reporter Vice President mike pence meeting with members of the Coronavirus Task force and telling attendees at cpac that the threat is low but the white house is ready. Well continue to bring the full resources of the federal government to bear to protect